Barbie and I are very blessed to have four sons and seven grandchildren. In birth order:

• Matt is a Regional Sales Manager for P&J Arcomet Crane Systems. He, Lila and Juliette live in Virginia.
• Wes is a helicopter pilot and part owner of a firm that does aerial vegetation control. (They trim trees using helicopters.) Together he, Brooke and Victor live in North Carolina.
• Karl is an attending anesthesiologist at the University of Kentucky and lives in Lexington with his wife Erin along with James, Emily and Ian.
• Chris is an on-site Project Quality Assurance Manager for Clark Construction. Chris, Rachel and Hunter live in California.

Coincidentally, like Rick, Matt, Karl and Chris are Navy veterans. Chris is still serving in the Reserves.