We're in Mount Vernon, Ohio

Today is Friday, July 18 and we're in Mount Vernon, Ohio with our son, Chris, our daughter-in-law, Tracy, and our new grandson, Javier.

Chris and Tracy met when Chris was going to Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. Tracy had done there as well. Two years later they were married.

Originally Chris was working on a PhD in Physics Education at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. However, as in their words, "they were tired of being poor," so Chris took a job with NationWide Insurance and he's been with them ever since.

Tracy does consulting work with churches and takes care of their Chihuahua, Esme.

They are great kids and we're very proud of them both. In a later post I'll share about their newest adventure, their son Javier.

Today is July 18 and if today is your Birthday you share your day with: Vin Diesel (actor - "Fast and the Furious"), Richard Branson (founder of Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines), Martha Reeves (singer with "The Vandellas"), Joe Torre (baseball manager - Yankees and now with Dodgers), Dick Button (champion ice skater and commentator), John Glenn (astronaut and Ohio Senator), Nelson Mandela (president of South Africa), Harriet Nelson (wife of Ozzie Nelson), Red Skelton (comedian), Hume Cronyn (actor), and George "Machine Gun" Kelly (prohibition era gangster).