Reunion Pictures

[Ross]

http://valvereplacement.com/2003_reunion__chicago.htm

[Nancy]

Loved the pictures. Thanks for posting them.

What a happy and healthy looking bunch of folks! Sorry we couldn't be there.

[Bunny_Rabbit]

I love the pink feather boa.

That's great.

[Christina L]

I couldn't wait to see the pictures. These are great!! Everyone looks pink-skinned and very healthy. That is so encouraging to those of us who are still waiting to climb that mountain.

Rain, you look like Cher!!

I can tell you all had a great time with your new family - I can't wait for next year in Denver.

Chris

[Christina]

What a great bunch of people! Looks like you all had a ball.
How many came?

PS.. I don't see Billy in the pictures. Thought he was coming too.

Thanks for posting the pictures. We were all thinking of how much fun you had.

Did I hear Denver?.

[Karlynn]

The question is: Who looks the best in the pink feather boa?

Sorry Paul, I think Michelle squeeks by you on that one. But you look like you're very comfortable wearing it. As if it's something you've done many times before.

Karlynn;)

PS - gotta get one of Billy on here. That's the problem with being the photographer!

[LUVMyBirman]

Hank and Sylvia will have pictures to share. Including Billy! Hang in there for a few more days! I am sure they will get around to posting them very soon.:)

[Heather Fisher]

What great pictures! Can't wait till next year in Denver. That's not too far from me so I should be there!

Heather

[pillarpaul]

Yes, Karlynn, I AM comfortable wearing the boa, as it is a fond possession of mine. Perhaps next year I will break out the matching pink pumps.

And, Christina, not only did we rename Rain Cher (as well as Hi-Rain to distinguish her from Lo-Rain) - you should hear her do "If I Could Turn Back Time", but we also had two other look-alike celebrities. Check Janie's picture - could she really be Racquel Welch? And then, now this may seem like a stretch, but if you put dark curly hair on Bill Hall instead of his blond straight hair, he would look (and sound) exactly like Billy Crystal. Isn't that amazing!!! Such celebrity stars at a vr.com reunion.

Paul

[Billy]

....'No pictures of Billy.....thought he was going to be there...'

Course I was there Christina....only trouble was that I was behind the camera when the pictures were taken......can't take them and be in'em at the same time....

..I had a WONDERFUL time and I'll write more about it later.....

Hey Rain.......you home yet?????

[Rain]

Got home a little after 10:00 PM. Sara met me at the airport and talked non-stop until 11:30!! We missed each other. :) So I’m here this morning catching up on all the posts.... and pictures. What wonderful pictures!! Thank you for everything Billy. You are such a special person. The weekend went by way to quickly. You sure you can't stop by Cortez on your way back home? :p

ChristinaL........Cher? Lookalike? :eek: Who you been talking to?!! lol Hey, we’ll be sending you e-mail about the planning of next years reunion. It’s gonna be a Colorado group effort. We’re hoping we can even get Al on the planning committee. :) Wouldn't that be cool!!

Tucson Christina! YES!! Can you believe it?! And I didn’t even have to show the ten proxies I had with me!! :) Tell Ev, Bonnie, Jan and all our girlfriends in Tucson.... mark their calendar!! Yeeeehaaaa!! Didn't Joni say she was coming if it was in CO too? Now we just gotta get Greg there. :) lol

Paul, you forgot Joey! He’s our Harry Potter look alike. Everyone in vr.com should get to meet Joey and Sylvia..... they are the sweetest people!! Sylvia is exactly like her posts... so caring and sincere. And Joey the 'mystery man' is just as sweet. And you guys wouldn't believe how young they look. They look like college kids. :)

[Perrster]

High-Rain and Low-Rain, ya gotta love 'em!!

Billy, I hope you got a couple of shots of Dottie? Sounds like she fit right in!

Dear Rain, it was a pleasure finally meeting you and getting a hug and some of your beer spilled on me. Sylvia and Joey too and everyone!

Ok, Rain we're turning you loose and looking forward to the Rocky Mountain Reunion in 2004. I, for one, (and I assume Gina, too) especially look forward to having the time to hang out with everyone and do more stuff together. It's a little more fun for the out of towners, because you don't have to go home. I just had too many irons in the fire this weekend and missed out on some good stuff.

Rain, wood ya mind if the guys played golf one morning there? Wood love to connect with Al's son ( a pro at some course there which I've forgotten the name of).

Until we meet again...

[Kim]

Thanks so much for posting the photos. It is great to be able to put a name with a face! Wish I could have gone. Looks like everyone was having a wonderful time!

[Gisele]

It looks like I missed out on a really great party. Glad to see you all had a really good time at the reunion. The photos were wonderful.

Now you can post all the details! :)

[Zipper]

Thanks for all the pix!!!! It's such a pleasure to see all the happy faces and hearing about all the fun had by all. I hope to meet you all one of these years..until then I'm delighted to know you're such a rowdy group that knows how to PARTY 'Hearty'..my kinda family! :)

Best to all,

Zipper

[Ross]

Bump for added pictures

[LUVMyBirman]

Ross,

Have you had contact with Hank or Sylvia? They have more photos!

[Ross]

Nope, neither one of the brats have said anything to me since they got back. :confused:

[Hank]

Hey Ross and All,

Well, we're back. We got home late last night and I had to wake up early and go to work.

More later along with a new page on the site with pictures.

I am at work and really should be working.

Thanks to all for all your participation and your company.

And thanks to Gina for setting it all up.

And thanks to everyone I forgot.

Anyway, I'll work on the pictures tonight - I have over a hundred of them to put online.

Hank

[Johnny Stephens]

Can't wait to see them. Perhaps I can make it to Denver next year...last year I was still sort of recovering, but this year I feel like I missed out on a lot of fun.

Glad everyone got home safely.

[Rain]

Hey Perry,

Of course I don’t mind you golfing one morning. I’m sure you will even have a few vr.comers along with you. Could be what finally brings Mr. G outta the wood work. He and Hank had a great time golfing in SAT.

[Georgia]

And one of the first things I noticed was also how healthy everyone looked. It's truly amazing looking at those of us who've recently had such huge surgery - Dave, Paul, Betty (!) - all within the last 6 months and trotting all over the city.

Jim and I had a great time; it took us about 30 seconds to feel like we knew all of you for a lifetime.

Thanks to Gina, and also to Lo-rain for all the planning and escorting us around. That whole train/El/bus thing gets so confusing for us down-staters. :eek:

Putting a face on all of you was a treat and an honor. The great pleasure is that we can stay in such close touch.

We'll all have to learn to behave ourselves or our reputation will preceed us to Denver and we won't be able to get reservations ("Oh - THEY'RE the ones that're rowdy and annoy all our guests by singing and jumping on the bed in the lobby." Well you might ask why there's a bed in the lobby . . .)

Thanks for the pics. This was a wonderful weekend.

[sylviayasgur]

hi ross!
for some weird reason (mac???) i couldn't open all the photos.
joey is having some trouble forwarding the photos and i think he may do so one at a time_ sorry!
if you have any better suggestions on how to do that please email me, ok?
i just want everyone to know that while taking the group picture, our mantra was "THONG"!!!!
also, billy had us say "sex"... now you know why we all look so healthy!!!
the photos we have, although few, really look great.
unless we hear from you, i'll have joey send them one at a time if that's the only way he can get them to you.
thanks so much for all your help and all you do!!!

[Billy]

Took a wrong turn outta Chicago (just like Perry did on his journey home from Nashville) so I'm just home.

Had a super weekend and couldn't wait to log on to see the pix.....especially the 'bed shot' I took in the lobby. Well, they all seem to have disappeared.....did that 'bed shot' ever get past the censors?

[Karlynn]

Hey Billy,
I was wondering where you were! Got a bit of the wonderlust, did you?

Welcome Home.

Karlynn

[fyrfytr]

Hey Billy,
Glad to hear you are back home. I hope you had a wonderful time in the States. How did the piece go on the BBC?
Take Care and Welcome Home.

Dave
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[LUVMyBirman]

Billy. So ya were traveling the "back roads":D
Did you happen upon some good biscuits and gravy:)

Happy you had a safe return. As, always....it was a pleasure.

Found a tiny bottle of Bushmills in my car today. We thought PillarPaul took care of those, lol.

[weekycat]

It's nice to see your smiling face back on the board! I was wondering about your pics too. They were posted, and I think the bed one was even up there. Lots of us have our own copies though, so they're not gone entirely!

[Hank]

Hey Billy - Sorry for the daley, but the pics you sent me are online now - They are at the end of the pics that were already there.

I thought Michelle had done the captions already. I'll have to get on her to get that done :D