I grew the beard while Kath was preg. 24 years ago and
have gotten way more compliments with than without, so I've
kept it......except for shaving it after 5 years of Kath
questioning it (and why i didn't get her permission in the
first place)....well I had less than half of my face shaved
and she told me to put it back.
This year, Kath is a school bus driver (her occupation
changes every couple of years). We got married 3 weeks
after Andy and.....26 years this week, ya, we cannot believe
it either "you're still here?!" "We're
still here?!!!"
Matt is our only child, but we did raise Kath's two nephews,
Michael and John, for about 5 years. They were both deployed
in Iraq for a year and doing fine.
I went to chiropractic college, took the scenic root
and graduated in '89, moved to the central coast - San
Luis Obispo-los Osos-Morro Bay area. A great place to
raise a child that is part mountain man........ At fourteen
after a hike near the house, he returns and shares that
he caught a rattle snake..... I really hated to ask the
next 2 questions, but had to..... "Just how...did
you catch the rattle snake? .......and where is it now?
In 1994 Kath co-signed for her nephew to buy a 500cc
motorcycle....... and 3 months later repossessed it for
lack of insurance... long story-- short: They haven't
seen me since, putting 30k miles a year on it, actually
I'm on my 3rd motorcycle: fzr 600 crotch rocket.
We spent 2 years in New Zealand and Australia, returned
summer of 2001. While waiting for my license in N.Z.,
Matt and I worked as laborers on a 7 story construction
site overlooking the America's Cup Village. I never really
got comfortable driving on the wrong side of the road,
got in two accidents (neither my fault or too traumatic,
really). What do you call a Toyota panel van with over
sized bumpers? An armored car, of course.
Matt and our adopted
australian daughter, Allana.
