BUSTER BOY

I was delighted to get a call from dear son on February 6, 1986, telling me that a baby boy was born into the family, and his name would be Christopher Edward Allen Anderson (the middle names were his 2 grandfather's middle names)

Because the Anderson Family moved to Wisconsin, dear wife and I saw little of Buster Boy (my name for him), until our permanent move to the Midwest in July of 1990.

It didn't take long for the two of us to have a favorite hobby, and that was fishing - whether from an outboard motor, our canoe, or on the shore (including ice-fishing). We always had a bet (50 cents), for the "first fish caught, " or "most fish caught," and I ALWAYS Paid up!! It eventually came to me that Buster Boy was releasing and then catching that same fish, but, of course I had no proof of that. Ice-fishing was always a best time for togetherness. There is something special about being out in the middle of the lake, sun beaming down, and a perfect quietness surrounding us.

The winter sport of sledding was also great fun. I'll never forget the first time the family went night-sledding behind Crestwood School, on a full moon night - beautiful.

Time marched on, with the advent of T-BALL, SOCCER AND LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL - each a great learning, although sometimes, frustrating experience.

TBC