Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Bye Daddy!

My Dad left for the Appalachian Trail on this past Sunday. This has been his dream for YEARS to hike the whole trail. He will be gone for about 6 months in order to finish the whole trail. We are excited for him that his able to do this, but we will greatly miss him:(
Daddy packing the night before he left.
Packing his pack, and Keith as you can see is close by.
This is devotional book from his SS class, his angel pin from my Mom, and a Ranger Tab from Jerry.
Daddy with Katherine
Daddy at the Arch
My Dad is going to Hike 2,108.5 miles to Maine!!! Go DAD!
It started to rain so we went up to the shelter where Daddy stayed that night. It was great to be able to see what a shelter looks like, and it gave Keith more time with PaPa.

This was PaPa's "night night", when I would ask Keith where PaPa was he would say "night night"
Up on the top bunk with Uncle Jon. Jon had a TIGHT grip on Keith!
Jon with Daddy
Mom and Dad with Keith
Keith wanted to go into the rain so we made him take the umbrella.


Me and Daddy
Me, Daddy and Keith
Keith with his PaPa, of course this is his "cheese".
Mom and Dad
Here is a group picture before we left Daddy. We are so proud of him and we can't wait to see him again!













2 comments:

RheaAnn said...

hiking the App. Tr. can't believe it. is he by himself. hope you guys are doing well. keith is getting so big. marissa has something she wants to say.cvbbvfcbnh. she says hello!!!

Jared and Laurel said...

Wow, that is really amazing! We are in awe of your dad, the mountain man without a beard (or hair, for that matter)! And to save time, I'll go ahead and say it looks like ya'll had a great couple of days about that time, too! How wonderful for Keith to have such a great extended family that loves him. It warms my heart!