1. Josh’s Family
By: Joshua Copeland
9-18-09
My Family Inside this issue:
Mom of the 2
This newsletter in year
dedicated to my whole Daddy-O 2
family. My family
reaches everywhere in Rooten 3
the United States. My Tutens
Mom and Dad have
Copeland’s 3
been divorced since I Corner
was four years old. In
this newsletter I will tell Wild things 3
you, the reader, all about
my family. Funny Stories 4
While I am an only Letter to the 4
child, I have many Caption describing Reader
picture or graphic.
cousins that are like
brothers and sisters.
More information about
my family is inside this
issue. Enjoy!
Please enjoy the
rest of the
newsletter
The Tampa Clan
Judy and Chuck Grandma and I doing that together.
Copeland, my sometimes do We have talked to
grandparents, live in genealogy together. people as far as Japan.
Tampa Florida. My We also talk about My Grandparents have
Grandmother is an books. My grandpa is always been there for
executive assistant fir a retired but is interested me and that is why I
non-profit company. in HAM Radio.
love them.
Grandpa and I love
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2. Mom of the year
My mom, Judy Lewis witty and she loves to North Carolina.
Copeland, is the greatest crack jokes. We enjoy
mom in the world. She doing things together My mom is a great
loves me for who I am such as playing the Wii, woman and that is why
and treats me with watching TV or just I love her.
respect. My mom also is hanging out.
a great cook. For
instance, her parmesan Her occupation is a
crusted chicken is the pastor in the Lutheran
most delicious thing I church. She has been
have ever tasted! ordained for 20 years
and served
My mom is funny and
congregations all over
Daddy-O
Keith Thomas Copeland Church in America, but Dad is one of the most
is my dad. While my serves a Presbyterian interesting people I
dad and I don’t always church. know.
“I know he loves me agree on some things, I
for who I am.” know that he loves me We enjoy going out on
for who I am. the boat together during
the summer and go
My dad is also a pastor, camping together as
serving a church in well. Watching movies
Charlotte, Sugaw Creek together is also a
Presbyterian Church. favorite pastime.
He is a pastor in the
Evangelical Lutheran
The Grandparental Units
Lewis, my middle name, The family is headed by sponsored by the
is the name of my mom’s my grandparents, Bill Lutheran Church.
family. When we all get and Sandra Lewis. Grandmomma and
together, it is a ball of Recently they moved to Grandaddy are kind and
fun! We enjoy spending a new home in the compassionate to
time together celebrating Columbia, South everyone, especially
birthdays and holidays. Carolina area, Heritage me. They have taught
Laughter is always at Lowman. It is a me the value of family
abundant when we gather. retirement facility and love that we share.
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3. The Rooten Tutens
The Tuten Family great sense of humor. such as softball, soccer,
consists of my mom’s Elizabeth, a 16 year old and karate. Emily and I
sister, Nancy, her junior in high school, is spend a lot of time
husband Tom and their a very talented together playing all
daughters Elizabeth and ballerina. This past kinds of games such as
Emily. Aunt Nancy is a summer, she travelled to the Wii, putting
professor of English at New York where she together puzzles and
Columbia College and was invited to study at playing outside.
we love to talk about the Joffrey Ballet
books that I have read. Company for two I love the Tutens and I
Uncle Tom is in sales weeks. am so proud to call
for Roadway Trucking Emily is about to turn them my family.
Company and has a 12 and is into sports
Copeland’s Corner
Uncle Scott is my dad’s became a sergeant. sure do have a lot of fun
brother. His family Then he retired, for a doing that. Nick is
consists of my two year and started seventeen. Alexander is
cousins, Alex and Nick working as a civilian for twenty-one and he and I
and my Aunt Denise. the Air Force. My Aunt like doing the same
My uncle is currently Denise has been battling things. We both like to
living in Hawaii cancer for a long time. read and play games.
working for the Air She is a great cook and I My Uncle Scotts family
Force as a civilian. He love going to see her. is a lot of fun to go see
started working for the My cousin Nick and I and some day I am
Air force when he was love to play video going to go to Hawaii
18. He served twenty games together. We and See Uncle Scott.
eight years till he Aloha!
Wild Things
I have three dogs, the smartest dog I have Cooper is the same mix.
Maggie, Sophie, and ever had. Sophie and He is a little smaller
Cooper. Maggie is the Cooper are twins. than Sophie and he is
oldest; I have had her Sophie is black and is a Wild! He runs
ever since I was in the poodle-Yorkshire everywhere.
second grade. She is Terrier mix. Sophie My dogs are truly
gray and has poodle and loves to play and run Wild Things, but that is
Schnauzer in her. She is around the fire place.
why I love them.
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4. Dear Reader,
I hope you have enjoyed learning about my Family. There still one more article
to go! Thank you so much for reading.
Joshua Copeland
Funny Stories
I have heard many bowl and broke it in
funny throughout my half then slaps them
life, but the funniest half way across the
one to me is when my room.
dad and Uncle Scott It is funnier when you
were fighting over a
hear it in person, but I
bowl. My Dad and
still think it is so funny.
Uncle Scott were
fighting over their
favorite bowl. They
were fighting way too
loud. When my
Grandfather doesn’t get
his sleep he gets
grumpy. So they were
fighting over a bowl
when a very grumpy
Grandpa. He took the
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