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F3RVA
Always 70 and Sunny

Happy 64th, Dad

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11 HIMs gathered at the earliest AO in the West End to see YHC had in store on a morning where the thermostat read: 64. This morning was full of numbers near and dear. More on that later.

As the clock hit the top of the hour and the PAX were off into the gloom.

Mosey around the church, 2 burpee buy in at each of the speed bumps

COP for SSHs, Imperial Walkers, DQs, arm circles and 40 LBCs

all followed by 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15 burpees (19 running total)

mosey to the church wall for a Triple Check

pace car runs to and from the island closest to the bus, other exercises were donkey kicks and Lt Dans

slow mosey to Kubota’s truck for Coupons

Dora

  • pace car bear crawls and/or lunges to and from the closest PAX vehicle
  • 50 coupon shoulder presses, 100 coupon swings, 200 copper head squats

On The Line

  • each PAX member grabs a parking spot for some good ol’ lifting
  • pace car has a 4 burpee buy in then moseys to the last exercise, PAX running total 61,YHC did a few extra for 64
  • exercises included (all with coupons): man makers, shoulder presses, copper head squats, swings, flutter kicks, LBCs, tea pots, bench presses, etc

3 minutes of Mary

hello dollies, APDs, Freddie mercuries, 29 flutter kicks

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

Please lift up Upchuck as his nephew goes through tough times and his daughter who’s getting her knee checked out for something major.

Grow Ruck this week, see slack for the details.

YHC had to celebrate the best man I’ll ever know, my father, this morning. Today would have been his 64th birthday. Unfortunately, earlier this year, we lost my Dad. He passed suddenly a few weeks before welcoming YHC’s 2.0 to the world. Dad lived his life with every intent to make it past the age of 63, the age his father passed.

The man, who always lived his life by the numbers (an accountant by trade), could never quantify outreach and impact on he had on his family, friends and community. Blessings, new (and unheard) stories of Dad and ways to honor his legacy show up daily; YHC’s favorite being my 2.0 shares his grandfather’s smile. Because my father would never boast about his numbers, YHC will:

  • Countless memories of Fall dictated by football seasons and tailgates, him taking over a dance floor at a wedding, learning as a youngster that cooking/grilling time is measured by beers consumed …for always being there for no matter what life brought
  • 200+ employees and their families – a number he and his business partners served daily. The number he thought about every night before going to bed.
  • 40+ years of marriage to my mother, a partnership that took care of everything for their 3 kids and future grandchildren
  • 29+ years at his final place of employment, a place he and his partners built from the original 12 employees to over 200+ strong. Part of his legacy spearheading an ESOP sale and transition from the partners to the employees a couple years ago.
  • Youngest of 5 siblings, a brotherhood that built YHC’s father into the man he’ll always be: tough as nails, compassionate, a servant leader, YHC’s North Star.

64 will forever be your number, Dad. You wore it on the gridiron. You shot it once on the links. You served nearly 64 trips around the sun as our family’s shepherd. You owned it.

Since January 14th, it’s been my honor it to go serve and own it for the next 64.

Thanks for letting me serve and share today, Fellas.

Here’s to Will Patterson. We love and miss you, Dad.

Wojo

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