Sister Gene visited us for six days from September 15^th through September 21^st.  A good time was had by all!

Labor Day Weekend, 2003                                                            

Dina, Bob, Jordan, Alex, Zack, and Natalie Ogden spent the week before Labor Day at the Naber's home at Nick Pond.  John and Mary were also there for a few days as were Michelle and Jim.  The Ogden crew are beautiful and  active children and they had fun riding their scooters on the driveway, especially down the steep ramp to the Little Barn.  We had a lot of fun visiting with them.  They also caught a lot of fish from the Naber's deck and from the boat.  It's always great to have them here.

May 11, 2003

Our good friend Bill Grimes passed away suddenly last night in Tucson, Arizona.  He was only 70 years old.  Bill and his wife Dotty were neighbors in Phoenixville before they moved to Arizona in the early 1980s.  We have remained good friends even though we were separated by the great distance.  We visited them in Arizona and they were here to visit at Nick Pond in September of 2000.  They were also RVers and we met in various places around the country including Palm Springs, Mesa Verde National Park and in New Mexico. We had a lot of great times together.  Bill had a robust laugh and a great sense of humor.  He could do anything from replacing a leaking water heater (in our Phoenixville house while we were away at a meeting) to making beautiful jewelry.  We were the beneficiaries of a lot of pieces of that jewelry and we will treasure them always.  Whenever we were able to get together, it felt like we had never been apart.  We will miss talking to him on the phone and seeing him when we could.  We talked many times with Bill and Dotty about going to Alaska together, but that was never to be.  We will dedicate our trip this summer to Bill and know that in many ways, he and Dotty will be with us.

April 24, 2003

We had some Waymart Class of 59 friends over for lunch and a visit.  We enjoyed the visit with  Sandy, Jane and Dotty.  John and Mary Naber joined us for lunch.  The non Waymart group (John, Mary and Marlene) enjoyed hearing the stories about growing up in Waymart.  After lunch, Sandy and Dotty had a wild ride on the Ranger with Paul to see the dam and some more of the property.

March 29, 2003

Michelle and Jim were up for the weekend.  What a cute couple they make.  John and Mary Naber were also at their mountain home for the weekend.  We ate a lot of seafood for dinner Saturday night.  We had lobster, steamed clams, shrimp and stuffed clams.  A good time was had by all.