Dad's 85th

Clockwise: G's, Tim, Kristen, Kailey, Chelsea, Jason, Kara, Jordan, Caitlyn, Jen

Today's the 85th anniversary of my father's entry into this world... one of which he took leave some six-and-a-half years ago.

His legacy lives on in the life of his wife of 51 years; the five of us who are blessed to be their children, the grand and great-grandkids (nine of whom are pictured here with their "G-Mom and G-Dad" on their 50th Anniversary cruise!)

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Second Anniversary

Last year on this occasion we were in Managua with the team from Chets... we're celebrating the second year of our honeymoon on the top of Mount Huang; "Yellow Mountain" is reputed to be the most beautiful in China... you'll get no argument from us!!

Kara's Birthday

The young lady pictured entered this world through an Alachua General Hospital delivery room in Gainesville, Florida at 6:56 a.m. on a Saturday morning precisely 26 years ago today... 'twas a quite memorable occasion for this once-young father; she has been one of my greatest sources of pride and joy ever since!

Dad (pictured with his daughters circa 2003) would've been 84 today were he still with us... don't know if September 20th has the same significance to you now that you're five years into eternity... just wanted you to know we still miss you here on earth, Dad!

Bonnie's Birthday

She's 26 today... so cool that even though I've only been her step-dad for a little over a year, I can look back and see many occasions where our paths have crossed over the years... dating back to before she was born! Here she is playing dress-up with Kara back in the 80's at our home in Gainesville!

Kara, Eddie, Mitch, Heather, Harley, Bonnie, Josh, G & G

Family!

Hard to believe it has been so long since my last entry... 12 days from our departure date and so much yet to do. Tuesday an estate sale company came and literally "cleaned us out"... We enjoyed sharing our plans with Bobby (pictured)

Bonnie, Drew and Joshua have been here since Sunday evening, so we've gotten to spend time with them and "Uncle Nate" (pictured @Zaxby's)

"Grandma Grace "G.G." has been spending all the time she can with Josh, who will be exactly 6 months old tomorrow, Friday the 13th!
Tonight we visited with a Barnabas Team Leader from our church while Josh's parents were out on a DATE... those can be few-and-far-between for young parents... he sat through the entire meeting as if absorbing every word of our conversation :-)