Painting the Pole 8-)

We have a sewer pipe sticking up in our side yard. The water company was supposed to cut it off four years ago but so far it has never happened. :( A couple of years ago Dennis painted it green but it started to rust so Dennis and Hannah next door (age 9) decided to paint a design on it. Her brothers Billy (8) and Brian (3) helped too. 8-)

Below are some pictures and videos of the project. Isn't Dennis just the best "Uncle " ever?!

Facebook page for Watterson Class of 1966

If you click on this link you can become a fan of my high school class on Facebook :)

Bishop Watterson High School Class of 1966 on Facebook

Doo Dah Parade

On the 4th of July Dennis and I walked alongside a classic old Checker cab owned by our friends, the Glassman's, who own yellow cab in Columbus. The Yellow cab phone number is 444-4444. Amy says "when on all 4's call all 4's" ;) so Jeff had tee shirts made that say that with a cute clip art design of a guy with a spilled drink on all fours. There also was a sign on top of the checker with the same slogan. We walked the parade route (carrying empty beer bottles) and people would read the sign aloud and laugh. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of it, plus the checker cab is beautiful. It also gave a good message about not drinking and driving. The Doo Dah (in the Short North) is known for its funny political, topical and satirical messages.

Fireworks on Buckeye Lake July 3, 2009

Fireworks over Buckeye Lake as seen from our boat (and about a thousand other boats!). They call it Blasst and it costs $60,000! Money from John Wolfe's estate (his family owns Journal Island on the lake) and additonal monies collected all year long pay for it. We had the radio tuned in and the simulcast was great. :) Here are a couple of good ones. Turn up your speakers!

Dayton Babies

We went to Larry & Brenda's for a Memorial Day picnic and all the little ones were there. :) Mandy & Josh have three children and her cousins Stacey and Natalie were there with their babies. I got some great pictures. They are all adorable.  How nice to have all these young cousins growing up together. 

And do they ever grow up so fast! It is hard to believe that Chloe will be 7 in August. Riley Kate just turned 4 and Carter is 8 months in these pictures. He will be one in September. I can't believe I didn't get a picture of Josh! Carter looks just like him. :)

Stacey and Ross have a little boy Ross who is 18 months old and her sister Natalie and her husband Dave had a beautiful baby girl, Payton in January. Stacey & Natalie are Joan's sister Linda's daughters. 

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This is a very cute but short video of Carter on the swing ;)

Grant Thomas Miller

We arrived home from Mexico on May 4. I told Emily all along that she was very thoughtful to wait until we returned to have the baby. ;)  He was due on Mother's Day, May 10.  We all were at Tom & Deb's that day and Em was more than ready to have the baby, but he wasn't....as a matter of fact he waited 9 more days!

On May 19 Em was in labor and we all gathered at St. Ann's awaiting the big event. They would not disclose the name in advance so we were all waiting to see what the tag said when he finally came out, ha, ha (That was Dennis' line...) ;),  Grant Thomas Miller. He was big! 8# 1 oz and 20.75 inches long! What a beautiful baby! 

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Baldy had a great time in PV ;)

Nancy brought Baldy to PV and he was having such a good time she left him for the rest of the winter! It gets pretty cold for such a little guy in Chicago :( He had some amazing adventures that I wanted to share with you. If you are on Facebook you might want to become a friend with Baldy Blank if you are not already. He has been sharing some of his adventures with his Facebook friends. He just flew back to Chicago in time to get his Elvis Tee shirt that Nancy brought him from Graceland (he was very sorry he missed that trip!) then he left yesterday for Nassau with Amy & Jacquie. I am looking forward to those pictures. :) Bonnie already thinks Baldy needs to go to AA ;) it might be even worse after this trip......

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