Jennifer was born in late April, and we had not had a family trip in more than a year. We decided to take a short vacation to get out of the house. On our first day, we went to Galveston to let Tammy play on the beach and in the […]
Trips
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In June 1981, the youth group at our church went to Glorieta, New Mexico, for youth summer camp. Kids aged 13-18 could go and attend the weeklong event for the youth. Eva and I attended a leadership session with our pastor and his wife that week. Although we were not […]
I do not have any pictures from this trip, and I cannot remember the exact year of the trip. Our family vacations either started the week before July 4th or that week. My dad’s company closed during the week of July 4th every year. Dad had worked there long enough […]
It was August 1986; Tammy was nineteen and Jennifer was sixteen, Eva and I thought it could be the last summer vacation that Tammy would go with us on. She had just finished her first year in college and might have other plans in future summers. It had been a […]
Jennifer, Kaylee, and Lauren had been living with us since August 1999 and we had been through some rough periods during those years. We all had adjusted to the new “normal” and we had found fun things to do or places to visit so that Kaylee and Lauren could have […]
In 1984, as the summer was approaching, I was thinking about a trip I had wanted to take the family on for several years. I had wanted to visit Yellowstone National Park. I knew that trip would require a lot of time and driving, but I did not know if […]
After Tammy was born, we bought a water softener for our house to make the water better for our baby. As a bonus, we were given a free three-day stay at a hotel in Miami Beach. We decided we would take Tammy on her first trip in May 1968 before […]
In January 1974; I started a new job at Gulf States Toyota where I would face new challenges and opportunities for growth. More details on that will be provided at another time or in my book. With my change in employment, our vacation trips for that year were limited to […]
It was August 2014; Melissa and Rachel had gotten accepted to attend a skeet and trap training class at the Olympic Training Facility in Colorado Springs. It was rare when two people in the same family to be accepted to one of these events. It was even rarer because they […]
It was June 1973; Tammy was 6 and Jennifer was 3 and we had heard about a new themed park that had opened the year before. Opryland USA was in Nashville Tennessee and was a music-themed park with rides and shows. We had never been to Nashville, so we were […]