You've Had a Wonderful Life...Mom and Dad...

This weekend we celebrated my parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary. People from all over the country came to celebrate; all our Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and friends were there. Sometimes it takes special occassions like anniversaries to help you realize what your life has meant to other people. I hope my parents saw first hand what their lives have meant to the people around them.

The night couldn't have gone any smoother - it was perfect! I want to thank my sister Patricia...although she is very graciously giving credit to everyone...she was the force behind bringing the whole night together - she did an incredible job.

My parent's lives have had a....gotta go...I'll finish this later...

Weekend Highlights...

Kelly "Mia Hamm"...what a "Cutie Petootie"...



Motley Crew...



Kelsie, Me, and Gabrielle...



Surprise...



My Mother's Maid of Honor...



Aunt Dot and Mom...



Aunt Robbie and Mom...



Aunt Elaine, Aunt Cathy, Mom, and Uncle Tommy...



Mom and Aunt Joan...



Richie and Phil's tribute to Mom and Dad...



My tribute to my Mom and my Dad...Dad, you owe me big time for what I left out...



The tears were flowing... :)



The next generation of Hand's...Croke's...and Muro's...

The Weekend In Review...and...The Stroke...

It was a very busy weekend. Sheri returned from her quarterly visit back to St. Louis. She works from home for the US Airforce but she's required to fly back to Scott Airforce base on a quarterly basis. This works out well because it gives her a chance to reconnect with her friends in St. Louis. She had a great time seeing friends and family...thank you for taking care of her...

While she was gone Jim and Bonnie came in to help me around the house. I am a very lucky man to have in laws like Jim and Bonnie...not only do they take care of the kids they also do a lot of work around the house...I wish I had as much energy as them...I also really enjoy their company. The kids and I love them so much we even let them come with us to McDonald's on Saturday... One of the highlights of their visits is when Jim and I sneak away to play some golf. We've worked in two rounds of golf...I won't talk about the first round...I'd rather focus on the round today. We usually play 9 holes...I usually lose 11 balls...and I usually shoot a 59. But not today...today I had 1 birdie...2 pars...I didn't lose ANY balls...ZERO mulligans...ZIPPO gimmies...and I shot a 45. That's about as good as it gets for me.

On Saturday Cameron had a baseball game. The coach is really noticing Cameron's skills. He has him playing shortstop and batting first. Cameron didn't disappoint the coach...he ripped a single his first time up...stole two bases...and scored...on defense he made a spectacular play at short stop stopping a potential rally...leading his team to a 6 - 3 victory.

Kelsie had ANOTHER friend sleep over last night...a very nice girl who is actually from Georgia. On Saturday night we all went to the Cumming County Fair. It had been a while since we went to a fair...we had a lot of fun! Don't worry I stayed away from the deep fried twinkies...I focused instead on deep fried Ho-Ho's...deep fried Suzie Q's...and funnel cakes...burp...

BTW, the prodical cat returned last Sunday...Jewel said, "The litter box isn't greener on the other side of the fence..."

Below is a montage of the weekends events...