Kevin & Kara married on 6/2/2013 |
Colleen & Dave married on 5/24/2014  |
Patrick & Sarah Married on 9/15/2018 |
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| Kevin & Kara married on 6/2/2013 |
Colleen & Dave married on 5/24/2014 |
Patrick & Sarah Married on 9/15/2018 |
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Our little town of Black Mountain. NC , 15, miles east of Asheville, is advertised as the Front Porch of Western North Carolina. Well, this view below is taken from OUR front porch.
in the FALL
and in the winter
We started building (actually
rebuilding) the log cabin that we found west of Asheville, then a year
later built the main part of the house.
Barbara may retire from Mission Hospital in June of 2022. I entered the busy world of retirement in May 2011 after 7 years of teaching High School math in Tampa,FL, 15 years teaching
Math and Computer Science at Montreat College in Montreat, NC and 26 years in the Computer Science Dept at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC During the summers we love to travel around the US in our small RV and to use BnBs touring Europe. Trips to see our children's families in NJ, VA and Asheville,NC is also a top priority
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 Colleen Age 5 |
 Colleen in Montana 2011 |
 Colleen and Dave Gordon |
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Colleen is our busy bee having had a variety of experiences beginning with globe trotting backpacking trips, counseling at-risk kids in the Utah Wilderness, working the ski slopes of Vail, raft guiding on the upper Colorado River, supervisor of Cal Adventures of U of California, Berkeley and recruiter for a biofuels company while working on a Masters degree in Holistic Health Education at JFK U, outdoor coordinator activities for the CAL Medical School of San Francisco, met Dave, her future husband and went on 5 month backpacking trip through Europe. Recreational supervisor for all of East Bay Regional Parks, married Dave and moved to Asheville, NC to run a BnB while recruiting for a biotech company online. Dave finished his Masters degree in Sustainable Studies and is currently a Manager of for the Greenbuilt Alliance. Ember was born in 2020 and is a whirlwind of activity |
 Happy Campers |
 Ember Age 2 |
 A ledge in Switzerland |
 Kevin Age 5 |
 Little House on the Prairie |
 Kevin and Kara |
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Can't you just see it in his eyes at 5 years old that he was thinking about being on the Broadway Stage someday. Well he was to have Broadway principal roles 5 times with four of the five receiving the Tony award for Best Musical for their year. They were Big River, Tarzan, Memphis, Gentlemanâs Guide to Love and Murder and Wicked. There were also many regional theater musicals included Little House on the Prairie where he played opposite his future wife, Kara when she was Laura and Kevin was Almanzo . Kara made her Broadway debut as the female lead in Newsies. After she toured the US as Glenda in Wicked, she was called to the same role on Broadway, later as Cynthia Weil in Beautiful-the Carol King Musical. She was also in many regional theaters around the US. Kara and Kevin have performed many times Epcot in the Festival of Broadway. They also have performed together in concerts, workshops and Disney cruises. Now they are raising their two year old son, Emerson together. |
 Christmas 2021 |
 Emerson Halloween 2021 |
 Little House on the Prairie |
| Kevin along with his brother,Patrick and a Memphis friend formed trio called Manhattan Moonshine Band and have sung gigs around Manhattan. |
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| How quickly they grow, and grow and grow! Patrick is now a 6' 2" graduate of the Boston Conservatory with a Masters degree in Vocal Performance where was the lead tenor in many of their operas. He is currently working on a second Masters in Speech Pathology at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. He will be finished in 2023. He and Sarah have been the leads in many regional theaters around the US. Sarah is continuing teaching young people chess virtually. She is starting Virginia’s first out-of-NYC franchise of the organization Chess at Three. Before the pandemic closed down the theaters, they were both busy. Patrick was the lead in ELF, She Loves Me, Les Misérables, Brigadoon,Toy Story,It’s a Wonderful Life and others. https://www.backstage.com/u/Patrick-Massey/ Sarah had the leads in South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Sound of Music, the US tour of The Wizard of Oz, Les Misérables and others. The plan to someday return to the stage. https://www.sarahstevensmassey.com/uploads/1/7/5/9/17593913/sarahstevensresume2020__1_.pdf |
 Patrick age 3
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 Patrick 2011 |
 Patrick as Marius in 2014 |
| the summer of 2005 (and again in 2006)
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him in Chicago in the unexpected role of being responsible for running
the largest inner city Little League
in the US.
. The summer of 2008 was with Dad on a bike trip through Germany and Austria. . Other pictures and facts can be found in his Web site. http://www.patrickmassey.com . He is now living in Brooklyn, NY just a subway ride away from Kevin. He sang the part of |
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