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STRATOBLASTERS

SKY AND KENDRA

ASHER RIVER MENDONSA

GLORIA AND ANDY MENDONSA

CJR GREEN BALLOON

HKMFUND FUND RAISER

ON THURSDAY NIGHT I ATTENDED A FUNDRAISER FOR THE HKM FUND. HKM FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN MEMORY OF HADRIENNE K. MENDONSA, WHO DIED LAST YEAR. TWO OF HADRIENNE'S MANY PASSIONS WERE ROWING AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS WHICH ARE ENDANGERED. THE MONEY RAISED WILL BE USED FOR ROWING SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE AID FOR RESEARCH AND PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND THEIR HABITATS. THE EVENT WAS HELD ON A RIVERBOAT ON THE TENN. RIVER IN CHATTANOOGA. FOOD WAS DONATED BY GREENLIFE AND MR T'S AND MUSIC BY THE STRATOBLASTERS. A SILENT AUCTION WAS HELD WITH THE HELP OF MANY GENEROUS BUSINESS DONATIONS.FOR MORE INFO GO TO HKMFUND.ORG

EATING AT NIKKI'S

THE BOYS IN SCOTT'S BOAT

SPEED GOLF

BRADFORD IN GOCART

WATER WORLD

BADFORD CALLAWAY WRIGHT TURNS 12

ON APRIL 19TH, MY SON BRADFORD HAD HIS TWELTH BIRTHDAY. WE HAD A DINNER FOR ADULT FRIENDS, AND JONAH AND OWEN CARDILLO. ON SATURDAY BRADFORD'S BUDDIES GAVRIEL, CONNOR AND THE TWO CARDILLO BOYS HELPED BRADFORD CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY. THEY ATE LUNCH AT NIKKI'S, GAMES AT SIR GOONEY'S AND A RIDE IN UNCLE SCOTT SOLTAU'S BOAT. GOOD TIMES!

OPENING PRESENTS

BRADFORD WITH CAKE

BRADFORD'S CAKE

FRIDAY THE 13TH/KNOXVILLE

SUE , BRADFORD AND I DROVE UP TO KNOXVILLE TO SEE SHELAGH LEUTWILER'S FIRST SOLO ART SHOW. THE SHOW WAS FANTASTIC AS WAS THE CROWD. THE ART'S THEME WAS THE MOUNTAINS OF TENN., THEIR BEAUTY AND THEIR DISTRUCTION.

KNOXVILLE TN

easter cake

EASTER AT ASHER MENDONSA'S

ON EASTER AFTERNOON SUE, BRADFORD AND I WENT FOR LUNCH AT THE MENDONSAS. I TOOK BRADFORD'S COCKATIEL, YELLOW BIRD TO VISIT ASHER. AFTER KEEPING THE DOGS AT BAY, YELLOW BIRD SAT WITH ASHER AND HAD HIS NECK RUBBED, WHICH IS NIRVANA FOR A BIRD. YELLOW BIRD DID FIND ASHER'S LIP RINGS FASINATING AND QUICKLY REMOVED THE BALLS. ANDY, ASHER'S FATHER HAD TO REATTACH THE BALLS.

asher meets yellow bird

ASHER AND YELLOW BIRD

EASTER EGGS

TOO MANY PHOTOS?

I WAS WONDERING IF WE ARE TAKING TOO MANY PHOTOTGRAPHS. WHEN I LOOK AT PEOPLE'S BLOGS OR FLICKR SITES, I AM OVERWELMED. SOME PEOPLE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND PHOTOS ON THEIR SITE. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OPEN SEASON. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF FEET, MEALS, LOVE ONES IN EMERGENCY ROOMS AND MORE SELF PORTRAITS THAN I CAN COUNT. IT'S TOO MUCH TO TAKE IN. MAYBE WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE SELECTIVE .I WOULD RATHER SEE A FEW GOOD PHOTOS THAN HUNDREDS OF MEDIOCRE PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS.

BUSY DAYS AT FRAMEWRIGHTS.

WE FRAMED ABOUT 30 PIECES IN THE LAST TWO DAYS WE ALSO INSTALLED ALOT OF ART AND CRATED UP A PAINTING. WITH PASSOVER HERE AND EASTER ON IT'S WAY, EVERY WANTS THEIR HOUSE READY FOR GUESTS.

MY FATHER,WHO WAS A MINISTER STARTED A BUS MINISTRY AT HIS CHURCH. ONE WEEKNIGHT EVERY WEEK WE WOULD GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR AND INVITE OUR NEIGHBOR'S CHILDREN TO SUNDAY SCHOOL. IF THEY AGREED TO COME, MY FATHER WOULD PICK THEM UP WITH THE BUS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AND DROP THEM BACK OFF IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. IT WAS AMAZING HOW MANY CHILDREN WE PICKED UP EVERY SUNDAY. I WAS THE BUS CAPTAIN. I WOULD LEAD THE CHILDREN TO THE BUS, MAKE SURE THEY STAYED SEATED AND MADE SURE THEY GOT TO THE RIGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.

IN MOST OF THE PICTURES OF ME AS A CHILD, I AM HOLDING OUR SMALL DOG. IT WASN'T UNTIL YEARS LATER THAT I REALISED MY FAMILY WAS TAKING PHOTOS OF THE DOG AND NEEDED ME TO HOLD IT. MY FAVORITE QUOTES ABOUT DOGS, "THE MORE I GET TO KNOW PEOPLE THE MORE I LIKE DOGS", "LORD HELP ME TO BE THE PERSON MY DOG THINKS I AM".