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´Families are the compassesthat guide us. They are theinspiration to reach great

heights, and our comfort whenwe occasionally falter.µ

~ Brad Henry

From The BeginningMy family began when my mother and

father got married on March 21st, 1992.

They moved into a tiny white home and 3

years later, I was born. My parents only

stayed in that white house for 18 months,

and then they moved to a bigger, log cabin

home. My parents wanted to have a second

child but it took a while. They eventually

had my sister in 2002. About 4 years ago,

we moved into the house right next door to

our log cabin home because it had more

space and was for sale at a good price.

Present Day

Words can¶t describe how crazy my family is, but I love them! We live in Albemarle and my

 parents have lived here all of their life. We areactive members at Central United Methodist

Church. We love going out to eat together atMazatlan and we try to have many home

cooked family meals also. We have two dogs:The first dog we got is named Gus. He is a dachshund beagle mix. We adopted him fromthe Animal Rescue League a couple years ago.

The second dog was given to me for my 14th  birthday, and her name is Cocoa. She is a

terrier mix and she was the runt of the litter sowhen I got her she only weighed 8 ounces.

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My sister was born on January 23rd

, 2002. My

mother found out that she was expecting a girl

on the devastating day of September 11th

,

2001. She was named after my mom¶s first

 bottle of perfume, Lauryn. Her full name is

Lauryn Elizabeth Hopkins. She was born 7

years after me. When she was born, she had jet black, thick hair. She still has thick hair but

the color changed to a brown. Lauryn has blue

eyes and is average height for her age. She

goes to East Albemarle Elementary School and

she is in the 4th

grade. This is her second year 

 being on the East Albemarle Bullpup Pounders

Jump Rope Team. She is following in my past

footsteps, by being on the jump rope team.

Lauryn says that she is going to go to Gray

Stone Day School like me.

She loves riding her bike up and down our 

street with the other kids her age that also live

on the same street. She and my dad LOVE

watching WWE and Raw together on Monday

nights. Her best subject in school is reading

and she hates math. She also likes to jam out

to Justin Bieber, in my car unfortunately.

Lauryn can be pretty hilarious and we like to

hang out with each other. She may be a brat

sometimes but I still love her with all of my

heart.

´Sisters function as safety nets

in a chaotic world simply by

being there for each other.µ

~Carol Saline

MyS

ister

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My Parents

My parents first met each other when they

were both working at a company called

Roses. My dad now works at the city of 

Albemarle in customer services, and he has

 been there for 15 years. My mom now

works at The Albemarle District Office

(head office for all Methodist churches in

the district) as the secretary. My dad

graduated from Albemarle High School in

1983 and graduated from Pfeiffer 

University in 1987. My mom graduated

from North Stanly in 1985 and went to

college for a year and hated it. My dad¶s

full name is Scott Darren Hopkins and he

has 2 older brothers. He has short black 

hair, blue eyes and is average height. He

loves to watch sports and WWE/Raw with

my sister. His dad worked on everything

(juke boxes, arcade games, etc.) and hismom used to have a daycare service in their 

house and she loves to knit. My mom¶s

full name, before married, was Kimberly

Ann Frey and she has 2 older sisters and 3

older brothers. She has short brown hair,

 blue eyes and she is short. She loves to

read and walk the dogs. Her dad was the

chief of police of Albemarle, and her mom

was a stay-at-home mom. I love my parents so much and I have no idea what I

would do without them!

Married on March 21st,1992: 19 years and

counting

k 

k   A quote/saying that my parents would always tell to my sister and I, whenever we

went off somewhere, was ³Remember who you are, and what you represent´ 

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The Hopkins

Family

September 2011 

VOL. 1 ISSUE 1 

Gray Stone Day School

49464 Merner Terrace

Misenheimer, NC 28109

PO Box 650

By: Taylor Hopkins

Technology 2nd Period

507 Cherrywood Lane

Albemarle, North Carolina 28001

Ph. 704-983-4054

³You don't choose your 

 family. They are God's gift 

to you, as you are to them.´ 

-Desmond Tutu