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Ford Gallagher Family Update

Hi everybody. This is Christy (Gallagher) Randall. I finally figured out how to do this blog thing. I guess I'll give the quick update like Nikki did. Well, my parents and all 4 kids live in Southern Maryland now. Mom and Dad live about a mile away from each other, and are doing well. My dad struggles with his health still, but he's a fighter. He is actually in the hospital right now, and has been for about a week, but I'll hopefully be busting him out of there tomorrow. My husband Robert and I have 2 boys. Kyle is 9 and Kevin is 6 AND A HALF, as he always reminds me. We celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in June in Las Vegas. That was fun!! Robert runs a construction company, and I am a stay at home mom. Our boys are beautiful and fun and keep us very busy. They play football, baseball, and basketball depending on the season.
Next comes Ryan. He is married to Jennifer and they have Samantha who just turned 1 this month. She is the first red head in our immediate family! (besides my mom) They live about 10 minutes from me so we see each other often. Ryan runs his own fiber-optic cable company, and Jen works for the P.G. County Court System.
Now Megan. She is married to Jimmy and they have 2 beautiful daughters. Hailey is 8 and Elise is 3 going on 25!! Hailey loves everything girly and Elise loves to make us laugh with her hysterical personality. Megan is an insurance agent for State Farm and Jimmy is an electrician.
And finally Katie. She is the baby, just turned 23. She lives at home with my mom and works with Megan at State Farm. She graduated from college last December with a B.A. in Psychology, and we were very proud!! She's just not sure what she's going to do with that degree yet!
Well, I've rambled on. That's our story. I miss everybody. I would love to bring my boys up. Someone needs to have a big reunion. I promised my Grandma I would always keep in touch with "the Canadians" as we call you. I haven't been keeping my promise:( Will write again with some stories.

Comments

Dan Ford said…
Hi Christy
You did a great job on your family update.I havent yet posted one for my family, but the pressure is on.I really enjoyed how you mentioned about "keeping in touch with the Canadians". As for Family reunions, my sister Mary hosts a party every summer. I, like everyone else up here have great memories of "going to see the Gallaghers" and would love to go down again to see everyone. Hope all the Gallaghers are well, take care and happy blogging
David B said…
Hi Christy! Great to hear from you. Great update! I'll post one for my immediate family and give my siblings a chance to post their own. If they don't, I'll be forced to say whatever I want about them.

I've heard talk about a "massive ford reunion" this August. Don't think I'll be able to make it there from Singapore but we'll see!

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