HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYLEIGH!!!!!!
Today you celebrate number nine but I still remember that first year.I was retired and took care of you one day a week.It was one of my most memorable years.
You have grown from that little baby girl into Grandpa's "Junior Princess".
Grandma and I hope you have a great birthday and we will see you Sunday at the family party.
Love You
grandpa and Grandma

The junior and senior princesses

LOST BUT NOW FOUND!!!!!!
My great old!!!! 35mm Cannon film camera has been missing for about ten months. With the dawn of a new year I have been cleaning,re-organizing, recycling, throwing away, and ridding our life of clutter.Presto the lost camera was found plus two undeveloped rolls of film.
Alley Springs September/October 2008

We have been fortunate to have traveled on three continents,across two oceans, went through the Panama Canal, countless cruises, 47 states, but Alley Springs about 225 miles from home easily makes our top ten favorite places.

I realize digital photography is convient and easy but there is something to say about the quality of film.

What to do on a day off? !!!!!!

Recently my friend Jack and I walked through the stadium on the way to another sports event.


Locker on left where the Cardinal hat is placed is Albert's locker!!!!

Jack with the 2006 World Series trophy

I simply never get tired of sitting in the Cardinal dugout. In fact I was in the dugout yesterday three times with groups while the temperature hovered around 15.

FAMILY HELPS PAUL CELEBRATE
Saturday the family gathered at Sherri"s to help Paul celebrate his ninth birthday.


There is a story behind the first picture. The boys are looking at a book "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that grandpa bought and read many times as a young boy. All the grand kids in 2010 will receive a book from Grandpa that he read when he was a youngster.






Paul is opening a bow from his dad.

The infamous nine candles

A good time was had by all and especially the birthday boy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!!!!!!!

Today Paul celebrates birthday number nine.

Paul, I must confess it feels more like four years than nine years. I guess time goes fast when you are having fun.

Grandma and I hope you have a great B-Day.

See you at your party.

Love

Grandpa and Grandma

The boy is full of lots of activities.

ARRIVEDERCI TODD!!!!!!
Our oldest grandson Todd is on his way to the Florence Italy campus of Harding University. Todd will spend the next three months in Florence and of course traveling the continent.
Joining Todd in this adventure of a life time is his friend Sarah.

Todd and Sarah

Todd and Sarah we hope you have a safe,exciting,and a great life changing experience.

Love You

Grandpa and Grandma

P.S.

I am planning on picking you up on the 14TH of April

FAMILY CELEBRATES #12 WITH DONOVAN!!!!!!
Today the family gathered to help Donovan celebrate his twelfth birthday.

Lots of relatives join to help Donovan celebrate #12.

Happy birthday Donovan!!!!!!!!

How about lending me some money?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONOVAN!!!!!!
A little piece of trivia.
***The year you were born was my first year of retirement
***The year I turned twelve was the first year of a new decade
Grandma and I hope you have a great!!! twelfth birthday.
Love You
Grandpa and grandma

WARM THOUGHTS ON A VERY COLD DAY

The beach near the Mayan ruins of Tulum Mexico. It was near one hundred Fahrenheit

the day we visited.

Horseshoe Bay Bermuda; The calender may have said November but it was over eighty.

Aruba It really was a perspiring kind of day.

I hope the pictures give you warm thoughts on this very cold day.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!!

Nancy and I would like to share with you our top personal events of the first decade of the 21ST century. The first two are tied for first as one could not have happened without the other.The remainder are simply big events for us but not in any sort of ranking order.



On 5/09/09 we celebrated our 50TH wedding anniversary.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In this decade we welcomed four new grandchildren to our family.!!!!!!!!!!!!

I turned seventy in 2008 and had a fun year doing seventy things I had never done. #56 Was being the Zoo train engineer for the day thanks to a Father,s day gift from our three children.!!!!!!!!!!!

In April of 2003 I started to work for AB at Grants Farm. One of the highlights of my work was photographing the world famous Clyde dales with kids , parents, and grandparents.

Feb. 7Th 2007 I started as a stadium tour guide for the St Louis Cardinals and I still love every aspect of my work.

The next two photos feature a combined decade event. I attended the all star game in 2009 and a world series game in 2006 both at our new Busch stadium. The real big deal is that I was able to attend an all star game and at least one world series game in all three of our stadiums.

Look mom no eye glasses!!! Since Jan. 2005 I have not had to wear eye glasses. I believe I began wearing glasses in 1959.

THE BIRTH OF OUR BLOG!!!

We feature the first paragraph of our first blog posting.

Saturday, February 11, 2006

On a cool fall Oct. Evening in 1956 I met a young woman name of Nancy and as fate would direct we are still sharing our life together. At the time I was in college and Nancy was a senior in high school. From that fall evening until a warm May 9Th 1959 we had what could be described as a rocky courtship. It was certainly on again and then off again for one reason or another. My blog title states it is a great life and since that warm May evening in 59 it has been. We have had three wonderful children and with help from their spouses they have given us six terrific grand kids. We have a passion to travel but our love for our grand kids always brings us back home.

Our hope is that each and everyone of our readers will have a blessed and prosperous 2010.!!!!!