January 30, 2007
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- Family Photographs
Mikey Golden Nugget. Las Vegas 2000 
Mikey Pat Swimming Team 
Mikey Pat on Easter Past Looking Perplexed 
This was the year of Buzz Light Year, Woody and the whole gang of toys. Mr. Potato Head was my favorite, because that toy was around when I played with toys 
Olivia at Oasis Pointe, 1999.
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Michael Patrick Whelan, February 12, 1997. Saint Rose Dominican Hospital, Henderson, Nevada. Michael was born with very well sized hands, as you can easily see. He is just a few minutes old here, and rather unhappy to have been disturbed from his comfortable surroundings. 
Christmas, 2001. Oasis Pointe, Las Vegas, Nevada. 
Michael Patrick with his Pre School Teacher, Mrs. Angie Lemmel, at Saint Viator School, 2001. 
Jodi Prosch, Las Vegas, Nevada. 
Mikey in 1997. This photograph was made at Oasis Pointe. Michael lived there for the first four years of his life. He is just a few months old in this picture. 
Michael in his first blue blazer. From the earliest days he was very cooperative about his appearance. Sometimes when he comes home from school, however, I wonder if he worked as hard as possible to get his clothes that dirty. 
Golden Nugget Birhday Party for Michael Patrick and Olivia Frances Whelan. They have their birthdays a week apart in February. 
Olivia near the Christmas Tree at Oasis Pointe, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999. I probably posted this picture already, but I am unable to resist putting it here again. This is one of my most favorite photographs of Olivia. 
Michael has worked very hard this year and the results are his to savor. I couldn’t be more proud of him, his first year at this school. 
The Honorable Thomas J. Whelan, Mr. Marco Settembre, and Elizabeth Pew Black at the 1985 Crystal Light Triathlon, Battery Park City, New York, N.Y. 
Jodi Prosch, Knottsberry Farm, 2003. 
Mikey Pat with some spectacles that Elton John left behind on his last visit. Michael is a young man with inate charisma. I love this little guy an can someimes not even fathom that he is, in fact, my son. 
My Dad and I in 2001 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. This was the last time we were togther. He passed away nine months later. Notice the p-38 Combat Aircraft on the front of his cap. He completed 63 combat missions in this aircraft in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. This man was and remains a true hero for me.
