Like most of you, my family is the most important thing in my life.  Without a loving wife and kids to be proud of and grandkids to dote over, most of the meaning of life, at least for me, would be lost. My wife Geri.  We met in the summer of 1959 at a street dance festival (Polka Days) in New Ulm, Minnesota.  I was a second year college student and Geri was a high school senior.  We have been married since February 16, 1963.  We lived in Rochester, MN until 1973 when we moved to Boca Raton, FL.  We have been in Charlotte, NC since 1984. Our son Chris and his wife Carrie and their son Gregory Paul.  Chris was born in 1967 when we were living in Rochester, MN.  Carrie and Chris were married on August 30, 2003. Chris is a SQL Server specialist at Microsoft and and Carrie is taking time off from her real estate career to raise Gregory. Our daughter Pam, her husband Chris, their daughter Stephanie and sons Sean and Daniel.  Pam was born in 1969, also in Rochester, MN.  She was married to Chris in 1993 in Charlotte, NC.  CT is a project manager for ARG Corp, a manufacturer of aluminum railing for commercial buildings. Pam works for Trinity Road, an on-line store for Catholic religious articles.