Monthly Archives: October 2020

This was a day I had dreamed of for a long long time. Today our first grandchild, Cody Danger Powers, was born! He came into the World at 12:39 pm weighing 7.1 pounds and is absolutely beautiful. Mother Hillary and baby are doing great. The next major challenge for Theo and I will be waiting until we can safely travel to meet him. Sadly, the way things are going it will likely be several months.

I know the big question on everyone’s mind will be how the heck did they come up with a middle name “Danger?” Well, when Ryan was working at Domaine Serene (a winery for those not wine savvy) a few years back he crawled into a grape crusher while it was still turned on. That can sort of kill you. So, they nicknamed him Danger. Apparently Ryan and Hillary thought this was a fun way to name Cody after his dad. So there you go.

Being the very proud newly minted grandfather that I am expect to see a lot of Cody going forward. Cheers!!

Every year at the end of October or early November we take a trip to Hood River to do a bit of wine tasting. While her birthday is actually October 4 we go at the end of October or early November because that is one of our clubs, Marchesi Vineyards, has their club release. We joined Marchesi’s club several ears ago because Theo loves their winery as well as their wines as a birthday gift. The previous year we also joined the club at Syncline because, well, we seemed to spend enough money there anyway to justify it. So we make sure to visit both when we go. Anyway, we look forward to the trip each year packing lunch and enjoying the day. Here are a few photos from the adventure.