I remember Mom & Dad planning their own anniversary party at the Town & Country Diner. We let them think that they had to pay for the whole thing. But when the time came for them to pay the remainder of the bill, the six of us got our money together and paid it as our present to them. Marty, Fred and I also made an old fashioned album for them with pictures of them when they first met & their wedding and pictures of our family growing up and the adventures we went on & family outings. There were also pictures of all the grandchildren. It truly was an event to remember. I love you Mom & Dad. `’•.¸*♫♪(✿◠‿◠)♫♪*¸.•’´ (♥) I MISS YOU (♥) DAD ¸.•’´*♫♪(✿◠‿◠)♫♪*`’•.¸

I remember back in summer of 1996 I was building a small deck on the back of my house. I designed it & Marty drew up the plans on his computer & printed them out for me. Thelma & Charlie Zeller were helping me build it. I was sitting on the couch in my tv room to take a break when all of a sudden I heard my front door open and in walks my little Dad with his tool box at his side. I never told him about it cause I knew he would've wanted to manage the whole project. Well he wound up helping us that day and to my surprise, he didn't tell "This is what you wanna do" which was one of his favorite sayings. To this day, I still don't know how he found out about the building of MY deck. LOL