Cruefest2

Kelly, Tammie Keim, and Mike Cox. And that is Mike's son Brandon in the green next to him. I had to snap this picture and send to Sara, wish she could have been there with us.



Bring back memories, anyone? I just couldn't resist when I saw this car pulling into the parking lot.



Kelly and I. She hasn't changed one bit. We had the BEST time.




The Zimmer clan. Jake is 15 and Cole is 13. It was the first time that I've met them. It was great to get together with our kids for the day.



Heather and I tailgating! What a fun day we had spent with eachother and great friends.

Well, that's the update for now. The boys leave for Arizona on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Keep them in your thoughts/prayers that they have safe travels.

Glasses

Not much to report. But I needed to post something, just to keep up with the rest of you.

Another school year is winding down. Heather is finishing up her freshman year, and Michael has completed his senior year. As you can see from the pictue, she's joined the ranks of the 4-eyed. She's almost the same age Mike was when he got glasses, but by far WAY older than Sara and I were (2nd grade).

One more year down ....

Well, another year bites the dust!!! And you know I don't feel any older than I did ... sure I have to hold stuff a little further away from my eyes to read. And my bones ache after sitting in one spot too long. And I'm a tad forgetful. But, still that's not old!!! We celebrated the day after by going to the Motley Crue concert, now those guys, are old. We took the kids, this is Heather's favorite band. I am so glad we shared this experience. She will have this memory forever. Kinda like the Beach Boys concert that Mom and Dad took us to when we were 12. It was almost 5 hours of pure rock and roll. There were 3 groups that opened up for them, The Last Vegas (out of Chicago), Theory of a Deadman, and Hinder. ALL were fantastic. And the Crue ... well, they were just awesome.

We are all doing pretty well. We both made it through the large cuts that our companies made and have jobs to go to every day. So, I count my blessings every day. We got the financial aid paperwork completed and filed for Matt and Mike. Now we just need to get Michael a job and a car. Say a prayer that he finds something soon. Even McDonald's isn't hiring. It's crazy.

Old Friends ...

Thanks to the world wide web, I have reconnected with an old friend. Come to find out she lives just up the road, so to speak, within 15 miles anyway.

We met for a 2 1/2 hour cup of coffee the week after Christmas. You'd never know that it's been more than 20 years since we actually had a conversation.

Patti says hi to all the Cronley's and had some good memories to share that I'd forgotten.

I think I probably sent all this out in an email, but I wanted to post the picture that she shared with me.

Not too much is happening in the frozen tundra. We get a dusting (or dumping) of snow almost every day. It so reminds me of the olden days, you remember when I was a kid. I wished Rachel and happy 42, yesterday. That means that ours is right around the corner.

Work is good, busy!!! Which I am grateful for. We just downsized globally nearly 100 employees. The 2nd restructuring in 9 months. Just pray for our state, there are so many people without jobs, the unemployment office fielded 6,000,000 calls in the month of December alone.

Hope everyone is healthy, and keeping warm. Boog/Tracey, you are probably loving the freeze, what is it there now ... 70???