Day 7 of Rummaging Photos

I made a tactical error yesterday while speaking with the FBR. I mentioned that we had received Amazon’s annual Christmas catalog. Thinking it was something we would talk about when I saw her this weekend. I knew I was in trouble when I saw her eyes widen and she rushed off screen. They had received the same catalog and the FBR had already delved through it to circle the items she wanted to highlight for us. She knows her grandparents are target rich environments when it comes to gifts. We then spent the remainder of the call with her directing us to certain pages so she could discuss her selections. It was almost too much fun. Let’s plunge into today’s continuation the memory rummaging with photos mined from the basement storage bins:

FAVORITE PANAMANIAN AND PARTIES

Our Ft Campbell, KY Home 1999

Bringing the Glam, Our Cranston, Rhode Island Home 1991

The Three Musqueteras

Me Climbing Down to River in Panama Late 80s

Showing Mom her Panamanian Folklorico Dress 1980s

FAVORITE SON

HS Graduation Day with Namesake Nephew 2003

Teenager, Burke, VA 1999

Easter Egg Hunt, Annandale, VA 1986

Robin Hood Park, Keene NH Early 90s
Probably on Adventure with Great Aunt

HS Graduation Party, Fairfax, VA 2003

Snoozing with Mom in Our Haunted Home, Washington, DC 1988

In Panama for Cousin's Quinceañera 2000

FAVORITE DAUGHTER

Giving Dad the Stink Eye Because he Has to go to Work
Summer 1986, Annandale, VA

Busted! She Climbed (using Drawers as Ladder) To Get to Candy
FBR Resemblance is Startling (Actions Included) 1987

High School Graduation 2001 Carlisle, PA

With Mom, Great Aunt & Soxfather 2001

Mammoth Caves, KY with Namesake Nephew 1997

BU Graduation Day 2005, Brookline, MA
With Great Aunt, Soxfather, Namesake Nephew

SON AND DAUGHTER TOGETHER

Playground Behind our Haunted DC Home 1988

Niagara Falls Trip 1992

Daughter's Confirmation Leavenworth, KS 1990s

Leavenworth, KS 90s

Visiting Gettysburg, Late 80s
5th NH Regiment Monument with Ancestor's Name on It

FAMILY

1993, No Idea Where

Christmas with all the Cousins, Mom's House Keene, NH 1995

Leavenworth, KS 1997

Above Waimea Bay, Hawaii 1995

Welcome Home from Sinai Peacekeeping Mission Party
Our Home, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 1995

ANCIENT HISTORY

Mom and Dad With my 3 Sisters Keene, NH Mid-60s
No Idea Who's Sitting on Mom's Lap

Sister, Lisa Late 1960s

Wife (2d from L) With her Siblings, David, Panama 1960s

Wife (on floor looking at camera) with Her Mom 
And Siblings Early 1960s

Last Civilian Driver's License 1977

ARMY LIFE

My Hollywood Career, My Scene from Gardens of Stone
Ft Myer, VA 1986

Battalion Formal 1998, Ft Campbell, KY

MISCELLANEOUS

The 3 Amigos Turn 50, Keene, NH 2005
Pittsburgh College Roommate & Keene Friend

Pittsburgh College Roommate & Keene Friend
No Idea Where or When

Sent up a Tree in Tennessee to Retrieve Mindy the Cat 1998

Keene Friends & P.C.R. With Me in Fairfax, VA 2002

Visiting Pittsburgh Early 2000s

Two movies fell in my A-Z effort, both keepers, Blackhat (good drama but Thor as a techno-geek, bit of a stretch) and Black Hawk Down (heroism amidst tragedy, knew a few of the guys depicted)

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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