G-pa & Gigiprof

Surprise Visit from Steve - G-Pa's birthday dinner

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Erin's graduation reception in new home

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Graduation Party at Pete's

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Graduation festivities at Pete's

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Another OSU Father and Son

2008-04-16T17:54:00.000-07:00

Also captured in the halls at Elizabeth's concert.
Another Father/Son OSU team in the family? Maybe!!!

OSU Bound

2008-04-16T17:45:00.001-07:00

Captured in the hallway at Elizabeth's reception!
We now have another OSU'er in the family!
Congratulations, Patterson!

Family Talent

2008-04-16T17:39:00.001-07:00

Dad and Daughter: Awesome talent in the family

Compound Bound

2008-04-13T08:48:00.000-07:00

Modelling the compound uniform. Shirts designed by Erin and Friend.

Tom came prepared -- note miners light on hat, pillow, radio, book and drink.

Initiation of Fraidy Hole.

Easter Brunch

2008-04-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

Easter Bubbles

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So we are a little late on this one too.

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The Allens

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The reception

More scout pictures

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Patterson Scout Award Ceremony

2008-04-13T08:06:00.000-07:00

So this happened several months ago and we are just now getting posted. Our intentions were good.

Go Pokes!

2008-01-01T15:09:00.001-08:00

Go Pokes!

2008-01-01T15:04:00.000-08:00

A Cowboy win on New Years Eve 2007! Bandi and Bunni even got dressed for the occasion!

Christmas 2007 pet portraits - a 6 year old and two 6-month old Birmans

2007-12-31T11:07:00.000-08:00

Top: K.C. Christmas night just before the electricity went off. Bunni after first bath and (bottom) Bandi just being Bandi got her first bath yesterday. No pictures. Too busy being wrapped in a warm towel and held by G-Pa while she dripped dry. Didn't care much for the blow dryer.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow, Let it snow.

2007-12-31T10:48:00.000-08:00

G-Pa's view at Happy Hour from the heated patio. Even if it has snowed most of the last month, G-Pa has missed very few Happy Hours on the patio. The old propane heater is getting a workout this winter.

Christmas in Oklahoma 2007

2007-12-31T10:22:00.000-08:00

Oh, the weather outside is frightful

Christmas brunch and post brunch misriesmiseries

2007-12-31T10:09:00.000-08:00

It's good to be king and be served with a smile!

Post Christmas brunch entertainment provided by Theo - not visible.

Christmas day 07

2007-12-31T10:02:00.001-08:00

Theo and Adam read the book!

As mom watches on

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One more picture test

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Did something wrong. Just learning.

Picture Test

2007-12-31T08:37:00.000-08:00

Trying out new camera.

G-pa & Gigiprof

2007-03-28T14:32:00.000-07:00

G-pa & Gigiprof

I see the subject is "books." The professor never met a book she did not like, new, used or otherwise providing it was not anything to do with fiction. Her filing system is helter-skelter; if there is space to insert it, that is where it goes. Yes, there are some that have never been seen again. Of course, this excludes my train books. My preference is railroad history (with a lot of pictures) and I never met a MAGAZINE I did not like.

GPa

In defense of me, my filing system is "random." Sounds much better, don't you think? Enough on books.

GiGi

What are we doing up at this hour, you ask?

2007-03-27T23:05:00.000-07:00

What are two old folks doing up at this hour. WE aren't. I am. Couldn't sleep and decided to conquer this blogger password problem we have been having once and for all. I do my best work between midnight and 5 a.m. So I think I got it! This is a test! Grandpa will be glad to know when he wakes up that we can now rejoin the blogosphere for about the third or fourth time. We were getting to the point where we were going to have to call a grandchild to teach us. That still may occur when we get ready to send pictures. There is no reason this should be so difficult for two perfectly normal people.

Bye for now. See you when Grandpa wakes up in the morning.

BACK AGAIN

2007-03-14T14:55:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our annual post. It seems like we neglect this a lot. Either we don't have much excitement to talk about or we forget it before we remember to write the blog. Maybe if we can ever get it to work the same way twice, we will do it more often.

Our current news is there is no news and that is good news! One significant event: Art gave up Martinis and Mary gave up chocolate for Lent (only after a chocolate valentine party that made us not want to see chocolate ever again). Big mistake! The chocolate "burnout" only lasted six hours and the Lent commitment is still going on. So far we have both kept our commitment in spite of severe temptation. After all this is a covenant with God.

Our next big step in blogosphere will be learning how to put pictures on this blog. No, our next big step will be learning how to use our camera so we will have some pictures to put on the blog. This staying young in an aging world is tough!

More Later!

Good Morning

2006-11-03T05:38:00.000-08:00

Our prayer this morning (borrowed from Grandma Fairy).

This is one of those mornings that we quoted her favorite little prayer.
"Good Morning, Lord. You have already given us blessings this day!"

A wonderful family and lots of wonderful friends. The sun is shining in a beautiful Oklahoma sky. Art's cold is better so Mary is in a good mood (especially since she had some shopping therapy yesterday - new boots).

Looking forward to a great weekend with OSU over Texas by 3. OU over A&M. Elizabeth's play. Family dinner and whatever else great things come along. Oh, yes, shop for a new tea kettle (Don't ask!)

And by the way, it is Steve's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEVE!

Love to all. G-PA & GiGi

WE'RE BACK! So it has been a year! Get over it!

2006-11-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

When you get to be the oldest generation, you are a bit slow at times...maybe not mentally but physically. But we get there!

Between tailgating (with a dancing 24" Pistol Pete doll and about 30 crazy people), happy hours with an occasional martini (notice that is singular) and a few verses of the infamous leprosy song, Sunday night family dinners, friends night out (when the birthday person picks the restaurant of the month), and frequent visits from OSU grad students, we have some difficulty spending time figuring out how to work our blog. Be patient it may take us another year to figure out how to put a picture in! But here goes!

Currently, our days are filled with trips to the vet with O.C. (and only slight improvement), and today GPa has the mother of all colds. Yesterday, however, was a better day. We got to see the future Pistol Pete (Theo) all decked out in his Cowboy outfit for Halloween which brought back memories of punkin costumes of years gone by. What happy days!

We are so surprised we got back on the blog that we really haven't figured out what a good rant would be but will work on that too. I am sure we can come up with something.

If you should happen to read this, please comment so we will know we succeeded in the Blogosphere!

All for now! We'll be back later.

G-Pa & GGprof

2005-12-31T18:27:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! It is a new year and time for new INSIGHTS from a pair of really GREAT great-grandparents who don't want to be left out of their "bloggin family" or any of the other cool new gizmos another year brings. G-Pa and Gigi may be part of the "greatest generation," in years, but we didn't get this far by letting life pass us by along the way. We believe every generation is great and plan to be active participants in all of them even if our hair is"gray" (GG reminds G-Pa and you that is only a figure of speech these days) We believe that life is a refining process on the road to Heaven and by the time we get there, this retired logistics analyst and aviation prof will have been tried, tested, refined and perfected by learning from the great generations that succeed us, and that includes yours. So here we are! Ready to learn about blogging from you and ready to share our insights along the way.