Beard Family Events, Trips &Vacations
Totals:
· Continents
(7) - 6
· Countries
(242) - 38
· U.S.
States (50) - 44
· Populated
U.S Territories including D.C. (6) - 3
2024
· August 16 – September 10 – 22-Night
Ultimate Iceland Greenland & Caribbean Cruise from Amsterdam, Netherlands
to Miami, Florida. This was the last 22 nights of the Ultimate World Cruise
(274 nights total) where about 600 cruisers sailed the full cruise around the
world. (Matt and Wanda)
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August
16 – fly from Houston (IAH) to Amsterdam (AMS)
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August
17-18 – check into the Movenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre, next to the
Amsterdam Cruise Port Terminal, for 2 nights.
Tour the city.
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August
19 – embarkation on the Serenade Of The Seas in Amsterdam.
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August
20-21 – at sea
o
August
22-23 – Reykjavik, Iceland
o
August
24 – at sea
o
August
25 – cruise Prince Christian Sund, Greenland
o
August
26 - Qaqortoq, Greenland
o
August
27 – at sea
o
August
28 – Nuuk, Greenland – could not tender due to heavy waves and wind, so did not
visit. They changed St. John’s, NF, Canada to another day and add Halifax, NB,
Canada as a port stop.
o
August
29 – at sea
· April 9 – May 9 – A 30-day trip to
England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and France (Matt)
o
April
9 – Fly from Houston, TX (IAH) to London, England (LHR).
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April
10 – arrived at Heathrow (LHR), took a taxi to Maidstone, England. Checked into the Premier Inn Maidstone Town
Centre hotel for 4 nights. Met up with
the NGFS members.
o
April
11-13 – toured around the Maidstone area with the NGFS group.
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April
14 – group moved to the Best Western Birmingham NEC Manor for 1 night. Group
toured in the Birmingham area.
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April
15-16 – group moved to the Premier Inn London St. Pancras for 2 nights. Group toured in central London.
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April
17 – flew from London Heathrow (LHR) to Dublin, Ireland (DUB). Checked into the Premier Inn Dublin City
Centre for 4 nights.
o
April
18 – toured in Dublin
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April
19 – toured in Dublin including doing a VIP tour at the Guinness Brewery
Dublin.
o
April
20 – toured in Dublin
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April
21 – rented a car from Dublin airport and drove to Waterford Marina Hotel in
Waterford, Ireland for 2 nights
o
April
22 – toured Waterford
o
April
23 – drove to Cork, Ireland and checked into the Commodore Hotel for 1
night. Did the Rock of Cashel on the
way. Toured Cork and did the Titanic
Experience Cobb.
o
April
24 – Drove to Blarney to do the Blarney Stone, then continued on to Killarney
to stay at the Killarney Court Hotel for 2 nights.
o
April
25 – toured Killarney, but did not do the Ring of Kerry due to a major storm
over the area with extremely high winds.
o
April
26 – drove to Dingle, Ireland and did the Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium and the
Gallarus Oratory and associated visitor center.
Drove to the Travelodge Limerick Castletroy for 1 night.
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April
27 – drove to the Cliffs Of Moher , then to Galway to tour the city and stopped
at the Galway Alantaqusria. Continued to
Cong, Ireland and checked into the
· February 2-4 – Mom Chow’s 80th
birthday celebration with all the Chow extended family. (Matt, Wanda, Courtney,
and Conner)
·
November 23-26 – Plano, TX – visiting Wanda’s
family. Stayed at the Residence Inn
Dallas Plano/Legacy (Matt and Conner)
·
September 27 – October 17 – trip to WDW and
cruise on Mariner Of The Seas
o
September 17 – spent night at Holiday Inn
Express & Suites Crestview I-10 in Crestview, FL. (Matt and Wanda)
o
September 28 – arrived at WDW and stayed at
Disney’s Old Key West Resort for the night
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September 29 – October 7 on an 8-night Bermuda
& Perfect Day cruise roundtrip from Port Canaveral, FL
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September 29 – drove to Port Canaveral, FL and
parked the car; boarded the Mariner Of The Seas.
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September 30 – October 1 – sea days
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October 2-3 – Royal Naval Dockyard, West End,
Bermuda
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October 4 – sea day
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October 5 – Nassau, Bahamas
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October 6 – Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas
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October 7 – disembarkation at Port Canaveral,
FL. Drove back to WDW and checked into Disney’s
Animal Kingdom Villas Kadani for one night.
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October 8-15 – WDW and Disney’s Boardwalk Villas
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October 16 – drove to the Candlewood Suites
Slidell Northshore in Slidell, LA; visited Matt’s mother.
§
October 17 - home
·
July 6-22:
Trip to cruise in Alaska (Matt and Wanda)
o
July 6 – fly from Houston, TX (IAH) to
Vancouver, BC, Canada and checked in to the Pan Pacific Vancouver at Canada
Place which is part of the cruise port terminal.
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July 7-14: 7-night Northbound Glacier cruise on
the Celebrity Millennium
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July 7: Vancouver - board the Celebrity
Millennium
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July 8: cruise the Inside Passage, AK
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July 9: Ketchikan, AK
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July 10: Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), AK
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July 11: Juneau, AK
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July 12: Skagway, AK
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July 13: cruise Hubbard Glacier, AK
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July 14: disembarkation in Seward, AK, Celebrity
transfer to Anchorage at the Dena ‘Ina Civic & Convention Center; spent
night at the Clarion Suites Anchorage Downtown
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July 15-22: 7-night Voyage of the Glaciers with
Glacier Bay Southbound cruise on the Majestic Princess
§
July 15: Anchorage, AK – Princess transfer from
the Egan Center to Whittier, AK for boarding on the Majestic Princess
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July 16: cruise Hubbard Glacier
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July 17: cruise Glacier Bay
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July 18: Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), AK
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July 19: Juneau, AK
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July 20: Ketchikan, AK
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July 21: at sea
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July 22: disembark in Vancouver, BC at the
cruise port terminal in Canada Place.
Rented car for the day at Vancouver airport. Flew from Vancouver to
Houston, TX (IAH)
·
May 16-19: Trip to Plano, TX to see Wanda’s
mother, sisters, and their families (Matt & Wanda)
o
May 19
§
stopped in Terrell at Buc-ee’s and met Buc-ee
§
stopped in Nacogdoches to eat lunch at the Be
Blessed BBQ food trailer to try their Texas Landsides (beef brisket with
PB&J)
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April 21-29: Trip to Disneyworld (Matt &
Lisa)
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April 21: Drive to MS, pickup Lisa, continue to
Crestview, FL
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April 22: Drive to Disney Springs area in Lake
Buena Vista, FL
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April 23-25: Disney’s Star Wars Galactic Star
Cruiser Halcyon
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April 25-28: Disney’s Old Key West
§
Olivia’s Cafe
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April 28: drive to Picayune, MS to drop Lisa
back home.
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April 29: visit Mom and drive home to Houston.
·
March 17-19: Jordan Jong’s wedding in Houston
(family stayed at Homewood Suites Galleria)
·
February 26 – March 5: 7-night Western Caribbean
cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas (Matt and Wanda)
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February 26: Sail from Galveston, TX
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March 1: Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands,
Honduras
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March 2: Costa Maya, Mexico (did not dock due to
high winds and waves)
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March 3: Cozumel, Mexico
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March 5: return to Galveston, TX
2022
- December
26-28: Trip to Plano, TX to visit family (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- November
19: Sugar Land, Texas – saw Greg
Gutfield with Tom Shillue and Kat Timpf at the Smart Financial Centre
(Matt and Wanda)
- October
13-31: Trip to Miami, FL and Walt Disney World (Matt & Wanda)
- October 13: drive to Picayune,
visit Mom, stop in Crestview, FL
- October 14: drive to Miami, FL
- October 15-20: 5-night Western
Caribbean roundtrip cruise on the Disney Dream
- October 15: sail away from
Miami, FL
- October 17: George Town,
Grand Cayman
- October 19: Castaway Cay,
Bahamas
- October 20: return to Miami,
FL
- October 20-30: Disneyworld –
Food & Wine Festival (Boardwalk Villas)
- October 30-31: drive to
Crestview, FL and home to Houston
- July
26 - August 1: National Grigsby Family Society (NGFS) triennial reunion
- July 26: Forrest City, AR
- July 27-31: Santa Claus, IN at
the Santa’s Lodge
- July 31 – August 1:
Montgomery, AL
- Stopped in Wetumpka, AL for
pictures (Home Town on HGTV)
- July
16-18: Trip to Plano, TX to visit family.
- June
2-4: Picayune, Mississippi (Matt) to visit Mom and see Lisa & Scott
- April
25 – May 4: Hawaii – islands of Oahu and the Big Island (Matt and Wanda)
- April 25: fly from Houston to
Kailua-Kona via Honolulu
- April 25 – May 1: Kailua-Kona,
Big Island, HI
- April 26: Mauna Kea, Big
Island, HI (state high point #21)
- May 1: fly from Kailua-Kona to
Honolulu
- May 1-3: Kapolei, Oahu, HI
- Aulani, A Disney Resort &
Spa
- Pearl Harbor National
Memorial
- May 3-4: fly from Honolulu to
Houston
- December
26-28: Plano, TX – visit with family (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- November
3-19: 14-night Panama Canal cruise from San Diego, California to
Galveston, Texas (Matt and Wanda)
- November 3: fly Houston to San
Diego
- November 5: depart San Diego
on the Disney Wonder
- November 7: Cabo San Lucas,
Baja California Sur, Mexico
- November 8: Puerto Vallarta,
Jalisco, Mexico
- November 13: Panama Canal
crossing
- November 14: Cartagena,
Bolivar, Columbia
- November 17: San Miguel de
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- May 8: disembark the Disney
Wonder in Galveston, Texas; picked up by Conner
- October
5-8: Mississippi (Matt)
- October 5 – Gulfport, MS
(hotel full in Picayune)
- October 6-8 – Picayune, MS
- October 6 – visit Mom
- October 7:
- day trip to Laurel, MS to
see locations from the HGTV series Home Town
- Poplarville,
MS – homecoming for Pearl River Community College with Scott and Lisa;
saw Aly while there
- July 30
– August 1: Plano, TX – visit with family (Matt and Wanda)
- May
27-31: Picayune, Mississippi (Matt) for Aly’s Pearl River Central High
School graduation
- May 28
– Aly’s graduation ceremony at PRC in Carriere, MS
- May 29
– Aly’s graduation party
- April
26 - May 5: Trip with stops in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas
(Matt and Wanda)
- April
26: visit inside with Mom and eat supper with Scott & Lisa in
Picayune, MS; stay in Laurel, MS
- April
27: eat lunch with Adam & Christian in Birmingham, AL; arrive in
Pigeon Forge, TN
- April
27 – May 2: Pigeon Forge, TN
- April
28: Dollywood
- April
29: Great Smokey Mountains National Park
- April
30: Dollywood
- May
1: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, TN and Davy
Crockett Birthplace State Park in Limestone, TN
- May
2-4: Nashville, TN
- May
3: Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
- May 4:
Texarkana, TX
- January
11-20: Walt Disney World Resort, Florida (Matt and Wanda)
- January 11: Picayune, MS -
stopped for a window visit with Matt's mother; stay in Crestview, FL
- January 12-14: Disney’s Grand
Floridian Resort
- January 14-19: Disney’s
Polynesian Village Resort
- January 19: Picayune, MS
2020
- December
17: Moody Gardens’ Festival of Lights (Matt and Wanda)
- October
12-25: Trip with stops in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Colorado (Matt and Wanda)
- October 12: Plano, TX - stay
with family
- October 13: Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
- October 14: Sioux City, Iowa
- October 15: Hawkeye Point,
Iowa (state high point #18)
- October 15: Sioux Falls, South
Dakota
- October 15-16: Fargo, North
Dakota
- October 16: Moorehead,
Minnesota
- October 17: Jamestown, North
Dakota
- October 17-18: Bismarck, North
Dakota
- October 18: Douglas, North
Dakota
- October 19: Dickinson, North
Dakota
- October 19: Medora, North
Dakota
- October 20: Regent, North
Dakota (Enchanted Highway)
- October 20: Pierre, South
Dakota
- October 21: Phillip, South
Dakota
- October 21: Wall, South Dakota
- October 21-22: Rapid City,
South Dakota
- October 23: Panorama Point,
Nebraska (state high point #19)
- October 23: Limon, Colorado
- October 24: Mount Sunflower,
Kansas (state high point #20)
- October 24: Kit Carson,
Colorado
- October 24: Childress, Texas
- July
1-14: Picayune, Mississippi - stay with Mom (Matt)
2019
- December 16-21: Walt
Disney World Resort, Florida (Matt and Wanda)
- Dropped
Mom off in Mississippi and continued to WDW with overnight stop in
Crestview, FL on the way and in Mobile, AL on the way back.
- No
park visits - visited each Disney resort to view Christmas decorations.
- First
stop at Buc-ee's in Robertsdale, AL
- December 6: Houston,
Texas - An Evening with Jay Leno at Jones Hall for the
Performing Arts (Matt and Wanda)
- November 6-7: Picayune,
Mississippi (Matt)
- trip
to pick up Mom and bring her back to Houston
- October 22-29: Las
Vegas, NV for NGFS Board of Directors meeting (Matt)
- October
22: Van Horn, Texas
- October
23: Casa Grande, Arizona
- October
24-26: Las Vegas, Nevada
- October
27: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- October
28 Abilene, Texas with a stop at Fort Sumner, NM for Billy The Kid Museum
and gravesite
- July 18-21: Picayune,
Mississippi to stay with Mom for a few days (Matt)
- June 11-14: Chicago,
Illinois to attend an event and sightsee (Matt and Wanda)
- June 7-9: Picayune,
Mississippi for 40th high school reunion and to watch Matt's niece, Aly
Klingenberger, dance with the Center Stage School of Dance (Matt)
- March 19 - April 7:
Australia and New Zealand (Matt and Wanda)
- March
19-20: traveling to Australia
- March
21-26: Sydney and Blue Mountains, North South Wales, Australia
- March
27: Hunter Valley, North South Wales, Australia
- March
28: Surfers Paradise, North South Wales, Australia
- March
29-April 1: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- April
2: Cobar, North South Wales, Australia
- April
3-5: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- April
6-7: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- April
8: Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia
- April
9: Sydney, North South Wales, Australia
- April
10-12: Wellington, New Zealand
- April
13-14: Rotorua, New Zealand
- April
15: Auckland, New Zealand
- April
16: Sydney, North South Wales, Australia
- April
17: traveling home
- March 16: Sugar Land, TX
- Madea's Farewell Party Tour at the Smart Financial
Centre (Matt and Wanda)
2018
- December 29-31:
Picayune, Mississippi to take Mom back home (Matt and Diane)
- November 4-12: Walt
Disney World Resort, Florida (Matt and Wanda)
- Pick
up Mom (Diane) in Picayune on the drive back home for an extended visit
- October 28: Houston, TX
- The Wiz at the Hobby Center (Matt and Wanda)
- October 20-23:
Minneapolis, Minnesota for the Phil Collins concert with day trip into
Wisconsin (Matt and Wanda)
- October 2-10: Las Vegas,
Nevada for NGFS Board of Directors meeting; driving through Texas, New
Mexico, Florida, and Nevada (Matt)
- October
2: Fort Stockton, Texas
- October
3: Tucson, Arizona
- October
4: Henderson, Nevada
- October
5-7: Las Vegas, Nevada
- October
8: Grants, New Mexico
- October
9: Snyder, Texas
- September 18-20:
Picayune, Mississippi (Matt)
- August 24-26: Plano,
Texas to see family (Matt and Wanda)
- July 13-16: Picayune,
Mississippi for Cayson's 2nd birthday party and visit family (Matt)
- April 11-21: 12-day trip
for Matt and Scott's birthdays, spend time at WDW with Lisa and Scott, and
do a couple of state high points (Matt and Wanda)
o April
11: Picayune, Mississippi to visit Mom
o April
12-16: Walt Disney World and The Eagles / Jimmy Buffett concerts with Lisa and
Scott
o April
16: Daytona Beach, Florida
o April
16-18: Savannah, Georgia
§ Paula
Dean's restaurant - The Lady and Sons
o April
18: Sassafras Mountain, SC (high point #16)
o April
18-19: Hiawassee, Georgia
o April
19: Brasstown Bald, GA (high point #17)
o April
19-20: Atlanta, Georgia
§ Jimmy
Carter Presidential Library
o April
20-21: Mobile, Alabama
· January
8-9: Frisco, Texas for an event (Matt)
2017
- December 26-28: Plano,
Texas to see family (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- November 4-14: Walt
Disney World Resort, Florida (Matt and Wanda)
- October 31: Houston,
Texas seeing Escape To Margaritaville at Hobby Center (Matt and Wanda)
- October 15-26: Picayune,
Mississippi for Mom's second surgery and recovery (Matt)
- October 3-8: Branson,
Missouri for NGFS Board of Directors meeting and seeing several shows
(Matt and Wanda)
- October
4 - Jim Stafford at the Jim Stafford Theatre
- October
7 - Moses at the Sight and Sound Theater
- October
7 - Dolly Parton's Stampede
- September 17-27:
Picayune, Mississippi for Mom's first surgery and recovery (Matt)
- August 16-18: Picayune,
Mississippi taking Mom to appointments (Matt)
- July 1-8: Picayune,
Mississippi to stay with Mom a week including a day in Mobile, Alabama
visiting Adam and family (Matt)
- April 21-May 20:
16-night transatlantic cruise from Miami to Rome (Civitavecchia) with 2
weeks in Italy (Matt and Wanda)
- April
21: fly Houston to Miami
- April
22: depart Miami on the Celebrity Reflection
- April
30: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Africa)
- May 2:
Malaga, Spain
- May 3:
Cartagena, Spain
- May
4-5: Barcelona, Spain
- May 6:
Villefranche and Nice, Fance
- May 7:
Livorno and Pisa, Italy
- May 8:
disembark the Celebrity Reflection in Civitavecchia, Italy; train to
Florence, Italy
- May
8-11: Florence, Italy
- May
11-15: Venice, Italy
- May
12: Murano, Italy
- May
14: Burano, Italy
- May
15-19: Rome, Italy
- May
16: Vatican City
- May
18: Naples and Pompeii, Italy
- May
19-20: fly from Rome, Italy to Houston, Texas via Chicago, IL
- March 7: Austin, Texas
for Cindy Owen's birthday party (Matt)
- February 7-23: New
Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas (Matt and Wanda)
- February
7-8: Andrews, Texas
- February
8-9: Roswell, New Mexico
- February
9: Capitan, New Mexico (Smokey Bear Historical Park)
- February
9-10: Williams, Arizona
- February
10-17: Los Angeles, California
- Universal
Studios
- Disneyland
Resort
- Presidential
Libraries - Reagan and Nixon
- February
17-20: Las Vegas, Nevada
- February
17 - George Strait concert at T-Mobile Arena
- February
20-22: Santa Fe, New Mexico
- February
22-23: Abilene, Texas
- February
23: Waco, Texas
2016
- December 26-29: Plano,
Texas visiting relatives (Matt and Wanda)
- December 12-17: Walt
Disney World Resort and Gulf Shores, Alabama (Matt and Wanda)
- December 12: took Mom
back home to Picayune, Mississippi (Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- November 6: picked up
Mom in Picayune, Mississippi for a visit (Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- October 29-November 6:
Walt Disney World Resort and Titusville, Florida (Matt and Wanda)
- October 18-21: Las
Vegas, Nevada (Matt and Wanda)
- October
19 - Rolling Stones at T-Mobile Arena (cancelled)
- October
19 - Britney Spears at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood
- October
20 - Blue Man Group at the Luxor Hotel
- October 5-16: Arkansas,
Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West
Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas (Matt with Wanda joining in FL and
Scott meeting us in MS)
- October
5: Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, MO (high point #7)
- October
6: Lincoln State Park and Santa Claus, IN
- October
6: Hoosier Hill, IN (high point #8)
- October
6: Campbell, Hill, OH (high point #9)
- October
7-9: NGFS Board meeting in Cleveland, OH
- October
9: Mount Davis, PA (high point #10)
- October
9: Hoye-Crest / Backbone Mountain, MD (high point #11)
- October
9: Spruce Knob, WV (high point #12)
- October
10: Black Mountain, KY (high point #13)
- October
11: Clingmans Dome, TN (high point #14)
- October
11: Mount Mitchell, NC (high point #15)
- October
12-15: Walt Disney World Resort (Matt and Wanda)
- October
15-16: Ocean Springs, MS
- The
Shed BBQ and Blues Joint (Matt, Wanda, and Scott)
- September 3-10 :7 day
cruise on the Carnival Freedom out of Galveston (Matt and Wanda)
- September
5: Puerta Maya, Cozumel, Mexico
- September
6: Belize City, Belize
- September
7: Isla De Roatan, Honduras
- May 13-20: Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas - state high points for LA & AR, visit
relatives in Carriere, Lake Village, and Plano (Matt and Wanda)
- May
13-16: Carriere, MS visiting relatives; AA minor league baseball game in
Biloxi, MS
- May
16: Willie's Duck Diner, West Monroe, LA
- May
16: Driskill Mountain, Louisiana - Louisiana's State High Point (high
point #5 - Matt; high point #1 - Wanda) at 535 feet
- May
16: Lake Providence, LA - visiting relatives; take Lillian Jong to Plano
with us
- May
17: Signal Hill, Mt. Magazine State Park, AR - Arkansas's State High
Point (high point #6 - Matt) at 2,753 feet
- May
17-20: Plano, TX visiting relatives; George W. Bush Presidential Library
and Museum
- April 17: Galveston, TX
- Robert Irvine Live show and VIP tasting experience at the Grand 1984
Opera House (Matt and Wanda)
- January 27 - February 6:
cruise on the Carnival Triumph from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Galveston, TX
(Matt and Wanda)
- January
27 - San Juan, Puerto Rico
- January
28 - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
- January
29 - Basseterre, St. Kitts
- January
30 - Philipsburgh, St. Maarten
- January
31 - St. Johns, Antigua
- February
2 - Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos
- February
3 - Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
- Feburary
6 - Galveston, TX
- January 16-27:
cruise on the Carnival Triumph from Galveston, TX to San Juan, Puerto Rico
(Matt and Wanda)
- January
16 - Galveston, TX
- January
19 - George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- January
21 - Oranjestad, Aruba (South America)
- January
22 - Kralendij, Bonaire (South America)
- January
24 - St. George's, Grenada
- January
25 - Martinique, West Indies
- January
26 - Philipsburgh, St. Maarten
- January
27 - San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015
- December 25-27: Plano,
TX - visit relatives (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- December 10: Houston, TX
- A Christmas Story at the Hobby Center (Matt, Wanda,
and Diane)
- November 5-8: Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee (Matt)
- November
5: Britton Hill, Lakewood Park, Florida - Florida's State High Point
(high point #2) at 345 feet
- November
6: Cheaha Mountain, Cheaha State Park, Alabama - Alabama's State High
Point (high point #3) at 2,407 feet
- November
6: Woodall Mountain, Iuka, Mississippi - Mississippi's State High Point
(high point #4) at 806 feet
- November
6-8: Commodore Hotel & Cafe, Linden, Tennessee for NGFS board meeting
- October 12-14: Van Horn,
TX - hiked to the peak of Guadalupe Peak on 10/13/15 which is Texas' State
High Point (high point #1) at 8,750 feet / 4.2 miles each way / 3,000 feet
elevation change (Matt)
- August 16-17: Austin, TX
- ate at Second Bar + Kitchen and saw 3 concerts at the Austin City Limits
(Matt and Wanda)
- June 27-29: Plano, TX -
visit relatives (Matt and Wanda)
- May 8-11: Picayune, MS -
visit for Mother's Day weekend (Matt)
- April 12-23: Honolulu,
HI - vacation in Hawaii on the islands of Oahu and Maui (Matt and Wanda)
- March 11-16: Orlando, FL
- drive to/from WDW for Spring Training Baseball games; first DVC stay
(Matt and Wanda)
- January 25-29:
Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- January 4-9: Titusville,
FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
2014
- December
26-28: Plano, TX - visit relatives (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- December
7-9: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- November
2-7: Orlando and Titusville, FL - drive a Ferrari 430
Scuderia on Sunday at WDW and work in Titusville the rest of
week (Matt)
- October
10-19: Orlando, FL - WDW for the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival (Matt
and Wanda)
- October
3-10: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville and a couple of visits in the
evening to WDW (Matt)
- September
8-13: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- August
8-10: Plano, TX - visit relatives (Matt and Wanda)
- August
3-7: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- June 29
- July 3: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- June
22: Houston, TX - The Little Mermaid at the Hobby
Center (Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- May
17 - June 8: vacation at WDW (EPCOT Internation Flower & Garden
Festival) in Orlando, FL; cruise from Port Canaveral, FL to
Barcelona, Spain; Madrid, Spain; London, England (Matt and Wanda)
- Port
Canaveral, Florida
- Castaway
Cay, Bahamas
- Funchal,
Madeira, Portugal (Africa)
- Malaga,
Spain
- Barcelona,
Spain
- Madrid,
Spain
- Lisbon,
Portugal
- London,
England
- Houston,Texas
- May
11-14: Titusville and Orlando, FL - work in Titusville; WDW (EPCOT
Internation Flower & Garden Festival) on Sunday (Matt)
- April
6-11: Titusville and Orlando, FL - work in Titusville; WDW (EPCOT
Internation Flower & Garden Festival) on Sunday (Matt)
- March
4-9: Titusville and Orlando, FL - work in Titusville; EPCOT (EPCOT
Internation Flower & Garden Festival) and Astros' spring training
game on weekend (Matt)
- February
20 - Tennis Match featuring Aggassi, Blake, Courier, and Roddick at the
Toyota Center (Matt, Wanda, Courtney, and Conner)
- February
15-16: Plano, TX - 80th birthday party for Mom Chow (Matt, Wanda,
Courtney, Conner)
- February
2-7: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- January
24-25: Austin, TX - Courney's graduation from Le Cordon Bleu (Matt, Wanda,
Courtney, Conner)
- January
5-10: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville; met Lisa and John Klingenber at
WDW on Wednesday evening for supper (Matt)
2013
- December
27-29: Plano, TX - visit relatives (Matt and Wanda)
- December
10-13: Titusville, FL - Sunday at WDW and work in Titusville (Matt)
- December
2-7: Las Vegas, NV - training classes in CSAM & CMAM (Matt)
- November
3-8: Titusville, FL - work in Titusville; WDW in evenings for concerts
(Matt)
- October
18 - November 3: vacation in Orlando, Miami, Key West, and Everglades
National Park, FL - start & end at WDW for Food
& Wine Festival (Matt and Wanda)
- October
11-13: Nashville, TN - NGFS Board of Directors meeting (Matt)
- September
29 - October 4: Orlando and Titusville, FL - Sunday at WDW, work in
Titusville during the week (Matt)
- August
25-30: Orlando and Titusville, FL - Sunday at WDW , work in Titusville
during the week (Matt)
- August
9-11: Plano, TX - visit relatives (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- July
28-30: Orlando and Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- July
10-12: Orlando and Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- June
4-7: Orlando and Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- May
6-9: Orlando and Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- April
24-26: Orlando and Titusville, FL - work in Titusville (Matt)
- March
31- April 5: Orlando and Titusville, FL - saw Brandon Johnson (saw My Yard
Goes Disney) at Flower & Garden Show at WDW and worked in Titusville
during week (Matt)
- March
18-23: Orlando and Titusville, FL - work during the week in Titusville and
visit WDW for The Guess Who performance and see Astros vs Braves in Spring
Training (Matt)
- February
9-15: Galveston, Texas - Cruise on Disney Magic to Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands and Cozumel, Mexico (Matt and Wanda)
- January
: Austin, Texas - drop Conner off at UT (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- January
: Austin, Texas - move Courtney to new apartment (Matt, Wanda, Courtney,
and Conner)
2012
- December
14: Houston, Texas - Peter Pan at the Hobby Center
(Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- November
24: Houston, Texas - Houston Zoological Gardens (Matt, Lisa, Aly, and
Diane)
- October
20-26: Orlando, Kennedy Space Center, and Titusville, FL - Gartner
Symposium at Walt Disney World, Food & Wine Festival at
DisneyWorld, and work (Matt and Lisa)
- September
29: Houston, Texas - Beauty And The Beast at the Hobby
Center (Matt, Wanda, Courtney, and Conner)
- September
7-23: Seattle, Vancouver, Denver, Mt. Rushmore, and Yellowstone (Matt
and Wanda)
- August
26: Austin, Texas - eat lunch with Erin at Chili's (Matt, Wanda, Conner,
and Erin)
- August
25-26: Austin, Texas - take Conner to UT for fall semester (Matt, Wanda,
and Conner)
- August
4: Houston, Texas - The Lion King at the Hobby Center
(Matt, Wanda, Courtney, Conner, Diane, Laura, and Katherine)
- July
29: Houston, Texas - The 1941 Air Terminal Museum (Matt, Wanda, Diane, and
Laura)
- July
21: Galveston, Texas - Moody Gardens' Aquarium and Rainforest Pyramids
(Matt, Diane, and Laura)
- June
11-20: Sydney, Australia (Courtney)
- May
20-24: Titusville and Kennedy Space Center, FL for work and an evening at
Walt DisneyWorld (Matt)
- May 15:
Austin, Texas - pick up Conner at UT with a stop at Kreuz Market in
Lockhart (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- April
14: College Station, Texas - George Bush Library and Museum (Matt, Wanda,
and Diane)
- March
24: Houston, Texas - Annie at the Hobby Center (Matt
and Wanda)
- January
26-30: Galveston, Texas - Cruise on Carnival Triumph to Cozumel, Mexico
(Matt and Wanda)
- January
22: Houston, Texas - The Toxic Avenger at the Alley
Theater (Matt and Wanda)
- January
16: Austin, Texas - drop Conner off at UT with a stop at Stubb's BBQ (Matt
and Conner)
2011
- Decenber
26-28: Plano, Texas - visit relatives (Matt, Wanda, Courtney, and Conner)
- December
14: Austin, Texas - pick Conner up at UT with a stop at Kreuz Market in
Lockhart (Matt and Conner)
- December
10: Houston, Texas - A Christmas Carol play at the
Alley Theater (Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- December
1: Houston, Texas - Cirque Du Soleil's Dralion at the
Toyota Center (Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- November
24: Beaumont, Texas - Thanksgiving meal with Mike and his family (Matt,
Wanda, Courtney, Conner, and Diane)
- November
4: Houston, Texas - Feast With The Beasts at the
Houston Zoo (Matt and Wanda)
- November
1-4: Titusville and Kennedy Space Center, Florida for work (Matt)
- October
29: Santa Fe, Texas - Haak Winery (Matt with friends)
- October
5-22: Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City, Canada (Matt
and Wanda)
- September
18: Houston, Texas - Metropolitan Cooking & Entertainment
Show with Paula Dean at Reliant Center (Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- August
20-21: Austin, Texas - take Conner back to UT (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- August
12-14: Mississippi and Louisana - take Mom back home, Baton Rouge Zoo
(Matt and Diane)
- June
23: Houston, Texas - Chicago musical at the Wortham
Center's Brown Theater (Matt, Wanda, and Diane)
- June
10-12: Picayune, Mississippi - pick up Mom and bring her to Houston (Matt,
Wanda, and Diane)
- June 9:
Houston, Texas - Rock of Ages musical at the Hobby
Center (Wanda and Matt)
- May 16:
Austin, Texas - pickup Conner at UT (Matt and Conner)
- April
26 - May 2: Mississippi and Florida trying to see the STS-134 launch (Matt
and Scott)
- April
10: Houston, Texas - Museum of Fine Arts (Matt and Wanda)
- February
23-27: Kennedy Space Center (STS-133 Launch), DisneyWorld, and Tampa (Matt
and Wanda)
- January
15-16: Austin and Fredericksburg, Texas - take Conner to UT and visit
National Museum of the Pacific War (Matt and Wanda)
2010
- November
1-4: Titusville, Florida for work and Food & Wine Festival at
DisneyWorld following work on November 3rd (Matt)
- October
27-31: Orlando, Florida for the Food & Wine Festival at
DisneyWorld (Matt and Wanda)
- October
7-12: Orlando, Florida for the Food & Wine Festival at
DisneyWorld and NGFS Board meeting at Downtown Disney (Matt)
- May
22 - June 7: Germany and Austria (Matt and Wanda)
- April
23-25: New Orleans, Louisiana for the New Orleans Jazz Fest with
Simon and Garfunkel's last concert (Matt and Wanda)
- April
19-23: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Info 360 Conference (Matt)
- April
17-18: Lockhart, Austin, and Round Rock, Texas to take visit Conner and go
to a Round Rock Express game (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
2009
- December
30: Biloxi, Gulfport, and Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi - Hard
Rock and Hollywood Casinos (Matt)
- December
28-31: Picayune, Mississippi - take Mom back home (Matt and Diane)
- December
27: Sugarland, TX - Houston Museum of Natural Science (Matt and
his mother Diane)
- December
18: University of Houston - Courtney's graduation (Matt, Wanda,
Courtney, Conner and other family members)
- December
15: Austin, Texas - pick up Conner from school (Matt and Wanda)
- October
16-22: Fairfax, Virginia and Washington, DC - NGFS annual board meeting,
sightseeing, and business seminar (Matt)
- September
26 - October 5: Disney World & Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida -
Matt and Wanda's 25th anniversary celebration
- August
22-23: University of Texas at Austin, Texas - drop Conner off at school
(Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- August
7-9: Plano, Texas - visit Wanda's family (Matt, Wanda, Courtney, and
Conner)
- July
1-2: University of Texas at Austin, Texas - pick up Conner from
orientation (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- June
28-29: University of Texas at Austin, Texas - drop Conner off for
orientation (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- June
5-7: Picayune, Mississippi - take Mom back home (Matt and Diane)
- May
29-30: Dallas, Texas and Beaumont, Texas - attended AKON and then
picked up Mom at Mike's in Beaumont (Matt, Courtney, and Rachel)
- March
6-7: University of Texas at Austin, Texas - open house (Matt, Wanda, and
Conner)
2008
- December
13: University of North Texas at Denton, Texas - Mallery Quon's graduation
(Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- October
11-27: London, England and Paris, France (Matt and Wanda)
- July
24-28: Fairfield, Napa Valley, and San Francisco, CA - NGFS Triennial
Reunion (Matt)
- July
15-19: Orlando and Cocoa Beach, FL - Disneyworld and business (Matt)
- March
15-24: Tokyo, Japan - spring break with Matt, Wanda, Courtney,
and Conner
- February
17-21: Las Vegas, NV - ITSM Conference (Matt)
- January
12-18: Orlando and Cocoa Beach, FL - Disneyworld and
business (Matt)
2007
- December 27-29:
Plano, TX (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- November 21-24:
Picayune, MS (Matt, Wanda, and Conner)
- November 13:
Houston, TX - Houston Museum of Natural Science - Lucy's Legacy: Behind
the Scenes Tour (Matt, Wanda, and Courtney)
- October 11-14:
Omaha, NE - NGFS Board of Directors Meeting (Matt)
- September
13-19: Alaska (Matt & Wanda)
- August 30 - September
2: Tulsa, OK - NGFS Southwest Chapter Reunion (Matt)
- August 27-29:
Cocoa Beach, FL - business (Matt)
2006
- October 14-17: Memphis, TN - NGFS Board of
Directors Meeting (Matt)
- September 30 - October 5: Orlando, FL -
Disneyworld - Food and Wine Festival (Matt and Wanda)
- July 26 - August 4: Arizona, New Mexico, and
Texas - University of Phoenix Graduation (all)
- July 14-15: Las Vegas, NV - NGFS Southwest
Chapter Reunion (Matt)
- July 12-22: Kuala Lampur, Malaysia for work (Wanda)
- April 8-14: Las Vegas, NV - Wanda at conference,
Matt tags along
- February 4: Houston, TX - Houston Museum of
Natural Science - Mystery of the Nile (Matt and Wanda)
- January 10: Houston, TX - Houston Museum of
Natural Science - Inside the Mummy (Matt and Courtney
2005
- December 8: Houston, TX - Toyota Center -
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Winter Tour 2005 (Matt and Courtney)
- November 27 - December 4: Orlando, FL - IITSEC
Conference at the Orlando Convention Center & Disneyworld (Matt
and Wanda)
- July 11-25: Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and
Washington, D.C. vacation and NGFS Triennial Reunion at Natural Bridge, VA
(all plus Mom Beard)
- July 7-9: Tacoma, WA - Grandma Beard's
funeral (Matt)
- June 17-18: Lubbock, TX (Matt and Wanda)
- April 17-24: Salt Lake City, UT - Systems &
Software Technology Conference (Matt)
- January 13-17: Picayune, MS - Dad Beard's
funeral (all)
2004
- October 13-17: Orlando, FL - NGFS Board of
Directors meeting and Disneyworld
- September 13-25: San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Jose, CA - Wanda at classes and Disneyland
- Branson, MO - NGFS Southwest Chapter Reunion
(Matt)
- April 18-23: Salt Lake City, UT - Systems &
Software Technology Conference (Matt)
2003
- December 7: Galveston, TX - Dickens on the Strand
(all)
- October 10-12: Bossier City, LA - NGFS Board of
Directors Meeting (Matt)
- June 7-22: Florida and NGFS Southwest Chapter
Annual Reunion in Tampa (all)
- March 28: Houston, TX - Downtown Aquarium (Matt
and Wanda)
- February 23: Galveston, TX - Rainforest River Adventure
Ride (Matt, Courtney, and Conner)
2002
- December 23-26: Picayune, MS (all)
- October 24-27: Kansas City, MO - NGFS Triennial
Reunion (Matt)
- October 24: Springfield, MO - Wonders of
Wildlife (Matt)
- October 23-24: Branson, MO (Matt)
- September 13-15: Dallas, TX - 2002 Lonestar
Coasterthon at Six Flags Over Texas (all)
- August 31 - September 1: Dallas, TX - AnimeFest!
Convention (Matt, Courtney, and Conner)
- August 3: New Orleans, LA - Jazzland Theme
Park (Matt, Courtney, and Conner)
- August 2-4: Picayune, MS (all)
- July 5-7: Grand Prairie, Grapevine, and Ft.
Worth, TX - 18th Anniversary (Matt and Wanda)
- June 1-15: San Diego and Los Angeles, CA
(all)
- April 24: College Station, TX - George Bush
Presidential Library - Laura Bush speech (Matt)
2001
- December 12: Orlando, FL
- November 10-14: Orlando, FL - Disneyworld
(Wanda)
- October 14-17: Slidell, LA - Dad in
hospital (Matt)
- September 28-30: San Antonio, TX (all)
- June 1-2: Bossier City, LA - NGFS Southwest
Chapter Reunion (Matt)
- May 20: Houston, TX - Houston Zoological
Park (all)
2000
- November 26-30: Orlando, FL
- October 11-15: Orlando, FL - NGFS Board of
Directors meeting & Disneyworld (Matt)
- September 9-16: Orlando, FL - Disaster Recovery
Conference at Disneyworld (Wanda)
- June 22-24: Bossier City, LA - NGFS Southwest
Chapter Annual Reunion (Matt)
- March 8-12: Daytona and Orlando, FL - Embry
Riddle University & Disneyworld (Matt)
1999
- November 20-27: Orlando, FL - Disneyworld
(all)
- October 7-10: Alexandria, VA - NGFS Triennial
Reunion (Matt)
- September 11-18: Orlando, FL - Disaster Recovery
Conference at Disneyworld (Wanda)
- August 7-15: Los Angeles, CA - Siggraph 1999,
Disneyland, and Universal Studios (Matt)
1998
- November 23: Sugarland, TX - Imperial Sugar
Company tour (all)
- November 6-8: Houston, TX - NGFS Board of
Directors Meeting (all)
- July: across Missouri with short visit into
Illinois; Branson, MO (all)
- Natchez, MS - NGFS Southwest Chapter Reunion
(Matt)
1997
- October 10-12: Salt Lake City, UT - NGFS Board of
Directors Meeting (Matt)
1996
- November 27-December 1 - Greenville, MS - Dad Chow's
funeral (all)
- October 18-20: Dallas, TX - NGFS Triennial
Reunion (Matt)
- September: DisneyWorld Resort, Cocoa Beach and Cape
Canaveral, FL for Space Flight Awareness award (Matt)
1994
- July: DisneyWorld Resort (Matt, Wanda, Courtney, and
Conner)
1992
- October: Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, and
Chattanooga, TN - travel around the state for 1 week vacation (Matt,
Wanda, and Courtney)
- Conner was with Wanda's
parents
1990
- September: DisneyWorld Resort (Matt, Wanda, and
Courtney)
1987
- October: San Diego and Los Angeles, CA - one week
vacation (Matt and Wanda)
- Courtney was left with
Lisa and Russ in Austin, Texas
- Disneyland
1986
- September: DisneyWorld Resort (Matt and Wanda)
1980
- Summer - Toledo, OH - two week mission trip to rebuild
a church (Matt)
- Summer - Navajo Reservation, New Mexico - two week
mission trip to teach at a camp and at a church for Vacation Bible
School (Matt)
1979
- DisneyWorld (Matt, Adam, and Diane)
1978
- Disneyland on way to Beard Grandparents 50th
Anniversary in Washington state (al of Dale & Diane Beard's family)
1976
- Los Angeles and Disneyland for 1 month (Matt, Diane,
and Hildred Teeter)
1975
- DisneyWorld (all of Dale & Diane Beard's family)
1970
- Spring - trip to Debbie Teeter's wedding with visit to
relatives; Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma; visited
Carlsbad, Muir Woods, Yellowstone, Six Flags over Texas (all of Dale &
Diane Beard's family)
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