Yolanda
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UN: Yolanda
LN: Smith
DH: William James (44)
DW: Bailey Christine (44)
DD/DD: Amelia Grace/Emelie Rose (22)
-DH(A): Christian Paul Halquist (23)
--DS: Kindred Micah Halquist (1)
-DH(E): Landon Wyatt Michael (26)
--DS: Jude Wyatt Michael (nb)
DD/DD/DD: Anna Mae/Lauren Eve/Kate Olivia (20)
AD: Gabriela Sophia [Chile] (19)
DD: Felicity Anne (17)
DD: Madelyn Joy (14)
DD/DD: Hannah Faith/Selah Eve (9)
Bill & Bailey cannot believe how fast their children are growing up. The twins are already nine years old! Bailey has recently started teaching a few dance classes in the evening at a local studio. She used to teach full time before she chose to become a stay at home mom. She is enjoying the few hours away every night. It has also been very strange to have most of the kids at college. Amelia and Emelie have just graduated from Eastern University. Amelia with a degree in Dance Education and Emelie with a degree in Music Therapy. Anna is in her third year at Penn State University studying Psychology. Lauren is at NYU pursuing Musical Theatre. Kate is at NYU studying Fashion Design; and Gabriela just finished her freshman year at Penn State University studying Spanish.
The biggest thing to happen in the last nine years has been the additions to their family. Both Amelia & Emelie have married. Amelia and Christian met at college on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. They became very close friends and hung out often after returning to the states. Junior year he proposed to Amelia by the lake on their campus. The wedding was absolutely gorgeous. They married outside on Eastern's campus by the lake and the stone steps. One of the most beautiful moments of their wedding was when Amelia & Christian washed each other's feet. Their honeymoon was a cruise to the Caribbean. Five months later, they discovered Amelia was pregnant! Nine months after the wedding, little Kindred Micah was born. As you can well imagine, Bill & Bailey and all the sisters were elated to finally have a boy in the family. He has definitely been extremely spoiled. Amelia & Christian are living in Philadelphia where Amelia teaches dance to inner city children and Christian is attending seminary to become a pastor.
Emelie met Landon at college, too. Landon & Christian were actually roommates all four years! Landon was studying Music Education, so he and Emelie were in many of the same classes. Everyone predicted that they would fall in love, but Emelie & Landon insisted that they were just friends. However, after three years of being best friends, they realized there was something more. The Christmas of their junior year, Landon took Emelie to NYC where he proposed to her in a carriage ride around Central Park. They married after graduation in Emelie's home church. A year later, Jude Wyatt was born...another boy! Bill is thrilled to have two grandsons. Emelie & Landon live in Virginia in a suburb of Washington D.C. Emelie does musical therapy with patients at a nearby hospital and Landon teaches music at the high school.
LN: Smith
DH: William James (44)
DW: Bailey Christine (44)
DD/DD: Amelia Grace/Emelie Rose (22)
-DH(A): Christian Paul Halquist (23)
--DS: Kindred Micah Halquist (1)
-DH(E): Landon Wyatt Michael (26)
--DS: Jude Wyatt Michael (nb)
DD/DD/DD: Anna Mae/Lauren Eve/Kate Olivia (20)
AD: Gabriela Sophia [Chile] (19)
DD: Felicity Anne (17)
DD: Madelyn Joy (14)
DD/DD: Hannah Faith/Selah Eve (9)
Bill & Bailey cannot believe how fast their children are growing up. The twins are already nine years old! Bailey has recently started teaching a few dance classes in the evening at a local studio. She used to teach full time before she chose to become a stay at home mom. She is enjoying the few hours away every night. It has also been very strange to have most of the kids at college. Amelia and Emelie have just graduated from Eastern University. Amelia with a degree in Dance Education and Emelie with a degree in Music Therapy. Anna is in her third year at Penn State University studying Psychology. Lauren is at NYU pursuing Musical Theatre. Kate is at NYU studying Fashion Design; and Gabriela just finished her freshman year at Penn State University studying Spanish.
The biggest thing to happen in the last nine years has been the additions to their family. Both Amelia & Emelie have married. Amelia and Christian met at college on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. They became very close friends and hung out often after returning to the states. Junior year he proposed to Amelia by the lake on their campus. The wedding was absolutely gorgeous. They married outside on Eastern's campus by the lake and the stone steps. One of the most beautiful moments of their wedding was when Amelia & Christian washed each other's feet. Their honeymoon was a cruise to the Caribbean. Five months later, they discovered Amelia was pregnant! Nine months after the wedding, little Kindred Micah was born. As you can well imagine, Bill & Bailey and all the sisters were elated to finally have a boy in the family. He has definitely been extremely spoiled. Amelia & Christian are living in Philadelphia where Amelia teaches dance to inner city children and Christian is attending seminary to become a pastor.
Emelie met Landon at college, too. Landon & Christian were actually roommates all four years! Landon was studying Music Education, so he and Emelie were in many of the same classes. Everyone predicted that they would fall in love, but Emelie & Landon insisted that they were just friends. However, after three years of being best friends, they realized there was something more. The Christmas of their junior year, Landon took Emelie to NYC where he proposed to her in a carriage ride around Central Park. They married after graduation in Emelie's home church. A year later, Jude Wyatt was born...another boy! Bill is thrilled to have two grandsons. Emelie & Landon live in Virginia in a suburb of Washington D.C. Emelie does musical therapy with patients at a nearby hospital and Landon teaches music at the high school.