Josh’s Family

9-18-09

This newsletter in

dedicated to my whole

family. My family

reaches everywhere in

the United States. My

Mom and Dad have

been divorced since I

was four years old. In

this newsletter I will tell

you, the reader, all about

my family.

While I am an only

child, I have many

cousins that are like

brothers and sisters.

More information about

my family is inside this

issue. Enjoy!

My Family

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The Tampa Clan

Judy and Chuck

Copeland, my

grandparents, live in

Tampa Florida. My

Grandmother is an

executive assistant fir a

non-profit company.

Grandma and I

sometimes do

genealogy together.

We also talk about

books. My grandpa is

retired but is interested

in HAM Radio.

Grandpa and I love

doing that together.

We have talked to

people as far as Japan.

My Grandparents have

always been there for

me and that is why I

love them.

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Mom of the year

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Daddy-O 2

Rooten Tutens

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Copeland’s Corner

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Wild things 3

Funny Stories

Letter to the

Reader

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By: Joshua Copeland

My mom, Judy Lewis

Copeland, is the greatest

mom in the world. She

loves me for who I am

and treats me with

respect. My mom also is

a great cook. For

instance, her parmesan

crusted chicken is the

most delicious thing I

have ever tasted!

My mom is funny and

Mom of the year

witty and she loves to

crack jokes. We enjoy

doing things together

such as playing the Wii,

watching TV or just

hanging out.

Her occupation is a

pastor in the Lutheran

church. She has been

ordained for 20 years

and served

congregations all over

North Carolina.

My mom is a great

woman and that is why

I love her.

Keith Thomas Copeland

is my dad. While my

dad and I don’t always

agree on some things, I

know that he loves me

for who I am.

My dad is also a pastor,

serving a church in

Charlotte, Sugaw Creek

Presbyterian Church.

He is a pastor in the

Evangelical Lutheran

Daddy-O

Church in America, but

serves a Presbyterian

church.

We enjoy going out on

the boat together during

the summer and go

camping together as

well. Watching movies

together is also a

favorite pastime.

Dad is one of the most

interesting people I

know.

Lewis, my middle name,

is the name of my mom’s

family. When we all get

together, it is a ball of

fun! We enjoy spending

time together celebrating

birthdays and holidays.

Laughter is always

abundant when we gather.

The Grandparental Units

The family is headed by

my grandparents, Bill

and Sandra Lewis.

Recently they moved to

a new home in the

Columbia, South

Carolina area, Heritage

at Lowman. It is a

retirement facility

sponsored by the

Lutheran Church.

Grandmomma and

Grandaddy are kind and

compassionate to

everyone, especially

me. They have taught

me the value of family

and love that we share.

“I know he loves me

for who I am.”

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The Tuten Family

consists of my mom’s

sister, Nancy, her

husband Tom and their

daughters Elizabeth and

Emily. Aunt Nancy is a

professor of English at

Columbia College and

we love to talk about

books that I have read.

Uncle Tom is in sales

for Roadway Trucking

Company and has a

The Rooten Tutens

great sense of humor.

Elizabeth, a 16 year old

junior in high school, is

a very talented

ballerina. This past

summer, she travelled to

New York where she

was invited to study at

the Joffrey Ballet

Company for two

weeks.

Emily is about to turn

12 and is into sports

such as softball, soccer,

and karate. Emily and I

spend a lot of time

together playing all

kinds of games such as

the Wii, putting

together puzzles and

playing outside.

I love the Tutens and I

am so proud to call

them my family.

Uncle Scott is my dad’s

brother. His family

consists of my two

cousins, Alex and Nick

and my Aunt Denise.

My uncle is currently

living in Hawaii

working for the Air

Force as a civilian. He

started working for the

Air force when he was

18. He served twenty

eight years till he

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became a sergeant.

Then he retired, for a

year and started

working as a civilian for

the Air Force. My Aunt

Denise has been battling

cancer for a long time.

She is a great cook and I

love going to see her.

My cousin Nick and I

love to play video

games together. We

sure do have a lot of fun

doing that. Nick is

seventeen. Alexander is

twenty-one and he and I

like doing the same

things. We both like to

read and play games.

My Uncle Scotts family

is a lot of fun to go see

and some day I am

going to go to Hawaii

and See Uncle Scott.

Aloha!

I have three dogs,

Maggie, Sophie, and

Cooper. Maggie is the

oldest; I have had her

ever since I was in the

second grade. She is

gray and has poodle and

Schnauzer in her. She is

Wild Things

the smartest dog I have

ever had. Sophie and

Cooper are twins.

Sophie is black and is a

poodle-Yorkshire

Terrier mix. Sophie

loves to play and run

around the fire place.

Cooper is the same mix.

He is a little smaller

than Sophie and he is

Wild! He runs

everywhere.

My dogs are truly

Wild Things, but that is

why I love them.

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bowl and broke it in

half then slaps them

half way across the

room.

It is funnier when you

hear it in person, but I

still think it is so funny.

I have heard many

funny throughout my

life, but the funniest

one to me is when my

dad and Uncle Scott

were fighting over a

bowl. My Dad and

Uncle Scott were

fighting over their

favorite bowl. They

were fighting way too

loud. When my

Grandfather doesn’t get

his sleep he gets

grumpy. So they were

fighting over a bowl

when a very grumpy

Grandpa. He took the

Funny Stories

Dear Reader,

I hope you have enjoyed learning about my Family. There still one more article

to go! Thank you so much for reading.

Joshua Copeland

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