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I went to a family reunion last weekend in southern California. This picture is of the "senior family members". From left to right are: my sister Anne, her husband Paul, my brother's widow Sue, her husband Bud and myself.

The five of us had dinner the night before the official start of the reunion at the Veteran of Foreign Wars Hall on Balboa Island. Both Paul and Bud were soldiers during WW2 and served in the European theatre. I served as a Marine but never got further than Camp Pendleton and my career ended as a PFC. I'm thankful I never had to fight thanks in part to Paul, Bud and countless other men and women.






On Friday we went to Huntington Beach for the day, ended with a barbecue, then roasted marshmallows over the fire in a fire pit....the water was cold but it was great fun to be with family.

On Saturday Julie and Craig (Sue's daughter and her husband) took us out for a sail. I was excited as our sail was ended during my December visit due to a low tide that landed the boat on the mud. This time our voyage lasted almost to the harbor entrance but, alas, the engine started to overheat and we had to return, tie up to a bouy and break out the beer. That boy really has to work on his boating skills!!


We ended our reunion Saturday night at my nephew Brad's house with a barbecue. My sister Anne appears to be learning new computer tricks from our grand nephew Nate. Nate's sister Kirsten is on the other side of the table. Kirsten works for the computer site "Facebook.com". Dan is relaxing with a glass of wine in the background while Carly, a senior at Georgetown University in Washington DC and an All American on their sailing team, is on the right....come to think of it Carly should help her father Craig with his sailing.


On Saturday morning I went out for breakfast with a close high school friend, Jimmy Jaap. Jimmy and I used to drag race near the airport in Los Angeles but unfortunately Jimmy always won, maybe he cheated somehow. We also had the same girlfriend in high school (not at the same time though). Once, on New Year's eve Jimmy got sick and took Jerri home early so I went to her house and picked her up to return to the party. After that she was my girlfriend until somehow Jimmy won her back. Well guess what? Jerri came to have breakfast with us!! And she sat next to me---so eat your heart out Jimmy. It was great fun. I took my camera but forgot to take pictures so we have to wait for my next visit for a picture of Jerri and Jimmy---she still looks great but I can't say the same for Jimmy and I.