Todd & Brutus

Christopher found this baby fox the other night on the side of the road and could not find its mama. So, we have taken it in to keep it alive. Taylor named him TODD. He is the cutest little thing, but he barks like a chihahua.

Patti brought BRUTUS home as an Easter gift!! He is about 200 pounds and 5 years old. His family moved to a new house and didn't want him anymore. He is almost twice the size of Hailey!! Here he is with the birthday boy to give you an idea of his size. Brutus is not real healthy and we do not want to get attached to a dog that may not have too much life left.

I am also a proud owner of an autographed copy of book! Thank you Tom

Book Signing!

So here's Tom yesterday signing books at Mom and Dad's!

Happy Easter!

A Post Script from Dad

In my previous entry, I failed to note that Julie and Scott were also at the Hentz gala. Sorry about that! Just finished watching Carolina demolish Mich State but Mary and I both agree that the Heels would not have looked nearly that good on the old TV set. We want to thank each of you again for the marvelous gift. Much Love Dad

Some Thoughts from Dad

Mom and I really enjoy the Blog and thought it about time that we contribute a bit. On a sad note, Maria Carroll called to say that Tom's Mom is not doing well and was given the 'last rites' today. On a much happier note, enjoyed Julie's pix of the Hentz party. It was a wonderful affair and great to see and visit with Rob, Kurt, Kate, Rory, Shannon, and Kristen plus, of course, Ra. Others who were there were Bernie, Betty Hentz, Jim and Barb Hentz, Chris and Kathey Hentz, Jan and Glen Jones,and a lot od Ra's friends from Poplar Bluff. Some family news that makes us all very proud is that Ryan has been accepted at Southern Cal to begin work on his Doctorate and Jeff has been accepted at U of Virginia and other Law Schools to begin his quest for a Law Degree. Isn't that wonderful news.All is well on the Home front and we did appreciate Julie's blog of April 2 and we certainly hope that Mom and I don't have a repeat performance of that occasion. Have a good week and remember not to laugh or have any fun on Good Friday and have a Happy Easter.

Hentz Party

Here are some fun photos from the big Hentz party last night in honor of what would have been Deak and Ra's 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was at Kurt's house in STL and it was so fun to see everyone! Do you all recognize all these relatives??

One year ago today.....

we were all at St.Mary's in the 4th floor family waiting area while Dad had his surgery. Big day. Long day. Emotional day. And successful day!

Hard to imagine that was one year ago....and now Dad's heart is pumping better than ever.

My favorite memory of that day was late at night - we were leaving for the day - and the nurse in the ICU said that if we waited about thirty minutes they were going to take out Dad's ventilator so he could talk. It was about 9pm. Dad squeezed my hand, pointed to Mom and made the hand motion to the door. "You want us to take Mom home, Dad?" BIG nod in response. Even with the ventilator in and all the tubes, Dad was still most worried about Mom. He knew she was tired.

Of course, the next couple of weeks were a blur....but the important thing is that everyone landed on their feet. And as strange as it sounds, and as stressful as that whole time period was....it sure was fun to spend time with everybody.

Next time we all get together, let's have it be a beach in the sunshine! =)