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and counting) and daughters, Eleanor (4) and Camille (18 months) are keeping him occupied off the clock. Jessica Crowe Whilden and Guy Whilden have completed their “set of four” with the introduction of Michael Richard Whilden, born March 25 — mon congrats, kiddies. Here’s a crazy twist of DA fate: Jessica taught Hadley Long Fox’s niece and Jamie Krzyzewski Spatola’s nephew this year at DA. Like Jessica, Kyle Lavin has had a baby since the last Record; her name is Kathleen (9 months). He just finished his palliative care fellowship at the University of Washington. With his fellowship completed, he, his wife, Lindsay, and Kathleen will be moving back to North Carolina, to Southpoint Manor specifically, where he will be joining the UNC faculty — congrats to Kyle and the Lavins. Emily Ballard Williams and her husband welcomed another baby boy in September 2015, bringing the “total” to three children. In her words, “The oldest will turn four this May, so it’s fairly nuts in my house at times.” Emily is still working with service members’ transition out of the Army to prepare them for the civilian workforce. Life seems to have been simpler when they traveled Europe and the Middle East with (only) one kid, but craziness seems to be the norm in El Paso. Stay tuned for where Uncle Sam sends them next! Mike and Caroline (Amy Sims) Kibsey bought a house in Herndon, Virginia. Their son Michael, now 8, is a third-grader in a Japanese immersion elementary school where he spends half of every day learning math and science in Japanese. Veronika, their youngest (17 months), attends a Department of Defense Child Development
Center next to Caroline’s office in Washington, D.C. Caroline is employed with the Department of Defense as an analyst specializing in East Asian defense and security issues. If any DA alumni are ever in the D.C. or Northern Virginia area, please let Caroline know! Carrie White Trumbower and her husband, Randy, have two sons, Lyle (3 years) and Luca (1 year), and are living in Durham. Carrie is an aesthetic nurse practitioner at a laser and skincare medical spa in Raleigh. Sarah Graham Motsinger is enjoying life in Durham and has adjusted well to being a family of four after the birth of a son, Jack, in December 2014. This has been an exciting year for Sarah and AJ since their daughter, Lilly, started pre-k at Durham Academy. She’s loved every day of school and gets to spend time with fantastic teachers like Sheri-lyn Carrow, Bobbie Dahlgren, Jessica Whilden, Judy Chandler, Michelle Graham-Freeman and more! Sarah is wrapping up her 11th year working in the school’s Alumni and Development Office and continues to enjoy working each day with a “fabulous team” and supporting the advancement of DA. For the past three years she has also helped co-chair the Junior League’s new cookbook project, Taste of Tobacco Road — check it out! When Ben Berchuck is not dodging phone calls from me about sports marketing opportunities at Wasserman Media Group, he is chasing his two adorable children, Elena and Jack, around South Durham. Alivia Sholtz is “still” living in Durham as she “cannot get enough.” She has since stopped practicing law at Legal Aid and is now working at Duke Clinical Research Institute drafting and
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negotiating Josh, just had Reunion contracts for their second DURHAM ACADEMY clinical research child, a boy, FALL ALUMNI WEEKEND studies. She SEPT. 23 & 24, 2016 named Lucas really enjoys Bennett born Spread the word. both the job Register at www.da.org/alumni. May 7, (the itself as well as perfect Mother’s the work-life balance compared to Day gift!). Caroline loves living when she was in litigation — she in Durham and working as a even has enough free time to go research analyst at MDRC. Marion to DA alumni events and catch Penning and her husband, Andy, up with former classmates and welcomed Lucy Patricia Horbal teachers. Alivia will be getting on Nov. 28. Elizabeth Matteson married in a few weeks, which Bechard and her husband, Bart, will be a great way to kick off her live in Hillsborough and welcomed summer. That’s all for now, folks. twins Milo Alexander and Emilia Make sure to keep the updates Sage on March 8. Nearby is Mike coming — it’s not for me, it’s for Munson, who lives in Chapel Hill you … and your mother. Also, just with his wife, Sophia, and works so you know, in case it comes up, for Higgins, Frankstone, Graves & Nav Mahal prefers cucumbers to Morris, practicing estate planning pickles — that’s not a preference, and small business law. He and it’s a F-A-C-T. Sophia are expecting their first child in September. Katie Ballou is living in Salisbury and teaches ESL to kindergarten students. Allison Kirkland She loves married life and won allison.kirkland@gmail.com teacher of the year at her school this Amelia Ashton Thorn year. Congratulations, Katie, what amelia.ashton@gmail.com an incredible accomplishment! Allison Kirkland, who is enjoying As usual, it was a treat to hear from reconnecting with Durham, our classmates, who are out doing teaches the other end of the age some pretty amazing, and varied, spectrum … a memoir class at things in the world — coaching, The Forest at Duke. She finds it running, doctoring, starting new extremely rewarding and fun, and jobs, having children and even loves using the skills she acquired appearing in commercials. First, in graduate school. She’s also to celebrate one of the newest working as an editor and writing additions to the DA family — last coach. Justin Paige is also in the August, Jennie Cheesborough and hometown, teaching high school husband Kyle welcomed baby girl math. He’s in his third year at Blake, and Jennie reports that she Southern School of Energy and is loving being her mom. Jennie is Sustainability and also serves as an also finishing her plastic surgery assistant football coach and head residency as chief resident at coach of the school’s new lacrosse Northwestern, and then will head to club. He recently concluded a Stanford for a year-long fellowship two-and-a-half-year stint at the in microsurgery. More DA babies SECU Family House as a Weekend are making their entrances — Manager. And, in his spare time Caroline Mage and her husband, (tough to believe he has any!), he
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