Thanksgiving in Alabama

How's this for a rough lookin' crew? Click the video below for some fun at Gran and Pop's house.

Iron Bowl 2006

A great, fun game, down to the wire, but a loss to Auburn. It was my first trip to the new Bryant Denny Stadium and it was awesome. Nick Tuttle and I and two of his friends drove IRV the RV down to see Matt and Nick's nephew Tommy.
Click on the picture to see 93,000 people singing the Sweet Home Alabama:

Matt and I saw Caitlin, Zach and JoAnne. You can hear them singing in the picture!

Jim gets ready to smooch Dr. Sweets in "Hospital"

Over 500 people came out to the new Greenfield theatre to see KidsPlay's performance of "Hospital." Jim was Dr. Huggems, and in the end he gets the girl!

Chris the Golfer

This was the year Chris picked up the game of golf. She hits the ball a ton, and has really got her game improving. It's a fun thing for us to do together!

Mt Rushmore Photo Op

The Silver Plume Railroad and Mine Tour

Sonny, Judy and Elizabeth with the Vetters

Maddie on the Elk River Ride

Wild West Vacation!

Our route ran from Kansas to Golden, Colorado. Then up to Steamboat Springs, over to Independence Rock, and up to Montana and the Custer Battlefield.

Next was Devil's Tower (where this picture is from), and then to Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills of South Dakota.

We drove 3500 miles in Irv, our trusty RV, guided by Susie, our navigator. Thanks to Sonny and Judy Maddox for a wonderful stay and tour in Golden. The Red Rocks Ampitheater and the Dinosaur Tracks were amazing, and I am so glad Sonny drove up the mountain in his truck at Rocky Mt. Natl park rather than me taking IRV over those roads. We also had the good fortune to have dinner with Elizabeth Denton, who is a newspapaer editor out there!

More pictures will follow!

The Vetters Clan

Everybody's growing up on me, and I'm growing out! Of course, Chris looks better than ever! How I got so blessed to have a crew like this I'll never know!

Fort Myers Beach Vacation

Spring Break '06 was very relaxing. We hung out at the Spahn's villa and played at the beach with the Baggott family on Sanibel Island. We even ate dinner one night at the Mucky Duck, a Baggott family tradition!

Reverse Raffle at St. Michael's

We had almost 400 people at the Reverse Raffle Saturday night. This is a shot of the crowd, the final contestants, and me, MC Daddy.

Maddie's Volleyball Team Celebrates at Starbucks!

Maddie's St. M's volleyball team closed out their season with an exciting win over St Lawerence Sunday, and celebrated at Starbucks. As they roll into the tournament let's hope they keep this winning spirit alive! So much fun!

Chris' New Doo

Chris decided to straighten her hair for the first time. Wow, a whole new girl! Here she is running the microphone at the Reverse Raffle. She's back to curly today, but one never knows what the future holds...

Carlos Martinez Joins the Parade!

Welcome to little Carlos! We went to Chicago to visit our new (and first!) Great Nephew! And he was GREAT. Never fussy, always just a little angel. Jenny and Omar are doing fine and getting settled in their new apartment, and they make quite a cute little family!

Comedy Sportz

Jesse and Andrew get ready for a Comedy Sportz Improv match. This is a lot like Drew Carrey's TV Show, except for high school teams of 5-6 students. We got to see a match at the Indianapolis Comedy Sportz arena and laughed uproariously!