Jean (A.K.A. Grandma Dude), celebrated a big birthday this year. We enjoyed sunset together before partaking of the dinner Neil cooked for her.
Morley was avoiding being photographed but our neighbor Michael caught him enjoying his glass of bubbly.
Neil next to his big (and how) brother Perry, and his sister Cindy (she makes coffee nervous) at one of the best pizza joints on the planet. Perry's son Dustin is in the back, and his daughter, Stephanie, is in the front with her son Jonathan (Steph was on leave from Iraq). Gennie, Perry's former wife, is next to Dustin.
Neil's daughters, Ari and Mailea (with hubby Greg added via digital magic), pose with Cindy and her kids Keegan, Gillian, and Kalli, along with GrammaDude and her tiny buddies Radar and Lilo during their 2006 visit to Iowa.
Which one is scarier, Greg's band Turbo Justice and the Rockinauts or Grandma Dude's Halloween costume? (A candid Halloween shot of GrammaDude was circulating on the internet a while back, perhaps you saw it.)
Lani, Pualani, Peggy, Nan, and Wanda
I still enjoy my bi-monthly card game with the ladies. Although Peggy moved to NC in March,
Wanda and I have been able to continue visiting Pualani for a game or two.
Our good friends Dawn and John Conn with their daughter Jessica visited Maui from Alaska with his Mom and Step Dad from Oklahoma in April.
We decided it was time to visit them in Alaska and just booked our flights for the last two weeks of July!
We visited George and Sara at their home in North Plains Oregon (outside of Portland). They live in an amazing forest George maintains!
Barbara Parker and William Nichols had just gotten home from their home in Coranado Island in time for us to get see them in Seattle (their other home).
We got to see Dina, Clark and Jake while visiting California.
It was great to see our friend Ursula Glick who has moved from Maui (twice) to Monterey area. Maybe she will keep bouncing back and forth!
We missed getting photos of others we visited, Ken Burton and the Randle's. Maybe they will send me some.