Hi Folks,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our fellow fly fishing friends out there! Another year has just about come and gone, hard to believe. This was a wonderful year for Dana and I, our 30th year of marriage and we became grandparents for the first time! Our daughter Jennifer gave birth to a healthy baby boy on September 22nd! Our new grandson is Aaron Joshua Reeves and what a blessing he is to all of us.
Another highlight this year was our band Western Lights released our 2nd CD, Bob Played Here! Our Son Jimmy did all the recording and mixing, Dana did all the art work and design of the CD package and all three kids each had a song where they were a guest artist for the band. Wow, I am so proud of this project, the band and the whole family.
Work has been really been tough on me this year. We have had lots of fires throughout the State so lots of emergency projects to work on in anticipation of potential mud slides and erosion. I will be retiring at the end of 2009 and am very much looking forward to it. With all this work I have had very little time for fishing for me this year with only a few trips, way below my normal average.
Following are a few of my favorite pictures/memories from 2008. Hope you enjoy !
Best Wishes and tight lines to all!
Bill and Dana
(Ie, Bluegrass Bill and the Silver Lady )
Dana enjoying her new role as Nana Ward with Aaron about 1 day old!
The Ward family at Thanksgiving 2008!
Aaron Joshua Reeves at 2 ½ months old!
Front cover of our new CD. A delightful path through Bluegrass, Western Swing, Old Fashioned Gospel and old timey Music. (From our liner notes) This would make a nice Christmas gift for any music lovers out there!
A nice pyramid lake cutthroat from one of the few fishing trips I managed this year. I will do better in 2009!
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