Looking back at 2014 - it will be remembered as the year of the boy. For the longest time Cash has been our only grandson. Well he is not flying solo any longer. Joe and Samantha had young Ryker in May and then Eric and Vanessa had Elliot in June. To complete the trifecta, Heathers daughter Callie had a son - Wes. It is Heather's first grandchild.
All in all it has been a good year. Joe got a 30 day leave from Japan and so he was stateside for an extended period. He said it was like being in school again and getting a summer vacation. We got to actually see young Ryker. He is very energetic and expressive. Some of the time was spent lazing around and we had a few bonfires. Both Joe and Sam found out who their real friends were. Joe had one friend was like 15 minutes away in Middletown, but couldn't find an hour or two to drop in and catch up. But he had good times with his real friends.
Chelsea's husband, Dan, is back in school. He is taking classes to get a certificate to be an employee in a jail or prison. Chelsea is working crazy hours at a plant in Franklin. They do packaging for all sorts of products and she does quality control. She has been getting overtime, which is good. But the long hours give her less time to spend with her family. Hopefully 2015 will be year where they can reverse roles. Dan can go to work and the Chelsea will be the one in school and finish her 4 year degree.
Vanessa and Eric moved back to Ohio. She wasn't happy with the direction that her old company was going in at the Louisville office. So she made a radical career change - she is working for a tractor dealership just North of Covington. Eric was able to transfer to the Coke distributor in Huber Heights. By all accounts the move was the right one. Elaina likes her new school. Eric actually got a pay raise, and Vanessa is happy with her new position and is learning the farm equipment business.
Chad is chugging along, still doing maintenance for Montgomery County. Cash is doing OK at school - still enthused about anything mechanical. When I visit the house - if there are any projects from school to show me, invariably he has weaved a car, a truck, an airplane into the project. They have a big Yukon now to pull the travel trailer they purchased. Not much time to do camping this summer, but next year should be a fun year for that.
Work is going OK for me. 5 years now at Luxottica Retail. Working on a big project that is due this spring. So a busy winter to get it all done. Becky just got back from a trip to Wisconsin to visit her niece. She had an operation on her eye and needed some assistance. It was a break from the routine for her. We are actually going to Japan this spring to visit Joe and Samantha. So that is the next great adventure.
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