JANE'S NEW CAR: Jane's '91 Grand Am got an incurable disease a couple of weeks ago. Or should I just say that it was going to cost more to fix than the car was worth. Pep Boys put it on the Diagnostic Computer and everything electrical seemed to have gone …

VOLKER'S VISIT: On Saturday morning, Judith's father, Volker Schwendemann, stopped by for a short, but special visit. He was in Cincinatti seeing one of BASF's clients, Proctor & Gamble, and on his way to a seminar in Montreal. He had a few hours before his flight so he drove to Indianapolis …

IRVINGTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SPRING WORKDAY: Saturday, April 27th, 2002. A little tender loving care was given to our church building and grounds today. As Chairman of our Board of Trustees, I helped organize and participate in our annual Spring church workday. Sorry to say the weather didn't really cooperate …

EASTER 2002: Easter came early this year -- March 31st. In fact we had some snow, sleet and freezing rain just last week. But I do believe mother nature is just about ready to get Spring started in earnest. We all went up to Joyce's house to celebrate and have a …

FLORIDA TRIP 2002: Janet and I took a few days off to visit Dad and Kathy in Sun City Center. I must say we had a great time visiting, playing golf and dominos and site seeing. The weather couldn't have been better. If anything, I'd say it was a little …

CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR'S PARTY: We celebrated a little late Christmas and a little early New Year's with a few friends from near and far. Sam and Anne kept Dot entertained while the adults caught up on current events. The next day Sam had to return to begin work on his …

DAVE & PAT'S CHRISTMAS PARTY: Yes! This is it! The Official Dave and Pat Christmas Party picture place! You can find pictures of all the fun and good times by clicking on the red picture link below. And remember you can copy any picture displayed here to your own computer simply …

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2001: I hope everyone is enjoying a great Christmas and wish everyone well in the new year. We were especially blessed to have all our family together to celebrate the holiday and know these opportunities will probably dwindle over the years to come. But as they say "One …

ART PARTY 2001: Janet hosted the 2nd annual Christmas Art Party which is always a lot of fun. What's special about this party is that it was a pitch-in with a show-and-tell afterwards. Everyone brought great food and great pieces of art that they have created or are working on …

I decided to post a section on Jane'ts work that I pulled off the digital camera. Mainly so that I don't loose it. She did a small quilt project that I think was part of a commemoration to the events of September 11th for Kings Road out in Los Angeles …

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2001: Today we certainly all have so much to be thankful for. Our health, our families and our freedoms. And a special thanks to all the men and women overseas fighting against terrorism. The weather was sunny and I think it had to be in sixties. Very comfortable …

SUNDAY DRIVE TO TURKEY RUN: Janet and I decided to take a day to see some fall foliage so we drove west to Parke County and Turkey Run State Park. I think it's been at least ten years since we went over there with the kids. That, too, was a …

CHARLES & CARRIE VISIT: A wedding in Franklin, IN was the real reason for Charles and Carrie coming BACK HOME IN INDIANA, but that was fine by me. They arrived 10-3 and we made Jane come home for an early Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday. Before dinner, I took Charles and Carrie …

UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX AT INDIANAPOLIS: We joined Don and Julie Able for the second United States Grand Prix held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. My, what a difference! We attended the innaugural event last year and the weather was simply terrible -- rain, cold, wind -- we were miserable. But this …

PAUL AND SHARON (BUETOW) HOSLER WEDDING: We went over to Maryville, Illinois to witness Paul and Sharon Hosler's wedding today. It was a beautiful day for a wedding and it was great seeing Paul, Kay and Hos. Janet and I picked up my father bright and early to drive the …

SEPTEMBER 2001 -- JANE'S BIRTHDAY: Because of world events, this will be a month we will always remember. Janet and I had just been up to visit Jane at BSU to help her celebrate her 21st birthday on Sunday, September 9th. We took Jane and some of her friends out to …

LABOR DAY 2001 -- On Sunday afternoon, September 2nd, we gathered at Chris & Chrissy Wheat's new house to celebrate the Labor Day holiday. They have a very nice house complete with an in-ground swimming pool in the back yard. Chris and Chrissy had been hard at work getting everything in shape …

HOWE HIGH SCHOOL 30TH CLASS REUNION: Saturday night, 9/1/01 was our official Howe High School Class of 1971 Reunion. It was hard to believe that 30 years has gone by since graduation. Everyone was saying how everyone else looked just the same ....... yeah, sure. You'll notice in the …

JANE'S APARTMENT: Jane got a new place to live up at school and she was pretty excited about it. Janet helped her move it and took a few pictures to share.

AUGUST 18TH VISIT OF AUNT PHIDDY AND UNCLE JEFF: Aunt Phiddy and Uncle Jeff came up from Florida to …

TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO: Here are the picture links from our second visit to San Francisco in July 2001. Newer links will always appear in the entries above this point.

Janet and I were able to spend a week with Charles and Carrie. While they still lived in Foster City …