Monthly Archives: December 2015

Happy Birthday Papa Bill

Above – I may have already posted this photo, but Bill loved his little dog Blake so I thought I’d post again for his birthday.

Bill would have been 92 today. Here’s a vintage photo of him with JR at one of our Idyllwild family retreats. JR must have been 3 in this photo which make this about 8 years ago. Bill loved the kids. While going through my photos to put together a slideshow for his Celebration of Life, I found many like this with the young ones. They were the joy of his life. 

Speaking of birthdays, Saturday we celebrated at the Longhorn for Jesse’s 19th birthday. Jesse’s a crackup and we had a lot of fun.
  

Monette & Danny (& John…)

I couldn’t resist taking this photo. If I were a judge, this one would be at the top of my list. It’s on Del Mar between Venice and Santa Barbara.

I’ll close with this photo of Blake. Every time I visited Bill in the hospital he asked how Blake was. She is fine, Bill – full of life and joy. She may be missing some teeth but she makes it up in personality.

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Brief Reunion

Above – A quick group photo.

Robb and Akuch drove down last Sunday with the boys to see Bill one last time. Bill would have been happy to see we all got together and enjoyed ourselves on his behalf – especially the kids.

Maya and Alo were excited to see each other and we got a brief preview of how much fun they’ll have next week when they get together again.
  

Ron set my phone up for a selfie with the little car and Alo (he’s kinda crazy – what can I say?). Of course I couldn’t pass up a chance to photo bomb.

We had ribs. Or at least they had ribs. After looking back through my photos to create our annual family calendar I realized I take a lot of pictures of the Sparts eating. I guess that’s because I’ve never quite seen anyone enjoy food so much!

A smaller portion of the group.

Another beautiful December sunset …

Today Rachel’s dropping Maya and Sparty off at 8am for a few hours. We’re bracing ourselves …

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RIP

William Pearce White 12/14/1924 – 12/8/2015

You will forever be remembered for your love, caring and generosity.

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Above – The OB Christmas Tree Friday, a day after we saw all the kids from OB Elementary School walking down Newport with their hand made ornaments. We drove by and they were all lined up to sit on Santa’s lap.

Below – Sparty in the car seat Thursday ready for music class.

What are they up to now? OB lifeguards at the arch practicing more lifeguarding maneuvers.

Oh, and how beautiful is this!!! From the top of the stairs looking south past Garbage Beach and the Coronado Islands. The lump on the horizon to the right of the islands is a huge cruise ship.

Friday night GNO with Boys at our good friends Kim & Dennis’ Escondido home. L-R (back row) Bruce, Me, Kim, Dennis, Vickie, Don. L-R (bottom row) Gail (peeking around the corner), John & Sean (our cook). We hired Sean to fix us a delicious Asian meal.

After dinner and after our wine & ornament exchange that Bruce said took us two hours. We had a lot of fun doing this, but I think the guys were falling asleep …

Photos from up North – Kando at 4 months old, and look at that, he’s already working on his first 100 words!

Kando’s first library story telling. According to Akuch, Alo is in there somewhere too …

Another one of those reasons to reflect on how fortunate we are – Just after the sunset Friday. In the foreground are the Christmas trees lit up across the street. Have I mentioned I don’t ever tire of November sunsets? Oh waitaminit… It’s December!! I love December sunsets!

Bill was moved to the VA Hospice Unit Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday he was resting comfortably and peacefully but Friday and Saturday he had pain and discomfort. We will see him again today and are hopeful they’ve got his medication squared away so he can rest in peace again. Robb and Akuch are driving down today to see Bill. They’ll only be here a couple days, but it will be good to see them and the kids. A reunion of cousins and enjoying the baby should be fun.

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