He Will Be Missed

On August 17th and 18th the Morris and Moore clans got together to honor Bill.  The vigil was Friday night and many got up and spoke about Bill - his craziness, his good heart, his love of Connie, his love of golf, and many more attributes!  We all gathered at Connie's for a lasagna dinner which was a blast.  Those Morris people really know how to party.  They were serving up Dirty Girls like crazy!  Friday we gathered at the church for Mass and a final farewell.  Fr. Jim, a friend and golfing buddy of Connie and Bill's, gave the eulogy and it was special.  Connie bought two spots in the Columbarium at Holy Spirit out in the courtyard.  She joined the parish and is now part of a BIG family!  Fr. Dick Schlosser was the officiant of the service and it was great to have him be a part of it.  He is retired now after many years with the parish.  He officiated at Mom's funeral and it was nice to have him as part of Bill's.  Later that afternoon we all gathered at Mary and Jim's for dinner with some of the same and some different folks from the Morris family.  They generously bought dinner and of course we bought the booze!!  A good time was had by all.  Saturday morning those of us still around (13 in all) met for breakfast and had a great time.  We love you, Billy, and we will miss you!!

Total Eclipse

Ann and I went to Dubois ID for the eclipse.  We had a great time!  Met some nice folks from Bozeman (formerly Conrad) who were our camping neighbors in the city park.  Here's Ann trying on a viewer for size, courtesy of our neighbor (a shop teacher).  The eclipse was a marvelous spectacle, a once-in-a-lifetime event.

The Big Weekend

Seems mighty quiet on the blog after last weekend – rehearsal dinner and party, wedding and reception, family picnic.  Good golly, you'd think y'all didn't have any fun.  Well, I did.  And I hope you did, too.  Here are some randomly chosen photos ...