Happy New Year!Here’s a look back at 2008

and the people, places, and

events that made it special.

Devan, Sheila, Sam, Nathan & Jack

Kicked off 2008 in Look Out Mountainwith our dear friends

Annie – hard to keep up with . . .

Friends since they were 2, the puppies are growing up . . .

. . . and their moms are aging . . . gracefully?

Claire & Sam

A Warm Fire

January – Lacrosse – Go Sam!

SPRINGKentucky & northwest Tennessee

Celebrating Nathan’s April Birthday with Papa and GrandmaIn Bradenton

Even an Easter Egg Hunt can be filled with testosterone!

A tour of the capital

An amazing teacher

And fun classmates

Date night with Mom

Cousins

Brothers

Big Hearted Nathan

Nathan’s wonderful Ms. Walker

The speech contest winner

Spring Baseball . . .

A mother’s day cake.

SummerAnnual Veatch Beach Week

Beach Bums

Cousin Kate – our princess

The forgotten Florida Coast is our refuge.

Peaceful

Calm

A gift.

Fourth of July in our back yard-all the cousins

A flag flyin’time

Nephew Jordan & great-nephewGabe .

Sam (in green) at YL Camp

Life is good!

Too much rain in September . . .

. . .brought rain for Devan’s flowers in July.

. . .flowers for nephew Jed to sniff.

Reunion plans brought long-ago friends back together . . .

My amazing friends

And the most amazing reunion committee ever.

Fall, FSU Football, Fun

Friends

We live for football in the fall.

And play yard ball with gusto.

The greatest coaches ever!

Our Halloween Block Party . . .

That even Steve Erckle attended.

Lovin’ my job

Wherever it takes me.

Skyler, Jack, and Cody

Homecoming –lookin’ fine

And havin’ fun

Thanksgiving in Tally

Rolled up the rugs and danced,

Played,

And enjoyed family

Christmas is coming

And Jack is a serious Joseph

When he’s not being a carrot-nosed snowman

Family – you gotta love ‘em

Sweet Aunt Virginia and Phil

Can’t help that my handsome daddy is a gator!

A Christmas full of joy

..Happy 2009 from the Veatch Family

Our wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it, To your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more then you can hold, And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

We hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is our wish.