Hunter’s 1st Birthday and Jackson’s 4th

Hunter, son of Andrew and Tina, turned 1 year old on the 29th. They had a big party at their home in Hartville. I had strongly considered going, but decided to wait for a better time -- hopefully next Spring. But I had to share this photo of Andrew holding Hunter: Another grandson, Jackson, son …

Cards from my children

Some cherished cards and letters from my children:

Baby Hunter is born

Andrew sent me a photo of Hunter Wednesday morning (Aug 29th, 2018) shortly after he was born. It was a bit of a shock even though I knew there was a good chance he'd be born that day. They'd known for some time that he was not in the correct position. Tina had a doctor's …

Calls from my kids

Today was a good day. Both Michael and Emily called me! Plus I exchanged text messages with Andrew. Michael answered my text question about a job interview he had on Thursday. I guess it went just so-so and was plagued with technical issues, but he's talking to a few other companies mostly in Utah and …

A busy Spring Break

This has been a very interesting week. Susan's been off due to Spring Break so we've done a couple of things out of the ordinary. It started last Saturday with breakfast with the Salisburys. On Monday, we went to a movie - "A Wrinkle In Time". Bro. Winebrenner had suggested we take the grandkids to …

Andrew and Tina move into my old house

Andrew and Tina started expressing interest in my house in Hartville (at 643 Lynnview St. SW) several months ago. They wanted to buy it if the price was right. Susan was in agreement. Without a lot of thought, we told them they could have it for $125,000. I purchased it in 2003 for $150,000, but …

Memories of my children

My children are very precious to me and I mostly have very happy memories of them as they were growing up. I've never really had hobbies, but when someone would ask if I did, I would say that my children were my hobby. Unfortunately, my memories of them are fading. Before I get to the …