West Cocoa Chat

We just said good-bye to Bob, Shelby, and Nathen. Bob and I have been friends for over 40 years. I had our openning announcements at Church yesterday so I gave a shout out to Bob and his family. I told the church that Bob was under a "gag order" so questions about all the trouble we got into as kids and teens were off limits. Do you know that some of my "friends" warmly greeted Bob and then preceeded to ask him about all the trouble "Cecil" caused when he was a kid. Can't even trust church members.

Saturday Bob and I took his son Nathen to meet Steven at Moss Park near the metropolis of Narcoossee. Brett (our Deacon of Youth / Mohawk Haircuts / Chicken Coops) and his wife Sharon have organized campouts / boat days for folks at our church over the Memorial Weekend for years. We had about 60 people show up for the boat day. Our "West Cocoa" version of boat day includes 4 boats pulling folks across Moss Lake on tubes and knee boards. Here is a picture of Nathen coming in on a tube.

Steven camped out for 2 nights with the Travis' as well as his friend Matthew. Here is a picture of Steven and Matthew displaying their tree climbing abilities:

Steven is the one with the same kind of abs that I have. O.K., so I'm embelishing just a bit. The 2 girls are from our youth group. The next picture shows that Steven and Matthew have more fun than a couple of teens on tubes.
After church on Sunday we celebrated Shelby's (Bob's wife) birthday at the Outback. You can't go wrong with the Alice Springs Chicken as well as the hostess taking your group's picture:

In the front row from left to right: Steven, Barb (my wife), Shelby, and Lee aka "Elly May" - Chuck's wife. Back row: Matthew, Nathen, Yours Truly, Bob, Chuck - Lee's husband

Steven with the guitar Greg gave him and his beloved surfboard in the background. Besides baseball these are his other "loves."

Steven in the "Home" white uniform.

Same pose but in his away "Texas Orange" uniform.

A scan of a article and picture in our local paper. Steven is in the upper righthand side with his glove being visible.

How about a picture for Judy. Here are our two beloved cats. Buddy is on the right and Cloe is on the left. Doesn't that just make you want to say "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."