2014

The year 2014 has already passed by for Dwight, who still works at a local body shop, and factors weekly to keep his bleeds under control. 
It was another year getting older..,

 having and being with Case every other weekend..,

then finding a special girl..,

and now making memories with Kara! 

Dwight at Christmas time

 Ho, Ho, Ho!  Here comes Santa's helper.

First we have to get the tree up..,

then get everything plugged in and make sure all the lights work.

Now where did that end go???

There I finally got it.

 

And at last all the work is rewarded with Christmas gifts.

Winter

Christmas time with Case and William.

Helping Case assemble one of his Christmas presents,

and getting to be with Case every other weekend.

Summer Time

Summer time means lots of outdoor activities like mowing the lawn with the help of Case.

 

 

It also means vacation time and traveling. 

For Dwight, he took a trip up to Indiana this summer to be the best man in one of his friend's wedding.

I definitely became the mother hen when I discovered that Dwight's means of transportation was going to be his motorcycle.  It isn't that I don't trust my son, its all those other crazy drivers out there.

All too soon, early one morning, Dwight was packing up his motorcycle to leave.

  

Then he put on his helmet, sun glasses, and gloves.

The engine roared to life, Dwight hopped on..,

 

 and out the driveway he went.

Here is Dwight on his Honda CBR 900 RR that he drives to work each day..,

where he works as a janitor at the Byrdstown Elementary School forty minutes away from home.

Even though Dwight's motorcycle gets 50 miles to the gallon maintenance is a top priority.

Dwight with Case in the GMC pickup truck, which he uses to bring Case up to our house every other weekend.

And like all boys, Case loves trucks.  Here he is at the wheel imitating driving like Dwight.

This autumn we put Sandy to sleep after sixteen years of companionship and loyalty to our family. Sandy's entrance into our lives came at a crucial time for us when Dwight was having a major knee bleed that surgery didn't help. In fact it was Sandy and God that helped Dwight escape another knee surgery. Sandy from the start was always Dwight's dog.



Dwight also helped get the workshop roof covered after it was hit by lightning one hot summer weekend when Randy came up from Nashville to help along with Scotty, our next door neighbor.

Once again Dwight has been allowed to be with Case. What fun Case has playing with "his Dwight"...


on the floor...


and reading story books together.



Lots of love and hugs between Dwight and Case.

Birthday Celebrations

Springtime is when Dwight's birthday arrives. Not only is March Hemophilia Awareness Month, but it is also when Dwight gets another year older. What fun!

This year along to celebrate his "advancing years", Dwight drives a beat-up 1990 Ford Ranger pickup, as his main vehicle for transportation- a gift from his brother-in-law, who decided that it wasn't worth the money involved to get it up to power to pass inspection in Nashville. Dwight loves old vehicles, especially when they sound like a bomb getting ready to explode. The picture doesn't do all the dents and falling parts justice. You'd have to see it in person to appreciate its "finer points".

The weekend of Dwight's birthday was a busy one with riding his motorcycle with a friend in the morning, celebrating his birthday in the early afternoon, and then getting the truck loaded for an overnight camping trip.

Here Dwight is all geared up and ready to head out into the woods with another friend. It was a beautiful weekend to go camping. That evening as he bedded down, Dwight could see a sky full of stars between the trees through his tent roof; a perfect way to celebrate a birthday.