Celeste Rumbaugh VanNess
email Celeste
Jacksonville, Florida

Hi everyone!

It's really great to see what everyone's been up to and to get back in touch with so many of you guys.

I am doing fine. I survived the remainder of the 80's busy with college at Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC, UNC-W in Wilmington, NC and back to Methodist to graduate in '91 with a BS in Business and Accounting. No, I did not go full-time for 9 years as you may have calculated. I took a few years off to travel, work and learn some life lessons that BL never taught.

In the '90s, I got a great job, met my husband Vince when he was stationed at Ft. Bragg as an Army helicopter pilot and we were married in 1996. We have a four year old son named Karl and a two year old daughter named Anna. I have twelve year old twin step-daughters, Melissa and Kristina, that live in Galveston, TX.  The kids love that we live in the theme park mecca state. Since we were married, we have moved six times and lived in NC, LA, NJ, and FL. My husband now flies for the Coast Guard and we are stationed in Jacksonville, FL. We live 2 1/2 hours from Disney World and right off I-95 so if anyone is ever down this way you'll have to stop by. We should be here until summer 2002 or 2003. If the Coast Guard is moved from the Dept. of Transportation into the new Office of Homeland Defense, we have no idea what will be next for us.

I have no career at this point with all the moving and having babies. Being a Mom is really great. I keep busy and try to travel and visit friends and family when my husband is deployed which varies from 1 to 7 1/2 months a year. We hope to make it to the reunion next summer and look forward to seeing everyone.