Our December, 2000 holiday letter
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Our
other vacation was in March a houseboat trip on Lake Powell, Arizona with our
friends Mitch, Beth, and Nick Simons, and Barry Lyon.
Mason learned to walk during that trip,
progressing from taking 1-2 steps to walking all the way across the room. Everyone got a
big thrill out of seeing that! We even extended our trip by one day so we could attend
Janice Roedels 50th birthday party! In June, our friend Ken Bragg visited
from Phoenix and we spent a day showing him the Columbia River Gorge and Multnomah Falls.
A lot happened in July. Sadly, we lost
MacKenzie, our 11-year-old Dal, after he had suffered a long time with spinal and
digestive problems. We miss him he was so gentle with Mason, unlike Miss Mingus,
who, at 10, is still as frisky as ever!
July also
brought Masons first camping trip to the Metolius River in central Oregon with
our friend Thor. Mason proved himself a most hardy camper, running around everywhere and
covering himself with a suitable amount of dirt! He especially liked sitting at the picnic
table "helping" us prepare meals.
Right after
that, Brians Mom visited us for two weeks. She and Mason really got to know each
other and had a lot of fun together. We stayed busyMom still has a lot of
get-up-and-go! We drove up to Ocean Shores, WA so Mom could party with her old (as in
former) crowd, who was thrilled to see her. They had a luncheon for her at the
Senior Center, and it was cool to see more and more people show up as word got around town
that she was there.
August brought
Sharons family a little closer together. Her niece, Summer, contacted her dad
(Sharons brother Mike) after an eight year absence. Mikes trip to see Summer
in Arizona also brought contact with Sharons biological mother, Susie, who Sharon
and Mike had not seen in 20 years. Susie flew up to spend Thanksgiving with us and Mason
enjoyed getting to know his maternal grandmother! It was quite an emotional time but the
renewed relationships are a good thing. We look forward to spending more time getting to
know Summer and Susie.
Last updated: 12/22/2000.
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