1988 at a glance

March - We celebrated Randy's birthday with my parents, and Pete helped his uncle blow out the candles.
Spring - party with the gang at Methodist!
May 6 - Mario arranged an appreciation dinner for the IT staff.  We had a private room at Port St. Louis and a great menu. 
The restaurant staff wanted to be sure we were happy with our meal, including the wine. For some reason they decided Randy was the person to approve the wine selection. He gladly tasted, and approved, the wine without mentioning that he was here as a guest, not as the host!

July 1 Friday - Lonnie, Chris and Brandi came to visit and stayed overnight.

July 2 Saturday - went out with Lonnie, Chris and Brandi to the local junk shops.  Then drove to Sherrard with Lonnie’s purchases.

July 3 Sunday - Went to Blackhawk park, had lunch, then returned to Alton.

July 7 Thursday - played tennis with Debbie.

July 9 Saturday - Tennis and swimming.

July 10 - Tennis.

July 11 - Tennis with Debbie.

July 12 Tuesday - pick up new car.

July 13 - Tennis with Debbie.

July 14 Thursday - pick up Mom.

July 15 Friday - Lonnie and Chris came down to visit.

July 16 Saturday - Went with Mom to Union Station and the Riverfront.

July 17 Sunday - Drove to Springfield (Old and New Salem), through the park and had a picnic with Mom and Dad. 

July 18 Monday - Tennis with Debbie.

July 19 Tuesday - Tennis with Debbie.  By now Randy was quit skinny!
July 21 Thursday - Tennis with Debbie.

July 23 Saturday - Drove to St. Louis to the Galleria Mall and Woodsmith Store.

July 24 Sunday - Went to the pool.

July 25 Monday - Tennis with Debbie.

July 30 Saturday - Dinner at 34th Aero Squadron restaurant. This is one of our favorite restaurants in St. Louis. It overlooks one of the runways and is themed with WWII memoriabilia. And the food is good, too!

August 4 Thursday - Happy hour for Suzanne.  Also bought a small refrigerator at Sam’s for Bradley college.

August 6 Saturday - Went to the Booth reunion with Mom and Dad. Later we drove to Sweet Springs to visit Grandma Mullineaux.

August 8 Monday - Tennis with Debbie.

August 9 - Tennis with Debbie.

August 11 Thursday - Tennis with Debbie.

August 13 Saturday - Party at Barb’s. This was with the group of people Randy worked with at Olin.

August 14 Sunday - Tennis and pool.

August 17 Wednesday - Saw Carousel at the Muny.