Happy 90th Birthday, Roger Casey!!!!

I have to interrupt my vacation ramblings with this very important post - Paul's dad had his 90th birthday on July 6th! We have celebrated several times already. On Tuesday, June 24 we went out to lunch with Roger and Elaine and then headed to an 18 hole miniature golf course that is all natural grass. Paul and Roger had to give Elaine lots of pointers, because she is a novice golfer. Note the foot position needs some work.
After about the 10th hole, I asked a boy doing some landscaping if there were any chairs we could borrow for Roger. There was a lot of walking, and even some small hills that made the course a challenging one for a 90 year old!
We had a family gathering at Phil and Leslee's house on Thursday, July 3. Here is a great picture of Roger and Elaine.
All 5 children were able to attend - amazing, with the crazy summer schedules. Mark and Karena were leaving on Saturday for a trip to California, and Jon and Julie are headed to Colorado for a bike race. Phil and Leslee just got back from a weekend in Chicago, and of course, you've been reading about our travels out east.
It's not so easy to get all the grandchildren together these days. Here we have Brenner, Callen, Roger, Drew and the youngest - Anna. Christie and Alison were there in spirit - but it is a long haul from New York! Tessa was working at the St. Paul Hotel, and Annie and Tyler had other commitments.

We had a wonderful Chinese dinner (Roger's request) and scrumptious apple pie with cheddar cheese for dessert. The high point of the evening was setting up the video camera and having Roger tell stories of his childhood for about an hour and a half. We all want to hear more - plans are in the works for a sequel!