2009 Year In Review

2009 was a year of contrasts for Susie and I. We were able to travel quite a bit and have fun visits with our family, but I was also very sick in April and May, spending a week in the hospital and missing six weeks of school. In addition, we experienced the loss of Susie’s dad in October. The year in pictures finds winter weather at home in January and February. In March we went to Tennessee to visit Susie’s dad. April and May I was sick. At the end of May we went to the Gillispie reunion. In June, Susie went to Texas to spend time with Amelia, with a quick flight to Tennessee to see Aly’s recital. We also got to visit the Oklahoma City Memorial. In July we went to the Parks reunion in Wilburton, Oklahoma. I also got to travel with Dave on a music tour in July, and listen to him singing from Nashville’s Legend’s Corner on the internet through the year. September was back to school and the Walnut Valley Festival. In October Susie’s dad passed away. In November we got the sun room painted, and in December we got to travel and to visit the kids and get Papa’s pictures. We also saw Mik in school activities through the year, watch Hayden develop a personality of his own (he’s a funny boy), and Susie was able to take on several quilting projects for the family. Dave, Renee, Steve, and Colleen are so good to send us pictures of the kids through the year and we love watching their activities in near real time. God has blessed us so much and we appreciate his goodness. We look forward to 2010 when Steve and Colleen will bring us another granddaughter, and we will be another year closer to retirement. Here is a short video of 2009 in review.