Just back in Vermont after a great visit down to see my folks. Today is m father’s 80th birthday. He’s fond of pointing out that 80 marks a new personal best in longevity for his direct lineage. He claims it’s due to all that clean living and exercise.. Whatever the root.. he’s an amazing guy. he’s always been my most important role model and mentor.. He’s such a warm and compassionate guy.. He’s funny, caring and goofy in a unique and wonderful way.
Happy birthday Pa !! I love you so much…!
We did a great family party for dad yesterday. Today we all spent
chilling at my folks house.. Not much going on.. just trying to catch
up with our siblings and their kids..
Our one big task today was to get a set of family pictures.. Which we did with the help of my foks neighbor, Steve.. It was quite a feat getting everyone to stand still for 30 seconds.
I held a Samstone up to keep Sam in the picture. .
We always take a joke picture with an underbite.. we call it ‘the teeth’ ..
Here’s the assemblage from the rear.
We also got some nice shots of the families..
The rest of the day we all passed the time with Max’s new gist to Gabe.. a throwing knife.. It’s unbelievably fun and dangerous.. It was impossible to resist.
Turns out that Grandpa is a pretty good shot !
We spent the rest of the day hanging out.. The kids got to spend some time together which was really nice.
Then around 6 we hit the road.. It was an uneventful trip back.. except that we ran into our Vermont friends. Reese. Didi and family somewhere in the wilds of New Hampshire.. completely by accident .. It’s a samll world.. or at least a small set of states.
OK.. time for bed.. One last Happy Birthday shout out to my Pa.. Happy birtday Dad.. we all love you !
