The Canterburys
Ð Christmas 2016
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Hello
from the Canterburys! We hope youÕve had a great year! We certainly have!
As has become our tradition, we start
the year with a polar plunge into the cold waters of nearby Jordan Lake. Unfortunately, this yearÕs plunge was
delayed from New YearÕs Day to January 30 due to flooding which closed the lake
and surrounding park for a couple weeks.
After the plunge, we returned home to host our friends for another
tradition, our annual Groundhog Day party!
The other major event in January was
JerryÕs one-day, 100-mile century bike ride through the Florida Keys, a bucket
list item for him. He found four
friends to go along with him, and Nancy rode along in the support van. As a bonus, we had brunch with JerryÕs
sister and brother-in-law Kim and Jim, who serendipitously were in Key West at
the same time.
In February, we drove to Richmond, VA to
see our niece Emily compete in a field hockey tournament. This fall, Emily signed to play college
field hockey next year at Dickinson College.
In April, we flew to Indianapolis to see
our niece MacKenzie compete in the diving trials for
the USA Olympic diving team. She
jumps off a 30-meter platform to perform beautiful aerial gymnastics. If I jumped off that platform, IÕd probably
miss the water!
In
May, Jerry participated in the New Jersey Marathon. It was his first time completing a
marathon in under four hours.
In June, we met up with several friends
in Pittsburgh then spent the next six days cycling 350 miles to Washington,
DC. This ÒBike the GapÓ trip took
us along an old railroad bed up and over the Eastern Continental Divide, then
along the old C&O Canal towpath to a finish on the National Mall.
August and September kept us busy with
high school reunions Ð 35th for Jerry back in North Ridgeville, OH
and 40th for Nancy in Unionville, PA. We also visited Columbus for the annual
Ohio State University Marching Band reunion, in which Jerry performed in Script
Ohio for over 100,000 people once again.
In October, we returned to Cleveland
twice, to watch the Cleveland Indians play in the playoffs: once in the ALCS
and then Game 1 of the World Series.
The Indians won both games; clearly we are good luck!
For Thanksgiving weekend, we returned to
Columbus as we do every other year, for 
the
penultimate Ohio State-Michigan football game.
December was jam-packed. Nancy successfully directed the Jingle
Bell 5k Run for Arthritis for the 4th year in a row. The next day, we had a group of friends
over who fixed up a collection of donated bikes, which will be given to local
children in need as Christmas gifts.
After that busy start we needed a vacation, so we spent a week in
Florida, visiting Universal Orlando and the beach. An unexpected bonus was a free Christmas
concert at Universal by Mannheim Steamroller.
Our careers continue as they have for
the past few years, with Jerry still working at IBM and Nancy at Fujitsu.
Our cats are in
good health and get along well Ð and eat well too. Jackson (gray) is the oldest at 11. Chaplin (white) and Spats (tuxedo) are
about 4_.
We hope you had a great year as well and
have plans to make 2017 great too.
If we havenÕt connected on Facebook yet, please find us there so that we
can stay in touch during the year.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Nancy and Jerry Canterbury