Happy New Year!

Kind of "happy" to say goodbye to 2016. We're worried about Trump and hope that he really will help the people who have gotten the short end of the stick during a time of great economic growth. We have low confidence that he will do much.

Besides him, there have been some very good things that happened during the year. Here's a great list.

99 Reasons 2016 Was a Good Year

Also, November and December family pictures have been posted to the picture page.

December Birthdays

We Buffalo Bayers celebrated 3 birthdays this month--Joyce, Zann, and Dewey. One more to go, Joey, after Christmas. But these three are close together. Amy and Peter had us over for a big party. Lots of fun and laughter.

Thanksgiving

The best of the family holidays. We got together at Marc and Mary Fran's for very little football but lots of good family interaction. And Joe started us off with this Thanksgiving Observance.

A Typical After School

Grandma sits for Joe and Charlie on Wednesays. This is what she sees until their parents come home. Society can't seem to decide whether it's good or bad. What do you think?

I now have the blogging app on my phone. That means easy posting. Gotta love it.

Another Google Advance

Brand new PhotoScan app allows accurate photo print scanning. Does a great job transferring all those prints in drawers and albums to digital format. Here's a very old pic of the Dewey Gravers. I have the print by my desk and can now share with others. Will be working on some of those old prints stored away in boxes. Wish I had the app last week in Chicago. Meg has a wonderful portrait print of our father.

Wedding Fun in Chicago

Adam and Molly hosted an outstanding event, starting with the rehearsal dinner on November 10 followed by the wedding and reception on the 11th and an "afterglow" event at Meg's on the 12th. Buffalo Bayers minus Charlie and Joe were there and will have fond memories for years to come. Those will be helped by the photos in the Photo Albums page on the right.

Think of Marc and Mary Fran today. 14th anniversary.

Off to Chicago!

Adam and Molly are getting married tomorrow! The Buffalo Bayers will be there to help them celebrate. Woo Hoo!

Our family Katie Ledecky

That title goes to Grace Ellen, who had another outstanding season swimming for her high school team (see attached pdf).  Then in a meet for all local school districts she walked away with four badges. You go girl!

Going way back

Joyce's brother, Jack, sent a scanned picture from the late 70s of his and our kids sitting on MamMaw's couch for a yearly Easter picture. I remember it well. It drives home the point that photography is in a different world today. The picture was taken with an SLR camera that was at the apex of cameras in that day. Now a smartphone easily gives a picture of immensely better quality. Wow--I love it.

A reminder that you can see examples of those today pictures through the link at the top of the column to the right. I will add to it often, so remember to return here often.

Go Bills!

Sort of. Joy is a fan, but not Dew. I take that back---the other Dew is a fan. He and his father have first row seats for every game, and that results in some video and photos. A photo with Peter cheering is a regular feature of local McDonald's commercials. And locally there was a video of Dew getting a ball from the quarterback after a touchdown. Dew is amazing. Whatever sporting event he attends he comes home with some memento. His bedroom is becoming jam packed.




There's a game today. That surely means a new memento.

Update: Sure enough, Dew came away with a pair of receiver gloves from the San Francisco game. They were the pink ones worn by wide receiver Justin Hunter seen in this picture. You go, Dew!