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| The Family |
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| Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico |
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| Top Hat Anytime Works |
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| Ramsey (Little Buddy) & Pat |
Dear Pat,
Well, it’ll have been 7 years this January 5th,
2016. Amazing how time goes by. And each and every day there is always a
reason to think of you.
This Christmas was in Ojai at Mom’s house…11 humans and 8
dogs. I think you would have loved
it. Heard a great story from Norman
Lang that I hadn’t remembered.
He remembers a time that you were on a scout and there was a
blank wall on one of the sets. You
called the art director over and told him you needed him to put a nail up on the
wall, pointing to a specific spot. The next time you both were on
the set, he showed you the nail right where you wanted and asked what it was for thinking it was some
lighting thing or something to do with the show but then… you stopped, unzipped
your jacket and hung it up on the nail.
Small silly things like that you
thought of all the time.
We went on to tell some more stories about you as we often
do. There are so many worth
repeating. And we laugh. And laugh.
And we miss you but you’re always there.
The year continued for me working on the documentary, Red
Dog & Bates, it’s a whole new world and challenging, lots to do and lot of
people to find! I started working on a
show called Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD this summer…it’s been a great show to be
on and you’d like the cast and crew. That’s been what the year has been about
with a few adventures along the way.
Mom is happy in Ojai with Ramsey, Belle, Harry, Brie, Johnny
and now Natalie. Laurie is there too
and comes to town when she has a job to do.
Brittany and Bill got married at Snowvillage Inn in
September! We all had the best time
with the whole family together on Foss Mountain for the first time in such a
long time with so many long time friends too. Brittany had everything
perfectly planned out and they created a most magical day and weekend for all
of us. Your little granddaughter was
the most beautiful bride.
Mom got to see so many of her friends, even got announced
that she was coming in Nancy’s column so folks knew…it was a non stop stream of
visitors up to the house and the inn. It was wonderful.
Friends and family walked up to the top of Foss Mountain, it
was a beautiful clear day that day.
I just can’t say enough of how much we all loved being up
there and together just like the old days.
It was home and we felt you there.
Brittany and Bill returned to Seattle, Tyler has joined them
up there loving the hunting and fishing and he’s doing great.
Connor is a businessman now, starting a new job in January,
doing really well. Tanya and Tom are
coming up with a plan to move West…hopefully sooner than later!
Patrick just got a Grip staff job at Fox plus he has so many
other cool things he’s been doing, building furniture, photography.
So the year was a good year…2015 had happy days, adventures
and only a little bit of sadness. We’re
all okay.
Miss you Pat. I
could use your insight on a couple things.
If only you were here to walk on a couple things for me.
Love,
Xochi
Tyler, let's see if this posts.
ReplyDeleteIn the spirit of one of Gramps' favorite pastimes that always followed a healthy serving of black eyed peas for the New Year. Let us remember the different types of farts according to him: poop, anti-poop, fizz fuzz, fizzy fuzz, sheet rippler, ass tear, and water. I hope I remembered that all correctly. Anyways such great memories come to mind and thanks Xochi for the great post. I think about him all the time up there watching out for all of us. And I'm sure he's entertaining his pals up there with the occasional diarrhea joke. Love you Gramps
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