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I've been wanting to find time to share this news & finally got a pic uploaded to show off
I have probably mentioned the fact that my step daughter works for me part time. She has 2 kids that I have known since they were born. (Actually the first time I spoke to my wife Linda, she was telling me her daughter was in labor with her first grandchild Malia, now 9)
...anyway her second grandchild is now 6 years old, his name is Ean (pronounced the same as Ian) & since his mom & dad surf several times a week.. he has been surfing since he was 2.
The week before last Saturday we were at the surf contest to cheer on Eans first competition. He was there to enter the 6 & under heat for shortboarding. Everyone was allowed to enter to events, so he also entered the body boarding competition for his age group. He did well in both events & qualified to advance to the final heats in both events.
..well, he took second place in body boarding (which he never does.. because he would always rather be surfing)... but for the big news...
Ean is the Champion surfer for the 6 year olds!!!!
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Ok, I gotta show off another couple pics now... check him out minutes after receiving his 2nd place trophy (his first ever award)... doesn't he look like this softspoken, passive little boy... & then 20 minutes later with 2 trophies victoriously raised in in his outstreched arms... he looks like he has grown so much...
[ June 15, 2005, 05:21 AM: Message edited by: Doug Allan ]
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...just one last one, what "proud Grampa" post would be complete without announcing that Ean's uncle Adam (my wife's son) is the proud father of 7 week old Kaiya shown here with Ean's older sister Malia:
""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3487 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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You always send such wonderful emotion-provoking pics. Go Ean! What beautiful happy kids! Is there anything greater than children? Thanks for sharing them again and again!
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"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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Aren't grand kids fun! And its wonderful when they can make you proud.
Thanks for sharing oug!
-grampa dan
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Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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I am so happy to see this! Beautiful children - fabulous pictures - I know you are proud and they add so much dimension to your life. Congratulations to the Champ!
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The heck with the hardware... let's see the cash!!! Hahahahahahahahaha!
WTG, Ean! Congrats!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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