The First Decade of the Century

Decade wrap-up (our discussion and conclusions on our way to Domus!)
In the decade of 2000 to 2010.
Politics: 9/11 and the terrorist reign, which changed all of our lives, most notably at the airport.
Economic: Bush for 8 years, and the government goes from the ‘black’ to billions in debt, so much so that we can barely make the interest payments. The banks over extend credit to people and all the big lending institutions would have gone bankrupt had the govt not bailed them out.
Technology: laptops and cellphones become common household items.
Fashion: anything goes, from styles of baggy pants falling off the bum to boot tight skinny jeans.

The Tom/Anita Herway decade wrap-up.
MARRIAGES: We rejoiced in 4 marriages in the space of 5 years.

GRANDCHILDREN: We welcomed 9 grandchildren to our family...4 in the space of one year.

GRADUATIONS: High school (4) (…Dan/Seth were in the 90’s)
BYU (4) add (1) in 2010
Grad school (1)
MBA (1) add (1) in 2010
Medical school graduate in 2010
Then add the in-laws and we get to add 4 more college graduates! Woohoo, quite an educated group!

MISSIONS: Seth counts because he returned in 2000. (Dan was 96-98) (Noel 97-99)
Then we have Jake and Nicole, who served and finished in this decade. Steve is currently serving.

HOUSE PURCHASES:
Dan/Lara bought a house
Seth/Heidi bought a condo
Jake/Mel bought a house
Natalie/Noel have bought a townhouse and a house.
Tom/Anita bought a house

And to sum it all up, our first Herway reunion in 2009, looking forward to our second reunion in Rehoboth in 2011.

I probably left out some good details...please feel free to add to the list!