Today is Jill's and my 10th anniversary. We're going to celebrate by going to Andina, an apparently great restaurant in Portland (one of the many) that we haven't yet gone to. We look forward to it.
Happy anniversary, sweety! It's been a remarkable 10 years, we have an amazing little boy together, a wonderful home, and many more years to look forward to!
I love you,
Bill
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Happy Birthday Gramma!
Today is Gabriel's Gramma's birthday. She's celebrating in Colorado with Grandpa, so she's not in Oregon to share a happy birthday carrot cake with Gabriel.
We hope you're having a great day!
We hope you're having a great day!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
(Grandma) Betty Jean Reid
Grandma Reid passed away early Monday morning in Farmington, New Mexico, where she lived for as long as I can remember. Her health took its course as it does with folks who live to be over 85 years old. She had been receiving care in and out of her own home as her health declined.
We last saw her in person a couple of years ago when we were able to take Gabriel and enjoy a visit in her own home. Before that, and before I came to Oregon, I usually tried to drive through Farmington when I headed home from college in Texas, usually right before Christmas time. Slick roads, cold air, and herds of sheep between Cuba and Farmington made their home on La Plata drive a welcome destination. Grandma (and Grandpa) were always happy to see me, even as I greeted them with the same corny joke about whether or not they knew a certain blue spruce was growing in their front yard. Pizza (Little Caesar's - "Here's $20.. don't forget the green chile!"), sometimes cards, and always a lot of conversation were guaranteed from her shortly after my arrival.
She will be missed. I have posted the entirety of her obituary below, courtesy of the Farmington Daily Times newspaper website.
May you finally enjoy rest and peace.
We last saw her in person a couple of years ago when we were able to take Gabriel and enjoy a visit in her own home. Before that, and before I came to Oregon, I usually tried to drive through Farmington when I headed home from college in Texas, usually right before Christmas time. Slick roads, cold air, and herds of sheep between Cuba and Farmington made their home on La Plata drive a welcome destination. Grandma (and Grandpa) were always happy to see me, even as I greeted them with the same corny joke about whether or not they knew a certain blue spruce was growing in their front yard. Pizza (Little Caesar's - "Here's $20.. don't forget the green chile!"), sometimes cards, and always a lot of conversation were guaranteed from her shortly after my arrival.
She will be missed. I have posted the entirety of her obituary below, courtesy of the Farmington Daily Times newspaper website.
Betty Jean Reid
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/18/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT
FARMINGTON
Betty Jean Reid
April 26, 1922 - Sept. 17, 2007
Betty Jean Reid, 85, of Farmington, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, Sept. 17, 2007. She was born Betty Jean Tunison on April 26, 1922, in Sterling, Colo., to Edgar D. and Julia M. Tunison.
Betty was the oldest of three children raised on their family's homestead between Sterling and Akron, Colo. She graduated from high school in Atwood, Colo. She met her future husband, George H. Reid Sr., on a train from Denver, Colo., to Sterling, Colo., in 1945, as he was returning from his deployment in the South Pacific at the end of WWII. Betty spent her time caring for her family and friends, quilting, camping and fishing.
Betty was preceded in death by both of her parents and her brother, Edgar Dennis Tunison of Palm Springs, Calif.
She is survived by her husband, George H. Reid Sr., of Farmington; her sister, Kathleen Michael of Palm Harbor, Fla.; son, James Reid and his wife, Yvonne, of Fort Morgan, Colo.; son, Steve Reid and wife, Ellen, of Casper, Wyo.; son, David Reid and his wife, Dianne, of Hillsboro, Ore.; daughter, Betty Rice of Farmers Branch, Texas; son, George Reid Jr. of Farmington; 10 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation for Betty will be 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute St. in Farmington. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, at Memory Gardens of Farmington, with Father Tim Farrell.
Betty is in the care of Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home; (505) 325-8688.
May you finally enjoy rest and peace.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Happy Birthday Aunt Kate!
We hope Kate is having a wonderful time celebrating the first anniversary of her 29th birthday. Here's to many, many more anniversaries!
Kate recently updated her blog related to her birthday and Baby Hayes' progress. Go check it out at itsareid.blogspot.com. With recent Hayes photos!
Kate recently updated her blog related to her birthday and Baby Hayes' progress. Go check it out at itsareid.blogspot.com. With recent Hayes photos!
Big Easy - Not Really
We returned from our trip to New Orleans late Wednesday night. There are photos and stories galore and I hope to write about what I saw, and the adventures Gabriel and Jill had while I was working and eating at the Commander's Palace. Wow.
And another Wow for the hotel we stayed at: Hotel Monteleone, the fabled birthplace of Truman Capote and hotel home of Tennessee Williams when he wrote A Streetcare Named Desire. Wow.
More after I finish this economic impact study of a $3.7 billion nuclear power plant proposed in Idaho. Can that be considered familial betrayal?
Sorry!
And another Wow for the hotel we stayed at: Hotel Monteleone, the fabled birthplace of Truman Capote and hotel home of Tennessee Williams when he wrote A Streetcare Named Desire. Wow.
More after I finish this economic impact study of a $3.7 billion nuclear power plant proposed in Idaho. Can that be considered familial betrayal?
Sorry!
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