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September 2006
The Last Photo
Saturday, 30 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
I hope you have enjoyed this month of photos. This last photo was taken by my sweet cousin Norman at a family reunion last June. You've seen us age 36 years in 30 days! More importantly, you've seen 36 years of a happy marriage. I wouldn't go back
Category: The Past
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Alcatraz Island
Friday, 29 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Here we are just before we got on the ferry to tour Alcatraz Island in September 2005. We really enjoyed the tour. While we were there, one of the park rangers talked about Al Capone and his life before, during, and after his imprisonment at Alcatraz
Category: The Past
Another Reunion
Thursday, 28 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
This photo was taken in June 2004 at a family reunion in Louisiana. As usual, I'm talking and Bill is making a crazy face.
Category: The Past
High School Reunion
Wednesday, 27 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Bill's sister Shirley took this photo just before we walked out the door to attend Bill's 40th high school reunion in August 2003. I enjoy Bill's reunions because I'm not able to attend my own. They do have an Itazuke all-school reunion every couple
Category: The Past
Our Second Cruise
Tuesday, 26 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Here are two photos taken in March 2003 during our second Caribbean cruise. We did pretty well for not snorkeling in over 13 years. I enjoyed the cruises, but if we ever go on one again, I want to go to Alaska. No snorkeling for us there!
Category: The Past
2002
Monday, 25 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
The left photo was taken in February 2002 after jogging and walking the Fort Worth Cowtown Marathon 5k. Bill did it in 45:03 minutes; I did it in 54:43 minutes. Our older granddaughter saw this picture and said, "Silly Grampa!" The middle photo was
Category: The Past
Late 2000
Sunday, 24 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
When Bill and his three sisters were kids, they attended a Methodist church. There was an active youth group. In October 2000, they had a reunion. This photo was taken at the lunch attended by everyone after the Sunday church service.
Category: The Past
Cockrell Butterfly Center
Saturday, 23 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
I took this photo in September 1999 at the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Museum of Natural Science in Houston. "The central conservatory is a dramatic three-story glass cone filled with tropical plants and exotic butterflies. During a typical
Category: The Past
Our First Cruise
Friday, 22 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
This photo was taken by one of the cruise line people during our first Caribbean cruise in February 1999. We had a great time! The ship was smoke-free. If you were caught smoking, they put you off the ship at the next port. Even the cruise employees
Category: The Past
A Favorite Photo
Thursday, 21 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
This is one of my favorite photos of Bill and me. It was taken in August 1995.
Category: The Past
After the Wedding
Wednesday, 20 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Here we are after our daughter's wedding on September 4, 1994. Boy, we were tired! It was a full, but exciting, day.
Category: The Past
Going to Church Has Always Been Important to Us
Tuesday, 19 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
The photo on the left was taken in March 1993 for the bulletin board at church. I really did like that dress, and I think Bill looked good in that suit. The other photo is the first of three photos that we have had taken for ourchurch directory. It
Category: The Past
Back in High School--Ha!
Monday, 18 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
This photo was taken in parking lot of our son's school in April 1992. We had just seen him perform in a high school play.
Category: The Past
Photos Taken in Texas
Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
In the photo on the left we are at our friends' house in Killeen, Texas, on Easter 1991. We had all been to church and were invited to lunch at their house. The other photo is a photo of Bill's last Army reenlistment in August 1991. He spent 25 years
Category: The Past
Front of the House
Saturday, 16 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
This photo was taken in September 1990 in front of the first house we ever bought. Because we moved so much with the Army, we didn't buy a house until Bill's last duty station.
Category: The Past
Happy Anniversary
Friday, 15 September 2006 6:55 A GMT-06
Happy 36th wedding anniversary, Bill!
Category: The Present
My Birthday in 1990
Friday, 15 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Here I am holding my birthday cake in March 1990. The cake was from Baskin Robbins, where our daughter worked. She made this ice cream cake just as I liked it. I was really glad she worked there!
Category: The Past
1989
Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
The photo on the left was taken on a rainy October 1989 day on the Big Island in Hawaii. Please don't look at my hair! In November 1989, one of Bill's sisters and her husband visited us in Hawaii. We had a great time. In the photo on the right, we
Category: The Past
Early 1986
Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
We had a good deal on photos at a studio, and we took advantage of it. These two photos were taken during the first part of 1986.
Category: The Past
Remember the 2,996
Monday, 11 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
You may have noticed the box in the upper left corner. It is a tribute to the 2,996 victims of September 11, 2001. D. Challener Roe asked bloggers to join together to honor the 2,996 by remembering their lives, and not by remembering their murderers
Category: The Present My Thoughts
At a Party
Friday, 8 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
This photo was taken in March 1979 at a party with a Hawaiian theme. Bill is probably teasing me or saying someting funny because he has such a big smile on his face and his hand is on my shoulder.
Category: The Past