Just to keep things interesting around the Barbieri household, Lynda took up costuming for the King’s Academy’s spring musical in addition to taking a landscaping design class.  This switch from engineer to designer has been a bit of a challenge and she would be the first to admit that it is far from complete.  Nevertheless, by God’s grace, the costumes looked great and she was able to complete the semester.

Summer brought a fantastic trip to the Baltic as her Mom’s traveling companion.  Her Dad refused to go so Lynda got to use his ticket.  The trip included a few days in and around London and then a cruise that visited all of the Scandinavian capitals plus St Petersburg, Russia and Tallin, Estonia.  It was a great trip and we have lots of pictures that we are happy to loan out to those of our friends who are suffering from insomnia. 

With fall came a new challenge at school – graphic drawing class.  Very intimidating for a girl who believed her 3^rd grade art teacher when she told her that she couldn’t draw!  Turns out that the old art teacher wasn’t entirely correct.  Lynda won’t be quitting her day-job to become an artist, but can draw enough to get the idea of trees and houses across.

You’ll be happy to know that Ray and Lynda have moved back into their master bedroom – although in true Barbieri style it’s not quite finished. J 

May God be with you through the coming year!