2015 Christmas Letter from the Andrews

Dear Family & Friends,

Wow! What a year of change. After spending Thanksgiving through New Year’s last year in the hospital with Bert (my mother in law) with her heart surgery and complicated aftermath, she finally came home with us in early January. By February we began Hospice care for her. She’s still here as I write this, but is currently attempting to recover from pneumonia. She’s had several setbacks this year and continues to amaze us with her resilience. We have full time sitters with her during the week and Boyd and I care for her at night and weekends. Hillary, our daughter, has been so good to help us out and give us breaks during the year. Bert was able to spend Thanksgiving week with her daughter and family which was a highlight recently. Bert was a traveler and “doer” before she was sick so this year has been quite a struggle emotionally for her. As hard as we try to take her out for small outings she still longs for her independence and old life.

Eric and Casey decided to move to Wyoming during the summer and we assisted them in September by traveling cross country to help them relocate. I flew out for Maggie’s 3rd birthday in October and Boyd and I again drove out for Thanksgiving week to finish taking a few of their things. We had almost 12” of snow while we were there. They live in Lander with a population of around 8,000 and although I love their new hometown, it’s not the easiest to get to even if you fly. Wyoming only has about 500,000 people in the whole state so everything is spread out and can be extremely remote in places. They seem to love their new home and the children have acclimated very well. We miss them terribly but look forward to many trips out there in the coming years. We do look forward to them coming home for Christmas this year.

Hillary is still in Montgomery and I’m not sure how we could do without her. She amazes me with her willingness to always help us out particularly with Bert when we need her. She did change jobs this year and continues to do more web design while her desire is to do what she was trained to do in college, graphic design. She is doing some freelance work with that and also continues her photography jobs on the side. She is very talented!

House & Home Real Estate was born in 2014 and we have grown! We are now 20 agents strong and consistently rank 5th in production in the Montgomery market. We have carefully selected the right agents and grown more than we ever expected this quickly. Our blessings have been bountiful and my partners are amazing. God put us together I’m sure and I look forward to the future. I traveled a lot with the Montgomery Area Association of REALTORS® to Washington DC, Pensacola, FL, Fairhope, AL and San Diego, CA for conferences. I was just installed as the President Elect for our association this week and look forward to getting our new MLS system up and running in 2016. Something our association was desperately in need of upgrading.

Boyd has had a busy year with his work taking him to Tuscaloosa, Troy, and Elmore County and locally finishing up the new VA clinic here in Montgomery. He did get to go to Tulsa twice for his beloved gun shows as well as many others in the southeast with his friend Terry. One of his biggest accomplishments this year was building our new oasis in our backyard with our new hot tub. Just this week we were able to get the last part done. We added a door from our bedroom directly into the cabana. We have really enjoyed the relaxation it has provided since we have to stay so close to home with Bert. It has also provided quite the relief for my neck issues which continue to plague me.

Outside of our very restricted life right now, we have had a good year. We are thankful for caring friends and family that have encouraged and been available to assist us this year. We look forward to the New Year and all it has to bring. We pray you will all be blessed with prosperity, love and health this coming year!

Boyd & Carol

Boyd & Carol Andrews
8332 Brittany Place
Montgomery, AL 36117
Carol’s cell 334-322-4493
Boyd’s cell 334-301-4867
CarolBoydAndrews@outlook.com
BAscrambler@hotmail.com