Day 4 of Rummaging Photos

I didn’t hear much from the FBR this weekend but that appears to be because she was out Octoberfesting and bowling, so, time well spent. I was safely ensconced within the Man Cave scanning photos and watching football. I didn’t think the Patriots had much of a chance going in with their second strong quarterback and hopes were further dashed when he was knocked out and a third string rookie was inserted to battle against the Packers and Aaron Rodgers. In a prime example of why watching sports can be so engaging the undermanned Patriots pushed the game to overtime before their inevitable loss. Still fun to watch.

The Bowling Gang

FBR Showing Some Form

I Would Think She Will be Very Dangerous at This

Festing Away

Now it’s time to continue the memory rummaging from yesterday with photos mined from the basement storage bins:

FAVORITE PANAMANIAN AND PARTIES

Hawaii Themed Party Carlisle, PA 2001

NYC Trip 2001

Hanging with Hubby

Hawaii Party with War College Staff Group and Wives

Cousins from Father's Side, Colonel Promotion Party
Fairfax, VA 2002

FAVORITE SON

Pick Me Up Dad

With Soxfather

High School Prom Night

Rocking the Diaper

Senior Year Birthday, 2004, Fairfax, VA

FAVORITE DAUGHTER

What She'd Do When Excited
FBR Does Something Similar with Disco Hands

Middle School Rocker Kansas 1996

Always Photogenic, Annandale, VA Mid-80s

With Two of her BU College Buds

Imperious

SON AND DAUGHTER TOGETHER

Ft Campbell, KY 1997

Sleeping Angels
Son Sporting Haircut his Sister Gave Him

Grandma's House Late 80s

With Panamanian Cousins Early 2000s

Panama Highlands Early 2000s

FAMILY

With Mom A Couple Years Before She Passed

Tennessee Christmas 1997

Easter at Great Aunt's House, Cranston, RI,  Late 80s

Tennessee Christmas 1998

Mom With All her Grandkids

ANCIENT HISTORY

Dad and a Beer Wagon, 1976
A Year Before he Passed

Mom and Great Aunt Late 50s

Mom (center) in Nursing School, Keene NH
Early 1950s

St Patty's Day, UNH, 1978 with College Sweetheart/1st Fiancé
With Woody and Peri After Early Morning Celebrating at Scorp's
We Rallied to Party That Night - I was in Army less than Month Later

Mom (center) with Two College Buddies Early 1950s

ARMY LIFE

Battalion Operations Officer Hawaii 1994

Battalion Commander Training Ft Polk, LA 1997

War College Graduation Carlisle, PA 2001
With mom, Great Aunt, Soxfather, and Namesake Nephew

Retirement Day Ft Myer, VA 2005

Already Getting Fat (me not her)

MISCELLANEOUS

With Mom, Great Aunt's House Early 90s

Wife's First Trip to USA 1982

I'm at St Catherine's Monastery Sinai, Egypt 1994
Site of Burning Bush and Climbed Mountain (behind) Where Moses Got the 10

Watching the Game with my Buddy, Ft Campbell Late 90s

Going Away Party, Frankfurt, Germany 1980

One movie fell in my A-Z effort, a classic and definite keeper, The Big Lebowski (the Dude still abides).

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RECURRING CHARACTERS:                                        

ABFA – Amazing Best Family Athlete - my daughter in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter #3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; Connecticut Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor of the big river; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of course); FBR - First Blog Reader - first granddaughter; First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3^rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew – son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; Pittsburgh College Roommate– high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather - my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course