Twenty-nine years ago we became Grandparents for the first time!
Savannah and me! Photo taken in 1996.
Savannah and her Grandpa.
A year later we found a Merry Go Round Horse for her to ride.
Happy Birthday Savannah! We love you now and forever!
Grandma and Grandpa
In the past few weeks we had a death in the family and heard about the deaths of two old friends.
Robby Far Guy's cousin and our Godson died from complications of diabetes, heart issues and kidney failure on July 5, 2025. He was 46 years old. He was the youngest of the paternal cousins. He had a bit of a different life style, so we have not seen him in a long time. The funeral is Friday...not sure who or if we will go...it depends on how we feel and if we think the risk of crowd germs is worth the exposure. Far Guy has 13 cousins on that side of his family...three have died...Jere in 1967, Steve in 2019 and now Robby in 2025. There are 15 Cousins total...that includes Far Guy and his sister Janice who died in 2022.
Our friend Dale died in Arizona he was 86 years old. Far Guy grew up with him. Dale had Parkinson's. He died on the 4th of July...it was no doubt a special day to him and it was time to close the show. We have appreciated his friendship and notes every Christmas. This year there was no note at Christmas. The end of an era. He wrote a book called Wooden Horses and Iron Men he sent Far Guy a copy because there is a photo of a very young Far Guy in the book.
Lastly a friend from long ago. Vonnie died July 1, 2025 she was 74. She was a steady girlfriend of one of Far Guys Cousins on his maternal side of the family. We had some really fun times together! Sadly she married someone else.
And so it goes...we are all in certain stages of death...some just closer than others.
Far Side
This is a week of medical appointments...six of them. Three were accomplished on Monday and Tuesday. We made the drive Up North (2 1/2 hours) for a blood draw for Far Guy on Monday. During the night a horrid UTI made it impossible to sleep...so I went to Urgent Care as soon as they opened...got meds and I will recover. Tuesday Far Guy saw his Oncologist Dr B and the tumor has shrunk by 50% !!! The cancer medication is being decreased in the hope that the side effects will be tolerable and it will still work at decreasing the size of the tumor. We see Dr B every two weeks, he is very encouraged by the progress in just the last two weeks. We drove back home to the woods after the appointment.
Sadie was happy to see us, Jen and Andy made supper for us on Monday night...burgers and corn on the cob and then Andy made lunch for us before we left. Andy and Jen are so good to us we are blessed to have them in our family!
We also got to see Maddie and Baby K for a bit!
Far Side
I found some photos of roses on my Mom's old Flash Drive.
I went through one of my Mom flash drives. None of the photos are marked and there is scenery and people I do not know. I will pass it to my baby brother and he can pass it on to our other baby brother and our sister. The littlest baby in the photo was born in August of 2016...so that was nine years ago.
These little kids are coming to visit this week...the oldest is now twelve...it would be fun to re create this photo! That is my baby brother in this photo and his bride with three of their Oregon Grands!
The New Jersey Grands and the Oregon/Washington Grand will probably show up too. It is a bunch of little kids.
I have more of my Mom's SD cards to go through it all takes time and I can only sit for so long.
Far Side
