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Winter in Tucson, AZ 2001-2002 Great Grandpa Hoff

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Winter inTucson, AZ2001-2002

Great Grandpa Hoff

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After a full and eventful summer in Wyoming at the Ranch, Great Grandpa Hoff flew to Tucson, AZ shortly after Thanksgiving afterspending a few weeks in Idaho, to spend the winter at the home of Ray and Phyllis (oldest daughter) Sammons.

The winter included a month in the hospital, visits from ColleenPeters (his youngest daughter) from Minnesota, KL & Linda Reed (family friends) from Wyoming, Steve & Elizabeth Sammons and family from California and Stacy & Debbie Sammons and family from four blocks away here in Tucson.

This book shows some of the highlights of the winter.

On April 19th, 2002 he boarded a plane back to Montana to spend the summer with Larry and Melanie (middle daughter) Fisher.

Introduction

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Christmas in Tucson

Debbie receives a quilt from Phyllis that was made by Ray’s aunt Dolly when he was born (1932).

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Soon after Grandpa arrived we started remodeling the family room, the house

was a dusty dirty mess (removed ceiling, knocked out walls for larger

windows …..

Grandpa took the job of cutting up the wood from the remodeling, to burn in

the chimmenea.

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Steve Sammons and family came for New Years and we

visited the Botanical Gardens.

The adults talked and the kids drew pictures of what they saw

and learned.

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One day we went to the Saguaro National

Park.

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Pima Copper Mine

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Another day we went to the Pima

Copper Mine

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Grandpa went to spend some time in the local ‘Tucson

Resort Motel’

(University Medical Center)

The doctor’s called in congestive heart failure.

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Some pictures on the hall walls at

Grandpa's Hospital

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After the hospital he spent a week in re-hab and found his favorite nurse, and her new hair-do.

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Beeka had a birthday. So we had a small party.

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Colleen came for a visit, to see her Daddy and to get out of the

Minnesota cold weather.

She did a lot of yard work while she was here. Notice the difference in the clothing between the natives and the girl from the

cold climate!

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Colleen visited

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Stacy’s Thrill Quest rides in action

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Winter in Arizona is tough (hard)

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Stacy, Wesley, Phyllis, Colleen Peters, Debbie, Ray, Felix, Kailey

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Melanie sent some paintings she made at her winter are class.

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Thumbs up, Thumbs down

Thumbs UP!

I don’t want to hear it again!

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Kailey lets Wesley and Grandpa look at Wesley’s monster truck

book while she does some cleaning.

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Running the Monster Truck in the back yard.

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The many faces of

Wesley

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Just ‘hanging out’

Grandpa showing the cane given by

Stacy for Christmas. (It looks

like a saw)

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She blew and blew and blew; it went BANG!

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Patio time…

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The kitchen

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Linda & KL Reed, Shell, WY came to visit

KL worked on the motor cycles and got them running!

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Wesley and Kailey had a great time getting to

know Linda’s dog, Tiger & Annie

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We had lots of just ‘hang out’ time.

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Walkers and wheel chairs

Phyllis fell into a friends sunken living room and broke her leg – cast for 3 months!

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The Pogo Stick

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Melanie sent some horse pictures from Billings, a

reminder of home.

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Alysa, Amy & Billy Benkovich’s daughter

Garrett on the court

Some of the extended

family (Benkovich &

Sammons)

Garrett & Chase

Chase, Garrett, Blair

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Eating in and eating out

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Kailey does Grandpa’s nails!

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An evening on the patio.

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The

P-N

ut B

ike

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Taking out a sliver

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Grandpa fixes the Big Wheel for Kailey.

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Climbing on the Fort

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Coloring Easter eggs

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Running the radio controlled WHEEL.

Great fun!

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Winter activity!

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Grandpa’s new 4-Wheeler

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The piano gets

lots of use

when Steve and

Family come

Steve & family came to see Great Grandpa Hoff before he went home

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Playing Solitaire4+hours per day

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The computers always get lots of use

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Some good times

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Time to relax

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Back yard activity

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Wesley rides the tether ball pole

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The Barber Shop

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More back yard activity

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Around the house

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Stacy, Blair, Beth, Garrett, Debbie, Phyllis, Ray, Steve, (Front) Kailey, Felix, Wesley, Chase

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Grandpa Hoff leaves for Montana Friday April 19,

2002

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This set of pictures is laid out in Microsoft Power Point. The presentation is included in the original books on a CD. From the CD you can print a book, or select individual pictures for printing. Ray Sammons, 4/21/2002

The family tree - 2002:Felix (Great Grandpa) Hoff (87 years old)

Phyllis Hoff (Sammons) / Ray Sammons

Steve & Beth Sammons

Blair, Garrett, Chase

Stacy & Debbie Sammons

Wesley, Kailey

Melanie Hoff (Fisher) / Larry Fisher

Colleen Hoff (Peters)