Monday, December 26, 2005

Jim & Joni Mulligan family - from Denver, CO


These folks love to travel! Here they are in New Zealand, November 2004.


... and Barcelona, May 2004.


Breckenridge, with niece Katie Porter (Betty Mulligan's daughter, to the left of Jim) and her best friend Lauren. June 2005.

More photos coming soon, with daughter Megan.

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Pat & Vivian Mulligan family

Pat and his pet 'Vette. Looks like fun!
December 2005 - Pat Mulligan with his mother, Louise, age 95. Louise is the oldest child of Thomas and Bessie Griffith.


Vivian with grandsons Eric 13, and Shane 10 - at son Michael's wedding.

Michael & Debbie Mulligan's wedding, October 2005.
Debbie's daughters Kayla, Kate, and Kristen.
Michael's sons Eric and Shane.

Laurie and Joe Sybertz. Laurie is Pat & Vivian's oldest child. She does rug hooking and designs & dyes wool. Joe has raised bees as a hobby.

Louise Mulligan's 95th birthday - August 2005


A happy day for Louise and kin.
Left to right they are:
Front: Louise (Griffith) Mulligan.
First row: Billy Lytle;
Jane Lytle (expecting daughter Summer Rose);
Jane's daughter Angel held by Rose Lytle;
Hannah Lytle;
and standing behind her, Grace Lytle;
Katie Porter (Betty's daughter);
Mary Lytle;
Gail Griffith Murray;
Betty Mulligan.


Last row: Laurie Mulligan Sybertz (Pat & Vivian Mulligan's oldest daughter);
Vivian Mulligan;
Joe Sybertz (Laurie's husband);
Joe Lytle;
and Dan Novak (Gail's husband).

Tiffany & Berto Dorta - Summer 2005


Here is Tiffany (Griffith) Dorta and her hubby Berto, also known as Dr. and Mrs. Umberto Dorta. Berto is a Psychiatrist and Tiff is a Physician's Assistant, working in a diffferent medical specialty. They have recently relocated to western Pennsylvania.
Tiff is Bruce and Ines Griffith's oldest daughter.

Charlene Welcome Home! - August 2005

Bruce & Ines Griffith and family meet their daughter Charlene, returning home from Iraq, at the airport.
Left to right:
Claudia Nilsen, Ines's sister;
Brittney Nilsen;
Tiffany Dorta, Charlene's sister;
Romano Altamura, Ines's father;
Charlene;
Ines;
Mike Nilsen;
Bruce.
Charlene - so happy to be home!
Brittney and Mike in foreground.
Bruce, Jason (Charlene's husband), and Romano in background.
Proud parents, Ines and Bruce.

Claudia and Tiffany.

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Jackie & Daren Yeo family - 2005

Jackie is Gail Griffith Murray's daughter. Here she is with hubby Daren at Three Mile Island in Lake Winnipesaukee, NH - July 2005.
Jackie & Daren's children, left to right, in December 2005:
Megan 13 holding cat Carbon;
Devan 7,
Jamie 5,
Bethany 10 holding puppy Toby.

Charlene & Jason after Iraq - August 2005

Charlene in a field of flowers in Zion National Park. Charlene and Jason took a month-long trip out west, camping and savoring everything.

Jay swimming in Six Rivers National Park.

Bruce and Ines Griffith - summer 2005


Bruce and Ines enjoying the Boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ.

Charlene leaves for Iraq - July 2004


Charlene is the middle daughter of Bruce and Ines Griffith.

Charlene (Griffith) Pollard and husband Jason Pollard before she deployed to Iraq as an Army nurse, July 2004. She was primarily stationed at Abu Ghraib prison, working in a tent field hospital as a nurse for wounded detainees. Sometimes they would come under fire, and then a little while later they would be taking care of the ones who had been attacking them.

Bruce & Ines & Sweetheart - 2005

That's Bruce & Ines's boat 'Sweetheart' anchored at an island near their home in St. Pete Beach, Florida, and Ines soaking up some rays.

Bruce Griffith and Natalie Boyle - June 2005


Natalie is the daughter of Dorothy (Griffith) Lovell and Irving Lovell.