To all, Enjoy a few of this past year's picts that I took for the SVWeekly. No Pulitzers, but a lot of fun anyway.Thursday, December 18, 2008
Some Simple Americana
To all, Enjoy a few of this past year's picts that I took for the SVWeekly. No Pulitzers, but a lot of fun anyway.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Miswording from mickey
The term above in Bonnie's caption (quoting me) that the march Chris was leading was a "meaningless exertion" was a mistake on my part. We had both recently read Styron's The Long March, and the gist of it for me was that the person who had commanded a 36-mile hike at a time when there was no war, was simply being cruel to his men, and hence the exertion was "meaningless".
Chris's 9-mile hike was in no sense meaningless, and he told me he was glad to do it, and especially proud to be leading it. Mea culpa mea culpa
love,
mickey
Chris and Beth
Here are some rare pictures from Chris and Beth, including some of their recent attendance at the Marine Corps Ball. Mickey gave them wide distribution but I thought they certainly deserved residence on the Sink.
The last two, according to Mickey, are the inspiration of Chris while reading "William Styron's The Long March when he was asked to lead his group on a 9-mile meaningless exertion."
The last two, according to Mickey, are the inspiration of Chris while reading "William Styron's The Long March when he was asked to lead his group on a 9-mile meaningless exertion." Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Our TV Stars
We are not sure what they will be showing but there is a new episode on Greensburg that will be showing on Discovery's Science Channel this November 22 and 23. They will be covering work on the Engelken home, one of the green homes Janek has designed. The episode is called Green Hits Home.
Here's a direct link to information for Dirty Jobs, the show Misia will soon be on. I'll keep you posted on the upcoming schedule as soon as I know.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Well, That Was Fun!
Ike's recent post elicited all sorts of reactions, comments, back and forth emails--the works! Due to the firm and kind family guidance he has since received he has acknowledged that the Sink was not the proper forum for cut and paste diatribes.
I know where he's coming from in a sense. Some time ago, I engaged in trying to educate my family in my strongly held beliefs but I ended up feeling like I was taking advantage of the family forum for my own devices. That led me to create my own blog for such emotional outbursts and perhaps that is something Ike can consider.
As "authors" to your own posts on this family blog, you have the right to have second thoughts about what you have written and can delete what you've posted. As ultimate administrator of the Sink, and in the spirit of my ongoing desire to promote participation from one and all, I choose not to delete this little chapter in our family's history. Yesterday's events were monumental, the discussion important, and, I suspect, even the comment posted by ANONYMOUS (in caps) was someone in the family, or very close to it, wanting to speak without being identified (note the frequent reference to "Morgans" although we are much more than that). And, after all, the whole thing has been rather entertaining, no?
Notice that any family websites I am aware of are posted in the sidebar as "interesting" other links for anyone to peruse if they are so inclined. Let me know if you want something listed. I even shamelessly list my own business website! And will freely list any of yours! More links the better!
So in the spirit of Obama, I remain as admin for "red" and "blue" but more dedicated to one somewhat united family.
I cannot imagine having this conversation from one side of the country to the other without the Sink, can you?
Please! please! please!.. read this before voting.
Sorry, But Obama Scares Me
Jonah Goldberg
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The prospect of a Barack Obama presidency makes me very nervous.
Obama's entire campaign has been based on the need for radical, transformational change, which implies there is something very wrong with America.
It's hardly surprising, then, that he has painted the bleakest picture of America instead of acknowledging, as a starting point, that we are still the greatest nation in the world.
For the past eight years, Democrats have slandered America as an imperialistic country that always prefers force to diplomacy; that attacks nations without provocation to enrich itself and to project its power; that intentionally targets civilian lives; that encourages sadistic torture of enemy prisoners, as opposed to tough interrogation techniques to extract information to save the lives of its people; that eavesdrops on private conversations among its citizens rather than monitoring terrorist communications into its borders; and that abuses rather than goes out of its way to accommodate the savages in Guantanamo's prison.
None of it is true.
For eight years, Democrats have poor-mouthed the mostly growing economy. They've lied that Bush's tax cuts for all income groups were only for the wealthy and that the cuts reduced revenues. They pretend to be deficit hawks, when Obama's new spending plans alone will make Bush look like Scrooge. They said Bush wanted to destroy Social Security, when he's the only one in the past 20 years who had the courage to try to reform it.
All lies.
They've preached bipartisanship while exhibiting the nastiest partisanship in my lifetime, calling Bush "King George III," "Hitler," a "murderer," a "war criminal," a "reckless cowboy," a "moron" and a "Christian throwback." They've caricatured Bush as an unbending partisan who wouldn't reach across the aisle, in the face of his countless and mostly rebuffed bipartisan overtures and legislation.
More disinformation.
They've deliberately divided this nation on the basis of race, class, gender and religion while telling us, falsely, that conservatives are racists, greedy, sexists, homophobes and religious bigots.
The propaganda triumvirate -- Democrats, the liberal media and leftist bloggers -- have portrayed President Bush, Vice President Cheney and America as dark and evil forces and have whipped the country into a frenzy of desperation, setting the table for a charismatic leader to deliver us from the despair they've manufactured with relentless precision.
Barack Obama, with his mysterious past and messianic aura, then burst upon the scene with the focused purpose of capitalizing on the public's perceived woes by offering dramatic change and unspecified hope. As if the script had been written just for him, he stepped right into his role, expanding on this theme of despair. He stressed how bleak conditions are, how unfair America is to the less fortunate and middle class, how ugly America is in foreign affairs, how the values of average Americans are warped (bitter clingers), how hardworking producers who oppose confiscatory tax rates but who contribute more to charity than Obama and his running mate even contemplate are selfish, and how America is a global environmental menace.
With all respect, almost everything about Obama's campaign is fraudulent. He masquerades as a uniter while dividing, polarizing and alienating us. He denies he's liberal, when objective sources score him as the most liberal senator. He says he barely knows militants and radicals with whom he has spent his lifetime cavorting and whose worldviews -- horrifyingly -- he shares. He brazenly disguises welfare redistributions as tax cuts. He and his surrogates keep changing his tax plan.
With his ideas about spreading the wealth, entrepreneurial selfishness, the ongoing "original sin" in our Constitution, the inherent evil of corporations, nationalized health care, and the civil rights movement not doing enough to bring about "economic justice" -- a euphemism for "Marxism" used by radicals, such as Bill Ayers, who still hate America -- are you not concerned at just how far Obama might go if he's got a nearly veto-proof Democratic majority at his back?
With his known discomfort with American exceptionalism, his naive mindset about good and evil in the world, his reckless underestimation of threats to America, his stated intention to disarm our nuclear weapons unilaterally, his open-borders extremism, his willingness to relax our intelligence monitoring, and his misguided concern for terrorists' rights, how can America be as secure under his watch?
With his sordid background in "community organizing" and his symbiotic relationship with an organization that is engaged in a systematic effort to steal this election, his thug tactics to investigate and silence his critics, and his Democratic colleagues' willingness to use government to shut down conservative talk radio, are you not worried about our liberties under an Obama administration?
Before our very eyes, America stands poised to elect as president the most radical man ever to run for this office credibly.
Don't say we didn't warn you.
Jonah Goldberg
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The prospect of a Barack Obama presidency makes me very nervous.
Obama's entire campaign has been based on the need for radical, transformational change, which implies there is something very wrong with America.
It's hardly surprising, then, that he has painted the bleakest picture of America instead of acknowledging, as a starting point, that we are still the greatest nation in the world.
For the past eight years, Democrats have slandered America as an imperialistic country that always prefers force to diplomacy; that attacks nations without provocation to enrich itself and to project its power; that intentionally targets civilian lives; that encourages sadistic torture of enemy prisoners, as opposed to tough interrogation techniques to extract information to save the lives of its people; that eavesdrops on private conversations among its citizens rather than monitoring terrorist communications into its borders; and that abuses rather than goes out of its way to accommodate the savages in Guantanamo's prison.
None of it is true.
For eight years, Democrats have poor-mouthed the mostly growing economy. They've lied that Bush's tax cuts for all income groups were only for the wealthy and that the cuts reduced revenues. They pretend to be deficit hawks, when Obama's new spending plans alone will make Bush look like Scrooge. They said Bush wanted to destroy Social Security, when he's the only one in the past 20 years who had the courage to try to reform it.
All lies.
They've preached bipartisanship while exhibiting the nastiest partisanship in my lifetime, calling Bush "King George III," "Hitler," a "murderer," a "war criminal," a "reckless cowboy," a "moron" and a "Christian throwback." They've caricatured Bush as an unbending partisan who wouldn't reach across the aisle, in the face of his countless and mostly rebuffed bipartisan overtures and legislation.
More disinformation.
They've deliberately divided this nation on the basis of race, class, gender and religion while telling us, falsely, that conservatives are racists, greedy, sexists, homophobes and religious bigots.
The propaganda triumvirate -- Democrats, the liberal media and leftist bloggers -- have portrayed President Bush, Vice President Cheney and America as dark and evil forces and have whipped the country into a frenzy of desperation, setting the table for a charismatic leader to deliver us from the despair they've manufactured with relentless precision.
Barack Obama, with his mysterious past and messianic aura, then burst upon the scene with the focused purpose of capitalizing on the public's perceived woes by offering dramatic change and unspecified hope. As if the script had been written just for him, he stepped right into his role, expanding on this theme of despair. He stressed how bleak conditions are, how unfair America is to the less fortunate and middle class, how ugly America is in foreign affairs, how the values of average Americans are warped (bitter clingers), how hardworking producers who oppose confiscatory tax rates but who contribute more to charity than Obama and his running mate even contemplate are selfish, and how America is a global environmental menace.
With all respect, almost everything about Obama's campaign is fraudulent. He masquerades as a uniter while dividing, polarizing and alienating us. He denies he's liberal, when objective sources score him as the most liberal senator. He says he barely knows militants and radicals with whom he has spent his lifetime cavorting and whose worldviews -- horrifyingly -- he shares. He brazenly disguises welfare redistributions as tax cuts. He and his surrogates keep changing his tax plan.
With his ideas about spreading the wealth, entrepreneurial selfishness, the ongoing "original sin" in our Constitution, the inherent evil of corporations, nationalized health care, and the civil rights movement not doing enough to bring about "economic justice" -- a euphemism for "Marxism" used by radicals, such as Bill Ayers, who still hate America -- are you not concerned at just how far Obama might go if he's got a nearly veto-proof Democratic majority at his back?
With his known discomfort with American exceptionalism, his naive mindset about good and evil in the world, his reckless underestimation of threats to America, his stated intention to disarm our nuclear weapons unilaterally, his open-borders extremism, his willingness to relax our intelligence monitoring, and his misguided concern for terrorists' rights, how can America be as secure under his watch?
With his sordid background in "community organizing" and his symbiotic relationship with an organization that is engaged in a systematic effort to steal this election, his thug tactics to investigate and silence his critics, and his Democratic colleagues' willingness to use government to shut down conservative talk radio, are you not worried about our liberties under an Obama administration?
Before our very eyes, America stands poised to elect as president the most radical man ever to run for this office credibly.
Don't say we didn't warn you.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Misia's 15 Minutes of Fame?
Misia will be on the Dirty Jobs show late November or early December. Read Jef's nice writeup on Jef and Sara's blog.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Circus Fever
Nathie captured some kid craziness following a Circus Vargus show of clowns, acrobats, trapeze artists and trick motorcyclists.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
A New Family Calendar
It was getting a little old to post for every single birthday in the family, and as I don't see us getting any smaller I thought I would make available the Family Calendar that I use to mark all those important dates.
The link is on the right; however, it does not seem to get you to the bottom of the page as I intended so you may need to scroll some to get all the way there.
If you have a date you would like entered (I am missing some anniversaries, etc.) just let me know and particularly send me a note if I have made a mistake!
UPDATE: The calendar should now be available to all to view; there were some settings I had to change, sorry for the false start. If you would like to make changes or additions to the calendar, click on the Google Calendar button on the bottom right hand corner of the Calendar.
The link is on the right; however, it does not seem to get you to the bottom of the page as I intended so you may need to scroll some to get all the way there.
If you have a date you would like entered (I am missing some anniversaries, etc.) just let me know and particularly send me a note if I have made a mistake!
UPDATE: The calendar should now be available to all to view; there were some settings I had to change, sorry for the false start. If you would like to make changes or additions to the calendar, click on the Google Calendar button on the bottom right hand corner of the Calendar.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Birthday Thanks
I recently celebrated a significant birthday (3/4 century!!) in LA and want to thank all my kids, grandkids and great grandkids for a wonderful celebration. Bonnie, with input from Robin, put on and organized a fantastic multi-course Japanese dinner. Chris and Beth drove up from San Diego and managed to keep me out of the kitchen for the surprise. I was overwhelmed with a present: Ipod nano loaded with great music and 106 family photos - and video messages from those not able to make it. I missed Claire, Brian and kids but his 90 yr old grandma trumped my 75. If I make it to 90 I hope you all will be there. It was all very special - and it reminded me of the wonderful 60th surprise birthday that Nancy planned 15 years ago!. Just a big "thank you" for a memorable trip. Barbara - known as mom&grandma.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Vanity request from ike
I would really appreciate it if all could go to
http://readerarticles.realclearpolitics.com/?period=all
and vote for my latest column........Why We Fear Nuclear Power
it's pretty much non-political but I think very informative and thought provoking
Would love feedback.
Sorry Janek, not trying to steal your thunder...extremely interesting and challenging work you are doing!
Ike
http://readerarticles.realclearpolitics.com/?period=all
and vote for my latest column........Why We Fear Nuclear Power
it's pretty much non-political but I think very informative and thought provoking
Would love feedback.
Sorry Janek, not trying to steal your thunder...extremely interesting and challenging work you are doing!
Ike
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Update on Janek in Greensburg
Last September I wrote briefly about Janek being involved in the rebuilding of a green town in Kansas--Greensburg--a town that was wiped out by a Category 5 tornado May of last year.
The story of the rebuilding of Greensburg is being filmed by Discovery Channel and is part of its new programming channel, Planet Green. We don't get that station but if you are interested it might be showing in your area. Janek has been on camera off and on so much that he is bound to show up somewhere in the story.
Janek has designed nearly 10 homes for individual families out there and most of them are extreme "green". (Today's extreme, tomorrow's standard). During the spring he also took his entire USC studio class to Greensburg where they presented green designs of buildings for the city to the GB high school students. It's easy to say you're "going green" but a lot harder to put into practice. While the city has pledged and mandated green building standards for all municipal and commercial construction, the residential building is only as green as your architect is able to convince you. A lot of his effort has been to educate people on what that really means.
The filming by Discovery is attracting a lot of corporate attention and donations. FritoLay is going to sponsor and pay for two additional homes that he’s designed and they are getting an enormous amount of donated material from DuPont, TOTO, Bosch and other corporations eager to be showcased in his green designs (countertops, bath and kitchen fixtures, windows, tile, carpeting, etc.) The donations are making the building of these even modest homes affordable for these people rebuilding with government-financed loans and insurance policies.
The timeline is fierce: these people are in FEMA trailers and must be out of them by this November, so building will be fast and furious once they break ground.
Janek just spent an entire month building the first structure with his bare hands, a co-worker and a motley assortment of volunteers--from nuns to teenagers. This is called the "test" building because it is being used to demonstrate (and work out the kinks) the use of a new construction material. Janek is using a Styrofoam and rebar based foundation and framing/walls system (ICF) with a company he has been working with for some time, IntegraSpec. The company is providing the material at a much reduced cost, and of course they all will benefit from the media coverage. Using this material reduces construction time and makes a nearly impenetrable structure, perfect for tornado-prone Kansas.
The flat plains of Kansas means Janek's white clad building is visible for miles around. The flat plains have a constant wind as well--imagine trying to handle 40 lbs of rebar 30 feet up in the air with wind gusts of 30-40 mph: Janek came home 10lbs lighter and brown as a nut. He felt like he had just gone through boot camp. Yes, that is Janek in the picture:
After a mere week home he will be going out again, this time to finalize designs and contracts on the remaining homes. We'll keep you posted. If anyone sees any of the episodes let us know.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
California Kids
Surfer boy Julian
Sweet peaches Phoebe
Some kids play soccer. Chloe, well...
Dreamy Mila
Tobey is his sisters' favorite playthingThey change so fast I thought it was time to get some pics up
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Lee Again in the News
From Ike,
Not sure what everyone has for info but wanted to post a summary about Lee and his entry into the United States Marine Corps.
Lee left Bangor on Sunday June 22 for his journey to Parris Island and Boot Camp in the US Marines.
As usual the first few weeks are pretty much void of communication while they go about their business.
Today I received my first letter from Lee (good ol' fashion written 3 pages on good ol' fashion stationary..remember those days?) and it sounds like he is settling in and adjusting to the grind that the first few weeks at Boot camp brings. Tough adjustment but tough kid, that Lee.
Anyway, he would love lots of letters from folks and he promises to try to respond as much as possible although the training has a lock on much of his time.
Lee's date of graduation is set for September 19 but as with everything military, that can change.
Here is address.
Rct. Morgan, Lee 2423
Plt 1069 Alpha Co.
1st RTBN Box 11069
Parris Island, South Carolina 29905-1069
Not sure what everyone has for info but wanted to post a summary about Lee and his entry into the United States Marine Corps.
Lee left Bangor on Sunday June 22 for his journey to Parris Island and Boot Camp in the US Marines.
As usual the first few weeks are pretty much void of communication while they go about their business.
Today I received my first letter from Lee (good ol' fashion written 3 pages on good ol' fashion stationary..remember those days?) and it sounds like he is settling in and adjusting to the grind that the first few weeks at Boot camp brings. Tough adjustment but tough kid, that Lee.
Anyway, he would love lots of letters from folks and he promises to try to respond as much as possible although the training has a lock on much of his time.
Lee's date of graduation is set for September 19 but as with everything military, that can change.
Here is address.
Rct. Morgan, Lee 2423
Plt 1069 Alpha Co.
1st RTBN Box 11069
Parris Island, South Carolina 29905-1069
Friday, July 4, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Some Nice Family Photos from Maine
Ike sent these great pictures of the family, mostly from Lee's recent graduation and prom.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Hello all,
A request for all to visit Nancy's fabulous web site and chime in.
www.rightbias.com
Thanks,
Ike
A request for all to visit Nancy's fabulous web site and chime in.
www.rightbias.com
Thanks,
Ike
Friday, April 4, 2008
Birthdays
Well, March has come and gone and so have the birthdays for the following family:
Julian turned 2 on the 2nd
Bonnie turned 57 and Christopher turned 27 on the 6th
Lee is 18! on the 9th
Janek on the 12th
and, Beth on the 27th
April promises more of the same (as I've said before there sure is something about those late summer days and this family!)
Sara on the 3rd
Mila turns 4 on the 5th
and Amelia (turns 13?) on the 27th
Happiest of times to one and all.
Julian turned 2 on the 2nd
Bonnie turned 57 and Christopher turned 27 on the 6th
Lee is 18! on the 9th
Janek on the 12th
and, Beth on the 27th
April promises more of the same (as I've said before there sure is something about those late summer days and this family!)
Sara on the 3rd
Mila turns 4 on the 5th
and Amelia (turns 13?) on the 27th
Happiest of times to one and all.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Mickey
Mickey has one more new hip.
Just a quick note to let all know that your sis is doing fine after her surgery today. It was a very long day at the hospital - patients backed up in recovery etc but all is well and she is settled in her room for the nite with a handy morphine pump at her side. She says to tell all that she felt your love and good vibes all day. Me - I'm beat - but I'll keep you posted. Love, Mom
Posted by Bonnie for Barbara/Mom/Grandma
Just a quick note to let all know that your sis is doing fine after her surgery today. It was a very long day at the hospital - patients backed up in recovery etc but all is well and she is settled in her room for the nite with a handy morphine pump at her side. She says to tell all that she felt your love and good vibes all day. Me - I'm beat - but I'll keep you posted. Love, Mom
Posted by Bonnie for Barbara/Mom/Grandma
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Dear Family,
One of the best things to have come from Chris joining the Marines has been for me to have been inspired to develop empathy for every mother's son and daughter who has ever been in Iraq or Afghanistan or Vietnam or has been a member of the U.S. military at any time ever. I believe that their experiences, whether of active or inactive duty, hold the core truth and key to the healing of our dysfunctional and suffering nation.
Ed Tick, author of War and the Soul, says "The first casualty of war is truth . . . "
Please watch his 10-minute video on YouTube.com entitlted "Healing PTSD with Ed Tick."
Then buy the book, read it, and send it to your favorite veteran, if it appeals to you.
love, peace,
mickey
One of the best things to have come from Chris joining the Marines has been for me to have been inspired to develop empathy for every mother's son and daughter who has ever been in Iraq or Afghanistan or Vietnam or has been a member of the U.S. military at any time ever. I believe that their experiences, whether of active or inactive duty, hold the core truth and key to the healing of our dysfunctional and suffering nation.
Ed Tick, author of War and the Soul, says "The first casualty of war is truth . . . "
Please watch his 10-minute video on YouTube.com entitlted "Healing PTSD with Ed Tick."
Then buy the book, read it, and send it to your favorite veteran, if it appeals to you.
love, peace,
mickey
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Chris and Owen in Dubai
Here's Chris and Owen, probably in Dubai (he called mickey from there just last Sunday). His e-mail keeps changing but you can write him now at morganriessck@11meu.usmc.mil. They both look a little resigned to their fate of having their 6-month deployment extended by a month. Owen's wife, Ashley (also a Marine!) had their baby in San Diego near Camp Pendleton on December 24, 2007 while Owen was deployed with Chris. Ashley's mother and Chris's love, Mrs. Beth, were there.Posted for Mickey
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
February Birthdays!
Since there are so many birthdays in the Spring in this extended family (sheesh, what were all the parents doing in October, November and December?) I'm going to do birthday recognitions by month.
Ok, we've got Capucine on the 16th! We know that you live in that huge, bustling city called New York and you somehow cope out there with your two young boys and your own business--but hey! Let us hear from you. And Happy Birthday! We really miss you.
Moving on to the 18th...Hey Lindy! So nice that you are keeping up with us, love the emails, the postings, but...what is really going on in your neck of the woods?? And who is this guy "Kenny" we keep hearing about? Nobody's seen him, nobody's vouching, so is he real? Post something you guys! And, Happy Birthday, maybe we'll see you out here some time?
And good grief, Jeannie, another birthday? Horrors!!! Hey, wait, you still ride a mean bike, keep that husband battened down, have a kid people would die for and have all your students cheering you on. Can't be that bad. I'd say you are doing quite well for yourself in this prime time of your life. Keep on being you. We love you.
Yes, one more February birthday. On the 26th. Happens to be our youngest. Yes, that baby boy who chased after and mimicked his older brother and sisters has finally matriculated, maturated, somehow reached the age when the law says you are responsible for yourself, and no one else is. You can vote, you can go to war, you can choose what you want to be--you can sidle up to the bar and order a beer! Bigger, taller than any of us imagined he would be; with many adventures yet to come (actually, he has several under his belt already!) Robin, have a wonderful day, we love you!
This is actually momentous. Janek and I have officially graduated to some new level, having raised our last child safely to the steps of adulthood. Congratulations to us and to Robin, and Happy, happy birthday.
Ok, we've got Capucine on the 16th! We know that you live in that huge, bustling city called New York and you somehow cope out there with your two young boys and your own business--but hey! Let us hear from you. And Happy Birthday! We really miss you.
Moving on to the 18th...Hey Lindy! So nice that you are keeping up with us, love the emails, the postings, but...what is really going on in your neck of the woods?? And who is this guy "Kenny" we keep hearing about? Nobody's seen him, nobody's vouching, so is he real? Post something you guys! And, Happy Birthday, maybe we'll see you out here some time?
And good grief, Jeannie, another birthday? Horrors!!! Hey, wait, you still ride a mean bike, keep that husband battened down, have a kid people would die for and have all your students cheering you on. Can't be that bad. I'd say you are doing quite well for yourself in this prime time of your life. Keep on being you. We love you.
Yes, one more February birthday. On the 26th. Happens to be our youngest. Yes, that baby boy who chased after and mimicked his older brother and sisters has finally matriculated, maturated, somehow reached the age when the law says you are responsible for yourself, and no one else is. You can vote, you can go to war, you can choose what you want to be--you can sidle up to the bar and order a beer! Bigger, taller than any of us imagined he would be; with many adventures yet to come (actually, he has several under his belt already!) Robin, have a wonderful day, we love you!
This is actually momentous. Janek and I have officially graduated to some new level, having raised our last child safely to the steps of adulthood. Congratulations to us and to Robin, and Happy, happy birthday.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Lee is 215 pound Maine State champ!
Congrats to Lee on winning the Class C 2008 individual State Championship in the 215 pound weight division. The State Championships were held Saturday, February 16 at Foxcroft Academy.
Lee also acheived his 100th win of his wrestling career that day.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Happy Birthday Ike!
It sure doesn't take long to fill that cake with candles, does it?
Hope you've had a great day Ike. Here's toasting to the next 50.
Love,
Bonnie
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