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Entries Tagged as 'Our Kids'

22 Member-4 Generation Family Reunion, July 2009

July 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Our Kids, Photos, Videos, Reflections, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

All are home from our wonderful 22 member-4 generation family reunion at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas.
My mom & sister came, all three of my children and their kids (except for my oldest granddaughter) came, Tom’s daughter and two grandchildren came over (only his youngest granddaughter was missing), and it just so happened [...]

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The Great Road Trip of 2009: The Sequel, Wednesday, July 15

July 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Our Kids, Reflections, Tom & Me, View From the 80's

Greg (England) chastized me in comment to yesterday’s post because I didn’t say more about the wonderful indoor/outdoor (we had no clue about the outdoor part until we got here) water park here at Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas.
Well – let me forthwith correct that.
The 19 of us arrived, en masse, Monday afternoon, the [...]

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The Great Road Trip of 2009: The Sequel, Tuesday, July 14

July 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Our Kids, Tom & Me, Tom's Family, View From the 80's

What A Day This Has been – And There’s More to Come!?!
Here we are 24 hours + into our big family reunion at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas, and what a day this has been!  The thing is – it’s not over, yet.  It’s 5:30 p.m. and hours to go before night falls [...]

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The Great Road Trip of 2009: The Sequel

July 2nd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Our Kids, Photos, Videos, Tom & Me, Tom's Family, View From the 80's

Monday I shared with you how my mom gifted Tom and me with money so we could go visit my older son, David, and family in Winchester, Virginia in May.  However, as you know, we couldn’t go because of my pinched nerve.
Tom and I were both very disappointed to say the least, as we have [...]

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Brief Hiatus in Biloxi, Mississippi

June 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Families, Friends, Our Kids, Tom & Me

I’m writing to you today from Biloxi, Mississippi from the Beau Rivage Casino Hotel Resort where we are attending the 143rd annual Mississippi Press Association’s summer convention.  That’s a long time, folks, for newspapers in Mississippi (and newspapers in general) to have been such a big part of American life. 
I mean – we’re talking [...]

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The Heart of David

January 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Inspirational, Our Kids, Reflections

[Note:  Please VOTE for Julian today here if you haven't already.  See last post.  Dee]
Today is the birthday of my son, David.  I was a mere 18 years old when he was born in a small hospital way down in east Texas – Nacogdoches, Texas – by a general practitioner.  His delivery cost $150 [...]

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Breaking News: Tom's Grandson, Julian, Interviewed on Dallas TV

December 3rd, 2008 · 10 Comments · Families, Interviews, Our Kids, Tom & Me, Tom's Family, Uncategorized

Before I get back to "Things Are Falling Apart, Part 2," which I will tomorrow, let me share some exciting (to us) news about Tom’s 16 year old grandson, Julian Nguyen, who lives in Grand Prairie, Texas.  He was interviewed on TV in Dallas last night and we have the link to the story and [...]

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