-from Kelly-

To my "pocket-size-boss-hog" where do I begin? I am sad to know that you are no longer here on earth but I know that you are here with us in spirit everyday. I do not believe in goodbye because you will never be gone. You are a remarkable man and I am proud to call you my grandpa!

Some of my favorite memories are the times I spent at your house. I laugh just thinking about it. I could always expect to have fun and a big bag of cheezies when I was there. Most of my memories are from Spring Lake Park. I loved to pretend to have a restaurant at the bar downstairs. I loved to dig in the drawers and find new things to play with. I remember using a pliers to change the channel on the TV with the rabbit ears downstairs. Nikkol and Chris and me and Chad would play hide and seek and somehow I always had to hide in the laundry chute! The four of us would chase each other and run in the front door and out the back and your famous words "who's play'in door" always filled the air. I remember one of my most favorite things was living room gymnastics!! Jeff would always say "next, Kelly Skalicky will take the floor". No matter how bad I was, all of you "judges" gave me a good score! I think you judges either had vision problems or knew nothing about gymnastics!! You and grandma always brought our family together for fun. All of the nights out in the screen porch listening to the Twins game, playing croquet in the back yard and playing with the old phone in the closet.

You have left a legacy with all of us and we intend to honor that. My belief system stems from you. To treat others with dignity and respect, to help anyone who needs it and to put family before yourself. I will pass these beliefs down to my children and your legacy will live forever. Like I said, I do not believe in goodbye this is just a pause until we meet again. I love you!

It is our turn to take care of grandma and each other. We learned from the best so we will be just fine!

I will miss you and love you forever!

Love,
Kelly