2023 - Great times & sad times. Missing Dad....

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 2023 - great times & sad times

Rang in 2023: dinner at Bird, Trackside Tavern w/Mike, New Years dinner at Pho 24

midnight as UGA wins game


Rang out 2023:  not sure yet... plans up in the air

Birthday:  48, trivia at Mellow Mushroom, Braves girls' night out, family dinner at home

braves game

mellow mushroom trivia

family dinner at the house

Halloween/Dragoncon/L5P:  

    halloween (negan)

moonshadow tavern w/el zig
    dragoncon (becky lynch)

    L5P (mike)

star bar

1sts: Cherokee, buc-ee's, andretti's, vickery creek/roswell mill, kidney stone, Helen tubing, give a eulogy

buc-ee's warner robins

andretti's

roswell mill

tubing in Helen


Books: 12

TV: 21

Movies: 10

Walks:  MS - $500, GOCA - $430, APDA - $940

Dad:  Date passed Aug 25, 2023

    # of memorials/dinner - 3 (Rota house, Forest Lawn/Tam O Shanter, All Saints/Seasons 52)

rotas' house

forest lawn

tam o'shanter

dinner with Rotas & family

original Festivos

All Saints Catholic Church

Seasons 52

Family:

jamie, greg & cooper - braves game

mother's day

mom & dad's birthdays

daren - monkey barrel

me, mom & logan

galarzas & rotas

galarza/ferreras cousins

with the Loyartes

festivo 'kids'

the aguera cousins

brunch with the agueras/fields

Chive/Charity: 

chive brunch - sandy springs

Chive Brunch - Roswell

aac xmas meetup

ms walk 

project mail call

goca walk

apda walk

walk for alzheimer's - the battery

mike's 1st project mail call

Sports!: Atlanta Braves, Atlanta United, WWE, Colts at Fado

atlanta united

fado

wwe with john evans

braves game with nadia

Coworkers:

dunwoody village with the mooneys

sos tiki bar with the 'exes'

white russians reunite

soltech holiday party

birthdays lunch at bucket shop

QA team and linda

Friends:

ben & libby

sir robert

daytona kim!!!

joe & anita

mike's birthday - with austin - chaplins

with the another austin... - ship & anchor

the dhs crew with josh - mellow mushroom

joe, anita & sir robert - inman park festival

greg & kat dollar

mike's birthday - kat & anita

renaissance fair pirate crew

mike's birthday - shayne, greg & kat, joe & anita, matt & samanatha

sir robert - righteous room

uga crew - libby, whitney, erica

moondogs poker with russ

whitney

with jeremy & austin

rugged maniac with krista & felicia

robyn & april - remax crew


karaoke night with keely

brian nunnally - star bar

the roffmans - king george tavern

joe & anita - avondale estates

30th reunion committee - katy, ashley, megan, whitney, audrey

angie!!

nadia - star bar

greg & kat dollar

whitney

sir robert & mike

sir robert.  and jesse ventura.. and carl weathers

becca & felicia

sir robert

sir robert, tessa & felicia


CATS: 


yoda

angel

Cujo:  turned 5 this year, 1st Braves game, 1st flight, 1st team sport, 1st roller coaster

xmas 2023

halloween zombie video

5th birthday

with aunt stacy

braves game

mother's day w/clay & pam

with 'gampa'

soccer!

all saints pumpkin patch

with gamma

with uncle joe

donuts....

Travel:

feb - cherokee casinos

mar - daytona bike week w/Kim

daytona bike week

jul - panama city beach

panama city beach

sept - los angeles

Concerts: The Cure, Depeche Mode, Yesterday Calling, Danzig, Weezer, Guns n Roses, Michael Jackson cover band, Metalsome karaoke, Fishbone/Parliament Funkadelic, Mother's Finest
metalsome 20th anniversary

Parliament Funkadelic/Fishbone

depeche mode

the cure

danzig

guns n roses - music midtown

weezer

Mutiny Crew:

el azteca - 2023 remembering lisa lunch

dogwood festival

susans birthday - slutty vegan w/daisy

L5 halloween parade - star bar

christmas meetup - the bird

Mike:

illuminarium: space

yesterday calling - norcross

chinese new years - atlantic station

cherokee

renaissance fair - pirate weekend

chaplins karaoke

high museum - samurai exhibit

samurai exhibit

in & out burgers...

LA - pre-funeral - a mike moment...

behind the bar at the rota's house

LAX

oakland cemetery

depeche mode

two tire tavern - helen - a mike moment...

oktoberfest

alpine coaster - helen, ga

my 30th reunion - roswell

seasons 52, dads memorial - a mike moment...

bird christmas party

with the bips

seasons 52

happy new year!

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