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Our Family |
My Siblings and
Spouses, from left to right:
My
late brother Richard (Andy), from San Diego; Joan and me, Cambridge, MN; Joanne
and my brother Rodney from San Diego; my sister Linda, and her late husband, John
from Albert Lea, MN; and my sister Lola, and her husband, Dale from Savage, MN
The
picture was taken the end of May, 2009 when we were
all in the area for my mother's memorial service.
Joan and Roger
We were married July 1, 1967.
We
enjoy doing a lot of things together including travel, and you can find
summaries of our trips at my website: rogerwmanderson.com
We
have lots of other interests too, such as Roger's interested in Ishi, the Last
Stone-age Indian of North America, antiques, and more.
Joan
likes researching her new family and making new contacts with them. She
was adopted at birth, and recently found her "natural" family.
Many of them live close to us in the Cambridge and Isanti area. She also
enjoys knitting, reading, and computer games.
We
both love spending time with our children and their families.
Iceland,
August, 2017
Derek and Renee
This
is Derek, and his wife, Renee. Derek graduated
from Cambridge High School in 1990, went to school at the Lutheran Bible
Institute near Seattle, Washington, and after working for a publishing company,
and went back to school at The University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He
is now an English teacher at Mahtomedi, and Renee is an 
elementary school teacher and
media specialist. They were married on June 21, 2003, and live in White
Bear Lake, Minnesota.
Derek
is a comic book collector, and a book lover, and plays guitar. He is in a band
called, "MY COUSIN DALLAS". They're on Facebook.
They have three children:
Ezra, who was born on March 15, 2006.
Zo‘, who was born on March 25, 2008.
Gus (August), who was born February 7, 2011.
Here
they are with their cousins Phoebe and Gram with Joan in September of 2017
Left
to Right: Gus, Phoebe, Ezra, Joan, Gram, and Zo‘
Kent and Chrysa
This
is Kent, our youngest son, and his wife, Chrysa. Kent and Chrysa are both
graduates from the College of Art and Design, in Minneapolis. Kent
graduated from the Cambridge-Isanti High School in 1995.
Kent
graduated with a degree in photography, and is working as a commercial
photographer at a place that makes cake decorations and accessories, and Chrysa
is an illustrator, and works for a manufacturing company as an
designer/ illustrator for Mylar balloons.
They
live in Richfield, and have two children, Phoebe Clare, who was born August 8,
2012, and Gram, who was born October 25, 2016.
