| At the end of June, the entire Vik family met in Florida to remember our mom. It was not a time to take many pictures, but at least the cousins got to spend a little time together. | |
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![]() Kate had some friends over
and they sat out on the deck and
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![]() You can never have too many...
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![]() ...pictures of your dogs. You could never forget them, but you should always have a few pictures to help. |
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A couple of old guys sit around the pond. Grandpa was on his east
coast trip and took a few minutes out to feed the fish. |
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Kate needed an eyebrow piercing. She was pretty brave to have somebody
stick a needle in her eye. She must have really wanted it. The problem came when we reminded her that it was something that we said we could not tolerate. She can get one for her 18th birthday, but would lose the car if she did it before then. She chose the car and took it out on Cindy's birthday. |
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![]() Does Charlie look sad? He doesn't want to see Lars go back to college. Lars plays a game of chase with Charlie every night. They are good friends and I think they will miss each other. |
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Cindy is getting ready for her birthday. No further comment. |
![]() It was windy the day hurricane Katrina came through the Ohio valley. It was enough to push over the hickory tree in the front yard. It gave out a big WHOOSH as if it was passing away. |
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![]() It was enough to scare the dogs and block the neighbors driveway. Neighborhood kids had been playing and riding bikes there just a few minutes earlier. |
![]() It made a mess that Marty had to clean up. |
![]() The branches were cut up and loaded into the truck. |
![]() But in the end, all that was left was a stack of hardwood and a little sawdust. Nobody got hurt and not even a mailbox was destroyed. |