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My son Rob and his girl friend Nikki rescued 2 French Bulldogs last week. Nikki took the cute little girl she named Franki home and the beefy boy stayed with us. Rob name him Gizmo...here he is with our 11 year old Toy poodle "Baby". See more of Rob's pics at http://www.patepics.blogspot.com


Norma
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Wow, 2008 flew by so fast. It was an especially busy year for me...2 of my children were married. My daughter Leah married Jaime Jarrin in July.



And my yougest son Will married Lachele Wood in December. I hope to have a picture of them soon.

2008 was full of quilting and traveling, 2 things we love to do. I ran in my 2nd Marine Corps Marathon along with my husband Bob, my sisters Rita McKinney, and Tess Gannon and Tess's husband Rich. It was an emotional time for Rich as this was his first Marine Marathon and we all run to honor his son Rick who was killed in Iraq. We all hope to run again this October 2009.

We have been quilting a lot and had a very busy "Christmas rush" of quilts, now that we are well into Jan. we can take a breath and reorganize for 2009.

We are planning a trip to Quilt Market in May, so we hope to bring back lots of new fabrics and patterns...so stay tuned!
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We begin our trek to Washington DC in a few days to run in the Marine Corps Marathon. This will be my second time running and my second marathon. It's funny, I am just as nervous this time as last...maybe becasue I now know what lies before me and last year I was nervous becasue of the unknown...

This year our team consists of my sister Tess Gannon, her husband Rich Gannon, my sister Rita McKinney, my husband Bob Pate and myself.

If you'd like to track the "Camp Gannon" runners progress during the marathon
go to: www.marinemarathon.com
and click on remote runner tracking.

I will report on our marathon experience and post some pictures as soon as possible.

I am the proud aunt of Marine Maj. Richard J. Gannon II
KIA Iraq 4-17-2004

I miss you today and everyday Rick.

Norma Pate
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This past Saturday my daughter Leah Pate married the man of her dreams, Jaime Jarrin.






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Leah and Nana right before the cermony.


These are just a couple of photos taken by a very talented Hugh Forte. More pictures will be posted as we get them.