BREAKFAST WITH SANTA!!!!!!!
Last Saturday morning found Nancy and I with three grand kids at breakfast with Santa at McKnight Rd.



James,Paul,and Kayleigh with Mr and Mrs Claus!!!!1


James,Kayleigh and Paul

The five of us with Mr. and Mrs. Claus

Kayleigh with her friend Allisson

Nancy was the story book reader

Uncle Steve at the keyboard

A good time was had by all.

For those who want to listen to an original Christmas song written by "Steve Haupt" and sung by his daughter Becky Kelley. Simply click on the attached Youtube link.
Ed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPViKJRHyZo

CHUCK CELEBRATES A MAGICAL NUMBER BIRTHDAY!!!
Saturday night Nancy and I along with thirty or more other guest helped Chuck celebrate sixty candles.
Later in the evening my seventy one old back wished I would have attended but not bowled two games.
The games were fun,the cake excellent and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK!!!!!!

Bowling and eating go together

Birthday boy cutting the cake

Birthday boy wearing his new photo shirt.It is a pictorial highlight of his life. A great idea.



A part of the group

SENIOR PRINCESS PERFORMS!!!
Thursday evening found grandma and I watching Kelsey sing in her school chorus holiday show.

Kelsey is in third row third girl from the left

In the last two pictures she has moved to the right side and is in third row on the end between two red dresses.

This year she added singing in the school chorus to her many varied experiences.

HIGHLIGHTS of 2009!!!!



Celebrating our 50TH wedding anniversary was certainly our top highlight of 2009.





Nancy and I with Aunt Helen my families patriarch.






I met my friend Bob as a freshman at Roosevelt high school.











Rich and Ruth friends for over fifty years. We were in their wedding in 1958 and they were in our wedding in 1959.

Jack has been my friend since 1950.

Jackie in the middle is our senior church friend going back to 1959.

Standing is our friends from the sixties Neil and Glenda.

My Aunt Dudell and her son Loren

We were honored that our granddaughter Kelsey play background music at our celebration. Pictured here with junior princess Kayleigh.

Thank you Nancy for fifty WONDERFUL YEARS!!!

ASPIRING AMERICAN IDOLS!!!

Thanksgiving evening found four family members performing in a play written and directed by the two youngest.











The quartet

The song writer and his director

The brother/sister combo

Not sure what is going on but they are lined up from the youngest to the oldest of those in attendance.

Thursday was lots of food and football but also lots of family fun.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2009 !!!
Eleven years ago today Nancy and I spent Thanksgiving day in Paris France. We arrived around 6:00 PM Wednesday evening and after checking in at our hotel we walked to the Eiffel Tower and rode the elevator up.
On Thursday Thanksgiving day we took a bus tour around Paris and then walked the streets of Paris from Notre Dame Cathedral to near the Eiffel Tower about a five hour walk with a few stops.
Our dinner on Thanksgiving evening was really surreal as turkey and dressing could not be found on the menu. Would you believe we had a big steak for our Thanksgiving dinner.!!!

Notre Dame Cathedral
The Seine river

A section of the Louvre

The streets of Paris

Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers.

MINDS EYE!!!!!!!!!!!!





I have been doing a sports radio show every Friday for twelve years at Minds Eye an organization that provides radio programming 24/7 to the sight challenged community. Recently I added a Talk Back hour to my schedule.I do the new show on the third Friday of each month.(you need a special receiver in order to listen to the show)


Friday the 20TH was special as my guest was good friend Eric Cope talking about his recent climb to the top of Mount Rainer near Seattle WA. In the course of an hour broadcast I was able to ask Eric about ten questions ranging from describing Mount Rainer to the sightless to his feelings when he reached the top.


Eric's answers were simply priceless. Eric described Rainer as a cupcake sitting on the top of a table. Eric's answer on reaching the top was "I was too tired to have any emotional feelings. The description of the actual climb was so vivid that I felt the pain.


Thanks Eric even thought we did not receive any callers you made Friday's program a great program.

GUESS WHO IS

21

TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A piece of trivia you may not know

There is fifty years between the grandpa and grandson. There was fifty years between the grandpa and his grandpa. My grandpa would be 121!!!!!!!!

This is one of my top ten photos

[I guess because it involves the CARDINALS[

Wrigley field Chicago IL

A great sculptor

Todd and Sarah 5/9/59

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TODD!!!!!!!

We LOVE YOU

Grandpa and Grandma

YOUR ST LOUIS TAX $ at WORK!!!
A photo tour of Citygarden

Looking east from the entrance to citygarden


Nancy standing at the head of "Eros Bound" has the feel of an ancient relic that has been restored.




One of several waterfalls.

Ironically the Flamingo has always been a favorite of mine.

The Door of Return

In honor of my plus seventeen years with Bank of America. Actually I enjoyed the reflection of the ATT building.

It was a beautiful day and a nice park to stroll through. I simply wonder how many tax $ it cost and how much is the upkeep?