L-R: AMBER, ROSIE, HAZEL, AND COREY THISTLE; RANDY, APRIL, BRIAN, AND JILL SABA; AND ASHLEY AND GREG BURY.
My wife, April, and I live in Severna Park, MD and have been HP residents since 2022. This past year has been an extremely busy and exciting one for our family. There have been three showers, a baptism, two bachelorette trips, two bachelor trips, two weddings, a 40th anniversary, and one of our daughters running the New York City Marathon.
Our son, Brian, married Jill Etzler at Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, MD on May 17. The venue is nestled on the banks of the South River, minutes from downtown Annapolis. The ten acres of gardens were in full bloom and the ceremony was held on the waterfront. Brian and Jill honeymooned at Amboseli National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, Africa. They currently reside in Arnold, MD with their dog, Luna.
Our daughter, Amber, and her husband, Corey Thistle, welcomed their daughter, Rosie (our 2nd grandchild), into the world on December 9, 2023. On July 22, the whole family celebrated Rosie’s baptism in Red Bank, NJ, where the family lives with Rosie’s two-year-old sister, Hazel, and their dog, Winnie. While in NJ, we were also able to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary with the entire family.
AND APRIL, RANDY, JILL, AND BRIAN SABA.
Our other daughter, Ashley (Amber’s twin sister), married Greg Bury on October 12 at Renditions Golf Course in Davidsonville, MD, where each hole pays homage to Grand Slam venues. The ceremony was held on the first tee box with rolling hills and trees whose leaves had just started turning their fall colors. The theme of the wedding reflected their love for the White Mountains. Ashley and Greg reside in Rochester, NH, with their dog, Baxter. They’ll be honeymooning in Thailand in early 2025, which allowed Ashley time to prepare for the NYC Marathon on November 3 where the family cheered her on. She finished in 3 hours, 13 minutes and 10 seconds which is in the top 2% of 24,700 women who ran the marathon.
