Photos from my Dad...

May, 1951, Inchon, Korea. The tide is out, this Japanese LST is high and dry.

My Dad, right, Korea. He also served in WWII.

Cruz is turning...50!

My sweet, sweet, wife...she is, on Sunday, 10/17/10,.....50!

Yay, for her!

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December, 1984, Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans, in the swamps and bayous. Those two "other" folks, are my own dear Mother's Mom and Dad.

Thank you to those that wished her a happy birthday on the last post before this one.

Cruz and her Mom, who she lost in 1977.

The outside new Orleans photo. She was pregnant....we did not know yet. Our first was to come, we then have the grandboy, today.

--Dan

December, 1986, Morro Bay, California

I just dug this one up....it is very cool, and I love it! We are on a boat in the harbor, approaching the open sea....but NOT getting to the edge of the breakwater...Morro Bay has a history of being a very, very, difficult place to enter and exit the bay. We were safe, it was just a tour. It was wet, it was cold, it was....COOL! We don't do this no more....wish we could....Cruz...she is absolutely lovely!

--Dan

My Mother's birthday is Oct. 16...

We lost her in 1962. Here she is with my oldest brother, Francis Jr. , late 1940's.

Me, with my Grandparents, my Mom's Mom and Dad, 1980, near New Orleans, La.

Mom would have been 85 , on 10/16/10.

Mom would have LOVED the Grandboy, and so many more others in my family that all happened because of her.

--Dan