(Is there a big "sucker" sign on Jerry's forehead? ...do I have one too?)
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May 20, 2005
Well it's hard to believe,
but we're about to kick the last chick from the nest. :)
Nick
will be heading up to Gainesville at the end of June to start the Summer
semester at UF. The past few months have been busy. In January he
had orthoscopic surgery on his pitching elbow, so he missed most of the baseball
season while he was doing rehab. The hardest part was not being able
to pitch his senior year until the very end of the season, and watching from the
dugout. May has been a busy month for Nick. After the end
of baseball season, there were: AP exams, the Seniors of Distinction Banquet,
the cords ceremony, senior awards night, the Rotary Scholarship
Dinner (where he won a $500 scholarship), and of course Prom. Check
out Nick's photo album page for lots of
pix.
Derek' life as settled down a little with mostly work
and classes. Of course he does find a little time for extra
curricular activities, like building a poker table and breaking his wrist
playing a pickup game of baseketball. Never a dull moment. Check out
Derek's photo album page for
pix.
Dec 10, 2004
Nick is having a busy senior
year with fall baseball, homecoming and all the other assorted senior
activities. In his free time he plays a lot of poker and actually wins, we're
hoping he'll win enough to pay for graduate school... hey it could
happen. Nick's already won some nice awards in High School Click here to see his
accomplishments.
Derek moved out of the dorms and into a real house this
fall.
Can we spell "responsibility"? Check out Derek's photo album page for pix.
June 10, 2004
| Well, we couldn't resist. It was almost time to get Nick a new
car - good grades, making the varsity baseball team, working hard for
that ellusive SAT score and making alot of right decisions - so we
were "just going to look.," but alas, we just couldn't leave
this baby behind (the big green F150), so it now has a new
home! Check out Nick's photo album page
for pix. (Is there a big "sucker" sign on Jerry's forehead? ...do I have one too?) |
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| November 13, 2003 Edith's crash (10/13/03) was on the Fla. Turnpike just south of Stuart. She was on her way to Orlando to party with the cousins. One of those pesky passing thunderstorms caused her to hydroplane on a puddle. As she lost control of the car, she veered towards the concrete divider on the left, slid up the wall a little, came back down, then started heading back to the right side of the road. Fortunately, there weren't any cars coming close enough behind her as she went from the left side to the |
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| right of the northbound lanes. She went head on
into one of those aluminum guard rails that protect the pillar for an
overpass, but unfortunately she hit the little support
post. Right after the impact, she couldn't move her arms or
legs. A passing car stopped and the man got out and called 911
for her. By the time the ambulance got there she had some feeling
and was able to move her arms and legs a little. She was
taken to a hospital in Stuart, where they did a wonderful job of treating
her, but they felt that airlifting to her the Jackson Memorial for surgery
would be her best chance for less complications and a full recovery.
So a helicopter ride, neck surgery and a titanium plate with four screws
later, she's OK. :) Now she's got 12 weeks in a neck brace (until Jan
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| Derek's crash (2/6/01) wasn't as dramatic (thank God), but it is memorable because it was on Lily's birthday, while I was with her at the hospital getting diagnosed with breast cancer - definitely not a good day. Derek was coming home from work right at rush hour on 595 and traffic was packed pretty tight. The traffic was backed up all the way from the light, up the exit ramp and onto the exit lane. He was moving into the right lane and had already started slowing down (which was his saving grace). When the guy in front of him swerved off the road onto |
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| the right shoulder, Derek crashed into the rear end of
the stopped on car on the highway in line to exit. He just didn't
have time to react when the guy in front of him disappeared and
"boom" there was a mini van. Derek didn't have a scratch (just
scared to death) and the couple in the minivan weren't hurt either, but
the car was totaled. Hopefully he learned his lesson and looks
2-3 cars ahead, and if he can't see that far ahead he knows he needs to
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| Nick the "goat hunter" (11/1/03) doesn't have enough excitement in his life so he and his buddies have to go hop a fence into a pasture and chase goats at midnight. So one night they get lucky and actually catch one of the little buggers. What to do with it now? Gosh... lets stuff it in the back seat of a car (not Nick's car) take it home (to Nick's house) and take it to baseball practice the next morning, completely ignoring the fact that 3 cop cars were zooming down the street to the farm just as the boys were |
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May 18, 2003
So... what did I get for Mother's Day? The
whole family together, in one place, smiling for the camera.
Best present ever. :) (Click on the image for a bigger picture.) |
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