Hello to the Rippetoe clan. I have not seen anyone for so long, I'm not sure I still know who is who. When I got the email from Ann about starting this blog, I thought it would be a good way to catch up with everyone. The biggest advantage is to get to see some of my relatives that I haven't seen for ages, if at all. Mom (Ruthie) tells me all about everyone in Myrtle Beach or elsewhere and I don't have any faces to put together with the stories. I am posting a picture that we had done last Aug when our youngest, Kevin, was married. He and his wife Teresa are the ones in formal attire. They live in Chicago by the way. Seems like a few of the family has moved to the windy city. I am the grey haired one in the center. My grandson Paul is in front of me and my wife, Kris, is at his right in the black dress. Against the wall just behind me you can see Lynn and her son, Adam and his wife Angela are just down from her also on the wall. I need to find a way to use labels and arrows to indicate who is who. I will work on more identifying as this blog goes on. We also are a dispersed family with one son, Craig and wife Julie (very top to the right of Lynn), living in Parker, Colorado south of Denver. Our daughter, Heather (to Kevin's right) and husband Pat (top with arm on railing), living in Phoenix, AZ. Our other son, Kyle (to my right and between Craig and Julie) lives in Collinsville IL with Rachel (just below Pat). I think the only one not in the picture is Lynn's daughter, Katherine. Our grandchildren are spread out in the picture. The oldest is Torie (in purple dress to my right and behind Kris) and go down to Elyse (smallest in the front). We seem to be traveling west more than to the east coast. I think the last time we went to the east coast was taking Mom and Dad to visit with Ginny in Galax and that was a couple of years ago. If we can get everyone to get on here, I may be able to learn about my family a bit.