happy fathers day to all of the good ones,hope you all have a great day.and that goes to my dad who has been gone for 43 years, love you dad.

Bruce McKelvey (McKelvey)

happy fathers day to all of the good ones,hope you all have a great day.and that goes to my dad who has been gone for 43 years, love you dad.

06/20/11 10:46 AM

#992

Ya Gilbs,

What every body else said....Happy Birthday!!!! Looks like the Rocky River Park gig was a good one. By the way....what was in those blue plastic cups???? Probably a METAMUCILL TONIC !!!!

06/21/11 09:59 PM

#993

Right, Bruce, that was it!!! Saturday, June 25 will be a different story! Guy, Debbie and I are looking forward to seeing all of YOU on that date!!!! Be sure to come....Guy is cooking so we want to keep him BUSY!!!

06/22/11 10:15 AM

#994

I had some good news and bad news from my local Real Estate Appraisal Board the other day. The good news is that the value of my house went down, but the bad news is that my taxes would remain the same. I will be arguing that! My goal is to convince them that my house is actually worthless and I shouldn't have to pay any taxes. And if my house is worth zero why should I have any insurance on it? And since my mortgage has long been paid off, VOILA no more housing expenses. That means more cruises. Life is good in Obamaland!

06/24/11 07:05 AM

#995

hey, can't wait till sat., hope all you locals will be there to see ellen and guy, should be lots of fun as usuall-lots of good memories,and laughs, and enjoy the sunshine.bring your cameras. hope to see you this sat. nancy

06/25/11 08:25 PM

#996

06/25/11 08:29 PM

#997

06/25/11 08:41 PM

#998

what a beautiful,wonderful,fun day we had.thanks to all for giving me a great day by the water,and great talk. wish everyone could have been there. hope to see you guys in sept. when bruce comes up.

06/26/11 08:03 AM

#999

Wish you all were here this mornin to watch this beautiful sunrise!

06/26/11 10:37 AM

#1000

06/26/11 12:06 PM

#1001

06/26/11 05:12 PM

#1002

Ellen,

You guys are looking good!

By the way, when did Lake Erie turn blue? Have those Zebra Mussels been cleaning it up? I always remember the lake as a shade of brown. I was in the Caribbean the first time I saw blue water and I was amazed.

06/26/11 09:39 PM

#1003

Thanks, Fred! Yes the lake is usually blue these days unless a storm stirs up the sand and then it can be a bit brown but nothing like when we were kids! They are still working on the zebra mussels but there's a new, invasive fish "Gobies". However, the Lake Erie abundant water snakes really like them. Course now we swim with the protected, thriving snakes......the Caribbean is beautiful!

06/27/11 09:16 AM

#1004

Kids today have a cleaner Lake Erie to swim in, but that might not be so healthy for them. I remember as a child swimming through all that gross stuff floating around at Oakwood Beach at the mouth of the Rocky River. If whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger then my immune system must be off the charts strong.

06/27/11 11:10 AM

#1005

john, hope your doing okay, we always miss you at these get togethers and your funny jokes.hope you can make the next one, always thinking good things for you. nancy

06/27/11 11:25 PM

#1006

John,

Actually it sounds like a bad case of indigestion. Did you try a full bottle of Pepto Bismol?

06/28/11 04:29 AM

#1007

john, we are always praying for our rrhs classmates who need it,hopefully are prays will be answerd for you. guy is staying for acouple of months and is thinking og moving back to ohio to be nearhis grandkids. so maybe you can still catch up with him. and thereis always sept. when bruce comes into town. keep plugging along, i think of you alot. nancy

06/28/11 10:05 AM

#1008

Nancy,

When you mentioned Guy possibly moving back to Northern Ohio to be close to his grandkids it reminded me that we moved down here to the Houston area for the same reason. My goal was to make a comeback as a really good grandpa. I wanted to show them unconditional love and patience. I wanted to help them learn to ride bikes, swim, kick a soccer ball and build a couch and blanket fort. I wanted to be involved in their school activities so we moved to a house one block away from their Elementary school.

Ethan is almost a teenager and he is starting to act like one. I still give him a big hug though and tell him how difficukt the transition to middle school was for me. We made our own Mother's day cards with crayons and paper. Warren invented the phrase "Go Love" which we still use. I have learned a lot from them. These grandkids are growing up faster than mu own kids but I am glad that I have been along for the ride.

Thomas Grandpa

06/28/11 04:09 PM

#1009

happy birthday carol-have a great day and many more to come. love ya,nancy

06/28/11 04:14 PM

#1010

Alan Greenleaf

Hey John! Sorry to hear you are not well. Get well soon!

Fred, If you are an accomplished grandpa, then you are accomplished! It is our chance to correct all the mistakes we made as parents! Mine were quite a few! lol Keep up the good work!

Ellen, AWESOME Get together! Nice work! It was super seeing everyone!

06/28/11 04:16 PM

#1011

fred, i can tell yopur a good grandpa,that's what its all about-we also made the tent out of blankets,so much fun. now my oldest is driving me around with her temp.,next year the other one will. ben's only 11,so it will be awhile for him. the other day i dropped of my 2 girls at huntington beach,picked them up 2 hours later, and asked them were there any cute boys there. we've come along way from diapers, and bottles, buit i enjoy the teen years also. they call me every nt. and i still see them at least 3 times aweek. they are not to big for hugs,kisses, or to be told i love them,and they always say it to be. we are so lucky all of us to have these kids-enjoy them why we can, we are so lucky. nancy

06/29/11 04:16 PM

#1012

Linda Peate (Powrie)

How much fun we had on Sat.! Wish I hadn't had to leave & could have stayed longer so I could have had some wine, but unfortunately, I cannot see at nite one little bit!! And Fred, the color of the water is slightly brownish but now it's a clean brownish. It must be your big blue eyes when you look out of them that make the photo look blue, right???? Anyway, we had a boat back when we lived in Medina many many yrs. ago, & the water water was getting cleaner & then the zebra muscles hit & boy, they were stuck to our boat every weekend we went! But it allowed us to swim & not worry! My mother would never let us go in the water at R.R. beach because we would get polio! I am so happy that it's so different from when the water caught fire downtown because over the yrs. in other cities & states, people always bring it up when I say I'm from Cleve.!!

I can't wait to get together again, spend the nite in a motel (waiting for the guys to raid for our panties, right???) and not worry about having to get home. So Sept. it is!

THANK YOU ELLEN FOR HAVING IT AT YOUR COTTAGE. HOPE IT WAS TOO MESSY AFTER WE ALL LEFT.!

06/29/11 11:56 PM

#1013

Well...it was GREAT fun for me. Some people I hadn't seen since 1963! And several I have! And my twins!!! I always wanted to be one! It's always great to see any and all of you! Not sure how messy it was. I told Debbie we'd clean up later as I wanted to enjoy the later arrivals, Kelleys. Dang if Debbie didn't do all the clean up by herself. Stellar chic, that one! I think we'll keep her, Guy! More pictures will be coming along soon......

06/30/11 05:16 PM

#1014

ellen, yes, i forgot to mention thanks so much for having us there at your place-so relaxing,such good fun, have a safe trip back. nancy

07/03/11 07:28 AM

#1015