WELCOME DYLAN SLATER LINDSEY

9-9-09

7 lbs. 15 oz.

20 in.

photos thanks to Ouma's blog

HUBERT L. LINDSEY

October 14, 1929- August 14, 2009

Matthew spreading ashes under the big pine in the Pecos

Tom, Cara and little Sydney saying farewell

45 years ago a woman and her two boys took on the name of LINDSEY as a diminuitive man named Hubert stepped into their lives. She was a single mom of 5 kids waitressing at a bar. She picked him up at the bar, brought him home and he never left.

He woke up one morning in his early twenties to find one side of his body paralyzed, but you never really thought of him as handicapped because he was so ingenious at survival. The two little boys ages 8 and 6 quickly adopted him as dad Linz.

"Lindsey" as he was lovingly called died on August 14, 2009. None of us know much about his life before the age of 36 when he joined us but we do know that he touched us.

His love, and our matriarchal rock died 25 years ago. That unique, strong willed, brilliant woman still has power beyond the grave to penetrate our thoughts and minds. "Lindsey" loved her and cared for her through all sickness and health. I applaud him and praise him for that. Denny, mom, grammy and beautiful Desneiges had an older handicapped daughter named Jeannie. "Lindsey" always remembered her and was cognizant of her care to the end. He became a good friend to Denny's other daughter, Laurie who was well out the door when he came in and he mourned the loss of her oldest son, John who died way too young.

He lived alone in a mobile home tinkering in his workshop on his latest inventions. He traveled to the river or irrigation ditches to catch fish for his pond and shoot crows or skeet. He preferred the solitary life and suffered from his own personal demons of depression and alcoholism. He never assumed that this family was his and was shocked when we all gathered to celebrate his 70th birthday. He was a lover of nature, classical music, and how things worked.

His two boys that were never adopted but changed their names as young adults, carry on the Lindsey name and legacy as a tribute to the man who loved their mom and took them fishin'.

Tom and Nan LINDSEY

Eric, Samantha, Kamryn and Dylan LINDSEY

Bryce, Sarah and Briggs LINDSEY

Adrienne, JD and Maddison LINDSEY White

Jessica LINDSEY Smith and Mike Smith

Matt and Barbara LINDSEY

Tyler, Cliff and LINDSEY Rae Strieby

Matt, Katrina, Eben and Zoe LINDSEY

Mckay Desneiges LINDSEY

Bailey LINDSEY

Farewell, Hugh Lindsey "Man of Action"

"I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution."

John Gierach

"So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering."

Brenda Ueland

Family looking on with grandpa in the so apropos cardboard box

SUMMER FUN IN THE SUN!

Summer has been so busy and soo fun. Here's a little peak at what we've been up to.

My little angels came to the beach and we played in then sand and laid in the sun.

Kami girl skinned her knee but we kissed it all better and she recovered.

This little princess loves to be outside. I don't know, maybe a future beach bunny?

We built sandcastles and our very own cave of wonders.

We found PUMP IT UP!! YIPEE!!

Immediately after Adrie and JD moved in I headed off to Girls Camp. Sleeping on the ground in teepees and taking a very long, hot hike were the high or were they the low lights of the week. I even tried the zipline. This old body had to scale a big pine tree to get to the platform and then zip down the line for a mini thrill. That's not me on the line but I did do it I promise.

We stopped to see grandpa on our way to Cali. We love him!

Cute great grandpa!

While in Utah helping Adrie with the last minute packing we had a little Kami time because she was up there for her uncle Gareth's wedding.

Even Mike and Jess could not stay away.

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! Check out these cute dancing bears for the circus.

Marvelous May

May happens to be a big birthday month in the Lindsey family. It's either a huge bust or a huge bang there's never any in between.  Cynicism has become second nature to the big man and me so the announcement that we were going out for a surprise birthday was met with ,"Just tell me where we're going so I can prepare myself for your lunacy."  Which was met with the usual, "not a chance."  Dinner, (quite good I might add) was not a surprise but the gondola ride in the back bay was too cute.

Our Venetian gondolier looked an awful lot like a SoCal surfer boy. What do you think?

Then the big surprise! He can't just get me flowers on the BIG BANG years it has to be something outrageous and something I'd never buy myself which includes quite a few things come to think of it. So to the Apple Store we go. The poor guy doesn't even know the mall well enough to find the store, so his surprise which of course I catch on pretty quick is a bust. But the gift INCREDIBLE!  As you can see below my new best friend is an awesome IMAC. 

The test run to see my little chubby bug Briggs on the new larger than life screen was fantastic and his beautiful mommy who had a birthday on the 22nd was there to let us tell her face to face how much we love her.  

(Check out Sarah's new hair cut, pretty cute huh?)

Springtime always gets us itching to walk the hills of our beautiful city. The nights are so pleasant and the days almost perfect. So one Saturday this month I suggested a walk along one of my normal routes. "Big Guy" had a different idea and so we set off to walk the hills of Chino State Park. This was our first trip back up there since the fires. All started off cheery despite the steep incline up San Antonio to reach the park.

It wasn't long before we realized that not many people had tramped to the top of San Juan peak since the fires because the weeds were really tall.

And the trails when you could find them. very prickly and full of burrs.

I guess I should have known something was amiss when the most beautiful vegetation  in the newly grown fire zone was the thistle.

Needless to say 4 hours later and countless prickles from my shoes, these were the result of our lovely stroll.

How apropos that May is the month to celebrate motherhood when 31 years ago I got my first taste of that society on the 16th of  this month.    

Eric is much like his father in the BIG BANG department. I can almost see the wheels turning as he imagined just how much fun he could cram into one small weekend for his birthday.

Lake Oroville, a floating campsite, a competition boat, multiple BBQ's, wakeboarding and  boating, but don't stop there just take a deep breath and start all over at the Sacramento river the next day 

Sammy's family was so supportive of Eric's dream weekend.  They all showed up and camped and played with him. Samantha was a great hostess and worked hard to make this a great birthday for Eric. Check out that beautiful baby belly.  

Grammy couldn't stay away 

Kami loved the water and her daddy's warm hug. 

Papa enjoyed a few moments dreaming 

Old Town Sacramento was a fun diversion arriving river side this time.

And to put icing on the top of a marathon b-day Eric took his bother-in-laws to the "Dream Xtreme" to ride the wave.   

Happy Birthday Sonny!  Thanks for a fun weekend.