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2009 and long before

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    Colton's at it again.
    This time he's climbing the walls
    like Spiderman. Next: swinging on
    web fibers between buildings
    No kidding - Watch the video! 

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    Another BULLETIN - JUST IN
    Jackie's drama team takes home FIRST PLACE
    It was Shakespeare - Jackie played Ophelia
    On May 2 - Jackie goes to Hollywood - REALLY!
     
         
     
    BULLETIN - JUST IN
    Marshall's Original Science Project
    WINS FIRST PLACE for grades 3, 4 and 5
    in the Annual Countywide Science Fair
     
         
     
    Some scenes from Kauai at Christmas
    2009 AND Marty Opens her 10 Year
    Old Time Capsule with Family Letters
     
         
    While Sheri toils on a project deadline, Jackie
    and Colton battle in the snow near Palm Springs
    witnessed by Brian and Grandma Jean
       
         
     
    David and Lori celebrate their somewhat
    Empty Nest era with a very special
    Nov/Dec 2009 in New York and Hillsborough
    with Jason and Peter
     
         
     
     
         


    <<--2009 Family Christmas Cards
     
       
         
     


    Things Are Happenin'
    An UpDate from Carlsbad
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    Hey, Look Folks
    Another Fascinating
    Cataract Surgery Adventure
    This Page Optional - (NOT Required!)
       
         
         
    A Great Winter Holiday
    Thanksgiving 2009 with
    Nelson, Denise and Jamie
    at Lake Tahoe / Incline
       
         
         
    Lot's of Events in October/November and a picture
    catch-up page becomes necessary. Starting with Colton
    at Halloween and then Grampaw Bob's tour of Kauai we
    come up with a lot to look at in November, 2009.
         
         
    Jackie and Grampaw Bob have their similar birthdays.
    Grampaw got some special attention due to his advanced
    condition - Turning 80 - some kind of landmark.
    So there was a gathering in Carlsbad - and - here 'tis.
       
         
         
    Bob and Sam take an unforgettable
    flight around the Garden Isle. Here are a
    few fabulous pictures by Sam
         
     
    The First of Many Pages from
    Steve & Julie - First to Visit Marty
    at Mt. Holyoke - then Boston, NYC,
    The Wine Country and Auburn,CA
     
         
    Weekend Off for Carlsbad
    Soccer Champs so the Girls
    Go Camping in a Fabulous Park
       
         
    Mitzi Gaynor...1958 Star of the smash
    movie,
    South Pacific, appears with the
    Kauai
    Dinner Theatre Cast at the new
    St. Regis
    Resort and - Steve Reports -
    Some Enchanted Evening
    Brings Down the House
       

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    Grampaw Bob Has Successful
    Catarac Surgery - Ronnie is Guardian
    And Photo Journalist
       
         
    Peter's Sendoff - So Long for Awhile
    Flies the Pond! Lands in Britain
    Moves In
    - Says He Likes It !
       
         
         
    Marty and Julie Arrive at Mt. Holyoke
    Marty Moves into Dorm with Julie's Help
    Julie Returns Home - Marty Sends Pictures
       
         
         
    Here's the Whitney Family of the 1920's to 40's. Meet a
    patriarch, Franklin H. Whitney, Sr., who is Great, Great,
    Great, Grandfather to Jason, Peter, Martha, Jamie,
    Sam, Jackie, Marshal and Colton (and many, many others).
    Meet him and forty or
    so other Whitneys who lived
    their lives back then.
       
         
    Jackie's soccer team holds soccer practice
    at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, CA.
    It was a grueling practice, and here
    are the photos to prove it: ;-) ...Brian
       
         
    Martha Whitney graduates from
    Island School on Kauai with multiple
    honors and acheives early acceptance
    to Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts
       
         
    Peter Whitney graduates from Junipero
    Serra High School in San Mateo, CA with
    multiple honors and acheives early acceptance
    to Cambridge University in Cambridge, England
       
         
    Our very own Green Belt Warrior
    Colton takes a 3 Hour Test to earn
    his Green Belt (6th Gup) in Carlsbad
       
         
    Must be Spring is about to be Sprung.
    Colton's Cub Scout troop holds a Cub Scout
    shindig at the beach - and the whole family gets to
    enjoy the event. Here's the proof.
       
         
    Seems impossible but Flo is now 80 and her
    birthday celebration in Roseville was a
    great family party. Here are all of the pictures
    taken by David
       
         
    Denise's School Band Stars in a Fundraising
    Telecast For Fremont School Music
    Right Off the Web and Into The Family Album
       
         
     OH NO ! Not That Thing Again    
         
    Time to Move UP from
    8 to 9 - Colton Gets Another Year and
    Grandma Flies Down to Help!
       
         
    Marshall and his classmates from 3rd
    grade in 2008 star in this video produced
    by Russell at Chicago Park School
       
         
    JASON IS 20 ! We celebrate with
    some videos that capture Jason's
    earliest adventures and support.
       
         
    Here's the story of a bunch of
    old disc jockies in the winter of 2009
    and where not to go - to get warm
       
         
     You Gotta See This !!!    
         
    Disters Spend Christmas 2008
    Visiting the Kauai Whitneys
    on the Garden Isle
       
         
     Guess Who Got Some Hamsters    
         
    If there had been an internet and
    a Whitney/Dister Family Album
    a hundred or so Years Ago
       
         
    PETER GETS AN OFFER
    FROM CAMBRIDGE
       
         
    Peter and David Home From
    Interviews at Cambridge, England
       
         
    Pictures Stolen From Julie on FaceBook.com
    (with her permission, of course)
       
         
    Grampaw and Camera Go Calling to
    San Diego, Arizona and Kauai and it
    All Turns into a SUPER ADVENTURE
       
         
    Big Reunion of Whitney Clan
    in Hillsborough - October 11, 2008
    After Marty's Nationwide College Tour
       
         
    How could it be time to begin a new school year?
    Well, It Is... Here's the tradition we do every year:
    Colton's First Day of School.
       
         
    Grabbag - Here are a dozen random family
    pictures from the past - some of Grampaw's favorites.
    You may never have seen them before!
       
         
    Who is that Daring Rock Climbin Devil?
    A clue: he's one of those Carlsbadians - AND
    Wait 'til you see Jackie's winning soccer story.
    WOW! (08-11-08)
       
         

    In Paris for a week and behaving like natives,
    the guys are having a super time. 20 more great
    photos from David prove it. Make sure you
    play the video so you can hear how fluidly
    some of them mostly do the French.
       
         
    JUST IN - WE TAKE YOU NOW TO PARIS
    If you were impressed with those shots from
    England - wait 'til you see France - with video yet!
       
       
    August 3, 2008 - Absolutely SMASHING shots
    of Dave, Lori Jason and Peter touring England.
    More to come from Paris - stay tuned.
       
         
    In Early July, the Dister clan visited Marshall's
    new resort in Chicago Park and got to swim in
    the new pool and spa. Four minutes of raw video.
       
         
    Great Uncle Don Bruce marries his Mary to
    get the Central Florida dance set on their feet.
    Here we see a fleeting moment of their joy.
       
         
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