Brandon Goyette

Brandon Albert Goyette (August 7, 1981 - May 2, 2010)

Brandon Albert Goyette, 28, of Swift Road, Oakboro, passed away unexpectedly May 2, 2010, at his parent’s home in Concord, NC. Brandon was born August 7, 1981, in Bristol, Tennessee. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 5, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Hartsell Funeral Home, Midland. The funeral service will be Thursday, 4:00 p.m., with a 30 minute state at Carolina Presbyterian Church, Locust, officiated by Rev. Patrick Womack. Brandon is survived by his wife of eight years, Kellie Balmer Goyette and their three boys, Collin, five years old, Carter, three years old, and Caden, two years old all of the home; parents, Roland Albert Goyette, III, and Melissa Harter Goyette of Concord; brother, Thomas Goyette of Concord; grandfather, Thomas Harter of Virginia; and many other family members and friends. Brandon was much loved and will be greatly missed.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be sent to Carolina Presbyterian Church, Brandon Goyette Memorial, P. O. Box 369, Locust, NC 28097 or you may call the church at 704-888-4435. Hartsell Funeral Home, Midland, is serving the Goyette family. Online concolences may be sent at www.hartsellfh.com. .

It has been a while!

I have been remiss in writing so I thought I would write a recap.

• Halloween - Adrian created mini Haunted House, the garage. He had a blast.
• New Door - I got a new door

• Everything is great!

CAMP

Adrian is back from two weeks of camp. He went to Camp Toccoa in Toccoa, GA. Camptoccoa.org The camp was originally a US Army paratrooper training camp during World War II.

We picked him up at 9:30 on Saturday morning; we were on time only to be told we were not expected so early. He had to make sure he said goodbye to everyone. Once in the car he took us to see the waterfall in the picture. He had quite the adventure he walked the rope, zip-lined and a mini bungee jump (sitting down). At night they had dances and camped out a few times. The best thing is the smile on his face, you can tell he is happy!

He is thinking about going back next year to be a CIT, (Counselor in Training). The only problem is he is not sure he can survive 4 weeks without a phone, computer etc. We will see!

Next year I want to go to camp! He got to walk the ropes, the zip line, a mini bunge jump and they hiked everywere. The kids that he met go every year and Adrian just fit right in to the group.

5 Nuns

Sisters Mary Catherine, Maria Theresa, Katherine Marie, Rose Frances, & Mary Kathleen left the Convent on a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City and were sight-seeing on a Tuesday in July. It was hot and humid in town and their traditional garb was making them so uncomfortable, they decided to stop in at Patty McGuire's Pub for a cold soft drink. Patty had recently added special legs to his barstools, which were the talk of the fashionable eastside neighborhood. All 5 Nuns sat up at the bar and were enjoying their Cokes when Monsignor Riley and Father McGinty entered the bar through the front door. They, too, came for a cold drink when they were shocked and almost fainted at what they saw. (SCROLL DOWN) too cute not to forward...................................................................................................................................................

I found this picture and could not help but laugh out loud. We are in Addies room and we were getting ready for our night at the theater to see Young Russ in the play "Oliver". For those who do not know Russ had the lead role in the play for the Bristol Theater Company and the whole family attended one of the many shows.

The Girls were having fun getting all dressed. I remember Julie was surprised that I actually got Miss Wren to put a couple of hot rollers in her hair. Miss Addie was just plain silly. We all loved the pink boa scarf. What a wonderful memory.

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend.

Our weekend started early on Friday, I took the day off and Adrian and I went to town, Atlanta. We decided to take the Marta in and just get off and see what we could find. We drove into the train station and jumped on the train. We started by getting out at the “Atlanta’s Underground”, took the train to the MLK stop and looked for a gallery "Eye Drum Gallery". We found it but it was not open and so we got back on the train, got off and took a bus to "Little Five Points".
Harrison always talks about the best pizza in town are at Little Five Pizza so we decided to go for lunch. This is an establishment that plays Harrison’s kind of music, the employees are all pierced and tattooed and they make wonderful pizza. It was worth the trip and Adrian was just thrilled to be able to say to Harrison, hey I know all about Little Five Points. Terry met us in town for a trip to Lenox mall and then we went back home.

This morning the whole family went to church. Tonight we are having Lamb and the whole Easter Dinner. I love weekends like this.

Happy Easter

Surprise and Happy Birthday

I turned 50 on Friday, it was a wonderful birthday. When I got to work and my office was filled with balloons and fun stuff like a monkey that sang the Beatles birthday song, a silly hat and a dozen individually frosted cupcakes.

Terry made me dinner, we had chicken marsala, a bottle of wine and music, Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell and Eric Clapton. The cake was wonderful a very pretty chocolate cake, with candles. We waited for the Harrison to get home from work so everyone could eat cake and ice cream.

Then on Saturday we were going to dinner with Lewis and Debbie. When we got to the restaurant I got a big surprise, there in a private room was the whole gang! It was pretty cool and a wonderful surprise. I was welcomed to the 50’s club by Jeannie and Steve…………..
Debbie found the picture of “Madame Judy”.