This past Saturday we traveled up to San Luis Obispo for a Rutledge Family Tradition. Every year Debra’s family visit with a few of Charlie’s (Deb’s dad) brothers and their families. This is my third trip up and enjoyed the time spent with Deb’s extended family. One thing I’d been looking forward to was spending time with Justin, Debra’s cousin. Debra and Justin were very close growing up and Justin has definitely welcomed me into the family. Justin is also a computer guy with lots of web programming experience and has been a great teacher. Justin designed his own site and actually ran it off of his own server at his house which I thought was pretty cool (yes, probably because I’m a geek). :o) During our day up there a bunch of us took a walk to CalPoly (California Polytechnic University) to look at a memorial. This memorial was dedicated to a team of football players from CalPoly that crashed in an airplane in the 1960s. Half of the team didn’t survive. Debra’s aunt Connie was with us on the walk and this was special to her because her biological father was one of those who died in that crash. She was only six wee
ks old when this happened.
We spent New Years Eve as a family but celebrated a bit early! At 10pm we let off all our streamers and poppers because our brother in law Gregg Bowcock had to get up at 3:30 the next morning for work. On New Years Day he worked 19hrs at the Rose Bowl. Gregg is a California Highway Patrol officer and was escorting the players and dignitaries such as the Governor of Oklahoma.
^ Our friend Jake enjoyed New Years Eve with us
Tomorrow (or today depending on your timezone) we leave for home! Our flight leaves at 7pm but it isn’t until the next morning (Thurs.) at 9am that we finally arrive in Toronto. This is because of a connection through New York with a long lay over. Pray for Canaan as he flies all night with us.
Looking forward to see all of our Canadian friends!
On this day..
- Transitioning Home - 2008
- Subway of Doom - 2006
Well, as I write this Norm, Deb and Canaan are on there way to the airport. Needless to say there are a few tears in this Grandma’s eyes. I look at the highchair that has remnants of Cheerios, toys on the floor, baby shampoo in the bathroom and I miss the precious little one that they all represent. What a precious time we had even though there was sickness.
Norm and Deb we had a great time with you… Canaan you are precious beyond words.
Love you all, Charlie and Tami
New Years was so fun, as you can see in the picture, Jacob Cross was having a wonderful time!
It was a blast! Happy New Year to you all.
Charlie and Tami