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Natalie Marie, great-grandchild of John & Roberta Deary who live right here in the Bay. This is their first great-grandchild. Great-grandma Roberta, submitted this photo that was taken on vacation in June 07. Natalie lives in Rhode Island and this was the first time she ever saw a hand puppet! Just looked at her eyes, what a telling story!

Becca's progress has been on this page since she was accepted at Virginia Tech. Her graduation from VA Tech is shown below. She has since graduated with her MASTERS DEGREE in Archeology from a school in Australia!! She is now on her way to ENGLAND for her PHD! She will be leaving on the 23rd of this month. Here she is once again visiting with her grandparents. Captain Ed & Donna Ehler. (9.8.07)

Becca on the left shown with her father (Richard), her mother (Susan), her brother (Josh) holding his daughter (Lily) and Josh's wife in the front row on the right (Lindsey). Note: Lily is Captain Ed's & Donna's great granddaughter who is now getting ready to have her 1st Birthday on Oct. 18th. (9.8.07)
They all had a wonderful time in Disney World this week. Becca's first time meeting her niece Lily before she is off to school in England.

Shannon & Michael Sabia
Grandchildren of Captain Ed & Donna
photo taken 2007

Red Hat Mama's Beachside

Lily Ray
Born 10.18.06
8lbs 8 oz and 21 1/2 " long.

Daughter of Josh & Lindsey Broedel
Granddaughter of Richard & Susan Broedel
Great Granddaughter of Captain Ed & Donna Ehler
Notice the barefeet on her blanket you just have to know she belongs to someone in the BAY!

Below is a photo of Ryan with his dad, Born May 21, 2005 he is almost a year old now. Shown here in his boat. He just loves the pool!
(4.17.06)

Now, Ryan's older brother Anthony, his older sisters, Brittany in the middle and Tiffany on the right. (4.17.06)	The same grandchildren more grown up! (12.06.05) Right to left: Tiffany 20, Anthony 17, & Brittany 13.
Left back: Anthony 17, left front: Brittany 13, Tiffany 20, Ryan 17 mos. Shannon 13, front right: Michael 10. (11.23.06)

My daughter Nancy, Mom to Tiffany sitting in the back, Brittany on the left and Ryan on the hip. His favorite place to be (smile). Mom also to Anthony, missing in this photo. Now, really she just doesn't look old enough to have these four children ranges from age 20 to almost 1!!!!
(4.17.06)

Becca's progress has been on this page since she was accepted at Virginia Tech. Her graduation is shown below. She is now on her way to a school in Australia for her MASTERS DEGREE in Archeology! She will leave in May. Her grandfather and I are very proud of her. She presently in living in Stuart, Fl. She is shown in the picture about on the far right standing. On the top left is her father, Rich, her brother, Josh, her mother, Sue and myself bottom left and her grandfather in the chair on the right. Good Luck Becca!

I don't know how many of you remember our granddaughter Becca? She was visiting us when she was notified of being accepted at Virginia Tech. That was an exciting day. We posted these photos at that time. Well, the day has come and look at her now!!

Becca shown here with her mother Susan and father Richard, at her graduation from Virginia Tech! She majored in Archeology and recently left for a dig on the island of Cyprus in Greece! This is her second trip there and her very proud grandparents ( Captain Ed & Donna Ehler) wish her well.

Sylvia's grandson going to Prom!

submitted by Sylvia Parish June 2005

Bill & Gina are the proud grandparents of this GA family.
Sheila, Matt, Sami & Noah.
Sami is 5 and Noah will be three in July.
This was Sami's pre-school graduation before going to kindergarten.
Submitted by: Bill & Gina Bassett

Now isn't he a beautiful baby? (From the proud grandparents Captain Ed & Donna.)
Ryan was born on May 21, 2005 weighing in at 6lbs 11ozs. He is now home with his Mom, Dad and siblings. He is also pictured here with his mother Nancy, father Jerry, brother Anthony, sisters Tiffany & Brittany & grandmother Irene Duffy.

No one has sent anything to brag about so I am going to do some more bragging myself! On the 4th of July I had my son, his wife and two children along with my daughter visiting for the day! The Captain and myself are pictured along with the rest of them. (7/04/04)

Wow! guess everyone has STOPPED bragging! Have someone or something to brag about e-mail info to captained@barefootbay.net.


Left to right: Anthony, Donna (gramme) Tiffany standing in the back, Nancy my daughter and Brittany. Now, my daughter just doesn't look like the mother of this crew does she?

Gordon recently went to Concord, NH, where he is originally from, to visit his daughter Diane. Here they both are enjoying her pool!	Here he is again after hitting his head! We're all glad Gordon is safe back home.

	This is a shot of my Dad's (Frank Derby) 80th B-day party at his home in November, 2002, from "oldest to youngest" of his kids (7 of us Derby kids!). He's in the forefront, and I'm the character in the middle, who thinks she's a Rockette. Ha. Frank Derby passed away March 11, 2003. From left to right, Frank Derby, Judy, Trish, Doug, Lois, Joel, Chris and Greg Derby! (Mom died 15 years ago, was an E.R. Nurse at Humana in Sebastian.) Alice Banks was Dad's companion for the last 8 years. A mom to us. Wish I had a picture of her. Picture submitted by Lois Derby 9/14/03
Welcome to Captain Ed's Brag page. Please feel free to brag about anything you want. Maybe some of you have a friend who has been good to you and you want to brag about them, maybe you have an animal. If you don't have a scanner to send pictures just email me a paragraph on who or what you want to brag about. Let's make this a fun page to share our happy thoughts with others. Donna pool 2 (5-05-03) NOTE: Photo's arrange from newest to oldest.

	Pictured on the left is my sister Marilyn and my brother-in-law John. On the 28th of this month they will be celebrating there 63rd wedding anniversary! Hope you have a great day, love ya both Donna (6-23-03) Photo taken in Oct. 2002 Updated (6-24-04)
Jim & Jan Neville's buddy "Java" shown here. I'm told he loves woman, smart bird huh? (6-14-03)	Another picture of "Java"..I'm in love guess I will have to go over to her place and introduce myself. I LOVE birds....(6-14-03)

Brittany and Alex practicing their ballet! Brittany is my granddaughter and she is 10 years old. She has been dancing for 7 1/2 years and is with a professional ballet company in Orlando. Her sister Tiffany is also a ballet dancer, her picture coming soon. (6-11-02 Donna)	Here's Tiffany (on the left) and her friend Melanie at a Recital last year. Tiffany is my granddaughter and will be 17 in Nov. she also dances with a professional ballet company in Orlando. (6-11-03 Donna)

Here's my son Richard with his two children. They were visiting Disney World recently. Pictured with their father is my granddaughter Shannon, who will be 10 years old in July and my grandson Michael who just turned 7 in April. My daughter-in-law Maureen is not pictured here she is taking the picture! She loves pictures and takes many of them but unfortunately she is NOT in any of them. I framed this one in a green frame because that is Shannon favorite color. (Donna)	I found a picture with Maureen. As you can see it was when the kids were very little! She look the same never changes. Wanted you to see Maureen too. (Donna)

Moira's little dog Rosie.	Emily and Kaela.....last day in Hawaii on Wakiki beach with Diamond Head in the background. from Grandma Moira:-))))


This is our Granddaughter, Lexi, at one of her shows from last year. She was 10 years old at the time. She and her pony Daisy, (show name Promises Made), have been together for 4 years now and have shown at many New England Shows. They have won a great many ribbons and awards. We are so proud of her and enjoy watching her compete. Thanks, Donna this will be a fun site! Jan

This is a shot of my Dad's (Frank Derby) 80th B-day party at his home in November, 2002, from "oldest to youngest" of his kids (7 of us Derby kids!). He's in the forefront, and I'm the character in the middle, who thinks she's a Rockette. Ha. Frank Derby passed away March 11, 2003.

From left to right, Frank Derby, Judy, Trish, Doug, Lois, Joel, Chris and Greg Derby!

(Mom died 15 years ago, was an E.R. Nurse at Humana in Sebastian.)

Alice Banks was Dad's companion for the last 8 years. A mom to us. Wish I had a picture of her.

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