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We have been married for 35 years now- happily by far the biggest share of
the time. We live near the coast in a big red house near Raymond, Washington
on the Willapa River now. I was born in Lacrosse, WI, but grew up in Minnesota.
The first years of my life I lived near Houston, MN, then moved to Elgin, MN
where I lived my teenage years and graduated from high school. Mary is from
South Dakota. Mostly around Maurine, or Faith is the bigger town. She graduated
from Sunshine Bible Academy near Miller, SD. We met at Calvary Bible College
in Kansas City, MO, (In a phone booth, now there is a story around that). After
we first married we lived in Rochester, MN, then I took a job that moved us
to Bly, OR. My job then relocated us to Snoqualmie, WA. We actually lived in
North Bend, during that time. And now we're here at Raymond, WA.
We have a son and a daughter. They are both grown and have lives of their own
now. Our daughter is married and has 3 children. She lives about 200 miles from
us now in Yakima, WA. She took up a career in nursing and helps direct an Intensive
Care Unit at one of the big hospitals in Yakima. Our son is also married and
has our youngest grandchild, plus a new one on the way, to arrive in early April,
2008. He took up a career in Computer Design and Engineering. He and his family
have located in the Phoenix, AZ area. Both are doing fine regardless of our
stumbling and bumbling raising them.
Funny, I looked forward to some peace and quite while our kids were here growing
up, but now that it's just Mary and I here, this big ole house is awful lonesome
at times. Makes the times we do get together very special. And what a bonus
to have those grandchildren, all four of them, so far. They grow up so fast
though. The three living in Yakima are: The oldest, a grandson who is a Freshman
in highschool already, and learning to drive. His sister who turned 8 last April,
and is in the 3rd grade. And their youngest brother turned 6 the 1st of June,
and is in the 1st grade now. I got to pick his birthday - now figure that one
out! And then in Phoenix, our son and his wife have our newest grandson - he
turned a year old already the first of last July. Watching him grow up is harder
given the distance, but we try to see them all as often as we can. Mary and
I do seem to get down there about once a year though, and the whole family was
all here togather for Christmas at our housethis year.
They all are a very special part of our lives, and we think they are the best
grandchildren in the world, if ya don't believe us, we'd be willing to argue-
LOL.
We both work, Mary is the Secretary at your local grade schools and I'm a Team
Leader and Project Manager at a large sawmill here in town. We are also very
involved in the community. Mary is involved with a lot of the extra activities
at the schools, and makes and alters dresses for a lot of the weddings around
here. I am a volunteer fireman and very involved in the local AA here. We also
are part of our church worship team and enjoy all the activities in our church.
Some how we do find a little time for each other once in a while. I try to fit
in a game golf every chance I get, and once in a while Mary will join me. She
doesn't play but likes the walk around the course and be my caddie. Don't think
I'll every be a Tiger Woods, so I guess I better not quit the day job.
If you've heard rumor of "it rains a lot on the Washington coast", well your right. I measure it here on our property and here are some of the totals:
Year
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1999 |
2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006 | 2007 |
Inches
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103.1
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58.5
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65.4
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60.5
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81.2
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62.3
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67.0
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90.0 | 76.2 |
Well feel free to look around at our other pages, some genealogy, but mostly
pictures of our lives. This seems to be a great way now-a-days to share our
lives with our family and friends scattered all over the US and now... even
around the world!
He has Risen - And He will return for his own ...
Have you given Him control of your life?
If you have - I'll see you over on the other side!
If not drop me a line and I'll help introduce you to Him.
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Raymond, Washington
United States of America
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