Our Family
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Here we are with Ilene and Bob and Chris and Jack.  Chris and Jack came to visit us with their family in June.

 
This is us with Dorothy and Robert and Chris and Jack. Dorothy is Ilene and Bob's daughter.  That is our whole family

 
This is us with our nephew Jack.

 
This is us with our nephew Chris.

 
This is Maggie with Dorothy at Christmas. It's a nice picture.


Grandma Goldie had her 84th birthday on August 7, 2003.  Maggie and I went to visit her at the nursing home the day before her birthday and wished her a happy day.  We couldn't go when they went out to lunch on her birthday.  I don't know why we couldn't go, because all we do is snooze under the table.
The picture above shows everybody at lunch. Starting on the left, in the yellow top, is Grandma's friend, Arlene, with Devon (also known as "Thorn") on her lap.  Then comes Nancy, Shelby, Jon, Ilene, Christian and Aunt Gerry.  Grandma Goldie is in front of Ilene. Bob is taking the picture! 

 

 
This picture is back at the nursing home for the cake and ice cream party. Grandma Goldie has a BIG cake.  Ilene said those kids were really nice and they helped pass out the ice cream and cake. That was nice because Grandma Goldie really likes kids.


This picture shows Grandma Goldie with her son, our Bob, and her daughter, Gerry. 

 

 

 


We went to visit cousins Shirley and Louis Thompson.  They live on Gun Lake in Michigan.  Here we are visiting with Sarah, while Aunt Gerry supervises everything. Sarah is big, but really nice.

  

 
This is Molly. She lives with Sarah, Shirley and Louis.  She is only a year old, so she is just a puppy.  She just went for a swim in the lake, so she is a little damp.  Maggie was very worried when she first saw the dogs in the lake, but it turns out they LIKE to go in the water.

 

 

 

 

 
This is Gibson having a swim.  He lives with Corey and his family.  They had eleven puppies earlier, but Gibson and one other are all that are left.  The others all went to happy new homes! I think I might like to try this swimming business, but Ilene says I need a life jacket.  I don't know what that is.       


This is Jack and Corey playing in the sand while Trisha watches.  Tricia is Shirley and Louis's daughter, so Corey is Shirley and Louis's grandson. (Gibson lives with them.) 

 
Here Shirley is explaining something important to Jack and Corey. Chris is off swimming like a fish!