When I first met Beth, I was so impressed with her taste in beer - this was a lady that liked a full bodied brew. She used to tell stories about how she would sit on the back step with her Dad at the end of the day. He would enjoy a cold beer and offered her a sip. She was truly a "Daddy's Girl" and loved her special time with her Dad.
As Beth became an adult, her beer palate was further refined by her time as an Army wife in Germany, where good beer was enjoyed at each special family occasion, hot summer days, and sometimes 'just because'. As her kids became adults, that discerning beer palate continued in the next generation. When I first met Tim, he barely suppressed a shudder the first time I ordered a bud light. Nope, for the Ward family, a beer was a fine beverage to be savored, honoring the perfect balance of hops and barley.
During one of the Eggerton's visits to Denver, we decided to enjoy some of Denver's finest on a "Brews Cruise" - a tour of some of Denver's best breweries with an old yellow school bus as transportation. Beth loved it (as did we) and we had such a wonderful day enjoying each other's company, telling stories, and laughing till our sides hurt.
Beth was that type of Mother in Law that invited fun. Spending time with her and Carl was always enjoyable, filled with lots of laughs, love....and often a really good beer. Cheers to you Beth - the best Mother in Law a gal could have ever asked for.