Author: Kelly

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President Gerald Rudolph Ford

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Former President Gerald R. Ford, who declared “Our long national nightmare is over” as he replaced Richard Nixon but may have doomed his own chances of election by pardoning his disgraced predecessor, has died. He was 93.

The nation’s 38th president, and the only one not elected to the office or the vice presidency, died at his desert home at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.

“His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country,” his wife, Betty, said in a statement.

Ford was the longest living former president, surpassing Ronald Reagan, who died in June 2004, by more than a month. Continue reading “President Gerald Rudolph Ford”

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Seasons Greetings

I got a card in the mail today from my sister back in Missouri. It reminded me of the cards that Grandma (on Dad’s side) would give us when we were kids. It’s a beautiful card and got me to thinking. I should send her a card too, something special. They say that homemade gifts are more thoughtful and since I have a new photo printer, let’s do something special! I hope she likes it. Here’s what I’ve done so far.

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E.T. phone home

Here are a few pictures of my brother E.T. (Eric) and his friend Jason. They dropped by this morning on their way to Texas for the Red Bull Last Man Standing Race. He looks just just dad did when he was Eric’s age.

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A family visit

Mom, Connie, and Jeanine dropped by for a visit today. Jeanine didn’t want me posting funny pictures on the site, so here’s a photoshopped “sketch” version of a picture I took. Don’t they look happy!

Jeanine and mom on the couch

Here’s a photo of Connie that I played around with and tried to make it look like an old newspaper clipping.

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My little brother

travis_mom_hug.jpgI’m writing this a few months after the fact, but still am not quite ready to write too much about it. My little brother, Travis, died on May 27th while on a canoe trip with my other brother Eric, and some friends of theirs.

Travis was only 21 years old and I haven’t seen him since he was about 14.

Here’s a picture that my Aunt Deb posted and Mom told me about last night (Aug 2nd). It’s Travis giving Mom a hug. He looks exactly as I remember him, except maybe a bit taller.

It doesn’t seem fair that this happened to him. He was the one in the family that always had a good outlook on things, great sense of humor, and seemed to always find a way to get people to laugh.