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SITE
UPDATED: Jan 1, 2008
On August 5, 2006, tragically we lost our 3
year old grandson, Caden. Kim and I grieve for his
loss and for the relentless heartache that Chris and Carrie
live with. We have faith that God is now Caden's
keeper and in time, the heavy aching burden will be lifted
from Chris and Carrie's hearts. Caden will forever
live and play in our hearts. If you would like to see
pictures of Caden, please click on his picture.
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Why Are We Doing This? |
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How We Got Here |
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We Will Miss Dad Hackl |
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 Welcome
to Don and Kim Simpson's very first web site. Admittedly,
much work is needed so stop by often and look for the
improvements and updates. Doing something like this
feels strangely narcissistic, but we hope this turns out to
be a good way for us to share with family and friends
events, both current and past, along with the pictures that
were taken along the way.
The site primarily contains family pictures of
Don & Kim, our kids,
Emerson and
Chris, and of course,
our grandchildren
 (sigh...really
feeling old!)
As we learn, we hope to add other features
and content to the site; constructive
suggestions are welcomed - YES REALLY!
J
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We found
our way to Nebraska courtesy of the U.S. Air Force.
Offutt Air Force Base was our twilight assignment in the
summer of 1995. When we showed up in Nebraska, it was
105 degrees with flies whose bite could draw blood. We
had heard the horror stories about the Midwest winters but,
we were quite unprepared for the extreme heat & carnivorous
flies.
Prior to our assignment to Offutt
AFB, Nebraska we had been in
Stuttgart, Germany for 4 years.
We were at
Patch Barracks
in Vaihingen
Germany where Kim was assigned to
Headquarters, US European Command &
Don worked for the US European
Command Flight Detachment
located at the Stuttgart
International airport. Kim worked
in the Intelligence directorate for
US EUCOM and Don did something with
UH1H helicopters.
Tell me more...
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 On
August 22, 2006, Dad (Ray) Hackl unexpectedly passed away in
Glendale, Arizona from a ruptured abdominal aorta; he was 86.
Ray was Don and Ray Simpson's step-father, married to our mother
Edna; for over 30 years. To view photos of Ray and mom as well
as other family photos click
here.
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More News |
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 Emerson
our oldest son and Kim Jr. have moved from Council
Bluffs and headed back to Dallas Texas, The Big D.
Actually they have moved to a small town east of
Dallas called Wyle Texas. They have bought a
new home there so it looks like they are going to
stay. Emer who works for Ford Financial closed
their operations here & Emerson has be reassigned to
the office in Irving Texas. Kim Jr. has also
found a job in Dallas and they both begin their new
jobs March 5th. The girls, Mercedes and
McKayla remained in Nebraska until the end of the
school year but have not rejoined mom and dad in
Texas. We hated to see them go but of course hope
that this works well for all. |
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Mom's New Crib |
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Mt Rushmore |
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In
November mom moved into her new place in Sun City West!
Ray and Ramona worked tirelessly to get mom moved out of her
old place in Glendale and into her new place. They got
the old place cleaned up and ready to sell. She has a
real nice place and most importantly, it is in a much SAFER
area and we are happy with that. If you want to see a
few pictures of her place, click on the link below:
MOM'S NEW CRIB |
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 On
the 14th of September we will make a short trip to
Mt. Rushmore! Both of us have always wanted to
go and finally we have decided it is time to finally
do it. We have been here in Nebraska for over
11 years and each year we have talked about going
but - well, you know the story... Anyway,
Rapid City is only about a days drive from here and
we are looking forward to seeing Rushmore and the
surrounding area of Deadwood and the Black Hills.
Check back in a couple of weeks and I should have
plenty pictures of dead presidents! |
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