Nora and Mike

Marilyn complained that there was no picture of Nora and I, so I reached back a year to one of my favorites from Rachel and Dave's wedding. The couple in the back of the picture next to Usher is Joe and Debbie Baxter, Dave's parents.

Shawna

Shawna is doing great as a 2d year Spanish teacher at Bobo Elementary and cheerleader coach at Dorman High School. This is a picture with Travis with whom she is seen quite often They are on their way to a formal debutante shindig in Gaffney,SC.

Mary and Toby

Mary and Toby gave us some very exciting news recently. They are pregnant and due in September. It looks like it is going to be a race between her and Rachel for the first grandchild. Nora and I are very excited and we are mapping out a strategy to get to the births if they are simultaneous.

USHER DICKENS

Usher is Journee's brother and he has lived with us since Christmas of '05. He is in the 5th grade and goes to school with Nora at EP Todd. This picture is of him completing his 1st place science fair project. We are very proud of him

Journee

This is Journee and she has been living with us for over a year. She owns her "Uncle Michael and Aunt Nornee's" heart. She was 2 months premature, but you would not know that now. We can't imagine life without her.

Semper Fi

Here is our Jarhead, David. This picture was taken right after he returned from boot camp at Parris Island SC. He loves the Marines and he is currently stationed at Camp Legeune. He is attending the School of the Infantry. We may be an Army family, but we are very proud.

Natalie works in Washington DC as a nanny and she is really loving living in the big city. It also helps to have her boyfriend working there also. Michael is working with a law firm as he awaits the results from his law exam. We are extremely confidant he will be successful.

Rachel and Dave's Wedding

Dave and Rachel will have been married one year next month. They are pregnant and due in September. We are all very excited. We will know if it is a boy or girl next month(so much for surprise). Their minisrty with Campus Outreach is doing super. as they work with students at Furman and PC.

Welcome to South Carolina

This is my first posting. We have been very blessed in our lives in SC.We arrived here 17 years ago. We came with 5 and now we have 8. We have added a beautiful daughter, a fine marine son and a fabulous son-in-law.