Joy and I have been married 17 years now but we have been a couple for over 22 years.  Joy is the mother of seven and the grandmother of 14, 15, 16 - lost count.  OH, that makes me father of seven and Grandpa of  14,15,16 or what ever the number is.  Joy enjoys cooking a great deal and spends her spare time baking fancy cookies for the holidays.  Joy also does cake decorating, dress making and arts and crafts when she has the time.  She enjoys working in the home more than anything else. Today she zips around the mountain in her 4 x 4 Ford Escape and visits every craft fair she can in the mountains.  She volunteers at the nursing home every Friday and volunteers for duty in the Murphy Hospital gift shop. I spend hours in the garden and am Board Chair of The Learning Center a K-8 charter school in Murphy. 

We are truly blessed to be living in such a wonderful new place during this time of our life.  We have made many new friends and discovered a new way of life in the mountains of Western North Carolina.   We are both busy doing what we like to do best and enjoy our time together more than ever.  There is JOY on the mountains and Joy's car tag says it all "NCJOYFULL"   "God is good - all the time."

Joy down by the creek	The Knee house on the mountain.	Richard with his truck <G>
TOP		Joy with all seven children at Andrews wedding - Picture taken at Leesa's Home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2008