September 2005

Hi, everyone! It was certainly great to stop by Jacksonville and see many of you! I hope you're all doing fine.

Here are a few pictures of our trip.

After we left Jacksonville, we headed up to New York to visit our families. We had a good time seeing my folks and some of my brothers. Then we rendezvoused with Carol's brother and family in Pennsylvania.

We stopped near Bucksnort, Tennessee to visit some friends and have the kids schoolwork evaluated by a teacher.

From there it was on to Houston to attend our son Sammy's wedding to Natasha. Some more of my kids came over from Austin for the wedding, and we had a great time meeting Natasha's folks.



Once back in Mexico, I got to see some old friends that I had worked with on an international latin radio show in the 80s. We talked about the future vision of producing a Spanish music CD.
By the time August rolled around, Carol needed to take care of some business in the States and made a trip to Texas along with our daughter Stephanie and our friend Karen. While they were gone, I spent some time in the recording studio adding sax and flute parts to a Spanish CD that will be used for an upcoming retreat in the Mexico City area. I'll try and send you a few samples when the CDs are ready.


While Carol was in the States, a friend was kind enough to donate a used alto sax to us. I now have the soprano, tenor, and alto saxes, as well as a flute, to add variety to our music.
At the end of August, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and thousands of refugees flooded the Houston area. Carol, Stephanie, and Karen took time out to volunteer and help out. The girls cared for children and performed while Carol helped with data entry for the medical personnel.




















We're just recently found a house in the Cuernavaca area as this will put us close to the music studios for future recording. We'll keep you posted.

We'll be returning to the States at the beginning of October to attend yet another son's wedding. If possible we'd like to return to Cuernavaca with a small travel trailer to place on our property. Please let us know if you know of anyone who can help with this.

You can email us at lilly12757@msn.com.
Our PO Box is:

Ken and Carol Paone
PO Box 67
Willis, Texas 77378

Ken, Carol, and the Paone Family