Emily

Great Grandma and Great Grand Daughter ...

...Born 31, 975 days apart. 

Second-Cousins Brian & Emily getting acquainted !

Beautiful little girl, a real gift.

Hi Emily

Welcome to the family! (Born TH-3/15; 8 Lbs. 8 Ozs.)

Going home...(SU-3/18)

Family Laughs

We enjoyed a nice Saturday evening "mid-winter" get-together at our house just to reconnect and catch up on what's going in everyones lives. Interesting how with phones, email, Facebook etc. we still miss out on alot of what is happening with one-another ...

Jordan & his girlfriend Sarah ...

Both Augustana grads; he's working full-time and she's working part-time while taking classes towards her Masters degree. Busy kids making their way in life.

 Tom, Pat and Jane ...

Tom & Jane are doing great even though this year for the first time they did not travel and winter in Tom's place in Green Valley (Tucson area), AZ. Fortunately this winter has been pretty easy on all of us so they picked the right year to stay in Illinois. Pat's doing great - we're all really proud of her.

 Gavin, Jorie, Ian & Logan ...

"Growing". Cousins, best friends, loving and enjoyable. Fun watching the impact they each have on one-another.

 Greg & Al ...

Sharing stories of Al's trip to Florida last weekend to watch the races at Daytona and visiting his brother. Al's thinking about a NASCAR career now that he's retired....maybe carrying Danica's jacket and make-up kit.

 Shoes for sale ...

Thanks y'all.

My Uncle Ed

He's an author under the pen-name of Grandpa Ed working on his 5th publication. Pretty cool. Mostly works that revolve around religious themes or elements of the Bible. He's really enjoying this in his retirement years and after teaching the Bible for many years at his local church.

I stopped in at his book signing today where he was giving out red roses to the ladies in addition to placing his autograph on books....a hopeless romantic.

 "The Seventy-Seventh Day" is his most recent publication ...

I picked up "Does Your Flame Flicker", one of his earlier works.....

Should be interesting as I've never read the Bible and this is an introduction to doing so...

I'm glad for him.

Thanksgiving at the Farm

Sons, nieces & nephews, 2011

 .... their more-normal state when they're together ...

Logan's Day

Logan was great at his Baptism..

.....Godfather, Godmother, Mom, Dad & Logan...

[Kevin - Dana - Katie - Jason - "L"]

It's official !

Fun Stuff - Days of Our Youth

Mom & Dad ...

Phil....

The Family... (Oops - Could not figure out how to rotate this pic)

National Park & Family

Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina - looking Northeast from the Great Smokey Mountains.

Colorful group!