Hi Dad, It was your Birthday yesterday (you would have turned 67). We got together at yours and Mum's house for the last BBQ of the year. The weather was great and your BBQ cooked the food up a treat! It was wet and rainy the day before, so it all came together nicely. Perfect for cooking a nice meal and sending up messages to you on our red balloons. We also watched The Muppet Show on Youtube and the infamous Buddy Rich episode that inspired your drum solo. Afterward Darren and I played Hotel California and we all raised a whisky toast to you. A Glenfiddich single malt. no less. We still get your signs, messages, jokes and words of wisdom coming through. Mum saw your butterfly on the BBQ just after she lit it and then found a small figurine in the garden that must have been lost for years. It suddenly turned up in a really easy to see place, like it had been placed there to be found. The grandchildren love their Grampy and talk about you all the time. The girls ask me to make them laugh or tickle them how Grampy used to when I was small. They particularly like 'licky licky' right in the ear or when my thumbs get stuck, right under there arms. Isabelle and Sienna are both fans of the 'Black Pudding' and will often ask to do several in a row. Last weekend I gave 2 clinics at the UK Guitar Show and Olympia, London. I could remember you taking us to all the guitar shows there when Darren and I first started playing. It felt good to have queues of people lined up to come to my sessions. I was particularly pleased to use your laptop for my backing tracks, as i saw a picture of you as I opened the computer to start each session. I knew you were watching and that everything would go to plan. And it did! I was really pleased with how they went over. Keep smiling over us, Dad. We all love feeling you nearby or bursting out laughing because we've seen something that would make you laugh. You've always been and will always be the greatest Dad ever! Happy Birthday Dad love Jamie XxX