After 10 long years, Capt'n Dickie finally completed his bachelor's degree so Aunt Sandy said, "Let's throw him a surprise party"! The Council Meeting on July 3rd, 2009 at Logo's was the perfect place to hold the event that became known as DickieFest. Good job Capt'n Dickie, it gave us a great excuse to have a party!
Capt'n Dickie proudly displayed the wonderful table decoration that Mr. Matt had manufactured especially for DickieFest.
 

Aunt Sandy explained to Jeffie that she was really proud of Capt'n Dickie's weee little.....

 

Diploma

 
Michael, Aunt Sandy and Nora carefully looked over all of the cool DickieFest stickers that Mr. Matt had made.
 
Tracie had to close her eyes when Braver told Capt'n Dickie that those diplomas sold for 47 Pesos and were used for toilet paper in in San Antonio, Texas when he was stationed there.
 
John is smiling because he knew that Beaver was stealing Capt'n Dickie's wallet as this photo was being taken.
 
The Council Ladies, Miss Amy, TracIE, Johnetta, Miss Peggy and Jennifer posed for this wonderful picture of feminine pulchritude!
 
Capt'n Dickie, Aunt Sandy, Nora and Joe all had a wonderful time reacquainting with old friends at DickieFest.
 
Aunt Sandy told Jeffie, Uncle Gary and Michael that she would like to have another party for Dickie just as soon as he was potty trained!
 
Uncle Gary and Greg did the math, if the average college student consumes two cases of beer a week and the Capt'n went to school for ten years to get his bachelor's degree, he would have consumed 299,520 ounces of beer!
 
Uncle Gary and Miss Amy had another wonderful time together at the DickieFest Council Meeting at Logo's on July 3rd, 2009.
 
Miss Amy believes she is receiving a tremendous education just by attending monthly Council Meetings. Just look at her, she's so smart!
Greg and Dawna arrived late but they just couldn't miss DickieFest!
Cousin John and Cousin Ronnie partied like it was 1999. Come on, they're a couple of old farts just doing the best they can!
Cousin John could only look on as Cousin Ronnie tried to keep Denise vertical during the DickieFest celebration!
Michael and Denise wondered just how many planets Dickie could contact with that hat!

Capt'n Dickie has been known by all as the worlds finest producer of Methane but when Uncle Gary used him as a role model for continuing ones education, Michael was shocked in to thinking about going back to school!

Who would have thunk it?
Michael and Ronnie calculated that 299,520 ounces of beer is 2340 gallons which means that Dickie gets 0.017 classes per gallon!

Little did Michael know that just after this photo was taken, Uncle Matt's antennae emerged... looking for the fingers that were there only a moment before!

We're The Council, we can do that!
Mr. Matt almost lost it when Dickie told him that now he is out of school, Aunt Sandy is going to make him buy his own crayons and stuff!
Being as good friends as they are, Mr. Matt and Miss Peggy offered the Capt'n one of their old boxes.
Shhhh, Miss Peggy knows how these kids are. After all, she has been a schoolmarm for years and recommended that Dickie have a glass of warm milk and give him his blankie. After his nap, and if he is real good, maybe he could come back for another Council Meeting next month!
Capt'n Dickie
 

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