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Gin Rummy

November 3, 2013

The last memory I have of spending time with my Grandpa was playing  Gin Rummy with him and my mom when we went to visit him for his 92nd birthday. He beat the pants off of us. He always did. I was playing Gin Rummy with a friend yesterday and thinking of him. I'd like to think he was watching over me and making sure I played well...and I think he was because I won!

Mashed Potatoes

November 1, 2013

Dinners around Nana's and Dada's dining room table were always fun.  But the best was when John Otto talked about Tom Finley asking for mashed potatoes.  That was the only word John could understand Tom saying.  And in the picture above, it looks like Tom Finley is waiting to be served some more mashed potatoes.  Kodak memories, for sure.

Easter Egg Hunts

November 1, 2013

This looks like an Easter egg hunt at TahaZooka.  I remember Bet and Gib taking us there.  Gerry and I were walking around waiting for the event to start.  Gerry was eating a hunk of cheese.  As we passed some worker at the event, she yelled at Gerry, "THE EASTER EGG HUNT HASN'T STARTED YET!"  We couldn't figure out what she was talking about until she pointed to the cheese.  Gerry politely said, "It's a hunk of cheese."  I guess it looked like one of those candy coated candy eggs they had hidden in the park.  Fun times.

My dad

October 31, 2013

I had a great life growing up and my dad had so much to do with it. We sat together as a family every night and had great dinner conversations.  We got together all the time with family and friends and played cards.  My dad taught me how to play pitch and we played that together for about 50 years. If fact we played it even when he was in the hospital and I remember impressing his cardiologist who probably thought he was way too old to be good at cards.  But he was beating the pants off of us right up until he passed away. 

I have so many great memories of my dad over the years.  At 92 he was still a kid at heart.  He loved to play softball with us, go bowling, take us sledding, and go to the movies.  A new water park opened in Norfolk the summer he was 91.  Of course, he wanted to see it and we had to talk him out of trying out the water slide.

I had a great childhood because of all the things he did with us.  I couldn't have asked for anything more.  I am so thankful that he was my dad. 

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