Here's the clutter of Christmas past, i.e. 2000.
Bill tests his new clamps. 
Cindy, Cricket, and Bill at Sandbridge Beach in July.
Jim Granath, Joe Smoot, and Phil enjoy the good life on
the Outer Banks.
Happy Birthday, Joe!
The bow of the USS Wisconsin, anchored in Norfolk harbor.
We join the crowd on board.
Greg, Cindy and Phil with the battleship.
The group sits for a portrait
before we leave Virginia.
We
sold the '81 Toyota this year. Actually, I traded it for $200
worth of maintenance on the Caravan.
The ravages of time. Note the door handle I put
on when the original handle got too fragile to trust. You can see
the trusty jumper cables in the back. It was pushing 200,000
miles.
At Scout Camp, Phil won the Scoutmasters' "Golf"
tournament. The first step was to make a club. It's a
two-wood - the shaft is pine and the head isn't.
Troop 71 at summer camp. A noteworthy picture because
both Rob and Greg are smiling.
In
the beginning of August, we went to Tennessee for the Fox Family
Reunion. Here's us with Mike, Connie, and Roland. [added
12-10-01]
Here are the living Fox siblings,
my aunts and uncle. [added 12-10-01]
Mike
and Cindy relax at the post-reunion get-together at Mike's. [added
12-10-01]
The annual croquet tournament at Mike's following the Fox Reunion.
If
the Labatt Brewery people had actually sponsored this tourney, I'd have
made sure the label was visible in the picture. [added
12-10-01]
Greg Fox shows his winning form. This is the next
to last wicket. Phil is behind -- literally and figuratively --
but will finish second. [added 12-10-01]
Greg
Fox won fair and square. After several years of providing the
trophies, it was good for him to win one. [added
12-10-01]
Rob and Phil, taking in the action. It was a
typical hot, humid Tennessee afternoon. [added 12-10-01]
Labor Day weekend saw Mike, Connie, Roland, Bob Shafer, and Pat Czeski
here for a visit. The chopper is Bob's. We all got
rides. None of us threw up. Here's Rob about to take off. [added
12-10-01]
Patrick acted as ground crew. Here Greg is about
to get out and Roland is about to get in. Bob gave all of us
rides, usually landing without shutting down the blades between rides.
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Shannon. You can see Mike's car in the drive. The red blob
near the sidewalk is Cindy's coleus bed.
Athens' Near East Side. The red star marks our
backyard.
Waiting for the charcoal to be ready. Phil, Mike, Patrick, and Bob
anxiously wait. No beer sponsorship here, either, unfortunately. [added
1-1-02]
Just before Mike and family depart for
Tennessee. [added 1-1-02]
Cindy
has gotten involved in the local chapter of the Society for Creative
Anachronism, a/k/a the Shire of Dernehelde. Here she is with some
of her medieval friends. If the costumes throw you off, she's
kneeling, second from right. [added 1-1-02]
This
fall Rob became an Eagle Scout. This is the crew at his project. Somewhere there's a probation
officer looking closely at this picture.
Here we are posing, Simpsonesque, on the couch before leaving for
Christmas in Michigan. This is a rarity: we're all smiling. [added 1-1-02]
Here's Rob, Phil, and Greg from behind. At least
a couple of us are seriously considering haircuts. I've gotta find
the right CD to play the boys the CSN&Y song "Almost Cut My
Hair." [added 1-1-02]
Cindy's side of the family. [added 1-1-02]
Here are a few nostalgia pix. Rob at about two. This was taken not long before we left
Connecticut. It's kind of beat-up because I carried it in my
wallet for years.
Rob and Greg make Christmas cookies at Phil's mother's
house. The white stuff is flour.
Phil and Mike seem to have gotten ukuleles for Christmas.
Phil as a Cub Scout. The parakeet was named
Snookie. Honest.
