The Hopkins Family

September 2011 VOL. 1 ISSUE 1

From The Beginning

My 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 cant 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 are active members at Central United Methodist Church. We love going out to eat together at Mazatlan 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 from the 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 so when I got her she only weighed 8 ounces.

Families are the compasses that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. ~ Brad Henry

My Sister

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 moms 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. ~Carol Saline

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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 dads 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 his mom used to have a daycare service in their house and she loves to knit. My moms 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 A quote/saying that my parents would always tell to my sister and I, whenever we went off somewhere, was Remember who you are, and what you represent

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The Hopkins Family

VOL. 1 ISSUE 1

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. -Desmond Tutu

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By: Taylor Hopkins Technology 2nd Period

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