Family Album

<BODY BACKGROUND="becausewecan_i000004.jpg" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#F0F0F0 > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 24mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";font-size:32pt;'>Our Family Page </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 24mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";font-size:14pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>We have been married 33 years, and have 3 grown, married children that we are very proud of.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 24mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>   We also have 7 wonderful grandchildren</FONT><FONT style='font-size:13pt;'>. </FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";font-size:13pt;'>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 8mm;'>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 8mm;'> <IMG SRC="becausewecan_i000007.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Rick Jr" WIDTH=172 HEIGHT=240 >       <IMG SRC="becausewecan_i000012.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=267 HEIGHT=175 >      <IMG SRC="becausewecan_i000009.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Ashley" WIDTH=193 HEIGHT=243 > </DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 8mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;'><B>Rick, Karen, Kayla, Andre                       Lindsey,  Joey & Ashle                            Jennifer, Jeff, Hannah & Ben  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 8mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;'><B></B><B>& Abigail    </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 8mm;'>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 8mm;'>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><IMG SRC="becausewecan_i000014.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=293 HEIGHT=220 ></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;'> </FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:11pt;'><B>"Papa and grandson Andrew" </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s3 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>Rick is 55 years old.  He was born in Oregon and lived there until he joined the Air Force in 1968. The 6 1/2 year Air Force “tour” took him (and eventually Sharon) to Mississippi, California, Vietnam, Oklahoma and back to California.  Rick went to work for the Federal Aviation Administration as an Air Traffic Controller in 1974.  He spent 30 years in the FAA in various controller, staff specialist, supervisory and management positions, retiring on January 3, 2004.  His hobbies are primarily woodworking, golf and, of course, cycling.  Greatest accomplishments:  33 years of marriage and a great family who are all successful and actually choose to live close! (Thought he was going to say cycling across the USA huh?  Must admit….that’s right up there near the top). </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s3 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s3 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s3 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'><IMG SRC="becausewecan_i000017.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=217 HEIGHT=214 >                <IMG SRC="becausewecan_i000016.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=413 HEIGHT=200 > </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'>    </FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:11pt;'>"Sharon's Retirement"  </FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'>                                                 </FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:11pt;'>"The Browns Valley Gang" </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>Sharon is younger than Rick (that’s all you need to know).  She was born in California and after marrying Rick in 1971 traveled with him to all those places he mentioned.  Although she had a number of jobs over the years she spent the majority of her time focused on the children.   After the kids were grown Sharon decided to live life dangerously and became a school bus driver.</FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'>   </FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>Sharon drove as a substitute for a short period and then became full time for a total of about 7 years. Her hobbies are cycling and golf.  Greatest accomplishments: The same as Rick’s…. raising a wonderful family together, many happy years of marriage and being close to all 7 grandchildren (who are going to be very, very difficult to leave for the whole summer).  Of course, riding the TransAmerica trail will be huge!!    </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>                             </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>                                                  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>"I am dedicating this ride to my mother who had breast cancer 2 1/2 years ago.  If you would like more information about the <A class=s2 HREF="http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/">National Breast Cancer Foundation</A> or would like to make a donation to the foundation, please click the NBCF link or the logo below."     </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>                                                                                                            </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'><A class=s2 HREF="http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/"><IMG SRC="becausewecan_i00001b.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=118 HEIGHT=53 ></A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s3 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:13pt;'>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s3 style='margin-left: 10mm;margin-right: 25mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;'>                             </FONT></DIV>