February 2010:  Well Daniel - you were the fiscally responsible one ... but ... CARLY has bought her own home!  It's an adorable 100 year old brick row house in downtown Frederick.  She calls it her "doll house".  You would be SO proud of her!

October 2009 at the Jessica Murphy Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament.  Below - Don Murphy and Jackie at the sponsorship sign in honor of Daniel.  Our foursome finished 3 under par, and we were happy with that!

April '09:  Mom & Charley have had 16 kids (baby goats) this spring! Carly is an Oil Markets Editor, and lives in Gaithersburg.  Our next big event is a WEDDING at the farm - our daughter Jessica is getting married to a wonderful young man on June 6th!

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CARLY'S GRADUATION - SUMA CUM LAUDE - FROM UNCW.......5/10/08

I know how proud Daniel is of you....

10/28/07 -  JT and Charley hung Daniel's big star high above the roof of the house.  Most passers-by will think it's a Christmas decoration, but it's really a symbol for Daniel.  AND the big news...Charley got a memorial tattoo for you Daniel - check it out!

September 2007:  Carly is a SENIOR this year at UNCW!!  And Rina is in grad school at Boston University!

May 2007:  Carly will be home later this month!!  We move her back to UNCW on June 2nd.  In April ~ Charley and I went to visit her in Wales, England and Scotland.  Later in April I met Carly in Paris for a long weekend.  Carly will turn 21 this month.  I'm working in AT&T's Baltimore office and loving my job.  Still going to Compassionate Friends meetings to work through my grief for my wonderful son.

January 2007:  Still missing you Dan and thinking of you every moment of every day.  Carly is in Wales studying abroad for the semester - poor thing - no Grey's Anatomy, no TV at all, no low carb meal options...but she is a trooper!  She is learning a new culture and making new friends.  I am now up to 22 goats!!!  I had 11 babies in one week this month, and I'm bottle feeding two of them.    Love and peace to all.

It's been a long hard year, but we've made it through by remembering the joy that Daniel brought to our lives.  On Daniel's 21st birthday, 6/11/06, we put a cross at the accident site and had a picnic at our house. 

Carly is doing great at UNC-W in her own apartment and plans to study in Wales for the spring 2007 semester.  Her GPA would make Daniel jealous - but at least we can say she actually works for her grades as opposed to Daniel who always seemed to excel without opening a book.

The goat farm is in full swing - McKenzie Ridge Farm started with 5 goats only a couple weeks before Daniel's accident and we now have 17.  I'm working for AT&T by day and tending to goats in the evenings and weekends.  They are SO cute.  And, my dad and Charley help me out a lot.

Hope you and yours are doing well.  God bless you all.  Drive safely kids.