Fred's Old Guy Stuff

Monday, February 22, 2010

Big Happenings In The Family

I have been somewhat remiss in keeping this somewhat up to date. A lot has happened in the last month's time. Most notably, Sara and Matt got married, she is now Mrs. Matt Vander Wall. They more or less had a planned elopement, getting married at a courthouse in Orange County. They then went on a honeymoon trip to Tahoe and had a grand time. We don't know why they eloped but, we're glad they are hitched. Sara has married into a very nice family with lots of local support structure. Matt is a really nice young man with a BA in English.

This last Saturday was an open house for Sara and matt at their new apartment. We got to mingle with them and their college friends. Here are a few photos of the event.

Sara in her kitchen

From Sara Matt Open House

A contemplative Matt

From Sara Matt Open House

L to R- Ben, Matt's younger brother, Allison his younger sister, Matt, Kristy his older sister and Jason, Kristy's boyfriend. They were all quite charming to be around.

From Sara Matt Open House

My favorite part, the food.

From Sara Matt Open House

This is Madeline, I think she is a cousin to Matt. Sara, please correct me if I'm wrong.

From Sara Matt Open House

There was a crowd in their apartment.

From Sara Matt Open House

Sara and her Mother.

From Sara Matt Open House

The two mothers Tammy and Jackie having a good time.

From Sara Matt Open House

Matt's dad Eric

From Sara Matt Open House

Your humble correspondent, shiver me timbers, arrrrrrrrrrrr....

From DPS

The evening's entertainment, WII Bowling.... pictured is Sara creating her WII MII.

From Sara Matt Open House

Everyone had a good time I think, sending the new married couple off on a happy and entertaining adventure called life.

The rest of the family is doing well, my Dad has married his girlfriend JoAnn. They are adjusting to life together and seem to be happy. Melissa and Peter are in the midst of potty training Sarah Rose... fun. Mike and Alicia moved into a new bigger and cheaper apartment. Now Kara Rose has her own room... nice.

I'll leave you with a few fun images I have created for your enjoyment.

From DPS

Spring is on the way

From DPS

Until next time...
I am humbly yours... ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Me Hearties!!!!

OLD GUYS RULE!!!!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Favorite Photos of 2009

As most of you know, I'm an amateur photographer of sorts. Below, I've included for your perusal, 10 of my favorite photos from 2009. I hope you enjoy them. Please let me know if you do.

From DPS

From DPS Christmas

From DPS

The last 3 are my absolute faves.... Such little treasures they are. Thanks for looking and as always, I am humbly yours.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Me Hearties!!!!!

Old Guys Rule!

Monday, January 4, 2010

What a week!

Last week we had 7 adults, 1 toddler and 2 babies crammed in our house. Wow! What a week it was too. Every family group had at least one sick person to boot. It was a blessing to see all the kids and spend time with them. I had a blast playing Wii with the guys and I think we had a bowling tournament each night. Wii style of course. We ran them to the airport on Friday to catch their flights. Tammy was a little weepy and I had a heavy heart. What a traumatic thing to send them away but oh what a relief to have the house back too. Sara is moving out for good next Saturday so, we'll once again be empty nesters. These two old smoothies can't wait! Here's a few pics from last week.

From DPS Christmas

Until Next time, I humbly yours....

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Me Hearties!

and remember...

OLD GUYS RULE!!!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Merry Christmas

To all my friends and family, I wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. We went to the YVARC Christmas party yesterday, that was a lot of fun. We got to see a few friends we haven't seen for ages. Here's a few pictures from the event of people you may know.

From YVARC Christmas Party 2009

Mom and her friend, Janet.

From YVARC Christmas Party 2009

My friend Jason, received a certificate for running the weekly net and for chairing field day. He's also married to Janet.

From YVARC Christmas Party 2009

My friend Larry who is the trustee for the W6LAR repeater. He received a certificate for maintaining the afore mentioned repeater.

Alicia and Mike had to put their dog Isabel down this weekend. She'd begun having seizures awhile back We don't know what caused them but they were getting worse. My heart goes out to them, I know how hard that is to do.

Melissa and Peter are doing great. One exception is the clutch on Pearl, their Hyundai Sonata. It was going to be quite expensive to repair. I don't know what they did with it.

Sara put a deposit on an apartment in Irvine last week. So, it looks like she'll be moving out in January. Plans seem to be on track for her and Matt to get hitched in February. I don't think any of us are invited though, they're planning to elope. Oh well... more on that at a later date.

Our grand kids are growing like weeds. David has the chubbiest cheeks I've seen. Sarah his babbling like a true female now and Kara is as cute as can be. We are SO BLESSED!!!

Here's a few more images for you to enjoy:

From DPS

And as always, I am humbly yours,... ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR me Hearties!!!!

From DPS