Jack & Susie's Blog

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Our New Girl

As many of you know we had to put Mac down a couple of months ago. Mac was very cool and cannot be replaced.

After too many days of coming home to an empty house we found Riley. Riley is a year old Border Terrier who has actually won a couple of shows but whose owner knew that she wasn't going to win too many more so she was just looking for a good home. We think Riley scored big time in finding us, and we are so pleased that she is now part of our lives. Being a little older and a show dog means that we are missing some of the usual puppy problems. However, Riley is a good dog who is currently a teenager. She will be great next year after she accepts some of the rules Susie and I have laid down for her.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Eric James Konrad

We had a very important visitor to Administration at Central Washington Hospital yesterday. It was official since it was on all of our calendars. It was our visitor, Eric James Konrad, first visit, and he was accompanied by his parents, Becky & Darin, but not his brothers Ben & Jake who we have not met. Eric was unimpressed with the magnitude of the occassion and slept through the entire visit, but Becky and Eric looked and sounded great. This is our first visit since Eric's birth so we just needed to see both him and his parents in person to judge for ourselves. They passed the test, and we all were really glad to meet Eric and catch up with his parents. I do have to mention, however, that our whole office is a little worried about Becky and the "bath thing". We all noticed a tendency or an inclination prior to birth so suck it up, Becky!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Becky Update - Still Semi Reluctant!

Becky is in her 7th month, and Anne Wagg and I thought a progress report was in order. Anne took these pictures, and I think that Becky really looks great. In my defense I usually call her "Sunshine" or "Little Miss Sunshine" and have only called her "Bubbles" once or twice.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

New Camera/Semi Willing Model

Becky is pregnant and getting bigger each day so I thought I should share her progress. John and I are worried that her arms won't be long enough to reach her keyboard.

Her profile is changing now that she is eating for two but she sure looks good!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

"Miss Heritage"

My sister, Michal Flach, has two wonderful children, Susan Peddy & Pete Flach, who both live in Birmingham, Alabama. Pete Flach and his wife Mary have 3 children and the middle one, Patrica, was just crowned Miss Heritage at her High School. This is a particularly big deal since Patrica is only a sophmore and this title is usually given to a senior. Patrica is a really special girl who I think would look good driving to High School in her Grandfather's Mercedes, but unfortunately I don't have the clout to make that happen for her. She would look good in it, however!

I guess this is her court, but I really don't know for sure.

Here is Patricia with her Mom. Patricia is really just carrying on the family tradition of beauty queens and cheerleaders. Patricia is also a cheerleader, and her Mom, Mary, was a cheerleader at Old Miss and was also "Miss Old Miss." Most of us do not understand what it must be like to never take a bad picture.

Her brother, Philip, escorted Patricia to this event which I think is very special for an older brother to do. He participated in some dance activity hence his different attire. Between them is Mary' mother, Pat Stewart. Philip has been accepted at Auburn University this fall, but is also considering some other schools who have offered him baseball scholarships.

With Patricia and Philip are Brantley and Michael Petty who are two of my niece, Susan's, four children. Brantley is a senior and is going to Auburn next year, and I think that Michael is a Freshman.