Ryan George Dillon Sayre

Thursday afternoon, Retta and I became Grandparents! Ryan George Dillon Sayre was delivered via unplanned C-Section at 9 lbs 14 ozs and 19.5" long. Both Mother and Baby are doing fine. They were released to go home today. We are very excited to have Ryan with us!

New Born Ryan

Ryan George Dillon Sayre

Grampa & Ryan

Adrian, George & Ryan

Aunt Amber & Ryan

Uncle Christian & Ryan

Home Sweet Home

Indian Rocks Beach

We had a quick trip to Florida to visit Jerry and Ada at their usual location at Indian Rocks Beach.

 

We had some relaxation sitting on the deck by the beach. You can see Jerry near the water feeding the birds some Cheerios. The temp was a little cool that day, as you can tell by the empty beach. Sitting on the deck, out of the wind, was delightful though.

 

 

Kelsie drove over from Jacksonville for the weekend and we really enjoyed spending time with her. She graciously allowed us to have the bedroom and she slept on the couch without one complaint. We spent the evening playing Uno and eating jelly beans. Kelsie was a good sport and got a lot of laughs and stories to tell about us older folks!

 

It was a short trip, but we had a very good time!

Some Oldies

Been working on a project and found a few oldies that may not have been put on here.

This first one is at my wedding.

Nice picture of a couple of our elder statesmen!

I thought this was nice.  Wonder why the brothers are shaking hands?!

A few pictures for the Blog.....

Here's a photo of Gov. John Connally with mom as Connally was running for President.  Not sure what year the pic was taken.  Apparently 1984, running against Ronald Reagan in the Primary.  The flip side is an inscription of the event in Dad's handwriting. 

 

From Google: 
On November 22, 1963, Connally was sitting in the jump seat of Kennedy's open-topped limo as the president visited Dallas. When shots were fired, Connally was hit by a bullet that passed through Kennedy. The governor was wounded on his back, chest, wrist and thigh, and drifted in and out of consciousness for days. He finally became alert as he watched television coverage of Kennedy's funeral.
For a time, Connally was convinced that Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had intended to kill him instead. The reason, he said, was that Oswald had once petitioned Connally, when he was Secretary of the Navy, to upgrade his discharge from the Marines. Connally had never responded to the request.
The last two decades of Connally's life were a bit of a roller coaster. In 1974, he was indicted for accepting a $10,000 bribe (he was acquitted of the charges). A few years later, he spent a considerable amount of money in an attempt to secure the Republican presidential nomination, but lost to Ronald Reagan. Connally was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1988 after falling $93 million into debt as a result of poor real estate and oil investments.

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And here is a picture that I'm almost positive I put on the Blog several years ago but am re-posting in honor of Uncle Lynn's 85th birthday.  Congrats Uncle Lynn!  It seems to me that Grandma's kitchen was about the busiest room of the house in those days.  Everybody hung out there!
But I've never been able to figure out the identity or meaning of those weird floor tile markings.

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It's a Party for Dad!

On January 24 we will be celebrating Dad's 85th birthday with lunch in Birmingham and then singing at their church in north AL. While we know the distance is great for most family, we want you to know you are invited and we would love for anyone to come.

If you are interested, you can email or facebook message Mary, Ann or me for more details.

ISU Ties

Watching the game today made me wonder how many in the EJK family have attended or graduated from ISU?

I know Jerry, Ada and Angela and are alums. Ann attended for a year.

Who else has ISU ties?

Success in SC

Mary Lee has been hunting hard all year, getting her dad to take her any possible opportunity since the season opened in October.  No luck at all - until tonight, the last day of the season.  She killed TWO bucks - a six-pointer, and this large eight-pointer with a huge spread (22 1/2") between the main beams.   I think Mike is happier for her than he would be if he had gotten them himself.  And she is very happy herself!