Last night a dear friend died. An amazing man. Someone that was a person to listen too… he was a grouch … He was an ornery old man… I loved him. Told him, that for him…. I would come out of retirement. I would come over and take care of him…. I would do that because I love him. I kissed him every time I saw him over the last 3 months. He was really sick… had Cancer. And he was kicking all the way. He got better…. for a short time… and last night there was a call for his dear friend to rush there quick. By the time he got there… Keith was gone… Now forever in HIS chair… will be another man.

Work will not be the same… His chair is empty… even though someone is sitting in the seat. It is empty. All the knowledge he had went with him. A very smart man…. WOW… I will miss you dear old man.

 Here is the picture that brought him laughter… One that I took while I was at the shop… see the sign behind the man laughing…. says oversize…with this mans head right below it….? That made my dear Keith laugh with all his heart. He wanted nothing more than to have this picture for himself…

There was no one like Kieth…. he was the type of guy that knew his business…. and even though you hated to admit that he was right …. because you wanted nothing more than him to be wrong JUST ONCE….Resistance was futile. He knew heavy duty in the store more than the managers. He is just AMAZING. I miss him gruffing at me when I walked in….

The first time I met him…

“How you doing handsome?”

“HURUMPH…..”

“ That good hun? Well I am happy to see you have a smile on your face.”

Kieth slowly let me in…. like he had a choice… I have worked on him over the past 3 years… i wanted him to know…t hat he was lovable. That he was loved. I don’t know what his life was like. Other than he was alone…. and he liked it that way. He told me that … He told me that he was going to die alone. That last time I was with him… He new he was going. He ….

I love you Keith…You will be missed…. We will all be…”Draggin’ our feet” To get things done around here…. you will be missed… you may have died with none of us in the room with you… But you did not die alone….

Posted: June 27th, 2006 under This-n-that.
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We are SOOOOO LUCKY this year. Our Daddy is with us and we are so happy about that…. All our grandpas are with us and we are so lucky for that. We are a blessed family and we thank you all for everything that you do for us. Not just ont his day… But on everyday of the year. I know that Fathers day is an AFTER thought. if you think about it….. it reallly is…. They make a big deal about moms… but an afterthought was to thank the dads. the men that are stay at home just liek alot of us moms… the ones that got o work everyday and miss many of the special things thier kids are doing throught the year because they are making the money so that they can do those things. Thank yout o those men. the men that make the world go round…. You are MY HERO!

Posted: June 18th, 2006 under This-n-that.
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We have always known that our #1 boy was a genius… they told us that for sure, let me see….. 2 years ago. But you wouldn’t believe the scores that boy got this year on his school standard based assessment testing this year…. proficient scoring would be this…. Reading~300,Writing~300, and Mathematics~300….

#1 boy got these scores…. Reading~469,Writing~491,Mathematics~409…

Your son is highly advanced …. in reading anything above 392, in writing anything above 402, and in mathematics anything above a 390 is advanced ….. He is well off the charts in all these areas and we are extremely pleased. We look forward to teaching him next year.

You know his emotional stuff isn’t all together yet. But I tell you he is AMAZING when it comes to school work. You also have an amazing eye for beauty. I have starting giving you the camera and letting you find something to take a picture of. You have come up with really neat things like this……

I might let you start doing the brookston challenge with your auntie Lessa. I am sure that like her kids you would give her a run for her money…..

#1 this year has been a great year for you … you have worked so hard to get your emotions under control and to work in school really hard. You have made leaps and bounds. We are so proud of you. Keep up the hard work and you will be the scientist that you want to be. I know you have it in you. Than you can put mom and dad in that really NICE nursing home. YAH!

Posted: June 11th, 2006 under This-n-that.
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 I where my sunglasses at night …. so I can… so I can see……

 How beautiful we are … you and me….

 I eat my Cheese it’s off the floor

 As I watch you go out the door…….

Okay that is all I got… but I had fun coming up with the lines for it… enjoy the pictures… I know that I have…. thank you Auntie Lessa… you rock…. now don’t go and flex too much… or when you hit me it will really hurt.

Posted: June 8th, 2006 under This-n-that.
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