2024
December 2024
We’ve been working on developing a new website the past few months. Paul has spent many hours working with a company in the UK, and we’re hoping to have it up and running soon. Hopefully it will make it easier for our customers to order harps, and minimize Sue’s workload. We hope that it will also make for an easier transition as we pass on the harp business to the next generation.
This May, June & July, Alex and the boys went to a few conventions with harps. On May 16th Alex & Anthony went to The Harp Gathering in Ohio... and on June 14th Alex, Mark, & Stephen were demonstrating harps at the annual CHAP convention. July 18-20th found all our boys taking turns helping Alex at the NJ Harpfest. And finally, in September, Alex took some harps to the annual Scottish Highland Games in Western PA.
CHAP Homeschool Convention June, 2024
NJ Harpfest July, 2024
This June & July found Sue with a number of health challenges. She had a bad case of Shingles (which lasted six weeks) and took a long time to recover from. She also had cataract surgery end of July and again in August, which helped with her vision, but there’s still room for improvement.
In mid-August, Joanna & Stephen & boys moved to Tennessee to be near Stephen’s family, and because of health concerns for their youngest son. We miss Stephen’s help in the wood- shop, but he is anxious to build a harp shop on his new property in Tennessee.
Our three boys enjoyed a trip end of September to Newport, Rhode Island, to visit their uncle and aunt and enjoyed playing tennis at the Tennis Hall of Fame on grass courts with their uncle. They also spent a week on Martha’s Vineyard with them, and enjoyed a relaxing time at a place on the water.
Tennis Hall of Fame Newport, RI
Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts
Dena & Nate just bought a nice 17-acre property, and plan to move to Nottingham, PA, so we’re all pitching in to help paint and do outside work before they move in the end of this month. We anticipate another grandchild this coming spring... Josh & Emily are having another baby girl in March. That will make 11 grandchildren for us! We are counting our blessings!
