From the Hermes Family to Yours

The holiday season is always a special time of the year for our family, and each year we send out a card to share our new family photo album additions with our friends, family and past clients. This year marks the first where we are also sending out our holiday message via the internet!

1998 has been full with work and play, as usual. Our youngest son John graduated from college, so for the first time in 12 years we are not paying any college tuition. It feels oh so good!

Family and friends are a great treasure to us and we'd like to say "thank you," for you do mean so much to us. We hope this greeting finds you well. Thanks for letting us share our year with you.

- Jim and Nancy

Christmas picture 1997 at our home.
Left to Right: sons Wade, John, Joe, son-in-law Ron Bye, niece Angie Swanson (who is a 1998 NR graduate & currently a nurse in Cape Fear, NC), daughter Sarah and nephew Ray Swanson

Jim and Nancy with Clayton & Mary Hulleman's daughter Julie & her husband Chad who are students at MSU and live in Boseman, Montana. The Hullemans live in Scandia, MN.

A proud day. Here are Joe and John at John's graduation from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, in May 1998.

The man: Alexander Bye

Proud Grandmas, Sharon Cross (Ron's Mom) and Nancy with Alexander. This picture was taken at Wally's 90th birthday party (see below).

This shot was taken at Nancy's dad's 90th birthday party at his home in Scandia, MN. Left to Right: son John, (who is heading back to Ireland for 6 months), Nancy, Jim, daughter Sarah, grandson Alexander, Sarah's husband Ron Bye (they live in Woodbury, MN), and son Wade (who has a home in Minneapolis and is a sales manager at ADP in Bloomington, MN.) Not pictured is son Joe who lives in Winter Park, CO, learning a trade and enjoying mountain skiing.