April Birthday for Abe - Six Years Old

Happy Sixth Birthday Abe ~ this is a small portion of your life in pictures. Hope you are having a great birthday.

2003

April, 2003

May, 2003

September, 2003

October, 2003

November, 2003

December, 2003

2004

2005

2006

2008 pictures plus a Christmas list to Father Christmas

And....one more Easter post from Tara

Sorry for the delay - Nathan and I had a hectic weekend in England. We had Libby and were visiting the In-laws. Saw Nathan's Nan and Grandpa- it was his 88th birthday. Lots of food and drink consumed. Lots of sunshine. Libby and I went hunting rabbits but found none as they were all away delivering easter eggs - we think.
Best wishes to everyone
Love Tara

Thanks to everyone for the Easter information. 100% response from the Singleton family. Can't say the same for my family!! Hope everyone had a great Easter....that the murder mystery went well, that Jonathan's bar business was successful, and that Neil got to feeling better. Our day was great...Tony survived all the kids (although he and my brother Bill escaped to a local store for a while). ~~Sharon

Easter

HAPPY

EASTER

Sharon & Tony are hosting a brunch for all Sharon's relatives that are within an 80 mile radius - Twenty-two guests invited:

Harriet (Mom) & Bob

Bill (Brother) & Janet, Tom

Paul (Brother), Geoffrey & Hayley

Dennis (Son) & Jeanna and Cally, Casey, Caily, & Cody

Ken (Son) & Denise and Brandon, Larissa, Brittany, Austin, and Kierra, Sean

Menu will include:

Biscuits and Gravy

Egg Casserole and Potato Casserole

Bacon

Apple & Orange Juice, Coffee

Entertainment will include hiding and finding dozens of Easter Eggs. We wish all of you could be here also!!

From Terry & JJ

Friday with a bit of luck I will be playing golf with Steve.
Saturday, nothing as yet.
Sunday we are going to Mike & Becks for a family roast dinner with her dad and one of her sisters.
Monday we are hosting a murder mystery evening. "Murder on the Piste"
Kinda busy eh?
From Jonathan & Rachael

Hello there ! And happy Easter to you. Our Easter plans (as finalized this morning- Wednesday) are.........I’m taking the children to stay in a little cabin (with all mod cons) in a wood near Sitges. Our friends and their daughter have the cabin next door. As it’s only an hour from here, Jonathan should be able to come and visit – he has to stay here for most of the time to run the bar.
From Neil and Becky

Unfortunately I’ve got Tonsilitus and an ear infection so no fun stuff. Becky will be off seeing parents while I will be in Quaranteen doing work from home for a massive deadline of the ‘50 years of the Mini’ celebration magazines. But we are going off in a Camper round Portugal once that is all finished so this cloud does have a silver lining, Happy Easter for then anyway

From Dawn

Apologies for delay!!! Happy easter to you both, hope ur having a lovely one. I'm working lots of easter, but after work today (Saturday), I'm off to Swanage for some cocktails with pals then back on monday for a "Murder on the Piste" at Dad & J.J.'s. Enjoy, Dx



Thanks for your responses...it helps make this blog a little more interactive!! Watch for Abe's birthday blog on April 15th.

And....sorry Becky...I didn't know about your January 14th birthday...it won't happen again!!!!

And now.....for all of you....try this. Happy Easter.

HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT?

You have to try this. It takes two seconds. It is from an orthopaedic surgeon. This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot. But, you can't. It's pre-programmed in your brain!

1. Without anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY......) and while sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction. And there's nothing you can do about it! You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.

March Family Events

Three Birthdays in March

Lily March 6th

Sharon, March 8th

Dawn, March 21st

January Birthday Events

Happy Birthday, Tara

January 5th, 1972










Happy Birthday, Rachel

January 7th, 1969 - the BIG 4 0







Happy Birthday, Tony

January 20th, 1941

Going South - Reason

This is a picture of our snow at our home last year while we were in Arizona. This is why we leavce to go south to become "snowbirds" every year since retirement. The snow was worse this year (record breaking) - dumping over eight inches of snow on Saturday before we decided to take off.

We decided to leave on Sunday, 12/29, because it looked as if there was a break in the weather. We began by moving the motorhome out of the drive. Because it was so icy on the roads we thought it best to take it over to our nearby grocery store parking lot to load. This was accomplished with ease by 7 a.m. Then we hooked the car to the trailer to pull it out. That didn't go so well. With the ice on the drive and the 5 foot bank of snow.....it took us over four hours to simply get the trailer down to the parking lot where the motorhome was waiting.

After a couple of hours Sharon called son Dennis and grandson Casey to come by to help. Dennis and Tony decided the best thing to do was to slide the trailer on the ice away from the snow bank by pulling it. It's hard to describe what all we went through just getting out of the drive, and I wish I had been taking pictures to send along with this blog. However, I think if I had even dared bring out my camera, Tony might have snapped! His nerves were just a little on edge after our ordeal.

Lukily, we judged correctly. The drive was relatively easy with no snowfall, roads were wet but bare the first day. We sailed through the 1100 miles with no mechanical problems and arrived in Quartzsite on New Year's Eve in time to make chili for all our friends and have a New Year's Eve party in the motorhome.

This is what Tony was been doing almost daily for a week in Moscow, with some help from me.





Hope everyone had a great Christmas and will have a Happy New Year!!

Singleton Great Grandparents/Grandparents/Parents

This will probably be the last Singleton post for 2008. And...also the last pictures and information that we have of the "grandparents" generation.

This bible is 110 years old according to the date inside the cover. Bible belonged to Emily Pithers, showing date of Christmas 1898, and name of giver I.E. Sory. Information about Emily Pithers according to the descendants of William Singleton that we have: "JOHN HENRY SINGLETON was born 06 Aug 1867 in Eaton, England, and died about 1948 in England. He married EMMA HARIETT PITHERS between Oct - Dec 1899, daughter of JAMES PITHERS and SOPHIA. She was born 01 Aug 1878 in Battersea, London, England, and died about 1968 in England." Problem with dates and names here. Info lists name as Emma born 1899. Bible lists name as Emily, alive in 1898.


This picture shows a page inside a different bible. A notation inside "Evelyn Mary Olive from Mrs. Tom Heathcote, November 6th, 1904." Does anyone know who Mrs. Tom Heathcote was? Information about Evelyn Olive according to the descendants of William Singleton that we have: "GEORGE STANLEY SINGLETON was born 22 Feb 1905 in England, and died 09 Apr 1972 in England. He married EVELYN MARY OLIVE. She was born 04 Oct 1905 in England, and died 22 Feb 1990 in England." It seems this is off a year also if bible was given to her in 1904.

Uncle Bill (born 04 Jan 1903) Singleton on left, other person unknown












Picture caption is "Grandad, Grandma Craig, 1969, 66 Market Street." Tony labels it as "Uncle Harold" (Evelyn Mary's brother).










Grandma Emma Hariett Singleton (Emily) on left (other person unknown), Hill View Nursing Home, 1962??, very old place. Tony remembers that the washing machines were driven by a big steam engine. Not sure about the date. This would make Emma (Emily) 84 years old when this picture was taken.