Claudia Johnson Brown turns in her brother-in-law

Hi Trailboss, Claudia Brown checking in.

I just had to send the attached picture of me with Teresa Wadsworth Widstrom, Paula Widstrom Hanson, and Carol Penn Gendreau (class of '66). They visit Sandi Pennar Bonesteel and me when the winters get to them and they need to thaw out.
Roger and I will be there for the reunion in August. We live in Chandler, Arizona, and Sandi lives down Highway 10 near Tucson. I think she already described it to you in a previous email when she turned us in for the Roundup. Now I would like to turn in Roger's brother, Larry Brown. I have included his email address.
I married Roger Brown in 1969. We will celebrate our 35th !!! anniversary this month. We lived in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and had a son, Mitchell, in 1971 and daughter, Gretchen, in 1975. In 1992, Roger, Gretchen and I moved to San Antonio, Texas, where Roger took a position building a manufacturing plant and running its production.

Phoenix is the last stop
We loved the area, got used to the warm winters, and found we didn't miss our coats, hats, mittens, or snow shovels. So when he had the plant running smoothly and we decided to move on, we chose Phoenix.
This will be our last stop. All our friends and relatives seem to like it too, because we have a lot of company in the winter. We get to Minnesota occasionally. My mother and three brothers live in Alexandria while my sisters live in Colorado and Florida. Roger's mother and one of his sisters live in Alexandria. He has a sister in South Dakota and his brother, Larry, lives in Elk River.
Mitch got married in 2002 and lives in Minnetonka with his wife -- but no grandkids yet. Gretchen lives in Chandler and is single. We had my sister Mary's daughter, Katie, living with us the last three years while she went to school here, but now she has moved on to Denver and her sister, Nicole, is living with us.
I seem to be the half way house for relatives leaving home. If they make it through Aunt Claudia's, they can get out into the world. We probably won't be empty nesters anytime soon.
We are pretty active here - Roger golfs at least once a week, I rollerblade, run and do weight training. For our day jobs, Roger works for Phoenix Metal Trading and sells over Ebay. I work for Freescale (Motorola spin off) in Finance.
I also do a lot of volunteering for an organization called Raising Special Kids where I give talks to medical and educational professionals on working with disabled children and talk to parents regarding resources for them.
We will be coming to the reunion (can't believe it is 40!!!!) and can't wait to see everyone.

--- Claudia Johnson Brown