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SITE
UPDATED: Aug 12, 2007
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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Mt
Rushmore Trip |
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More News |
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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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E merson
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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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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