Year End

Put this year behind me, it was the worst year of my life. Without the support of Linda, Sharon, Patty, Ben, Wendi, Mark and all of my extended family, I couldn't have made it this far. I love you all more that you know!

Another Christmas Party

Last night was another of Mark's Christmas parties. It was nice, but with my loving wife wasn't there. The first of many first events in my life without her. I know I've posted this picture before, but it needed to be posted again. Susan looks so great in this picture, thanks Em for lending her the dress and thank you Linda for taking Susan to have here hair done.

I miss her alot, and lastnight was no exception!

I LOVE YOU SUSAN

Susan & Jake

Loving aunt Susan and that goofy little jake, I don't think he's changed much. Emm, where is that bag of candy :)

Another Cat Pic

Susan & Poe out amoung the palm trees. Susan seem
to be enjoying it more than Poe :)

Concentration :)

Susan loved to take pictures, we have so many of the cats! I think she was in picture taking mode here, look at the concentration on her face :)

Air Show

Susan & I were at the outside of Santa Cruz. We had V.I.P passes from here work and there was a large white tent with lots of food & drink, it was a great day with my wife!

At Pat's

Hanging out on the couch at Patty's house. Susan's wearing my sweater, it must be summertime in Seattle. She sure is pretty!

Halloween Circa 1999

Susan loves Halloween! Make-up from the crafts biz sure scared the gal at Walgreens when we went in to pick some stuff up. :) Nice Look :)

Hanging Loose

The gang in Vegas on the happiest day in my life, the day I married Susan XOXO

Susan's Favorite Church

This church is not far from our house on Maui. Susan giving it her "Vana" presentation :) She always liked this church.

Mother In Law

Michael & Susan at Wendi's wedding. 7-7-07

Another Day In Vegas

No beads, but a nice day at Fremont St.. Just another smile from Susan. Looking for a winner in Vegas and I found her, "My Wife". LOVE YOU

Three Great Gals

True love, Susan & Sharon giving their grandmother a big old smoooch :)

Tanning

In our backyard, just relaxing and reading one of many books. A break in the action to just wave, and say hello. I sure love her!

At The Top Of The World

Susan and Sharon on top of the world that day. We (Susan/Me/Sharon & Ron) drove to the top of the mountain in the Olympic National Park. It was a beautiful day with some of the best in our family.

At The Pool

Another day at our pool. Nothing made us happier than to be in the pool, other than maybe having our family and friends joining us. Good Days!

Holding Hands

I miss this, more than I can say. Just one of those simple everyday things I took for granted, then I reflect on that moment in time and see how special it really was.

Six Months

Reliving this moment over and over.

Newest Electronics

Susan & Sharon with two new transistor radios for Christmas, Circa 1967? More comments needed! Do you know more?

3 Sisters @ LInda's

A typical Susan expression, one that always makes me laugh. I think that Patty had something to say, just not sure what.

More Games

Susan at the center of all of us. Just a lazy day at the Rouge River. Look at all the happy faces :)

Just A Wave

A day at the Rouge River. Susan and Sharon playing picnic games. I was just taking pictures and my beautiful wife just giving me a wave. I sure love her!

At the lake

Susan at the lake with the McDonald's, I know they all had loads of fun. I missed this escape to the mini vacation, but Susan couldn't stop talking about it !

The Best Day

Wedding Day, the day I married my best friend, Luck Me!

The sisters all together to celebrate a happy day with us

Friends

Living in Hawaii was the best place to have friends and family to visit. Again, living in places where other people like to vacation.

I think we changed addresses around a dozen times, hard for everyone to keep their Christmas card list up to date :)

Amy, Susan and I on the streets of Lahaina -

Circa 1999 -

Out at Pat's house when everyone was healthy, happy and all our family was together. Susan's smile is infectious. Anna & Joe look pretty happy with Susan looking fantastic, I sure love her!

Pic From Sharon

This pic is from Sharon , she wrote on the back :

"I sure love this picture. I had a huge project going for Anna's Kindergarten class, panicked and crazed - as is normal for me. Susan jumped in and got us in mass production mode - completed 28ea. 16" x 28" western themed scrapbook pages! She saved my skin, not to mention my amazing reputation of being clever, creative and able! This was in 2003. She looks beautiful doesn't she? "

My Sister Susan

Susan never did anything by halves. If it was worth doing, it was worth doing intensely, wildly, fearlessly – whether loving, working, or adventure-seeking.

She threw herself into each job she had, working 80 hours per week and then working at home for the rest of the hours! She was promoted as far as she wanted to go in each company she worked – only turning down positions when they took her too far from family – and she never sought a job – they always found her.

When she wanted fun – she chose sky-diving, scuba-diving, triple black diamond snow-skiing, water-skiing – she was game for anything, yes, a bit of a dare-devil.

You probably know all that, but you might not know - that Susan loved Christmas decorations – not Christmas necessarily, but the décor. Susan and Tracy’s house would have at least three Christmas trees, miles of lit garland, and every room would be decorated, including the kitchen and bathrooms.

Speaking of bathrooms, did you know that Susan loved low-brow humor most of all? Her favorite movie of all time? “Dumb and Dumber”. She was a connoisseur of the scatological.

On a higher note, Susan loved words – books, magazines, nicknames, calligraphy, crossword puzzles, made-up words, and greeting cards! Susan could spend hours in front of a card rack – she would read each one in the shop and buy dozens at a time. Susan was not the least bit mean, but boy, she loved mean birthday cards. Four months before one’s 40^th birthday, it was not unusual to start receiving an avalanche of cackling evil humor from her.

Susan loved

Tracy,

cats,

rocks - from gravel to gemstones,

lots of salt on everything,

acrylic nails - she was a champion back scratcher,

Chanel # 5 - her signature scent for the last 35 years,

Lemonhead candies - Susan was disinterested in chocolate except for maltballs, history – especially World War II and contemporary political scandals,

beef - she was a capital S serious carnivore,

Tropics in general and Hawaii in particular,

And gravy. Susan LOVED gravy. A bit of family lore has her drinking a mug of gravy once. I sort of remember that, but I do know for sure that you didn’t dare leave Susan in charge of stirring the gravy. When you came back it would be half-gone (uh, it must have cooked down?) and way too salty!

She didn’t have many dislikes except maybe pointless exercise, hair in her face, and most dogs.

Susan was fiercely loyal to her people, riotously funny, generous both with her worldly goods and with her love and affection. She leaves a huge hole in the world.

(Having three sisters, each of us was always one-of-four: “the four of us”, “all four”, “the sisters”, “the girls”. Growing up, we all answered to “Li-pa-su-sha” the generic Nevaril daughter name – and it usually meant trouble. But we never felt generic, we each had our own identity plus one other: the four of us. How can we be only three? We have not only lost our sister Susan – leaving a sorrow that will never be gone, but we have also lost who we have been our whole life – “the four of us”.)

Things To Remember

A trip to the grocery store today made me think of all the things Susan loved to eat and drink. I miss buying them for her.

*Concord Grapes
*Blueberries
*A Great Steak
*Malted Milk Balls
*Soy Breakfast Burgers
*Apple Fritters
*Frozen Fruit Bars
*Butter Milk & Whole Milk
*Extra Thick Bacon
*Puffed Rice Cereal
*Japanese Pears
*Watermelon
*Eggs Benedict
*Corned Beef & Cabbage
*Bearnaise Sauce
*Over-Easy Eggs
*Rare Prime Rib
*Crab Legs / Clarified Butter
*BBQ Ribs
*Sweet Peas / Raw
*Carrot Juice
*French Onion Soup
*Garlic in Everything
*Corn On The Cob
*Ice Tea / No Lemon
*Banana Splits
*Butter Popcorn / Extra Salt at the movies
*Chicken Noodle Soup
*Pork & Beans
*Emperor Steak from Kobe's (Maui)
*Salt
*Double Baked Potato
*Chicken Wings / With Garlic Salt
*Corn Bread
*Bread Pudding
*Cheetos
*Beef Jerky
*Rootbeer
*Chicken Pot Pies
*Apples Dipped in Carmel
*Pineapple / Fresh Cut
*Fruit Salad
*Potato Salad
*Egg Salad Sandwiches
*Carrot Cake (Jean's)
*Fresh Pumpkin Pie
*Cashews
*Peanut Buster Parfait
*Red Licorice
*Triscuits
* Extra Sharp Cheese
*Caesar Salad
*Apple Juice
*Waffles
*Oatmeal
*Garlic Salsa
*Toasted Cheese Sandwich
*Ham & Beans (Soup)
*Roasted Fresh Pumkin Seeds


I miss all the little things and will the rest of my life -

2 of 4

Susan and Sharon hanging around

Gardening

Susan, Anna, & Sharon out doing a little gardening. It must be July in Pacific Northwest, Anna is wearing a sweatshirt :)

Young

A Warm Day

Susan and I at Caesar's scoping you Wendi's potential wedding site. Circa 2007

The Banjo Guy

Not wanting pics to be taken, she will always give you "That Look". (Lahina, Maui)

The Pose

Susan was always ready for a picture, even with Aliens :) Star Trek Bar in Vegas.

Mom & Daughter

Susan and Jean on a good day, Sun & Smiles!

Snow Vamp

Pic from Linda, it was listed as "Snow Vamp", what a crack up!

Favorite Aunt

Susan was always the favorite Aunt.

At the beach

Susan at the beach on Oahu, either making a sand castle or digging her way to China :)

Gals & Guys

The Sisters and their lucky husbands!

Maui Fair

Susan and the GREAT PUMKIN at the Maui County fair, it may even rival Pat's pumkins :)

Susan and Anna

Loving aunt Susan and Anna at the Grand Canyon, what a great picture!

The Nice Couple

What a beautiful wife I have :)

Another Nice Day

Susan & Anna, all of us at the Grand Canyon.

Center Of Attraction

Who is the sweetest sister? Its tough to tell

Newest Pic

Susan new laser picture. Linda and Sharon received these for the b-days. Sharon hit the big 50.

Florida Trip

Our fine trip to "Gator Land" and I remember Susan's favorite gator, it's name was "Bad Dog". She like the idea of how it received it's name, this gator would snatch dogs out of peoples back yards as dinner snacks. This did land "Bad Dog" in a private exhibit at "Gator Land" hehehehe :)

Vegas Visit

Susan and Alisse, we all went to Vegas's "China Town". It was great to have Alisse down for a visit. Alisse took some great pictures of Red Rock Canyon, and took advantage of our fine city bus line to take in the sights of Vegas. I remember a nice lunch at a "Vegan" restaurant we all went to :) :) :)

Miss Her

She looks great! Another happy day spent with friends. I LOVE HER SMILE :)

Somethings Up

Susan and Pat, looks like they're making plans. What plans, I'm not sure, mutiny?

Talking to the Animals

Susan wouldn't like this photo, but what ones did she like :) :) I think she was talking to the animals. Emm, Mrs. Dolittle maybe.

Day on the Water

Great day on the water off shore from Seattle, WA. It was one of the best, with my Susan, Family, and Dear Friends. Thanks Murphy :)

Two Great Views

Clear day, and two great natural beauties.

2nd Mom

Susan and Erika at the Brianhurst home on Erika's B-day. Both beautiful girls.