Wednesday, October 19, 2011

He could always make me smile

One thing about Gessner was that he was just a big kid at heart. He loved to make people smile and laugh. Just about everyone who met him had a great story to tell about him. I have so many. I need to start writing them all down!

Here is one of the best pictures of Gess. We were a part of a group of friends, affectionately called The Ballard Mafia (Ballard is the neighborhood that we live in). We also happen to be friends with an amazing photographer (Clane Gessel) and he did a group photo shoot at the Olympic Sculpture Garden. As part of the shoot, we decided to wear ugly Christmas sweaters. We scoured the thrift stores for the best and Gess chose this too small vest and turtleneck!




3 comments:

Art said...

Here is one of my favorite Mike stories. We came up to visit and he opens the door and says we are going to make glow sticks out of Mtn. Dew and some other stuff. He saw a youtube video and wanted to try it. So we start mixing stuff together and get it all like it should work and it doesn't glow. We check the ingredients and it still won't glow. We look online for more tips and find out the secret ingredient is a Glow Stick. We then had a good laugh and proceeded to look for other fun projects.

--Art

Lisa said...

Great story Art, thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

This picture always makes me smile. What a gift you have with these memories and pictures to remember Mike. LOVE your funny story Art.