more randomness

these first pictures are from my sister april's
wedding reception at the college of the ozarks,
november, 2006

wedding cake, YUM!

my sister april and my mum

my dad's brothers and sisters
(from the left)
aunt jane, my dad henry, aunt annabelle,
aunt francis, uncle howard, and uncle bill.

uncle allen and uncle chet had already
passed away previous to this photo,
and uncle howard passed away soon after.
way too soon after.

my mom's sister darlene
(hippie cousin's mom)

mom's sister annie, my nephew zach,
annie's husband j.r., and my dad

i don't know which of my cousin's kid this is,
but she sure is cute!

april and her new husband noel

noel, april, nephew's zach and charlie,
and their mom pam, my brother's wife.

my brother les, me, noel, april, my mom and dad

my mom and dad on the right started this whole mess
of kids and grandkids.

after the reception, we all went to my parents house
and did some playing and recording together.
this picture is my uncle bill on the left, and toddler's dad
bob on the right playing bass.

bob and my uncle howard

me pretending i know how to record stuff

my pop's

me trying to play a puke-a-lele

a very rare sight, me playing an acoustic guitar.

another very rare sight, uncle howard playing
something BESIDES an acoustic guitar


i'm not sure what song he's trying to play, i'm just glad
i picked the orange ukelele as that yellow one would have
totally clashed with my shirt.
and being the style icon that i am, we just can't have a clash!

the birthday bash

today is rangersis's birthday and a couple days ago was my youngest nephew zach's, so happy birthday to everyone else having one! and since anita from denmark (go check out her website, link is to the right) asked when my birthday is, it is april 9th. (i'll be 34, but don't tell anyone.)

legacy

these 2 articles are from the college of the ozark's alumni news letter. and yes, i did graduate, in 4 years, and my major was not leisure activities. this first one mentions arthur cahill, who was on the board of elders for the school, and i worked for him doing landscaping and outdoor maintenace almost every evening for the four years i was in college. he was a great guy, always a gentleman and he had a twisted sense of humor like i do. he passed away a few years ago, and would have been 100 this year. he was born on the 7th day of the 7th month of the 7th year. remind me to tell you the story about catching a little bird in a sack at his house and letting it go in the theatre at the college during a play. (click the articles to zoom and read them if you like)


this next article is about one of my favorite teachers. she tried to get me to change my major to business since i took so many classes with her and was actually good at them. another fond memory i have from her class involves sitting next to one of my friends, and during one of her lectures i look over and he is sniffing one of the pockets in his wallet, then wants me to take a sniff. so i did. the pocket was empty, but had a very distinct smell, of which i won't reveal what it was, but he can if he likes, as i recently got back in touch with him after 12 years! his name is gregg, and he was the only influence other than my uncle's in me wanting to play guitar, as he is very good and actually played in the pep band for the college sports teams. which is basically unheard of in a pep band . anyways, he lives in texas and playes for the band legacy.

we also worked in the same department for the college, and have many fond memories of that too. well, some are not so fond, but are definitely classics! remind me to tell you some of those stories some day too. just don't believe anything he says i did, as i'm sure his memory is incorrect as i would NEVER do the stuff he says i did. i swear!
well, it's off to diner and practice a bit before heading out to the eagle's to play tonight. we learned some new songs this week, so it should be a fun night. have a great weekend everyone!

i promise!

that i will post tomorrow, i have a bunch of random pictures waiting to go up, but right now i am off to band practice, as we are playing this weekend also, i just didn't get the dates put up on my website.