Today is my (Wes) cousin Chris' birthday. While he is my cousin he is probably equal parts brother. He was born in 1976 so is about 6 months and 23 days older than I so he's been around as long as I have. His dad and mine own Gerbick Motors and their house was not even a quarter mile down the street from ours. Needless to say we have shared alot over 30+ years...and here are some highlights (most of these could probably be there own posts but alas......)
- legos...lots and lots of legos
- 4th grade - Sam Salvo..best teacher ever
- the rocket ship
- swing jumping contests (broken arm number 1)
- 'he's a wiffer' (as he launches a ball over my head in little league)
- RC cars
- Saturdays at the lot
- Thursdays at the auction
- the scooter (ask him about his knee)
- model rockets
- Europe (high school trip)
- Vegas vacation (getting thrown out of casino's in high school)
- Holiday Valley skiing
- Camp Burton
- Crawford Hall (lived in same building freshman year of college)
- Bryan Hall (lived together sophomore year)
- Halloween (ask him about the leisure suit)
- Statics
- just divide by PI (we're both engineers)
- Sr. Year spring break cruise
- Tiffany Lakes
Ever since we moved to Boise and he and Megan (his lovely wife) moved to Florida we don't see each other much more than once a year but it typically takes about 2 minutes for conversations to pick up where they left off. He may be family but he's also been a great friend to have for 30 some years so cheers to you Chris Gerbick.
FYI tomorrow I've got some great pictures of him to scan so stay tuned.
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