tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57089002570422712942024-03-21T15:05:29.932-07:00Living the good life in GrandmavilleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-1323109241908269452023-04-16T12:14:00.000-07:002023-04-16T12:14:14.268-07:00Easter Weekend 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> Easter has changed over the years for our family.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of course, the message of Easter never changes, but the way we celebrate it is changing as Tiz and Soli grow older.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am trying desperately to hang on to the things that the girls liked when they were younger like the Easter clue hunt for their baskets and the outside hunt for the plastic eggs with the dollar bills inside. But, sadly, time marches on and those magical Easter moments are no longer quite so magical. Neither girl had any interest in dyeing the eggs so I did it myself. Note to self: Next year just leave the hardboiled eggs white, no one will care!</p><p style="text-align: center;">To add fuel to this fire, this is the first Easter without my mom which of course, makes things different. Even though she was in Park Terrace last year, we could still visit her and share Easter joy with her. This year she celebrates Easter in heaven because of what happened on that first Easter. I did make her famous scalloped potatoes and ham for Easter dinner so that was a nice way to feel her with us.</p><p style="text-align: center;">When we lived in Watertown, Alissa, Courtney, and their families came to our house for the entire weekend. Now that we are in Oskhosh, Alissa comes up and stays with Courtney and we spend some of the time together but not near as much as we did in Watertown and I miss that. I am trying to make the best of these changes and enjoy as much as I can while making memories in a different waky.</p><p style="text-align: center;">.This Easter was fine. It was not the best Easter ever but then again, it wasn't the worst. Alissa arrived on Thursday. John and I met up with Courtney and Alissa after dinner and had a few beers and some family bonding with just the four of us. I really do love spending time with just the fours of us, reminds me of the olden days.</p><p style="text-align: center;">On Good Friday we didn't get together at all. Alissa spent time with Tizita and Soli but on Saturday, Courtney, Alissa and I had a fun time with Cottontails and Cocktails which involved going to downtown businesses and picking up eggs for prizes while enjoying a drink of some sort at each stop.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We met up with everyone else at Green's Pour House and had a very nice dinner. In past years, Saturday was our bowling day with Kev, Vikki, Mal Nic, and mom. It was always so much fun and I miss that, too. It can be hard to hold the family together once the matriarch is gone, but I am trying!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Alissa left early on Easter Sunday for her four hour drive home. Courtney's family, John and I went to church at our church, Martin Luther. It was a wonderful service, nothing new there, The eservices there are always good. After church we came to our house for the basket hunt and dinner, then I hid the plastic eggs outside at the Van Aukens and that was the end of it. Easter was over for another year.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Here are some photos</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWB5bNl1aRDfMwEAuSA0z8nyda8nJ5XSpbsW3Wb9ieeQe00aYYY-XdflhPvmu5pFRT8B7EEicHeMQLfYemwGXiiQAj1NwkXrS5Rqk6yCkTOX8kDdCZfNDAs9bjE4Ls6oDvstlfiEbEGK7cLUlLoShliGw9pEhBj_a5Zzmb3viCBnxTLkmbS_eopE/s1440/340273676_1845214265842029_4300943195502854564_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWB5bNl1aRDfMwEAuSA0z8nyda8nJ5XSpbsW3Wb9ieeQe00aYYY-XdflhPvmu5pFRT8B7EEicHeMQLfYemwGXiiQAj1NwkXrS5Rqk6yCkTOX8kDdCZfNDAs9bjE4Ls6oDvstlfiEbEGK7cLUlLoShliGw9pEhBj_a5Zzmb3viCBnxTLkmbS_eopE/s320/340273676_1845214265842029_4300943195502854564_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjy7Kb9i0wyKFPW37whsDyp1M2VkHOliTSN9UZ-QexVlOcYcT5A_OWQ8H7Cgp7v8QCJwvAUTA98ehS1Ob-DtSCMvEwdoD-BqDoExWmaYFrwHs7N_1ZEzf6X5mVaKWpRyivLCH5PiIaH38zgZnTxQAffnwzyWAFBgK_q_9Wb1UDP8cEjuKNfSQtDE/s1440/340326540_140470335649785_3588235940111183531_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqfGFZysDYVMwBuwy0wCV1znDzl8_0S4FCMg4NZ1Qa0te9cltavqPhlWz9zz43HAjjhmXS75muWRNtGCOxAKeidu4FxYY9gSEkMSLKVcPOk2Qsmsr-PgiUxSqdFyw912CtrVx9p_2kWlOC5ZoY_cV9YPfg7eNfXrn1BL9yeMaihZ7tXznMLOErO8/s320/340453797_807921120691710_7968175920753782768_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The photos above are from the Cottontails and Cocktails event. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And gthe following ones are from Easter Sunday</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtrpGPTvQqQlRYA_5owlmJh7ttMsX_oN4807I5ksD3QV6_XyITLdUZ1mYpelmE6hGtMkXzfyj2b0iCbOEYFdiSm4Ug7CwNgw2N-Udih7-6CkYeRTB-7HKsbzQwBGDLhuYCGKbX9KZKC2wTOLMS0nlFW8eCtSv-cmumcT9oA97WSv46fbHyQXQ1Hw/s2048/340133516_239477041790080_7919184498655889501_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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There are so many to choose from and I am sorry that these are out of order. These happened to be on a flash drive from a few years ago so I just put them on my computer and used them for this post. Hopefully I can add some more at another time. Again, my reason to do this was to give my daughters and granddaughters some of the memories and stories that I loved so much. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_d3WbO1xLX8Uy0NlJiJMildkfjjjGloAFiLKCh8pc0IbE72H8AXkrREAbzTs40Zdt0DUHAwlsYIaD2bf_LgiGkdevxoHCYhkdwDRMJcOJaakasFn7YXNVKcfm566SBxJWBxgXU5c8hYXEpcXTg8xCn29kr8XdRLUvF7PMNtlamGzD7SaKv3Wm8Y/s3810/IMG_0942.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2980" data-original-width="3810" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_d3WbO1xLX8Uy0NlJiJMildkfjjjGloAFiLKCh8pc0IbE72H8AXkrREAbzTs40Zdt0DUHAwlsYIaD2bf_LgiGkdevxoHCYhkdwDRMJcOJaakasFn7YXNVKcfm566SBxJWBxgXU5c8hYXEpcXTg8xCn29kr8XdRLUvF7PMNtlamGzD7SaKv3Wm8Y/w320-h250/IMG_0942.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Kev and I on Halloween 1960. I think I was some type of fairy and I don't think that Kev wanted to dress up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ARpGbtCRT0sN3fTOL3OcPv5uJl6nWiWKnYJCuvu6f68BejOBk_HP6RpB9CVLBagJW0LsHNd9SJvcEDAJlawTMGtiUquDRjYQAEbGSr2BFcYLh4_YCIlgf6dSKhe4DukHvon1nEV8WCHo08cJxVmgzVZhn-RIqjHwGTSMRRKaQRRaH501dyJVOmU/s3857/IMG_0944.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3140" data-original-width="3857" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ARpGbtCRT0sN3fTOL3OcPv5uJl6nWiWKnYJCuvu6f68BejOBk_HP6RpB9CVLBagJW0LsHNd9SJvcEDAJlawTMGtiUquDRjYQAEbGSr2BFcYLh4_YCIlgf6dSKhe4DukHvon1nEV8WCHo08cJxVmgzVZhn-RIqjHwGTSMRRKaQRRaH501dyJVOmU/s320/IMG_0944.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is me swimming in a lake somewhere up north. It's either in Minoqua or a lake a a cottage near there. We had gone up to a cottage on a lake with the Goeckes and the place was awful. There were leeches and bloodsuckers in the lake, so we would go to Minoqua to swim.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZI0i1vufPSohSwYnUCrYfYPKZbS7VsoUh2f1zAtCu2xRHtDaM-SQIVj0zXAYKma7botsLgs4q7MUhQRv6hmVWKN_Z2sOitTCA3gCAADu1G61P8fW47-gyQ7YTADKFUBXoCu-8R1zSAsbSJg9LNhS8CakhpfOC1SPh7UGHt1J-O8PHo-wg-5MwKjY/s5184/IMG_0946.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZI0i1vufPSohSwYnUCrYfYPKZbS7VsoUh2f1zAtCu2xRHtDaM-SQIVj0zXAYKma7botsLgs4q7MUhQRv6hmVWKN_Z2sOitTCA3gCAADu1G61P8fW47-gyQ7YTADKFUBXoCu-8R1zSAsbSJg9LNhS8CakhpfOC1SPh7UGHt1J-O8PHo-wg-5MwKjY/s320/IMG_0946.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is one of my favorite pictures of my brother Kev. This is one of the flower gardens in my grandma and grandpa's backyard. I love his saddle shoes!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fhqI6tXrVHsaS6ztEy1epwTyhs8dEXeEHmoJBrFMQomUScJrjKZ-zfUh7gcQwufQe2pkmMwzv4gxhgJVU_s07MMKkyorneFINuejSdZpQWVvRSIjxTQ-ykHreT9kGpvcBxM44ylu2gXG1JpVC4AgbEFJ3jwUvmq0kOtI1mPcceuN7HuzkjyAPh0/s4663/IMG_0947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3316" data-original-width="4663" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fhqI6tXrVHsaS6ztEy1epwTyhs8dEXeEHmoJBrFMQomUScJrjKZ-zfUh7gcQwufQe2pkmMwzv4gxhgJVU_s07MMKkyorneFINuejSdZpQWVvRSIjxTQ-ykHreT9kGpvcBxM44ylu2gXG1JpVC4AgbEFJ3jwUvmq0kOtI1mPcceuN7HuzkjyAPh0/s320/IMG_0947.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Easter 1959. Both my brother and I look a bit wired on this photo. John's comment was, "Why does that bunny have such big ears?" I am not sure but they do seem unusually tall.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif54Yp3P2NEX58-XOHjK0D52BF8TO8RHD7cwLw8XFh3kYxWqQel8vKaDVcesVvBNUBb-Y6yFDRmXDD1ENkvdvXjF7yuDhRJrjTSo0qiUF_UuwIGp44uda0Bb8j9oHNKSfGMXri53h1zsfyXDuLhv9XjYvYTLPllgWVCcHvrAso-rjjka0FZKdTUlU/s5184/IMG_0948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif54Yp3P2NEX58-XOHjK0D52BF8TO8RHD7cwLw8XFh3kYxWqQel8vKaDVcesVvBNUBb-Y6yFDRmXDD1ENkvdvXjF7yuDhRJrjTSo0qiUF_UuwIGp44uda0Bb8j9oHNKSfGMXri53h1zsfyXDuLhv9XjYvYTLPllgWVCcHvrAso-rjjka0FZKdTUlU/s320/IMG_0948.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is Easter 1959 before church. I love how I had a matching coat, hat and that cute little purse. My mom was so skinny back then. I think our house was yellow at this time. Notce the corsages that my mom and I are wearing, too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtGOLKSy-k3wMgxazKgpgevpe9-AEO8xxDddgMW1N7uyRQb5hIiqTxgWC6DBXcE0YY_MMnl702LKFD6JSlSzr4BpEvOwnwOX6cHWhBoNH55-YNkADrnaCnPqxP0vladaw-XbK1BBZGgHwc7p4PCbI6QzAdSbJlB139iEZM0pzE3c4DmvRqGRuzK4/s4763/IMG_0949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3012" data-original-width="4763" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtGOLKSy-k3wMgxazKgpgevpe9-AEO8xxDddgMW1N7uyRQb5hIiqTxgWC6DBXcE0YY_MMnl702LKFD6JSlSzr4BpEvOwnwOX6cHWhBoNH55-YNkADrnaCnPqxP0vladaw-XbK1BBZGgHwc7p4PCbI6QzAdSbJlB139iEZM0pzE3c4DmvRqGRuzK4/s320/IMG_0949.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is me and Kev, summer of 1959 on our neighbor's swingset. We were very close to all our neighbors and shared all the outside swingsets, sandboxes, etc. This was The Velhuizens swingset. They lived next door to the sough of us. Checkais house is across the street. I was the only girl in the neighborhood so I spent a lot of time playing baseball, kickball, and wrestling. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp-txlswm9kg1AyPC4cGawoTyCCKAD0axazj1CfZ2i-lNNavTMpqGYfqqQB7c-hBpIlq6un8A9lk9Im-9d8Waxm3sxwDDYSqsbxzBcyiQW5ZH-w0XdzvzqBQ95u1Qo-7X0u1mUpKEZg78CrV2TiVw5CybSLQc77Y825UuRc8_hTAFtKpuT0M5UFw/s5184/IMG_0951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp-txlswm9kg1AyPC4cGawoTyCCKAD0axazj1CfZ2i-lNNavTMpqGYfqqQB7c-hBpIlq6un8A9lk9Im-9d8Waxm3sxwDDYSqsbxzBcyiQW5ZH-w0XdzvzqBQ95u1Qo-7X0u1mUpKEZg78CrV2TiVw5CybSLQc77Y825UuRc8_hTAFtKpuT0M5UFw/s320/IMG_0951.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is me up at Santa Land in the Dells. Of course, just like Storybook Gardens and Fort Dells, it no longer exists. My Aunt Pearl made the dress of wearing. We took a lot of little trips to places like this around the area.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuVT3FfnW4xXTiWIOjviRgWyyLTt0RGgHj4H3PNH3eJKdetR7aIoNPnBBdh9RQtAYSs4Crm9lpv3KGUh7duADGtYLaQ1NClvDH5-ydaJwXV6GZ3AvYaYXDXnHai2v0ILrMigIplI_5rGI_R0H3x-aKrgjk2Bvc65n5N3sPSpsKYLrc-IUVksIGhw/s2920/IMG_0966%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="2920" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuVT3FfnW4xXTiWIOjviRgWyyLTt0RGgHj4H3PNH3eJKdetR7aIoNPnBBdh9RQtAYSs4Crm9lpv3KGUh7duADGtYLaQ1NClvDH5-ydaJwXV6GZ3AvYaYXDXnHai2v0ILrMigIplI_5rGI_R0H3x-aKrgjk2Bvc65n5N3sPSpsKYLrc-IUVksIGhw/s320/IMG_0966%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">And speaking of Fort Dells, here we are having a fun time at the Fort. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jgf-S28dpcgkaZ5Ua7ySzT96l4XaDqdftpP06l8WBs8mf0UkGenJctRGV9nQupsVzoqzTEvBmPi0155lNU0XJWoEzUZUS63BbayYIR3YZRM-SMUkjprZhC3hDdxoAa3Da61JY4D42fnx4nGFcqlQmegebxqsT-xH6KRhmJoWASKuOLh5yf3DTHE/s5184/IMG_0953.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jgf-S28dpcgkaZ5Ua7ySzT96l4XaDqdftpP06l8WBs8mf0UkGenJctRGV9nQupsVzoqzTEvBmPi0155lNU0XJWoEzUZUS63BbayYIR3YZRM-SMUkjprZhC3hDdxoAa3Da61JY4D42fnx4nGFcqlQmegebxqsT-xH6KRhmJoWASKuOLh5yf3DTHE/s320/IMG_0953.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This is my grandpa on a hot summer day. I remember he drove up to our house, that's his car and he had cut off a pair of his long pants to make shorts. My grandma was not happy with his new look. My grandpa always wore suspenders. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzyjgyKkOQlYjINty8BaTp9tIAfhzNGTsJZxTUCXVFKn5H1yQYtf91T4cvGw-hCzT2c7p8r3FZ3a3Y3nbQxDeh6nmrxNapyTKPnP6IwGfNPX_eAN8CPK52AmOPA9SGksLOrmfCkcb2hSjiyygDNBqzlmpX4lRcICpJrClef06tA-QSvOUUnVdHlY/s4366/IMG_0955.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="4366" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzyjgyKkOQlYjINty8BaTp9tIAfhzNGTsJZxTUCXVFKn5H1yQYtf91T4cvGw-hCzT2c7p8r3FZ3a3Y3nbQxDeh6nmrxNapyTKPnP6IwGfNPX_eAN8CPK52AmOPA9SGksLOrmfCkcb2hSjiyygDNBqzlmpX4lRcICpJrClef06tA-QSvOUUnVdHlY/s320/IMG_0955.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I really like this picture of Kev and me. It was Halloween 1959</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3e3IgC0lRb3ypxP1rc_I5Hm6_dszj3g_LMV8yfDJqPKp0CT57v-yVb5GVQkXumJCwLARgtdkIu8b1bVNfzVONxU4IvFmEsf0tM2D84IqC3lp0VwOuol9k4B9gDjw33qkZ-9jVz0LDGRQW4T_4Xz0O7Tx8Yoi_-_vu3g1UjYLwGDNtPjayZWiHB4/s5184/IMG_0967.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3e3IgC0lRb3ypxP1rc_I5Hm6_dszj3g_LMV8yfDJqPKp0CT57v-yVb5GVQkXumJCwLARgtdkIu8b1bVNfzVONxU4IvFmEsf0tM2D84IqC3lp0VwOuol9k4B9gDjw33qkZ-9jVz0LDGRQW4T_4Xz0O7Tx8Yoi_-_vu3g1UjYLwGDNtPjayZWiHB4/s320/IMG_0967.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This waw one of many family vacations that\we took to Lake of the Clouds Michigan. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rqsxWUY0Vt3mX3Fb3_vNn-qzBiUkdXT2ZmKTs9w69X-CwklERPpKrIZyhbP3LcaD5p4PbJfu65MrsD5H1MZHNnyfj3eNXI9hHQ6jqH-lcY7CqFYeEqoNTS7S1c55svK3lExWKDwvPMqRCt8Hgg359ptjoAlTzoTEJuJh1g1Ce6xZFBsmspPTCZQ/s4630/IMG_0969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3191" data-original-width="4630" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rqsxWUY0Vt3mX3Fb3_vNn-qzBiUkdXT2ZmKTs9w69X-CwklERPpKrIZyhbP3LcaD5p4PbJfu65MrsD5H1MZHNnyfj3eNXI9hHQ6jqH-lcY7CqFYeEqoNTS7S1c55svK3lExWKDwvPMqRCt8Hgg359ptjoAlTzoTEJuJh1g1Ce6xZFBsmspPTCZQ/s320/IMG_0969.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My dad, Kev, and I having a picnic lunch on one of our trips. I remember that cute outfit I was wearing and I also remember that cooler on the table.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JjkOM2tbfLOs7uiQ1xsYI9rKkANivHgOmEAFWgft13vH61XqyP-zjxlPOTbLt0hEhuQ5T9iM88ReII5eFTigcT5lEO2zzoV5Sk-b0ujKLU5gcP599YPP5teMXoELDpErxFbDfLZsuEP-82Jq8zK_JgHXepI8gmGt9n7WJ2EprLqhKqQ9gWnvF9c/s4472/IMG_0970.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3441" data-original-width="4472" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JjkOM2tbfLOs7uiQ1xsYI9rKkANivHgOmEAFWgft13vH61XqyP-zjxlPOTbLt0hEhuQ5T9iM88ReII5eFTigcT5lEO2zzoV5Sk-b0ujKLU5gcP599YPP5teMXoELDpErxFbDfLZsuEP-82Jq8zK_JgHXepI8gmGt9n7WJ2EprLqhKqQ9gWnvF9c/s320/IMG_0970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">For some reason we have a lot of pictures by pumps at waysides. We must have liked to stop at them and I am sure Kev liked to work the pump.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb53GY5odoNmQMb-JzbhUsBP4K9LdCfFyUGfGtKJbsWWhfTjvrMalPsLbUPwUYYrRlRZfCEkHP_cCVtndxrr94KvQxZZgKQWLktuf9aF-jdvJk9Nv-UAfSeISsBg43NTRUtOYYTOsekxEt366spvWSwBn52TKWC6HXugnMhpWJ6mdb8URYJm175ro/s4949/IMG_0972.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="4949" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb53GY5odoNmQMb-JzbhUsBP4K9LdCfFyUGfGtKJbsWWhfTjvrMalPsLbUPwUYYrRlRZfCEkHP_cCVtndxrr94KvQxZZgKQWLktuf9aF-jdvJk9Nv-UAfSeISsBg43NTRUtOYYTOsekxEt366spvWSwBn52TKWC6HXugnMhpWJ6mdb8URYJm175ro/s320/IMG_0972.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Kev and me at Ohma's house on N. Washington St. It was Easter and look at that pillbox hat that I am sporting. Ohma always liked to be posing or touching something in pictures as you can see here. She was such a wonderful lady. She had very little but her heart was full of faith and love. My mom was a lot like her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGji6wGg7g2GLonLhI4rUYInGWZcWi6JFep2n3inJSXcyffSw93p-4qXRPmv2NNewKnlRM4b9bKFq7a0NNoe9tRV1syo_SYo0s61Hfis0RSbBFkvRLt8iu2U93gfy-B2n3IcUpbm1xHwL9vrMrwBZSEBj56pfwgOaQ7mDdBrOaNSlEoRKLTutNOA/s5184/IMG_0973.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGji6wGg7g2GLonLhI4rUYInGWZcWi6JFep2n3inJSXcyffSw93p-4qXRPmv2NNewKnlRM4b9bKFq7a0NNoe9tRV1syo_SYo0s61Hfis0RSbBFkvRLt8iu2U93gfy-B2n3IcUpbm1xHwL9vrMrwBZSEBj56pfwgOaQ7mDdBrOaNSlEoRKLTutNOA/s320/IMG_0973.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Christmas at my grandma's house on Green St. They always had a tall, very skinny tree. All my Christmas dresses in gradeschool were velvet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAJgsXG9AkLefHRO0zInhQPvG3HrlrYTK8mLu7dNNMd85-OiysyyBMGocpD7l6Te9Prgrg7xUSE1oSeEzEQu2IqYxH6NnX9YSv_h4uC14yuscM2g9jzKTyw7DnvQdn23KAU_8BKz18ek0uYnfwxNot1Qb6X4l4DEpRowvoWyWJNl6NFs02uGiHNU/s5003/IMG_0974.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3028" data-original-width="5003" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAJgsXG9AkLefHRO0zInhQPvG3HrlrYTK8mLu7dNNMd85-OiysyyBMGocpD7l6Te9Prgrg7xUSE1oSeEzEQu2IqYxH6NnX9YSv_h4uC14yuscM2g9jzKTyw7DnvQdn23KAU_8BKz18ek0uYnfwxNot1Qb6X4l4DEpRowvoWyWJNl6NFs02uGiHNU/s320/IMG_0974.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Christmas in our basement with Jody and Tim Block. Their mom, Betty was my mom's cousin and our families were very close as we were growing up. My dad always liked to have a tree in the basement and upstairs. Some years, he just cut the top off of the upstairs tree and stuck it on a table down in the basement. This year's tree was a full size.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-qn1T7a3CctPa8WApjDmpqLHA4sCK2jlfmhkm3vtkb0daWJsoaQ1UyqltO33QxEZBFA3m4u6Ijrjy3cTtekeLBLcGp_EavRsByoCrhbLjLGCC6mb1HjtxljeAokew7CrYYgtS_469pfhKQgkfB5EhcZ8_wRLCLWpHJ28KXp10Y6-gIkw8EmdARY/s5184/IMG_0977.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-qn1T7a3CctPa8WApjDmpqLHA4sCK2jlfmhkm3vtkb0daWJsoaQ1UyqltO33QxEZBFA3m4u6Ijrjy3cTtekeLBLcGp_EavRsByoCrhbLjLGCC6mb1HjtxljeAokew7CrYYgtS_469pfhKQgkfB5EhcZ8_wRLCLWpHJ28KXp10Y6-gIkw8EmdARY/s320/IMG_0977.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My grandpa, Kev, my dad, and me at the Milwaukee County Zoo. I don't remember going many places with my grandma and grandpa except out to eat but apparently we did go to the zoo with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijEcV5K5PGb_RyOPLLpsYokV8xF9O0RYAYODQ9VIuCVmW6e6RXwC32ONiafPDaMrF4a3KFEXkd_imbk9bpFwd5lh2JsELkKpjU5kyE4gOgSH38E7tolfx8-k_7hJKkQGju1XlnMjOYGUqlAg0wQAQDDrUpd9tCFyqMOF2k7IpdqyCFKb6rvyOnao/s4891/IMG_0978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3404" data-original-width="4891" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijEcV5K5PGb_RyOPLLpsYokV8xF9O0RYAYODQ9VIuCVmW6e6RXwC32ONiafPDaMrF4a3KFEXkd_imbk9bpFwd5lh2JsELkKpjU5kyE4gOgSH38E7tolfx8-k_7hJKkQGju1XlnMjOYGUqlAg0wQAQDDrUpd9tCFyqMOF2k7IpdqyCFKb6rvyOnao/s320/IMG_0978.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>You might recognize this rock. It's located near the bandshell at Riverside Park. I always called it the watermelon stone because at park school we would spit our watermelon seeds from this rock. It actually has a time capsule buried under it.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_p4Nc4cMlk-Luy6UMreFlSlop4hkoX8_Bak4JnRg7AwJb4WaVG3ZY91MsJsJBaRpfFzFRw6j2GfxzmSGK56NhXahb0umYSHfzVLmg87lczPPC6PThQMNBViCkyDxnlKOLttV4dqNz-Mlg8b_52TebavRbDjhq4oSX6dmFEarHgxyFGdNuv7infQ/s4460/IMG_0979.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3101" data-original-width="4460" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_p4Nc4cMlk-Luy6UMreFlSlop4hkoX8_Bak4JnRg7AwJb4WaVG3ZY91MsJsJBaRpfFzFRw6j2GfxzmSGK56NhXahb0umYSHfzVLmg87lczPPC6PThQMNBViCkyDxnlKOLttV4dqNz-Mlg8b_52TebavRbDjhq4oSX6dmFEarHgxyFGdNuv7infQ/s320/IMG_0979.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span>Feeding the deer at Riverside Park. We grew up just above the baseball diamonds on Highland Ave and this was our backyard. We loved feeding the deer until someone shot one, then the city got rid of them. It was a sad day.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>/...........................................</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSWrBeFItThk6b2uyPtapQx5FIuNL4jZvirzleUiS6MpIrRMrLyfZ8k7tVIBnhErnTMxbngnDUA7rC7UeqxThWy9HEQFbCUBFkxGRfllVwT9QTNMqOnezXNk3Y5Zceqb_4mdCN0jAR9DwfuxKDByuWkpWHo6qbvwHJEOyFawFO0u6oDfqE7dcYZ0/s4678/IMG_0985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3419" data-original-width="4678" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSWrBeFItThk6b2uyPtapQx5FIuNL4jZvirzleUiS6MpIrRMrLyfZ8k7tVIBnhErnTMxbngnDUA7rC7UeqxThWy9HEQFbCUBFkxGRfllVwT9QTNMqOnezXNk3Y5Zceqb_4mdCN0jAR9DwfuxKDByuWkpWHo6qbvwHJEOyFawFO0u6oDfqE7dcYZ0/s320/IMG_0985.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />....................This is a pool at a motel in Eagle River on one of our Northwoods vacations. My dad was very thriftly when it came to motels and he was not a swimmer so having a pool was not important to him but this time he let us stay in this motel and I loved the pool. The next time we traveled north and I asked if we could stay there again, he checked on the price and it had gone up to $22.00, much to expensive for him. ..I remember not being very happy that night!<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cxI_H-EeAWv-KXTkF3dm55JYPW91PaPf1BJHp_o-1Y52kiuzFGKUrH8Uipa-xYtmhYKVOf1NCGqFdOn0UxWCxW1uiK9BblOuMlz8uU10PL-gJzqqFPFrJ-N__tPrdUWsfBiJ0s5jHzsSHwFU8eyLEPXUmBOMBQAFvyR5sPyovFDYN3JWv0-u3HI/s4182/IMG_0986.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3108" data-original-width="4182" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cxI_H-EeAWv-KXTkF3dm55JYPW91PaPf1BJHp_o-1Y52kiuzFGKUrH8Uipa-xYtmhYKVOf1NCGqFdOn0UxWCxW1uiK9BblOuMlz8uU10PL-gJzqqFPFrJ-N__tPrdUWsfBiJ0s5jHzsSHwFU8eyLEPXUmBOMBQAFvyR5sPyovFDYN3JWv0-u3HI/s320/IMG_0986.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />..............................<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another Easter and I have lost my cuteness to that awkward age around middle school. Still have the matching purse and hat though but what is up with those socks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuftp2fKjjDc2GFG_ruXlh8GLdUVgUAN_YOTPI4lDukHwxpxVJoMp527vx8RgYec3W1pncmG7mJAVqDr-gRkil8-nidPeKmnnEki1Pp2pDOtJ35TuCY29T7OwbE5ormp6rctdRE2e2GRNSJaiZhmORnYvDPB1v25259q2-el4DgmwqPpEYJxPWkP8/s5184/IMG_0987.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuftp2fKjjDc2GFG_ruXlh8GLdUVgUAN_YOTPI4lDukHwxpxVJoMp527vx8RgYec3W1pncmG7mJAVqDr-gRkil8-nidPeKmnnEki1Pp2pDOtJ35TuCY29T7OwbE5ormp6rctdRE2e2GRNSJaiZhmORnYvDPB1v25259q2-el4DgmwqPpEYJxPWkP8/s320/IMG_0987.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my cheerleading uniform in the 5th grade at St. John's. We had to make the coulotte skirts and the top was a simple white sweatshirt. We had to try out to make the cheerleading team and it was quite an honor when over twenty girls tried out and only six were chosen to wear this uniform and represent the school! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvLEwGeJzBIuluiM1bhSSQHVapctQG667S99T9nROkXBfoWu4AUoIEYS1l2cRElOcqUkgGyW17tOz59HOOdJors9dGwKfb35cNT59VRereVzZbCrPQ3QBjeM73uQgiOOCbacAskitHi1r1UF-uv-M6_zv4ufvDvcsFJvIeKKOchqQQifeP9W9GFY/s4187/IMG_0988.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3030" data-original-width="4187" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvLEwGeJzBIuluiM1bhSSQHVapctQG667S99T9nROkXBfoWu4AUoIEYS1l2cRElOcqUkgGyW17tOz59HOOdJors9dGwKfb35cNT59VRereVzZbCrPQ3QBjeM73uQgiOOCbacAskitHi1r1UF-uv-M6_zv4ufvDvcsFJvIeKKOchqQQifeP9W9GFY/s320/IMG_0988.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fifth grade slumber birthday party for me. These were three of my gradeschool friends, Chris Grosnick, me, Pam Grady, and Lori Wickus. I remember this being a very fun party.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OtcxCAr2PnRrRDlk-G9ksnzTKlduDCW5kVbTt48u8Ryma1Yu5GD338-M_K_Q05FuyHDX0q6oGvBzlWEQA0hsL90NXdNYB1WFWhxV_fOszt97HqOcKi3qVVsQFwhavOe6Hdurel2Y0edSDbEYGakkLmH7YZmDt5P-9-jOWE4Qfy1cwD1N5vMI_k8/s4340/IMG_0990.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="4340" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OtcxCAr2PnRrRDlk-G9ksnzTKlduDCW5kVbTt48u8Ryma1Yu5GD338-M_K_Q05FuyHDX0q6oGvBzlWEQA0hsL90NXdNYB1WFWhxV_fOszt97HqOcKi3qVVsQFwhavOe6Hdurel2Y0edSDbEYGakkLmH7YZmDt5P-9-jOWE4Qfy1cwD1N5vMI_k8/s320/IMG_0990.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Another favorite of my dad and me. He must have made those paper hats for us. I know we were up icabin in Tomahawk on this picture.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVGb5BQCIPJEbUN9pO2UICuprkqae7FTbYM4veUGo8GDIT6VmmO4KvrftwMnFFZsmaHa4FqO0dBSIwRFWtJR2GJmIrNDXc0XCiZsgDgSZmoWVjFy6Hg65l5Q4m5JihaP-1OX_6h7P7bBAKXWmgOn4JaVOZi7r0_lLrDvumvChscan8G3OumXGXWo/s4194/IMG_0991.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3338" data-original-width="4194" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVGb5BQCIPJEbUN9pO2UICuprkqae7FTbYM4veUGo8GDIT6VmmO4KvrftwMnFFZsmaHa4FqO0dBSIwRFWtJR2GJmIrNDXc0XCiZsgDgSZmoWVjFy6Hg65l5Q4m5JihaP-1OX_6h7P7bBAKXWmgOn4JaVOZi7r0_lLrDvumvChscan8G3OumXGXWo/s320/IMG_0991.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><br />This is my grandma and grandpa, Leona and Erwin Kohlhoff in their backyard. Look at those beautiful roses! I had so many good times with my grandma and grandpa over the years. They were even able to take are of Alissa when I taught preschool and took Courtney with me\<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3muqMKnpzZBBPBB7VgYDrm3NSAzvMKbNbSPMtvVExX5xNMnax6EH2ZbjIu-4rFKRtgmswTG94sPjR8OmMwHO3PCMzwhlaBUkK_Nyni4oh1OZ1FjqhL4jyHG7bsAcIV7_kLaXIMhOxkoOrf-t6NRmI5UjR21DQHGMI_EIlJBlTGWFRM7VR7L9i0as/s5184/IMG_0993.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3muqMKnpzZBBPBB7VgYDrm3NSAzvMKbNbSPMtvVExX5xNMnax6EH2ZbjIu-4rFKRtgmswTG94sPjR8OmMwHO3PCMzwhlaBUkK_Nyni4oh1OZ1FjqhL4jyHG7bsAcIV7_kLaXIMhOxkoOrf-t6NRmI5UjR21DQHGMI_EIlJBlTGWFRM7VR7L9i0as/s320/IMG_0993.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span>My fifth birthday. I loved my cowboy hat, I also had a gun and holster as well as cowboy boots that I loved just as well. My mom always made sure we had a birthday party with our friends. Birthdays were big celebrations in our house.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKirC8tkBQ7m4kYFlYO12-khrMgItdv7qK7d0vDNwjsSB0VJ_hH7aAnKVWuWOxJNdvi_qSsLMbHgbWM8-AMWtekOvfdAvycj1UjQ-HlBklmKCF75eYxB05IA_8iGmb63YVL2fs50bEtmyLI7DWWKMp0Mbtp9axqf9uv0_QdXGIVD4q3Pvvmuwavo/s4112/IMG_0995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="4112" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKirC8tkBQ7m4kYFlYO12-khrMgItdv7qK7d0vDNwjsSB0VJ_hH7aAnKVWuWOxJNdvi_qSsLMbHgbWM8-AMWtekOvfdAvycj1UjQ-HlBklmKCF75eYxB05IA_8iGmb63YVL2fs50bEtmyLI7DWWKMp0Mbtp9axqf9uv0_QdXGIVD4q3Pvvmuwavo/s320/IMG_0995.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span>This is me on a slide at the lake in Tomahawk. I nearly drowned going down this slide. I guess it would have been after this photo because I look pretty happy here. I went down, went under the water and had to be pulled out by a man there. I think my mom was busy chatting with her friend, Juanita up on the beach. The man who pulled me out was a pastor and his last name was Thies, He had a daughter named Amy who became my friend after the incident. So, there you have my near death experience.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaFOGNjWVeqrkUSAxt4paZPakkK947GcmQSTS0KUOwpXgEHakJN9Sq-umbFfLhoC7fjq3ESOHXlwI5TZsUMv4y6cBE3bO2c4voXA3spXVi4dMA1k8LfcWfE-SfZ-KyCN7afGyHcKum7txAJixEoXIZeuBnSeDF1nq08ml6mH9PYRjGhvTynxmnWM/s4238/IMG_0996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3164" data-original-width="4238" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaFOGNjWVeqrkUSAxt4paZPakkK947GcmQSTS0KUOwpXgEHakJN9Sq-umbFfLhoC7fjq3ESOHXlwI5TZsUMv4y6cBE3bO2c4voXA3spXVi4dMA1k8LfcWfE-SfZ-KyCN7afGyHcKum7txAJixEoXIZeuBnSeDF1nq08ml6mH9PYRjGhvTynxmnWM/s320/IMG_0996.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>This is me and my mom at that same lake in Tomahawk. Sicne we went up there for a number of years, I am not sure if this was the year I almost drowned or not. Apparently my mom is keeping a closer eye on me here.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXH1zpI6FhU6Irqg3YIsAF6sKBER8BWtl5C5m6NM3ZzTjHdd-memWqIMAzZkXBmJEjqxI4krhS4WFRXwXNyrzhSU8yr1xxKOZGl_P5IhnkHQJeTegG4s40IvV58kUGX61e-gxeT2usxYg_l1bdDBBscn191AS-JjR9_xrTZfg4wcfw4vRG1FRZEsI/s3689/IMG_0998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="3689" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXH1zpI6FhU6Irqg3YIsAF6sKBER8BWtl5C5m6NM3ZzTjHdd-memWqIMAzZkXBmJEjqxI4krhS4WFRXwXNyrzhSU8yr1xxKOZGl_P5IhnkHQJeTegG4s40IvV58kUGX61e-gxeT2usxYg_l1bdDBBscn191AS-JjR9_xrTZfg4wcfw4vRG1FRZEsI/s320/IMG_0998.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Another Easter before my brother was born. I must have been three or four. I love that green lamp, wish I still had it today.<br /><span><br />...................................................................................................................... <br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9-s33vjJIGhRjj8qnGZeYpC3jgOgCCQBA8r_Rg74eijc56tPC2P7T8M6itZKdd1F-Q3cWCEAIml6bxFAnp9rkJiMFVe6nhvyScwtgWD5Bxp66MxcCSfLIevO1O26u-aii4tTtx4HUg9ylvofG7Gejkbb1cEHpDSbd8vqWkZaGQOvdAWof_C6cIc/s5078/IMG_1000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3383" data-original-width="5078" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9-s33vjJIGhRjj8qnGZeYpC3jgOgCCQBA8r_Rg74eijc56tPC2P7T8M6itZKdd1F-Q3cWCEAIml6bxFAnp9rkJiMFVe6nhvyScwtgWD5Bxp66MxcCSfLIevO1O26u-aii4tTtx4HUg9ylvofG7Gejkbb1cEHpDSbd8vqWkZaGQOvdAWof_C6cIc/s320/IMG_1000.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>These are two of my best friends from the neighborhood, Tom Checkai and Bruce Veldhuizen. We had the best neighbors growing up. It really was a much easier time to grow up. We would walk in and out of one another's houses, play from sunrise till sunset, and play lots of games with guns. (sticks if no guns were available) Whenever one of us got shot, we had to count to ten and then we were alive again. Teh boys ere always very good about playing dolls with me every once in awhile.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lVIt6E2iK3v18iDOHLP9CdQq-qKaoq1SrvtzqvC4_4zxpdb0LQtvKlgmlhs_xgPqmvK7ZOKPw5Rz5kCkMgpt2EAt9X6sJSiVjcnylIW2fFPe68o_M-PyIZdaFQAcKMu3VjjZBYD0yt-EXE9u6dRWU4qRktjPWiyagxU5s2hn73vjZDpIlduy53k/s4420/IMG_1001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3151" data-original-width="4420" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lVIt6E2iK3v18iDOHLP9CdQq-qKaoq1SrvtzqvC4_4zxpdb0LQtvKlgmlhs_xgPqmvK7ZOKPw5Rz5kCkMgpt2EAt9X6sJSiVjcnylIW2fFPe68o_M-PyIZdaFQAcKMu3VjjZBYD0yt-EXE9u6dRWU4qRktjPWiyagxU5s2hn73vjZDpIlduy53k/s320/IMG_1001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This is the house that I lived in for 20 years of my life until I got married and then I lived there with John and my mom for the 20 more years after our girls flew the nest. My dad lived here for almost 30 years and my mom for over 60 years. That's a lot of history in one house. This is how it looked when we first moved in when I was two. My dad added the addition of a bedroom before my brother arrived and John and I added a master bedroom with on suite bath. We also added a big bedroom for my mom and made a double garage. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2r-5kjvTsmLdCaQ41jSs9JYjV4pPcm6X4_8Jwvjjffbn0ODDeVU84p3GTL5bgbwbiKXmec6ieik7aFEwbUAzqF2lSRQHplchU1LPYpYBsGXoUEh5PnQxBKGCx-rbXPlY8bnXyUHQTonc3X1Qf067umjz3EuCP5GUvDQcuIISMO1eidNR1ZJWtpi8/s3908/IMG_1003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2260" data-original-width="3908" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2r-5kjvTsmLdCaQ41jSs9JYjV4pPcm6X4_8Jwvjjffbn0ODDeVU84p3GTL5bgbwbiKXmec6ieik7aFEwbUAzqF2lSRQHplchU1LPYpYBsGXoUEh5PnQxBKGCx-rbXPlY8bnXyUHQTonc3X1Qf067umjz3EuCP5GUvDQcuIISMO1eidNR1ZJWtpi8/s320/IMG_1003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This is my bff from high school, Connie Dobbratz. She joined my family for a vacaion in a cabin on Lace Arbor Vitae. Her family moved to Brandon WI after our freshman year. I was so sad when she left, but so happy when she returned for our senior year. We have remained friends to this very day. When our kids were little, we spent many fun weekends in Wausau with Connie's family. So many happy memories.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1OaU2cB95Ub-HEFsRMyU26ur67dca2c-J9iYFKC-mFE07bs_phQsy_TSyUk9bxih0pANC4cvy2roDQsEFi5YD4xlEn29MmFculnGaSbTKip-3J-WOToIr-Mk3zqpShjK0q6b4R0tokp5NObIXhHvhFshLZ3tH8v3wFhwCqUv0z14f3zNuV9kRJw/s3702/IMG_1004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="3702" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1OaU2cB95Ub-HEFsRMyU26ur67dca2c-J9iYFKC-mFE07bs_phQsy_TSyUk9bxih0pANC4cvy2roDQsEFi5YD4xlEn29MmFculnGaSbTKip-3J-WOToIr-Mk3zqpShjK0q6b4R0tokp5NObIXhHvhFshLZ3tH8v3wFhwCqUv0z14f3zNuV9kRJw/s320/IMG_1004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">John and I in my backyard sometimne around our engagement. I was teaching Kindergarten at St. John's and he was finishing up college.. So young, so thin, so in love.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBycNDTnS9xklhWgKuT8hPq1WJz26lcGhvSSL5q1jNwexhONxkFaMn2KZQggRSv4VB1F6gwPAmCe1lJf9L4LPfrhGD_dvNgEPQ-ymY0tVsqriFOTQBdxi2yv_WxSmqguLQA4KfNisqtwuqRZYmzUA4Mz8uJbhf-W1_AlQIhCd992XNuFLTk_RGP8s/s3548/IMG_1005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="3548" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBycNDTnS9xklhWgKuT8hPq1WJz26lcGhvSSL5q1jNwexhONxkFaMn2KZQggRSv4VB1F6gwPAmCe1lJf9L4LPfrhGD_dvNgEPQ-ymY0tVsqriFOTQBdxi2yv_WxSmqguLQA4KfNisqtwuqRZYmzUA4Mz8uJbhf-W1_AlQIhCd992XNuFLTk_RGP8s/s320/IMG_1005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">My dad behind his beloved bar. He spent a lot of time behind that bar. He loved to have people over, he was a very social person. I think this is after one of our trips. He collected beer cans and mugs from his travels. If this bar could talk, oh, the stories it would tell! My girls spent many hours sitting at this bar while my dad served them kiddy cocktails. Later after my dad died, we spent Christmases down there around his bar reminiscing about him.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And on this note, with my dad at his bar, I will close the slide show. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Cheers Dad and thanks for leaving me so many memories.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-4349690212518094932023-02-09T11:00:00.000-08:002023-02-09T11:00:20.399-08:002000 slides and a broken projector<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fD-FkONGaAVWzhtMi_BpdEpBYTTpSig0_QTqnVUrhpPSAoi-WbqUzETaeenKWFJ05Lww7vT1JgYV1QIB7EgSePIOWN0NKiepPl94kyrVHDB9B14Ma3aTr9jIWxbbL8p8scOjyuClB1LrY4rbAYv7YXjFFNGx_p3N2mCv3kOt0GSmN85fgWDNFy0/s2048/329397239_412907507710287_3089051983416450340_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fD-FkONGaAVWzhtMi_BpdEpBYTTpSig0_QTqnVUrhpPSAoi-WbqUzETaeenKWFJ05Lww7vT1JgYV1QIB7EgSePIOWN0NKiepPl94kyrVHDB9B14Ma3aTr9jIWxbbL8p8scOjyuClB1LrY4rbAYv7YXjFFNGx_p3N2mCv3kOt0GSmN85fgWDNFy0/s320/329397239_412907507710287_3089051983416450340_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtce395EQcWupLy0wp3gpF-Rnywn_LAkwoWJJl4BPdWbi3j-v410Jewo_mck9hoGcOF4hYtAgoJScxs8PwK_15qjCuP6csFo5_7FWltLzWh8dT_B0ZCBzVQPjiukk4_-1oIyI8r9kB5ATipN2i-5BGh2d7XKptSs1XEXOZIHjAlL4K3lnDi05e6E/s2048/330115712_2810790319057798_8247880550416221041_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtce395EQcWupLy0wp3gpF-Rnywn_LAkwoWJJl4BPdWbi3j-v410Jewo_mck9hoGcOF4hYtAgoJScxs8PwK_15qjCuP6csFo5_7FWltLzWh8dT_B0ZCBzVQPjiukk4_-1oIyI8r9kB5ATipN2i-5BGh2d7XKptSs1XEXOZIHjAlL4K3lnDi05e6E/s320/330115712_2810790319057798_8247880550416221041_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> My dad loved his slides. He had over 2000 of them all organized in circular slide cartridges. Inside each cartridge box, he had a detailed list of the subjects of the slides in that reel. I remember my dad setting up the screen and his projector and going through the slides with whoever was willing to watch with him. I always enjoyed watching them and hearing the stories that he and my mom would tell about all the adventures they had while taking the pictures. I especially liked hearing the stories from before I was born and then in my early years. I have filed all those stories away. <p></p><p>After my dad died, I would pull out my dad's projector and the slides, (we no longer had the screen, so we would just show them on a light-colored wall,) and show them on holidays. I could look at the slides all day and repeat the stories that my dad and mom had told me, but my audience would dwindle as the slide show wore on. My daughters would only tolerate so much, my brother also couldn't last past two reels, my husband would usually ride it out and my mom thoroughly enjoyed the entire show just as much as I did. To this day, I can hear her and my dad telling the stories.</p><p>Fast forward to our move to Oshkosh. We just did not have room in our little apartment for all the slides plus the projector, so I put it in the care of my brother. I knew he would not look at them, but at least they were safe. </p><p>My mom died in August, and we moved into a bigger apartment in November. I had room for the slides and the projector and if they were with me, I could pull them out and watch them whenever the urge hit. We picked them up from my brother's and I immediately set up the projector and began going through the slides. I hadn't even made it through reel 3 when the projector stopped working. We thought it was the bulb, so we checked out ordering a new bulb from Amazon but at $125.00 that wasn't happening. Upon further inspection we realized the bulb was fine but the On. Off switch was broken. Well, there was no way we could fix that ourselves and who would we find that could fix a 60-year-old projector for a decent price. </p><p>Now I realize, there are companies that will put slides onto flash drives or DVD's but that is not a cheap endeavor and with over 2000 slides, it seemed way too expensive. So I made my way over to Ebay and found a slide projector, same make as my dad's, only not quite as fancy as his, but it appeared that the reels would fit. I ordered it to the tune of $100.00. It arrived and we were back in business. John and I looked through all 2000 slides and he listened patiently as I told the stories.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgBnEpk0RdVgOCOOe3O2XjY6QQVhcc6dHfM22-NWfTR5BiXwmtZSptfmnLqkjlkcRyk57zbvipPYls_SMxu_GffflDJETl4oi9of5Qbt_TtETn0Zp-f0b6lp9-cnLbCVnC8_5z-U-DvoWfWHdQTfZxpXgiRyUb6_mm9SceLjd3i6Vk_X6zL95QPQ/s2048/328057889_491813259807010_869449690040720099_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgBnEpk0RdVgOCOOe3O2XjY6QQVhcc6dHfM22-NWfTR5BiXwmtZSptfmnLqkjlkcRyk57zbvipPYls_SMxu_GffflDJETl4oi9of5Qbt_TtETn0Zp-f0b6lp9-cnLbCVnC8_5z-U-DvoWfWHdQTfZxpXgiRyUb6_mm9SceLjd3i6Vk_X6zL95QPQ/s320/328057889_491813259807010_869449690040720099_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHy8hbIR51Z_8x0sCH17QXUkEqo4lAvZqrx1f6M4vrAUmUkxiGXUzUx-zaQdGcBMGWUQGpO8cO3Ad_cIvT6hbiFfaeJyil73HBMj0_UbXRVW1Sa7rH8K2S9hJ8TR8YVUvxCwLkzLA-ARijqBIb2DXp7IFbAAL44Zb2PdpWGtzK6fHt0TPJf4Enp0/s2048/328553270_547224027377932_5785962150512734742_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHy8hbIR51Z_8x0sCH17QXUkEqo4lAvZqrx1f6M4vrAUmUkxiGXUzUx-zaQdGcBMGWUQGpO8cO3Ad_cIvT6hbiFfaeJyil73HBMj0_UbXRVW1Sa7rH8K2S9hJ8TR8YVUvxCwLkzLA-ARijqBIb2DXp7IFbAAL44Zb2PdpWGtzK6fHt0TPJf4Enp0/s320/328553270_547224027377932_5785962150512734742_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I am hoping that someday my kids and grandkids will sit with me, watch the slides and listen to the stories. I worry that those precious stories won't continue if someone doesn't take time to listen to them and pass them down to future generations. And one never knows when my memory will fade, and I just don't want those memories to fade with it. </p><p>One other thing, every time I see all the work, my dad did writing all those descriptions I think of him and how proud he was of his slides. They are very precious to me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAo0JmoWI2A3amSBTs4fmq8IkcR2DGOAha0FS026r-UTJi0rJOmHz8HhgbzVeX1cYL3NNvts3OfWSGLgytLTNB90oXrqfO0bPnew0K7JEPiKwzWjlcP_4SW_pSkWqOtsmvf7aIlhtsqrDLmEIx0MGVoK2LEEEJkPf_HNDDrsnByWXtp5K4o6mO4U/s526/329379443_598262502121750_4660776263159441755_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="526" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAo0JmoWI2A3amSBTs4fmq8IkcR2DGOAha0FS026r-UTJi0rJOmHz8HhgbzVeX1cYL3NNvts3OfWSGLgytLTNB90oXrqfO0bPnew0K7JEPiKwzWjlcP_4SW_pSkWqOtsmvf7aIlhtsqrDLmEIx0MGVoK2LEEEJkPf_HNDDrsnByWXtp5K4o6mO4U/s320/329379443_598262502121750_4660776263159441755_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I am going to share a few of my favorite slides here. I want to have a record of a few of the stories just in case no one will watch them with me and listen to the memories.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WpbGYp4jOdi52490Rjb8TQbVW7Jq9aYusgdRP-pXcFOKKm3bXz913ceuIC_7OP7-yQzy_HkbpRD2WQQq2F1W28QNTpr67d-olmiREOEdK1HqrERaBGeM_jFM8VMmFvzVMfbAMxiYXDCuMBg0lJC5fYdtWjy1Ptj1maHNpbM0zHAekliyzFiht-Q/s4179/IMG_0905.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3452" data-original-width="4179" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WpbGYp4jOdi52490Rjb8TQbVW7Jq9aYusgdRP-pXcFOKKm3bXz913ceuIC_7OP7-yQzy_HkbpRD2WQQq2F1W28QNTpr67d-olmiREOEdK1HqrERaBGeM_jFM8VMmFvzVMfbAMxiYXDCuMBg0lJC5fYdtWjy1Ptj1maHNpbM0zHAekliyzFiht-Q/s320/IMG_0905.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my mom and me. Not sure of the date but I was born in January of 1953, so I would saay I was one or two months old here. One thing I love about looking at these old slides is seeing clothes, furniture, and decor of the times. Look at that wallpaper. My grandma and grandpa got this apartment ready for my mom and dad after they married. My grandpa built even thing to turn their upstairs into the apartment.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhxSd3J-W9aiVfXChlLkhjM9VeS4y5SqZstqKpmchAuvCpfl9AnH0IDMEEgKynDPuZidaBvuBTqv-AjG5WLAMlkkE8HVHHPrvDmY-lj6Qspf9jhG1Emi3JFYQ0E0UeiF6RtIYMYt8rh3A0SYvitdYTOXt6nCR1K0lZxSX1NPLewZcG-lO7VegX1U/s5184/IMG_0908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhxSd3J-W9aiVfXChlLkhjM9VeS4y5SqZstqKpmchAuvCpfl9AnH0IDMEEgKynDPuZidaBvuBTqv-AjG5WLAMlkkE8HVHHPrvDmY-lj6Qspf9jhG1Emi3JFYQ0E0UeiF6RtIYMYt8rh3A0SYvitdYTOXt6nCR1K0lZxSX1NPLewZcG-lO7VegX1U/s320/IMG_0908.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my mom, my dad and I in front of our house. Which was my grandma and grandpa's house. We lived in an upstairs apartment. The reddish car visible in the front is our car and the one in the driveway belongs to my grandpa. I am pretty sure this is Easter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkR7oSxgZQDw7sbnnh_Lpcj2H1RBT6dlPvFVrUDztFjgkBNSh3PqCBzDEBsMBXJBuNFhbSuNogqSMOJKFoJgxGTBLEMh2e_SY-cnV8Uf1P-wKYmOLvR33jOY6YI4RWM6eYTmSpkYfd4Qnwl1wnn24TQuW40to-DGnU01RDSIzy6I15Q4CaZPtpXXw/s5184/IMG_0903.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkR7oSxgZQDw7sbnnh_Lpcj2H1RBT6dlPvFVrUDztFjgkBNSh3PqCBzDEBsMBXJBuNFhbSuNogqSMOJKFoJgxGTBLEMh2e_SY-cnV8Uf1P-wKYmOLvR33jOY6YI4RWM6eYTmSpkYfd4Qnwl1wnn24TQuW40to-DGnU01RDSIzy6I15Q4CaZPtpXXw/s320/IMG_0903.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me in my crib in the upstairs apartment above my grandma and grandpa's house, 212 Green St. Watertown. Date was spring 1953. I had the cutest wallpaper in my room. We lived in this apartment until I waa 2 when we moved to 906 Highland Ave where I lived for the rest of my childhood and then again after my daughters moved out.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUVXWCOIX6iS2QIixltdonEn_UPzNmY81Fvg8vjiwkoPMaV9biKxWz8C-a-sRbiE_SJC2j_N3LgyNJGVQECjpDFcr-xxOaON8_KDS2ZK2kjRJ0jXiRJRtbkbDCZifMJqs_DIcWpEtyST2rU_DQF1Bh7xBEUq5sni643C0z-qTdVjMxnHPRNOK9Ok/s3678/IMG_0910.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3417" data-original-width="3678" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUVXWCOIX6iS2QIixltdonEn_UPzNmY81Fvg8vjiwkoPMaV9biKxWz8C-a-sRbiE_SJC2j_N3LgyNJGVQECjpDFcr-xxOaON8_KDS2ZK2kjRJ0jXiRJRtbkbDCZifMJqs_DIcWpEtyST2rU_DQF1Bh7xBEUq5sni643C0z-qTdVjMxnHPRNOK9Ok/s320/IMG_0910.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my mom and dad all dressed for a formal dance. It was during Watertown's centennial celebration. My dad had grown the facial hair for the celebration. <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBfn_yuZ_oZeH6AKWJMhRrA8sNjVDtieMHKXLzUdWREQCUiYBw6ul3MXc-rN81vFrBStSTL7b5B_q4P57VMsQv38yF7OwZGd_Gk5o5bdv88NequunZOnsPrX3GGUaUl59kCmYfQUOihUMJIcOLRv1srIr58mO4ARuLxhMk441JsU37hwFdgzi3fw/s4384/IMG_0911%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3452" data-original-width="4384" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBfn_yuZ_oZeH6AKWJMhRrA8sNjVDtieMHKXLzUdWREQCUiYBw6ul3MXc-rN81vFrBStSTL7b5B_q4P57VMsQv38yF7OwZGd_Gk5o5bdv88NequunZOnsPrX3GGUaUl59kCmYfQUOihUMJIcOLRv1srIr58mO4ARuLxhMk441JsU37hwFdgzi3fw/s320/IMG_0911%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my dad and I in our backyard. He still has his facial hair so this must have been around the centennial celebration. That was a stone fireplace in the background. <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMGgmdeXVOSGGIzp8-NIVge67Kb-c-O08qsVl1mRkgic5Sg65oyqPxWU-ZdJSbsBl4Ad_jPzqiC1AphD4S0OAYW4Iug55OPic1zScQ4MWRUMkzBBZxfqFbo1mROC2x2lcvxbqv1YA9y9UBnu_PrR9rTf_ONQdqsQrfAAWg7tWSpirBk92fPsw8_Y/s5184/IMG_0912.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMGgmdeXVOSGGIzp8-NIVge67Kb-c-O08qsVl1mRkgic5Sg65oyqPxWU-ZdJSbsBl4Ad_jPzqiC1AphD4S0OAYW4Iug55OPic1zScQ4MWRUMkzBBZxfqFbo1mROC2x2lcvxbqv1YA9y9UBnu_PrR9rTf_ONQdqsQrfAAWg7tWSpirBk92fPsw8_Y/s320/IMG_0912.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my mom and I dressed for the centennial in our Sisters of the Swish dresses. My daughters used these dresses for dress up when they were little. They played a lot of Little House on the Prairie, and the dresses were great for that.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDZz_qIVjZHICVTbIwPbry0hkmUn1ax_01i7PivKJJXRy-lyiH0WNzmMoYKNp1hbic8A1A9n96JZMk8Pmcihtrld7K2WypjGK8-3PHcItARNMaak08AbqMYZ0nSSB-Hr7FdgKnyqh_a_Atw-c88KWPtcYHb1ATzyXDrhcbkLjsgoy5_MSaM_VlKQ/s5184/IMG_0914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDZz_qIVjZHICVTbIwPbry0hkmUn1ax_01i7PivKJJXRy-lyiH0WNzmMoYKNp1hbic8A1A9n96JZMk8Pmcihtrld7K2WypjGK8-3PHcItARNMaak08AbqMYZ0nSSB-Hr7FdgKnyqh_a_Atw-c88KWPtcYHb1ATzyXDrhcbkLjsgoy5_MSaM_VlKQ/s320/IMG_0914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">One of my all-time favorites, me and my dad doing tricks. I love how I always was dressed so cute. This was at our house on Highland Ave. </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTt5x44nBr1OLGFnlpu93e201C0L0ggQ7GTtwT0KVhErHG0nkoP-eUpPj2__gAaN1JIjCsUiD7MFLKfyOz2Z0UdaF7SuYvQaLMzENUgsa_OQUSHAwojmdErrVPoCvn5uIIYhQncsEh7xqlO8C6jciCckb5ucbTyqgoFNMh_jKbgxx0PdeKey0nAs/s3775/IMG_0933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3303" data-original-width="3775" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTt5x44nBr1OLGFnlpu93e201C0L0ggQ7GTtwT0KVhErHG0nkoP-eUpPj2__gAaN1JIjCsUiD7MFLKfyOz2Z0UdaF7SuYvQaLMzENUgsa_OQUSHAwojmdErrVPoCvn5uIIYhQncsEh7xqlO8C6jciCckb5ucbTyqgoFNMh_jKbgxx0PdeKey0nAs/s320/IMG_0933.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Izqs8cD_nPaDK1wY_d4vR1UOM41heIEmdAKdIDxXfY-3a-vDlg0YnUU1kXN9Vp4BT4f1mf_IiGQBJRtnAJqGoUFdsi8IUPP6BDs-qaNaISLgDSRBUI9xNHW8xfFpBT4AGCnsRk9XjvDf05j6_nBD5yiyB01xmgggobOCsJaecElu2JJF0nqRcS4/s4077/IMG_0907.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3452" data-original-width="4077" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Izqs8cD_nPaDK1wY_d4vR1UOM41heIEmdAKdIDxXfY-3a-vDlg0YnUU1kXN9Vp4BT4f1mf_IiGQBJRtnAJqGoUFdsi8IUPP6BDs-qaNaISLgDSRBUI9xNHW8xfFpBT4AGCnsRk9XjvDf05j6_nBD5yiyB01xmgggobOCsJaecElu2JJF0nqRcS4/s320/IMG_0907.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me in my backyard which was also my grandma and grandpa's backyard. It was a big, beautiful backyard with lots of flowers, vegetable gardens and hot beds with plants. There were horsehoe pits and sheds full of treasures.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNupu-IDRAShzzDvMALw5vs-NFin3AiaAIluOsFFKtqDXC1T4cX9ULbu6ktA6-Ifs9t_xR-L6L8M3gK9_3HAfKWAre0YMx6KfaTcFYQobhDdBEmUYpN-RGYCSwJcg_9HUJvIPdFkhRgx2hgbjgcpNiXsQl2dmfLbkI9ulLCcvi3tGzn0E10oxM84I/s5184/IMG_0915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNupu-IDRAShzzDvMALw5vs-NFin3AiaAIluOsFFKtqDXC1T4cX9ULbu6ktA6-Ifs9t_xR-L6L8M3gK9_3HAfKWAre0YMx6KfaTcFYQobhDdBEmUYpN-RGYCSwJcg_9HUJvIPdFkhRgx2hgbjgcpNiXsQl2dmfLbkI9ulLCcvi3tGzn0E10oxM84I/s320/IMG_0915.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is me and my very good friend, Karrie Kucckan Aleshire. We are in the apartment above my grandma and grandpa's house. Looks like we are having some type of tea party. I was born in January and Karrie was born in May. We are still good friends today!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETc5pppJTuVefTUrc7u9ZPkGhqJFQZY3F_qtBk1bhwb5_1vHX1ggmpxNU_by4UQAZb0UEqw6KeeT2_idNqC0mhyYqNtIS6--4fNbzyogNJQnjDR4CtXkfPArpnVH0PYC6hGwSrGaTYSkDJUHGhaDmG-pOIrwKVa-6mxV8vs8OlOIVBKxDSxbTuvQ/s4035/IMG_0918%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3181" data-original-width="4035" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETc5pppJTuVefTUrc7u9ZPkGhqJFQZY3F_qtBk1bhwb5_1vHX1ggmpxNU_by4UQAZb0UEqw6KeeT2_idNqC0mhyYqNtIS6--4fNbzyogNJQnjDR4CtXkfPArpnVH0PYC6hGwSrGaTYSkDJUHGhaDmG-pOIrwKVa-6mxV8vs8OlOIVBKxDSxbTuvQ/s320/IMG_0918%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My second birthday celebrated in our apartment. Look at the wallpaper and all the Funk and Wagnall encyclopedias on the shelf! I always had the prettiest dresses thanks to my grandma who always bought them for me at Tot and Teen, a children's shop here in Watertown.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLEGGlIeHdHWQdRKgjNd9SXSljYbQGt52StHkZlyU4Y8soTAEWi_FKcpkBDFfx0jC-gpG2ZeB9PNA7oIiXlqVg6nIl608uvACQ_UtT7z5mXDzo5yNlpJ0gvtaTECRGbRat1t18HD6x84EAnBUWzx6hRfTjLd_V04dLDLq90PRCi9zuww_bL8r9sY/s2100/IMG_0918%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2100" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLEGGlIeHdHWQdRKgjNd9SXSljYbQGt52StHkZlyU4Y8soTAEWi_FKcpkBDFfx0jC-gpG2ZeB9PNA7oIiXlqVg6nIl608uvACQ_UtT7z5mXDzo5yNlpJ0gvtaTECRGbRat1t18HD6x84EAnBUWzx6hRfTjLd_V04dLDLq90PRCi9zuww_bL8r9sY/s320/IMG_0918%20(3).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Same picture just a little closer.That cake looks yummy. I also remember the footstool it is sitting on. I used to like to lay on the side of it on my tummy and roll around. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaXOtIAFaSu1KnNoH902CTSOPTYHYjcTzZTAquY3Swfk4EWYaLktAB5OOiBymQAS5aDXPq2a021xJ2kqIO8MZ6zNA8bFh675WkRmD-XeDgh5-Sc4_cbw-newqNELmQ-DjVfwo3SG6U3hkWs-BgVQ5YXRB15jNLstWgInZHrwsX0yIofBsbWJub3E/s4788/IMG_0920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3199" data-original-width="4788" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaXOtIAFaSu1KnNoH902CTSOPTYHYjcTzZTAquY3Swfk4EWYaLktAB5OOiBymQAS5aDXPq2a021xJ2kqIO8MZ6zNA8bFh675WkRmD-XeDgh5-Sc4_cbw-newqNELmQ-DjVfwo3SG6U3hkWs-BgVQ5YXRB15jNLstWgInZHrwsX0yIofBsbWJub3E/s320/IMG_0920.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another favorite of me and my dad hammering at our kitchen table in our apartment. I still have those little girls salt and pepper shakers that you see on the tavle in front of us.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowBgHzOgD5skosA2rQOL_bOevJ4EX2tsnOv2-mQabYnfg18ALXDYPjFaFkIt5uCs0FeTBs7KXvYCE8ru4jQ3QLIdETPzmyFYR5rhQQ08iZnsUdxNBQUiysNX0jI-NNV2mFN0txgZ7OblqOJzTqEYy9hAnecQGzc3aBiMfKCcNvPXEADI4pzjyEq0/s4047/IMG_0921.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3309" data-original-width="4047" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowBgHzOgD5skosA2rQOL_bOevJ4EX2tsnOv2-mQabYnfg18ALXDYPjFaFkIt5uCs0FeTBs7KXvYCE8ru4jQ3QLIdETPzmyFYR5rhQQ08iZnsUdxNBQUiysNX0jI-NNV2mFN0txgZ7OblqOJzTqEYy9hAnecQGzc3aBiMfKCcNvPXEADI4pzjyEq0/s320/IMG_0921.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Me with two of my dolls. I am sitting in a rocking chair that I wish I had not gotten rid of when we moved. We are still in the apartment, so I am around 2 here.Notice how that one doll has such big elf ears!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7c0b8LVIprX8d3hRC-g-26cv-5Wd5IlmsjaF5qI6WojRWhiwzPtyeJ97vZCoKgwP-sSu7LxlVNNiQLVcReJYsD2g5PTDDxole-oIgjt6LnKAdenpmdTUzS6BfVuCdncFHDetkNleC0SRPx7U1-lupMqLC5sBsDQts4JgVeAzAnwe-FoHIw1gQDg/s5184/IMG_0923.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7c0b8LVIprX8d3hRC-g-26cv-5Wd5IlmsjaF5qI6WojRWhiwzPtyeJ97vZCoKgwP-sSu7LxlVNNiQLVcReJYsD2g5PTDDxole-oIgjt6LnKAdenpmdTUzS6BfVuCdncFHDetkNleC0SRPx7U1-lupMqLC5sBsDQts4JgVeAzAnwe-FoHIw1gQDg/s320/IMG_0923.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Easter Sunday with my grandma, Leona Kohlhoff and my grandpa, Erwin Kohlhoff. We are in front of our their house, our apartment. I love the hats!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuCUaYO0igLMtJiLs7qt_sKkdUxVgwYBztdcLwlO0wmf600-aJETrUWzKCIc32HFkxYVF8ZtGIWCT4bxjVnjhBWyHt96DtTRqw9LdzxyJZvBGwqhGT0rpystCFPsmSAY0IaiENPHtdh68Foph6c_zucNLQCXDwh9WW15qWdvOJad_5tQDkzQ2fWY/s5184/IMG_0925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuCUaYO0igLMtJiLs7qt_sKkdUxVgwYBztdcLwlO0wmf600-aJETrUWzKCIc32HFkxYVF8ZtGIWCT4bxjVnjhBWyHt96DtTRqw9LdzxyJZvBGwqhGT0rpystCFPsmSAY0IaiENPHtdh68Foph6c_zucNLQCXDwh9WW15qWdvOJad_5tQDkzQ2fWY/s320/IMG_0925.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is my other grandma who we called Ohma. She is my mom's mom, Helen Block Uttech. This is the house she rented on 215 N. Washington St. Watertown. She lived their with her sister, Laura. They never had much money and both worked very hard. I am with Ohma and my only cousin Bob Uttech on this photo. Yep, only one cousin. My dad was an only child and my mom had one brother, Herb who had one son, Bob. Bob was 14 years older than me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtZGNKY3pIgguTi6m2VrezKYjq0T-PA51skaHO8wL96ajWO8ekpGWw8nYYOYws4ltfABv4oA1egwAAOKbsJN-XkT_YItdI4u2zXi9egnj61FBkH6Ij8xqAfTwU7_pMmNPs9M3rd3RqUCxzgnZXArjezoQfPcB5BfdbjAmrRzR-Lf96P3bJAZDwYQ/s5184/IMG_0926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtZGNKY3pIgguTi6m2VrezKYjq0T-PA51skaHO8wL96ajWO8ekpGWw8nYYOYws4ltfABv4oA1egwAAOKbsJN-XkT_YItdI4u2zXi9egnj61FBkH6Ij8xqAfTwU7_pMmNPs9M3rd3RqUCxzgnZXArjezoQfPcB5BfdbjAmrRzR-Lf96P3bJAZDwYQ/s320/IMG_0926.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is me outside of the new house on Highland Ave. I remember this cute muff with little doll head on it. Again, my grandma used to buy my winter coats, too. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_Ah_Iu9X3nKM_SwY3v5vX1-Uw2AuYD-GRc5TxdR-xLpq8DCjETbgQkJjDEcS5WShwi0pae1nx3YzUNcs9_SxQKhsRhJC6VMTMYlqg5DrLB--gmH8EZb3M9cjkP3uBOUmmFqoXVHxWYXUHLYSxnGSmNRS_sgrc4C8CTuRdMXChjF4SyZqozlzsp8/s4101/IMG_0927.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3350" data-original-width="4101" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_Ah_Iu9X3nKM_SwY3v5vX1-Uw2AuYD-GRc5TxdR-xLpq8DCjETbgQkJjDEcS5WShwi0pae1nx3YzUNcs9_SxQKhsRhJC6VMTMYlqg5DrLB--gmH8EZb3M9cjkP3uBOUmmFqoXVHxWYXUHLYSxnGSmNRS_sgrc4C8CTuRdMXChjF4SyZqozlzsp8/s320/IMG_0927.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">First Easter in our new house on Highland Ave. It was pink when we bought it. I love my little outfit and my corsage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHc_WdxQKFzpO_bnqSIJkpnY0d2I1BSDjh5OsT60PVTehv9KrlQj90dwzkb32PR_f44GEcPKQIf49dVVLLneCGh-RhtNd4pdbJXI1NX_xOScmI6Zs5-d1p4apZ5iEyorcPQGIZln0W9GbRPHJtG_CujDb8UCGGmygFX9RkWQB66MmkTnCIHXfjaU/s4364/IMG_0929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3391" data-original-width="4364" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHc_WdxQKFzpO_bnqSIJkpnY0d2I1BSDjh5OsT60PVTehv9KrlQj90dwzkb32PR_f44GEcPKQIf49dVVLLneCGh-RhtNd4pdbJXI1NX_xOScmI6Zs5-d1p4apZ5iEyorcPQGIZln0W9GbRPHJtG_CujDb8UCGGmygFX9RkWQB66MmkTnCIHXfjaU/s320/IMG_0929.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Well, this is a little out of the timeline. This is me Kev and me at a motel in Minoqua. We took a lot of family vacations. My dad loved to travel, and he planned our trips very carefully. I have so many happy memories of those trips.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkxpvmCvpPYJPBYu-SMXFG7P9vzHRNW7xB_V1ReX-2rxeWeSbOGQQKpWMd5hbUb_LEUdWfbOFRRL7fDXiIvJt6bGf0C9R8vcdFZlQjV_g_dp7NIi5b-METXZDhWz5NXApz5HrIkK9Io_HPs0PQic4xopIBWMXMRJJMaowpUTjemZ3XAUl6UdyG4Q/s4421/IMG_0932.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3433" data-original-width="4421" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkxpvmCvpPYJPBYu-SMXFG7P9vzHRNW7xB_V1ReX-2rxeWeSbOGQQKpWMd5hbUb_LEUdWfbOFRRL7fDXiIvJt6bGf0C9R8vcdFZlQjV_g_dp7NIi5b-METXZDhWz5NXApz5HrIkK9Io_HPs0PQic4xopIBWMXMRJJMaowpUTjemZ3XAUl6UdyG4Q/s320/IMG_0932.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is me and my neighborhood friends, Tom and Mark Checkai me and Bruce Veldhuizen. We were dressed up for hobo day down at Riverside Park. We went to "park school" where we had special dress up days, all types of games, contests, and activities. It was such a fun place to hang out all summer. There were always two teachers, high school or college kids, one boy and one girl. I don't think being a hobo would be politically correct in this day and age!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1yTcpBJMw9lNO4dcnT3is8IwzToFqFYl-knbRJ53mGJn_bwGAJzsZGmPelXjw12o4GJfa76vUllhJaOYqrvAS_SKe8UFq-g3SVZEyF4uValVyzRoL8KBT-mJR_kAA82CwiQGQoegHLf8HzuJYOYxiBtm3PmTKM6SYIxXK5VVkmXiBugcVGSC1Iw/s3775/IMG_0933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3303" data-original-width="3775" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1yTcpBJMw9lNO4dcnT3is8IwzToFqFYl-knbRJ53mGJn_bwGAJzsZGmPelXjw12o4GJfa76vUllhJaOYqrvAS_SKe8UFq-g3SVZEyF4uValVyzRoL8KBT-mJR_kAA82CwiQGQoegHLf8HzuJYOYxiBtm3PmTKM6SYIxXK5VVkmXiBugcVGSC1Iw/s320/IMG_0933.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was Easter 1967. I was in 8th grade and Kev was probably 8 year old. I remember this suit. It had an orange blouse underneath. Our house is not pink anymore, it is now green.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_md0VKYC7wpyvNeNLKVU4UGwDze1DiYLR9W3B8NIp5bU3BlOCKDs2Mx18F84PTQCk0IMOD0Cs304W1j-jaBEktWyxmZwRcOTcOAUtU7y3WpQHOlhTACxOUihMUitTLgqsA_4fA8TbgnOjTD_P6SOt2qQ_9oksIoJz7tjC_xGCONFCESU-6m1K0kY/s4021/IMG_0935.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4021" data-original-width="2608" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_md0VKYC7wpyvNeNLKVU4UGwDze1DiYLR9W3B8NIp5bU3BlOCKDs2Mx18F84PTQCk0IMOD0Cs304W1j-jaBEktWyxmZwRcOTcOAUtU7y3WpQHOlhTACxOUihMUitTLgqsA_4fA8TbgnOjTD_P6SOt2qQ_9oksIoJz7tjC_xGCONFCESU-6m1K0kY/s320/IMG_0935.JPG" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My confirmation. May 1967. The picture was taken in our living room.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR_hgH5o9-m_hApJjPXkOteWMkqckc4yUKYPzqUgA9qIt1Sl0TyLgucaMLczM6W2TSJHSOchzP-KWyGAJ38Skl7lkJUoETtUOn_Dz1jCQgiQ-jUZGuaG7H_sV0H39uwDLaunyao05XvLlYBcPnJoUHDJFF6Co27w5bZ3I867RRTy3bCQddC4MQgg/s3502/IMG_0937%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3084" data-original-width="3502" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR_hgH5o9-m_hApJjPXkOteWMkqckc4yUKYPzqUgA9qIt1Sl0TyLgucaMLczM6W2TSJHSOchzP-KWyGAJ38Skl7lkJUoETtUOn_Dz1jCQgiQ-jUZGuaG7H_sV0H39uwDLaunyao05XvLlYBcPnJoUHDJFF6Co27w5bZ3I867RRTy3bCQddC4MQgg/s320/IMG_0937%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This picture brings back a lot of memories. It was taken at a cottage we rented on Pickeral Lake. We went up there with Paul, Helen, Karla and Layne Kohlhoff. I was their babysitter and our families were good friends. Helen worked with my dad. Helen did my hair for me ond day and took this picture. I really liked that orange ruffled shirt I had. This was the summer before eighth grade.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZPaa6wjWXJxzt0Lwf6GRm0Iw1xqfz6CTxsKFQwop1ySFNrPYO8WhrORXdvPz8-SCLs8idp1EZWwCJG9jZ5S7Of6B_61bYzQwM6XpfBIUPlA4EzN104H5kJjOwhSlzp9bqsVQQjVKMHN--CC4Lh_KgaZ6Qs4xQbjWxtHDOqK4UXcuD6_xRqut_Xw/s4427/IMG_0938.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4427" data-original-width="3256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZPaa6wjWXJxzt0Lwf6GRm0Iw1xqfz6CTxsKFQwop1ySFNrPYO8WhrORXdvPz8-SCLs8idp1EZWwCJG9jZ5S7Of6B_61bYzQwM6XpfBIUPlA4EzN104H5kJjOwhSlzp9bqsVQQjVKMHN--CC4Lh_KgaZ6Qs4xQbjWxtHDOqK4UXcuD6_xRqut_Xw/s320/IMG_0938.JPG" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was my 15th birthday and I am wearing my absolute favorite dress. I was in ninth grade, having the time of my life! I wore yellow fish nets with this dress.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am going to end this post and add more slide pictures in the next post before it gets too long.</div><div style="text-align: left;">See you at the next post!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-580570032251802492023-01-29T18:56:00.000-08:002023-01-29T18:56:14.568-08:00Happy 70th to Me!<p> Wow, I cannot believe that I am 70! I am not going to lie, there was a time when 70 seemed very old but now that I am here, it doesn't seem all that old. I know it is the sunset of my life but there is still plenty of time to enjoy life. There is comfort in numbers, I am not the only one turning 70, I am surrounded by friends joining this club with me. And there are a fair share of friends who were not granted the privilege of getting to this age. So when considering the alternative, I will take turning 70 and embracing it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDihG16zgs0XS-wWDx3Bl8rr8yKSYSxnT757Qk2y3VUOGM34Wleat_tVE47XD3FzjFKC8TJDhBwiMoHt097aRro9VP8M6wEif_yk-pUDligx6xGmcoOvi-JGMbP6o1SbwKmeSn2Bre6Wv72sJDY-0yecH-I3a8mu_uwYvee4c7tu-jolr7rRCpJA/s2048/325889769_481310937544090_6560371861486577378_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDihG16zgs0XS-wWDx3Bl8rr8yKSYSxnT757Qk2y3VUOGM34Wleat_tVE47XD3FzjFKC8TJDhBwiMoHt097aRro9VP8M6wEif_yk-pUDligx6xGmcoOvi-JGMbP6o1SbwKmeSn2Bre6Wv72sJDY-0yecH-I3a8mu_uwYvee4c7tu-jolr7rRCpJA/s320/325889769_481310937544090_6560371861486577378_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Another thing, age is just a number. I have never had a problem turning any age. So just as I rolled into those other milestone ages, I will roll into this one, too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbt-rsBCWW75gDqoVq0Ll4qeIy5ZeJIc9P0Psa0GInuJOs52oK0If-2pFgfj5M8abWVJ5sKmzUwRhdE86LZ2duFI1U9abTESw8UzKmntRIiTMHW4jjaD8PUGYqzeuyQuIIUQ8bCXRfxZYwMRxYkjP7qCVUHAlnL5-4vzLt0POD_wTT3UA_LhO3tA/s2048/326945370_931651711529731_975974070524671533_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbt-rsBCWW75gDqoVq0Ll4qeIy5ZeJIc9P0Psa0GInuJOs52oK0If-2pFgfj5M8abWVJ5sKmzUwRhdE86LZ2duFI1U9abTESw8UzKmntRIiTMHW4jjaD8PUGYqzeuyQuIIUQ8bCXRfxZYwMRxYkjP7qCVUHAlnL5-4vzLt0POD_wTT3UA_LhO3tA/s320/326945370_931651711529731_975974070524671533_n.jpg" width="155" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This would be my first birthday without my mom. I knew it would seem odd to celebrate without her. I remember when she turned 70. We had a surprise party for her and she really enjoyed herself. She certainly didn't seem old as she celebrated with all her family and friends that night. My mom always made our birthdays a big deal with a party, cake, and presents and I have continued that when it comes to celebrating with my kids and grandkids. I didn't know what if anything would be planned for this birthday, but I did tell the girls I wanted to go to Alissa's in Bloomington IL with the family. They did send John and I to a John Denver Tribute in December which I did enjoy very much and if that was the extent of the birthday, that would have been okay, Of course I was hopeful there would be something planned at Alissa's but I really didn't know what to expect.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4NUftbCLE5HaQsHOh8yrKxdQ_Dk2jolDOcghloENcnsvFNKjSoJcNbJfTfnCav5uzRA60Qzwn7qlna-1ySj04e6fzYlls_1MEPirznPKCGl0yAHcF18YG4m-DqWaWjWys9A4-GAbdodmBm4ycfxj3H_oxBLyFnSnI7Gq4zb3-dpe-tPMOY6FihQ/s2048/304925673_10223930291998648_1670975774906280747_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1180" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4NUftbCLE5HaQsHOh8yrKxdQ_Dk2jolDOcghloENcnsvFNKjSoJcNbJfTfnCav5uzRA60Qzwn7qlna-1ySj04e6fzYlls_1MEPirznPKCGl0yAHcF18YG4m-DqWaWjWys9A4-GAbdodmBm4ycfxj3H_oxBLyFnSnI7Gq4zb3-dpe-tPMOY6FihQ/s320/304925673_10223930291998648_1670975774906280747_n.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My mom on her 90th birthday complete with sash and crown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nvzwyvW8KRFWaIRwvd6Rdbsi5gGxCvK6WVMXZZtA4S5R9PXGwGZOhlMj_ZNXyMKIV6t1puSg5wZwRg7OwUKUoUqspXqrfEiG7tQajbwF2jzbBL0x0WygUuA7JnlL0sVirv5Rm7xAw4vbI7ulnxLFOoY5nApOf3kWGM6DiQO3NUylbMWCS7FWx7k/s2048/305584955_10223930293558687_6199348332859418569_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nvzwyvW8KRFWaIRwvd6Rdbsi5gGxCvK6WVMXZZtA4S5R9PXGwGZOhlMj_ZNXyMKIV6t1puSg5wZwRg7OwUKUoUqspXqrfEiG7tQajbwF2jzbBL0x0WygUuA7JnlL0sVirv5Rm7xAw4vbI7ulnxLFOoY5nApOf3kWGM6DiQO3NUylbMWCS7FWx7k/s320/305584955_10223930293558687_6199348332859418569_n.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom on her 70th Birthday before the surprise party</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9gvufcLLsyRdj5LpBcg1bLkaqVAUnjaVC27uuPMFoRvCYa0qxUKrQgpDYT07fs7t9ZQapC8_alvbctrVBDLDBwhdPQyZgNGOFJHaxmyY1s20QHtv0pPxCtandoT43GsRpF8NkC2zJXiYS8IMbZEbg9Ufjgy0HGVbmvzh4gD8L8PTzpU1aqgHFpQ/s960/308857758_10223930259597838_7150173471737560926_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="960" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9gvufcLLsyRdj5LpBcg1bLkaqVAUnjaVC27uuPMFoRvCYa0qxUKrQgpDYT07fs7t9ZQapC8_alvbctrVBDLDBwhdPQyZgNGOFJHaxmyY1s20QHtv0pPxCtandoT43GsRpF8NkC2zJXiYS8IMbZEbg9Ufjgy0HGVbmvzh4gD8L8PTzpU1aqgHFpQ/s320/308857758_10223930259597838_7150173471737560926_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Celebrating another of mom's birthdays. Birthdays were always a big deal around our house.<br /><p><br /></p><p>Courtney went down to Alissa's a few days early to get things ready, (I was still not expecting too much) Paul and the girls drove down with us in the midst of a huge snowstorm. The four-hour drive took us quite a bit longer. When we arrived I did see a few balloons tied to the mailbox which was a nice little touch. When I walked into Alissa's house, I was so surprised by all the balloons and beautiful decorations. The girls had set up a background for a photo op so I could get the family photos that I always want. There were cute little items for us to hold in the photos. I would have been satisfied with just that, but there was so much more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YZ0Tq6GoxE1oXpNDUwUKMxEWsNG_L1hRtq30s9HmLTy0R3aXt4q8VxY0yguFe-nLcqBIrcpqrNskJOlqbjRousY70pLdIJ2sCuSCv0CvAbu1KbYLEJRER1Ix5neQwxYRJLr-jW3XYK_KkdUbBB9DXUoGUOg1kw3tzw6_MXZe6iQLWTmzeD4DF1A/s2048/325422361_5262806780418184_8396727471594456176_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YZ0Tq6GoxE1oXpNDUwUKMxEWsNG_L1hRtq30s9HmLTy0R3aXt4q8VxY0yguFe-nLcqBIrcpqrNskJOlqbjRousY70pLdIJ2sCuSCv0CvAbu1KbYLEJRER1Ix5neQwxYRJLr-jW3XYK_KkdUbBB9DXUoGUOg1kw3tzw6_MXZe6iQLWTmzeD4DF1A/s320/325422361_5262806780418184_8396727471594456176_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwJcefX8_ez2ssO6IUTys-nhGNpNUVolTYfm54KtQasiol2v-EeSYbg-iZY_ZpPxtjukcmZAmCshUwgH2knlNUXW1BaiDXlQ48RjnML0CjjIOdfqR1nvEPH45Aj1622KmXzssvFDKKJ2Pn-FQALYQpxlCdt1FN88C9xH49gU5yoFJEt3O4YP7PWY/s2048/326083112_530443249187146_1273481760908428808_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwJcefX8_ez2ssO6IUTys-nhGNpNUVolTYfm54KtQasiol2v-EeSYbg-iZY_ZpPxtjukcmZAmCshUwgH2knlNUXW1BaiDXlQ48RjnML0CjjIOdfqR1nvEPH45Aj1622KmXzssvFDKKJ2Pn-FQALYQpxlCdt1FN88C9xH49gU5yoFJEt3O4YP7PWY/s320/326083112_530443249187146_1273481760908428808_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fbUU16TVe_T7xsNrVbookZlAgiOD0AOApiKnIu3WOprO-Y0bTHnNghv7Xg68omJAUAXp6EOnUQMb2_eMQkdA2QOhDeDLTZ03ldlLleJCFDxzsb1OTvIZnKaO1sjcyP3hsJd56Ym50VpK9GKtv5eIwiygyCQOQl0gKuvI5jSQak27id4qK_ZKndo/s2048/326506743_522921996606983_7704153728877009224_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fbUU16TVe_T7xsNrVbookZlAgiOD0AOApiKnIu3WOprO-Y0bTHnNghv7Xg68omJAUAXp6EOnUQMb2_eMQkdA2QOhDeDLTZ03ldlLleJCFDxzsb1OTvIZnKaO1sjcyP3hsJd56Ym50VpK9GKtv5eIwiygyCQOQl0gKuvI5jSQak27id4qK_ZKndo/s320/326506743_522921996606983_7704153728877009224_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1T5aQxTtnK5q51VPuyKgkU1Uyc1foqPXN1TWt6zeRsgRdYNJu9a8NcU5qY6EexUMyuZoSjbxh1_GsomnetonZotXjsRUQQWy5UAnvIqp2lGY067A5d6XDOzhDMzeeHUzktGLfwP3sdtAzpAHS9_ndrgye0z6675HFmZ7cPxtDOTKL0EI-rG7jbpo/s2048/326674128_1277931459454658_156175520984506538_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="2048" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1T5aQxTtnK5q51VPuyKgkU1Uyc1foqPXN1TWt6zeRsgRdYNJu9a8NcU5qY6EexUMyuZoSjbxh1_GsomnetonZotXjsRUQQWy5UAnvIqp2lGY067A5d6XDOzhDMzeeHUzktGLfwP3sdtAzpAHS9_ndrgye0z6675HFmZ7cPxtDOTKL0EI-rG7jbpo/s320/326674128_1277931459454658_156175520984506538_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2DGfBlCA4B-3juJ-Sxcw0Nq4_LQDAx-X-YUktFaQ4Ng-avEnSCqbV6KnSGV_E-JHTI3RtrqUkGpsGqVTjhPl02_hDBuNMOVsnQY1gIk-TcV3eY0VZ_wmo_2wc6fP5rSsE5ybxdNihLbNjWOZC8PgeOfC8qVgMIDVJknyGMqZWGipp4_BakEEWzM/s2048/327598345_905584384119937_6420741971695748948_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2DGfBlCA4B-3juJ-Sxcw0Nq4_LQDAx-X-YUktFaQ4Ng-avEnSCqbV6KnSGV_E-JHTI3RtrqUkGpsGqVTjhPl02_hDBuNMOVsnQY1gIk-TcV3eY0VZ_wmo_2wc6fP5rSsE5ybxdNihLbNjWOZC8PgeOfC8qVgMIDVJknyGMqZWGipp4_BakEEWzM/s320/327598345_905584384119937_6420741971695748948_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>There was a beautiful cake that tasted every bit as good as it looked. There were fun little trivia games. I was so pleased that my girls did the things that I did for family on their birthdays. We had lots of laughs as we discussed the answers to the "how well do you know the birthday girl" questions.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1zx4rC1MmNLatCweWuzVMtkbpvoGA8230ZlhULFnHOh1--GEDQ9Q8DfNhtxGGvc7tdodCX1D3v4ivix7q3gFuPtEJZXHb9uj8ZEm5ofugVleITsdmh31VVd3vasid4wbhLmATb5ZQ-lzDLuCOSgAoF3sjNPldJbvYhi5aw6YO-2B6oy3ljkM6DY/s2048/325662065_891094622037125_1721353801064807217_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1zx4rC1MmNLatCweWuzVMtkbpvoGA8230ZlhULFnHOh1--GEDQ9Q8DfNhtxGGvc7tdodCX1D3v4ivix7q3gFuPtEJZXHb9uj8ZEm5ofugVleITsdmh31VVd3vasid4wbhLmATb5ZQ-lzDLuCOSgAoF3sjNPldJbvYhi5aw6YO-2B6oy3ljkM6DY/s320/325662065_891094622037125_1721353801064807217_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>From there we went to Blono Pizza where the girls had rented a room complete with free arcade games, a driving range right outside the big patio doors, pizza and beer. My favorite things with my favorite people. There was something for all of us! My granddaughters enjoyed all the activities, too. A few of Alissa and Nathan's friends joined us, one of them was Alissa's college roommate, Kim. I hadn't seen Kim in a very long time and it was so nice to catch up with her. I always credit her with being the reason that Alissa actually stayed in college. I haven't swung a golf club for years, but it was fun to try it again, although I wasn't very good at it. It was the perfect place to celebrate turning 70.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY2a-lwJy-pf-9oNiXGvW_be-TJObUqt9uh1-NTOJnys1nANQBGQcTfywA9zNeApvf0qnahJIFiXbQoag_uP0r9Bu3iJa2l2LtYuoUM6CXWyZEAi7lfEcvTfKTQq_r1JD27A1oj9Mar-wnJRe8sLklKEwZWLPMBYMFeFbEv4z7v0YgNzGhuNTNR0/s2048/325883347_499799942311869_4907098359909374091_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY2a-lwJy-pf-9oNiXGvW_be-TJObUqt9uh1-NTOJnys1nANQBGQcTfywA9zNeApvf0qnahJIFiXbQoag_uP0r9Bu3iJa2l2LtYuoUM6CXWyZEAi7lfEcvTfKTQq_r1JD27A1oj9Mar-wnJRe8sLklKEwZWLPMBYMFeFbEv4z7v0YgNzGhuNTNR0/s320/325883347_499799942311869_4907098359909374091_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnoQBpb-eNtn2xpj_Ud1p6D-U30nAf_fFBVKSyJOmKrgwvmQj1pOo6rrHjKaCKdQN3yne4CW6Vu8mXCSH3LzTk7MBO8Tv2dkglTGEyj0hg7Jjb0-cIP1NnlfEwnVIkk8TitJpf8UZFaUQ8Sji0IdxRaUkdNpofW_HZEdfHtvGJKE1eei_rx_vYyc/s2048/326364020_575761237752260_765214116638367643_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4GWx6u4r1x5kHXXyiyR2HvneWlUizVrEwYlJqL8E3fc1zbydXZLx2V9i4G3yqAb1qYce2qF3BuH4Wzfo47gB-Lh0lgLPMLR1SelBsno9T5LBeAqPGCj5rHIn2wNUOM-hGzekPtsdDpUo2KsV_CuAxkCax4XXwnhjTNf2hlqfejbK-F1ETXuCTlg/s320/328460171_858008605260746_1344668350663971027_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We returned to Alissa's house for cake and of course, the singing of Happy Birthday. The girls had compiled a play list of 70 songs, one from each year since I had been born. We weren't able to listen to them all because we got distracted by playing other songs. We had quite the sing along going. We may be a small family, but we sure do know how to have fun.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-B0wuP2L3ZCbSQTSx1diU-NPE7V1Dn5ycRoz0qmGIQMO2IH4YkF3oR40bnPwmmoF_7zf_x8qJm-xgB9-6MnwG8fNHV2C8UmNBjFkf8-exKaHBCkrw6Tmz-w3qWNy_UZyHHTzAeSsJ41j8mpGhwCa5o8zJz-cT1sTSo56YcNosAPdvGvNvWJqw8g/s2048/325942976_937724320981643_1654664742215717_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-B0wuP2L3ZCbSQTSx1diU-NPE7V1Dn5ycRoz0qmGIQMO2IH4YkF3oR40bnPwmmoF_7zf_x8qJm-xgB9-6MnwG8fNHV2C8UmNBjFkf8-exKaHBCkrw6Tmz-w3qWNy_UZyHHTzAeSsJ41j8mpGhwCa5o8zJz-cT1sTSo56YcNosAPdvGvNvWJqw8g/s320/325942976_937724320981643_1654664742215717_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Pv-etaNx9evS2RJ8_I413mu5rLIl8nDtFAd2QgGERnZffR1WvMvcYwtTl4XW-jlkbQQoy5l2MlntaRzd_OGZtje7iSslRKBAbT9Aun_jT6m79I-7xGi3H_f_IcCYIcpJ-8G-v0oNSp8SxCw3v29q91G99Vy1wGKOQE6nwjSrfPNOgK0bs5DBnXU/s2048/326256377_5837535623021283_1529375503200443450_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Pv-etaNx9evS2RJ8_I413mu5rLIl8nDtFAd2QgGERnZffR1WvMvcYwtTl4XW-jlkbQQoy5l2MlntaRzd_OGZtje7iSslRKBAbT9Aun_jT6m79I-7xGi3H_f_IcCYIcpJ-8G-v0oNSp8SxCw3v29q91G99Vy1wGKOQE6nwjSrfPNOgK0bs5DBnXU/s320/326256377_5837535623021283_1529375503200443450_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6vasq9hjJDPfGG3tOsKQuDvz9DzqqgXLDpJ_CCxGOWpZ01-canXtgYg2fxrv8-8DHuOTcBG86GO1A72Oh1LGh0M04bDP1f9pG9TYSnNXkRNsj4VI1bCLKi4LPW_3BqN0yM6xDCxQ4VKtEb7qm0UnYxeAFO3BFb-Yoc5ihUJOaCiMMO5xPN1R7aE/s2048/326540336_1118689562159257_6747984871441709598_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6vasq9hjJDPfGG3tOsKQuDvz9DzqqgXLDpJ_CCxGOWpZ01-canXtgYg2fxrv8-8DHuOTcBG86GO1A72Oh1LGh0M04bDP1f9pG9TYSnNXkRNsj4VI1bCLKi4LPW_3BqN0yM6xDCxQ4VKtEb7qm0UnYxeAFO3BFb-Yoc5ihUJOaCiMMO5xPN1R7aE/s320/326540336_1118689562159257_6747984871441709598_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our family may be small but we know how to have fun</div><p><br /></p><p>And that brought an end to turning 70. I couldn't have asked for anything more and I certainly wouldn't have changed a thing. The best part was just seeing how the girls took the time to plan such a fun experience, they have learned well from me and I learned well from my mom. She was very much a part of the whole celebration.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjKc4fbrD2qxWGKfhp9Ju7u5B1fugGqkEEDRFcPuK-601uyvXe3gQGlUGkwpfzQ3sGT34pww8gjXx6DdYbQw1Am1_BatdlTtkBk_749Cegsrk8ugQMRNhTvSV9vFwweds0Qks0QTYefSNjwSEt8NxlWG3x98P8fqUWczBegCbpb_1h31o8GkvsfE/s2592/S5004054_itA_086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjKc4fbrD2qxWGKfhp9Ju7u5B1fugGqkEEDRFcPuK-601uyvXe3gQGlUGkwpfzQ3sGT34pww8gjXx6DdYbQw1Am1_BatdlTtkBk_749Cegsrk8ugQMRNhTvSV9vFwweds0Qks0QTYefSNjwSEt8NxlWG3x98P8fqUWczBegCbpb_1h31o8GkvsfE/s320/S5004054_itA_086.JPG" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">moms and daughters, a special bond</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rE-ZMsR-7hcE7D-rxiWjI3lo1aFs3BYZRDDkzL7_8LW9NEZ5gdB7ohMG58ZHFEQjCufnJGq2HtGFFhz46ry10ZhkUOmCtFsgq2Ltg9nAw_yu-kqkW6PCZmugfm23-kxFIUYhW1mM1X7Qk2-3zMcn46BzFM66p_SLadgbYOJH-VnKZ_modWjF4sk/s2048/326350113_865706617996982_2816474867762926054_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rE-ZMsR-7hcE7D-rxiWjI3lo1aFs3BYZRDDkzL7_8LW9NEZ5gdB7ohMG58ZHFEQjCufnJGq2HtGFFhz46ry10ZhkUOmCtFsgq2Ltg9nAw_yu-kqkW6PCZmugfm23-kxFIUYhW1mM1X7Qk2-3zMcn46BzFM66p_SLadgbYOJH-VnKZ_modWjF4sk/s320/326350113_865706617996982_2816474867762926054_n%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p><br /></p><p>So, I am now a 70 year old woman. feeling blessed to have made it to this milestone and feeling blessed with a wonderful family who has proved that they know how to throw a grand party.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07gLqyh6_j4HrnxFk2IjskWCcvpG8_DapUxe4PIgVBEyLlenl4iuo_-aJydlA32R4eQ1frT68ESKjAs9rBTK05oSveiyjV4VKuRRY3rL8H-JXlgmH24kQWTXbEUIEoN9oNVBGJnpjgpKjER_DQ4mleUCRjHywyVGsuJ4OB2reR3j8EnOs190gxeI/s2048/327743381_1116754798964771_7954048918489333037_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07gLqyh6_j4HrnxFk2IjskWCcvpG8_DapUxe4PIgVBEyLlenl4iuo_-aJydlA32R4eQ1frT68ESKjAs9rBTK05oSveiyjV4VKuRRY3rL8H-JXlgmH24kQWTXbEUIEoN9oNVBGJnpjgpKjER_DQ4mleUCRjHywyVGsuJ4OB2reR3j8EnOs190gxeI/s320/327743381_1116754798964771_7954048918489333037_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Thank you, Courtney, Alissa, Paul, Nathan, and the girls.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-67767701673212947532023-01-18T16:42:00.000-08:002023-01-18T16:42:04.870-08:00Mom fell asleep on earth and woke up in heaven<p> On August 11, 2022 I got a call at about 5:00 AM from a nurse at Park Ridge. I always have my phone turned on at night but for some reason, that night it was on vibrate so I missed the call and had to listen to the voicemail. I suppose I already knew what the message would be since my mom had been declining over the past few weeks. The nurse, on the message, tried to explain something but then just said, "you need to call me back as soon as you get this." My hands were shaking as I attempted to make that call fully expecting the worst. Maybe I didn't expect to hear that she had died, maybe I was hoping for," she is dying and you can get here" or "she fell and we need you", not sure what I was thinking.</p><p>The nurse said she was covering both Park Ridge and Park Terrace that night and she got the call that Mom was unresponsive. Now I am still not comprehending all she is telling me and I remember asking her, "So is she dead." She affirmed that yes Mom had died in her sleep. She asked if I wanted to see her before the coroner and funeral home came for her. I wasn't really sure if I wanted to do that or not, so I just said, "Yes," I didn't want the nurse to think I was heartless.</p><p>It was my morning to take a shower, my hair was a mess, I debated a bit but then decided to forgo the shower and head straight to Watertown. I talked to my brother who would meet us there. I called Courtney and Alissa both of whom had a feeling that is what my early morning call would mean. </p><p>The drive to Watertown seemed to take forever. In ways I wanted to get there and in other ways, I didn't ever want to go. Vikki called me on the way and that is when I lost it badly for the first time. I then pulled it back together and we finally arrived.</p><p>Kev was waiting in the lobby. It was so quiet compared to the activity that would start later in the day. We both decided that we did not want to see her. I had had a wonderful visit with her the Friday before and I wanted to remember that and not have the memory clouded with seeing her dead. I am guessing Kev was relieved with that decision. The coroner came up first and explained the procedure. He was so kind and caring plus he brought a bit of humor into the situation, too. My mom wore elastic rings and she had many of them. At this time she was wearing one with lots of red stones in it and the coroner said at first he thought it was a mother's ring and she had lots of kids and grandkids born in the same month. It was just this little bit of humor we needed. At this time, Sue, the woman who worked the desk came in for the day without any knowledge of Mom's death. We always enjoyed Sue, she was a fun lady and thought the world of mom. She came over and jokingly asked what the Kohlhoffs were all doing there so early. When we told her, she cried right along with us.</p><p>One of mom's caregivers came up at that time and gave me a big hug, with tears in her eyes, she expressed her sympathy. I know that all the caregivers loved my mom very much and they became like family to her. She showed me a picture that she had of my mom on her phone. That photo is very precious to me because it showed how much she enjoyed being there. Her smile could light up a room and her little wave was the sweetest thing. The second photo is one that appeared on the Park Terrace website, mom was enjoying an old fashion during a mardi gras celebration. It was one of my favorite photos of her.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvwkWiSifgzjT4sKWro1nOXfdS4MhjOKfNaScShclcyoHg-pxCmuJ09eywN3qpvjRTTAfEQ9iWTbiyoAARqyaO3IZ7eAErmNyMpbPmxJVh_3HsIOQOkRosgbx_qE_AMaczsFaOjl5Q0JJ912BktbPuCfbNLY1_ks9FajmzapfHMmtNcEi5MpHll8/s1080/305927155_10223938546965017_2231569679223836549_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvwkWiSifgzjT4sKWro1nOXfdS4MhjOKfNaScShclcyoHg-pxCmuJ09eywN3qpvjRTTAfEQ9iWTbiyoAARqyaO3IZ7eAErmNyMpbPmxJVh_3HsIOQOkRosgbx_qE_AMaczsFaOjl5Q0JJ912BktbPuCfbNLY1_ks9FajmzapfHMmtNcEi5MpHll8/s320/305927155_10223938546965017_2231569679223836549_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4lqiWHB3pyKxc2hXQKonHlr5GmKD9df4C4WGOUhF97l10wcErCrFxLta57S12DDyO5TF8-y_1oZkoRv7rwLwpw7VPRaMZS1itAlH_gX3P0SOo3i1wOpY7xYnNC3MaBf4rjF1_ylOnVuYtRH_olnfsnORi0tkz_VzS5RuCiY29CcZZia23kEqxtg/s2048/325981643_564659778606440_3818255828025957095_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4lqiWHB3pyKxc2hXQKonHlr5GmKD9df4C4WGOUhF97l10wcErCrFxLta57S12DDyO5TF8-y_1oZkoRv7rwLwpw7VPRaMZS1itAlH_gX3P0SOo3i1wOpY7xYnNC3MaBf4rjF1_ylOnVuYtRH_olnfsnORi0tkz_VzS5RuCiY29CcZZia23kEqxtg/s320/325981643_564659778606440_3818255828025957095_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div>After the coroner had done his work, it was up to us to meet with the funeral director and our Pastor. Luckily, Pastor Mueller returned my call immediately and he was able to meet us at the funeral home later that morning. The funeral director was a former student of mine at Mary Linsmeier and Kevin knew him too so that helped make a very difficult situation a little bit easier. Our Pastor and Mike, the funeral man were both so helpful and kind. We chose three of her favorite hymns and decided on a Bible verse from Corinthians that Pastor had used in our devotion as we began this meeting. They both helped us write up an obituary. We chose the casket and went over to the flower shop for the bouquets.<div>And in a matter of an hour and a half, it was all done.</div><div><br /></div><div>We returned to Oshkosh and Courtney helped me buy an outfit for mom to wear. I had given away so many of her nice dressy clothes. All she had left were her beloved sweatshirts. We went through her jewelry and chose a pin with Ken and Marge engraved on it, a locket with her parents photos, and a large rhinestone Gigi pin that I had purchased for her upcoming birthday. She wore her wedding ring again for the first time since it had been cut off at the care center. Her old hairdresser of 45 years would be the one to do her hair. We knew she was going to be beautiful. </div><div><br /></div><div>Alissa and Nathan arrived on Sunday and we all had dinner and toasted Marge. I bought everyone a little goody bag with rain bonnets, tic tacs, gum. and tissues, the things that Mom carried in her purse. We had a good night, but all of us were dreading Tuesday when the funeral visitation and service would be held. We just wanted to put it behind us. Here are a few pictures from that night of celebration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ-qiohcN7ab3cb1N-I_7J5NhIjMbkv5jk4hcHaSq6p9q-g_eGnokgs1AnxxW7D0lEgck8PRITvV8xNMuF-eE9raruIKibx2t57e3YGTLKPuMbRFE5qkWrEX0ckZeQVdSFpnmy2igx3qvslWXOucq-6O0TPAlvC_012WmYQ6Wlm6ysePogSRPhBQ/s960/326187886_699815678534245_2984168101819178388_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="960" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ-qiohcN7ab3cb1N-I_7J5NhIjMbkv5jk4hcHaSq6p9q-g_eGnokgs1AnxxW7D0lEgck8PRITvV8xNMuF-eE9raruIKibx2t57e3YGTLKPuMbRFE5qkWrEX0ckZeQVdSFpnmy2igx3qvslWXOucq-6O0TPAlvC_012WmYQ6Wlm6ysePogSRPhBQ/s320/326187886_699815678534245_2984168101819178388_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I couldn't find actual rain bonnets so I had to settle for shower caps.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx98QXJCFhTsosbW1nQIeeQmyES0ESPW0rD6iGAq-ip1CiKi2hW2zbwONUAyfL48e05-TLRAol7KhVDdUpbOchdSP8cUo9ZHzv1D1U4aZacMNXXBswMqEk8E2zJDYjI_cTNHcK8NDtdJK7P91uLvN4cEn-xwfhsZSG3mJZFMlFWIjG243BXgN2q0/s960/323714727_3363166057281103_3724570412555321530_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx98QXJCFhTsosbW1nQIeeQmyES0ESPW0rD6iGAq-ip1CiKi2hW2zbwONUAyfL48e05-TLRAol7KhVDdUpbOchdSP8cUo9ZHzv1D1U4aZacMNXXBswMqEk8E2zJDYjI_cTNHcK8NDtdJK7P91uLvN4cEn-xwfhsZSG3mJZFMlFWIjG243BXgN2q0/s320/323714727_3363166057281103_3724570412555321530_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I also included some word searches and a few of mom's favorite books in each bag.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am not sure what we did on Monday but like it or not, Tuesday arrived, and we had to move forward.</div><div>When we got to St. John's everything was ready for us. We all got to take our first look at Marge.and she did indeed look beautiful. Now we know she was no longer there but was already enjoying herself in heaven but visitation offers closure.visi</div><div><br /></div><div>I was so surprised to see some of mom's oldest friends at the visitation. It was wonderful to see them and catch up Everyone there had so many good things to say about Mom. She did indeed carry sunshine and happiness wherever she went. She may not have had money or great recognition to leave but the things she left with her friends and family is way more valuable than any of that. Many of her friends have gone before her and were waiting in heaven, but that day I was so excited to see Ethel, Lenore, Marie and my cousin Bob plus all of Kev and my friends. What a glorious send off.</div><div>I know most people do not take photos of their loved ones in the casket or maybe they do, I am not sure but I wanted to remember how lovely mom was so here she is:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy73QX6w_MLEDExcN47aAWZFRuxyem4kpnf9eWA2YLP3Oq88_-NWHg6tWjr41GesVrHZ8Z8dpDRBylKRIqSYWltODadhqRUTSl9ksTjjRXQHP8qpljKzCvVSP_cwPwEdhg4unZFjGim6tQjdsKjA6ITF_rjri0Jqok7-vaRQhxwHF6-5X21xTvV7w/s2048/323380737_901019644360015_1501658168991661652_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy73QX6w_MLEDExcN47aAWZFRuxyem4kpnf9eWA2YLP3Oq88_-NWHg6tWjr41GesVrHZ8Z8dpDRBylKRIqSYWltODadhqRUTSl9ksTjjRXQHP8qpljKzCvVSP_cwPwEdhg4unZFjGim6tQjdsKjA6ITF_rjri0Jqok7-vaRQhxwHF6-5X21xTvV7w/s320/323380737_901019644360015_1501658168991661652_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofLUstfNC8evP5MruEvpUZRTMwbiYqAOofL1F7UqAV1qOtmuuu9hPm_Zu7V6rl88N1yaPdJup6aTwoXc2Tze0n3bXdx0V3GqbjXmcBAFlfldLNKJllddjS-BZS_k7kyRZ-H6bzlqOr56R4spaU0i1NwINx7l1ePjrKEA5-846g5J2lWAR-ViKQbk/s2048/325853748_575411900723224_9215691900789508333_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofLUstfNC8evP5MruEvpUZRTMwbiYqAOofL1F7UqAV1qOtmuuu9hPm_Zu7V6rl88N1yaPdJup6aTwoXc2Tze0n3bXdx0V3GqbjXmcBAFlfldLNKJllddjS-BZS_k7kyRZ-H6bzlqOr56R4spaU0i1NwINx7l1ePjrKEA5-846g5J2lWAR-ViKQbk/s320/325853748_575411900723224_9215691900789508333_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXFb49-mFlyZReuEwrbKkeZYy2txw-eQ_wGQr5e1kUgMobKG4hTR9F43PqUELFF1zqooFmtWXxAMmRh38ISjNEukgSfuu8EL4nX7L-hDJojgom2SKDeqGsccL_sCa2g87xW9Ef9pmSFmahuNPdJKh9oN5ZJJk9rSM5In0ING9LBX_MASLdVBV80A/s2048/325941730_5563614117097393_7813975803738899322_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXFb49-mFlyZReuEwrbKkeZYy2txw-eQ_wGQr5e1kUgMobKG4hTR9F43PqUELFF1zqooFmtWXxAMmRh38ISjNEukgSfuu8EL4nX7L-hDJojgom2SKDeqGsccL_sCa2g87xW9Ef9pmSFmahuNPdJKh9oN5ZJJk9rSM5In0ING9LBX_MASLdVBV80A/s320/325941730_5563614117097393_7813975803738899322_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u7v9N53EYr2Iu784zq_HH4sh0DNTGzElnxjIamkG_PjLU3aB8fOJP9wvN2umi4a6qpS_MV3tl1FFif2ht5rTmoDDkEuNMI8sDbc7ongvmxXY7Z-AA3Hg2V_3uqBxGcJ8-z6gaGy_-OiqC4BQodHiDcW68VMGb0h9DRTlEvGqfKoJy_wfgZKkPRs/s2048/325308249_1376805792855358_7856235635208764103_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u7v9N53EYr2Iu784zq_HH4sh0DNTGzElnxjIamkG_PjLU3aB8fOJP9wvN2umi4a6qpS_MV3tl1FFif2ht5rTmoDDkEuNMI8sDbc7ongvmxXY7Z-AA3Hg2V_3uqBxGcJ8-z6gaGy_-OiqC4BQodHiDcW68VMGb0h9DRTlEvGqfKoJy_wfgZKkPRs/s320/325308249_1376805792855358_7856235635208764103_n.jpg" width="320" /></a>k</div></div>The service was absolutely beautiful and Mom would have loved everything about it. Pastor Mueller had such a comforting message. Pastor Mueller was new to our church and he only knew my Mom since she had been a shut in and entered Park Terrace. He didn't know her when she attended Bible classes, Altar Guld, and LWMS. He never knew her when she sat in chuch every Sunday, but he talked about her like he had knoiwn her for a long time. He spoke of her faith, her love for Jesus, and the example of that faith that she showed to her family. What a blessing his message was to us. After the last hymn, her seven grandchildren carried her out. She would have loved that. I know it was not easy for them to physically or emotionally carry that casket with their grandma inside but they did it!<div> </div><div>The burial was short and sweet followed by a luncheon back at church where all of us could </div><div><div>chat about how Mom had touched our lives. At the very end, I remembered to take a quick family photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGN_a3jcFO4pTeOe-q47zdO3fHaZ_jhRlX7YhAKVMIRhXi1T0TUg2TiQaz7oy31STkjvcA4g7oZEqVOI8ZX3993yFw_HKs6iEcN21ocsXwCiRnyev5lUOS0PJTFyeinMYNiwExvGtoRGVj2-_QXBxwNyRiNvVGDPOi3vda4frC-cyEPcYM1WP9AI/s960/324266945_572015061104842_6521607544728865604_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="960" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGN_a3jcFO4pTeOe-q47zdO3fHaZ_jhRlX7YhAKVMIRhXi1T0TUg2TiQaz7oy31STkjvcA4g7oZEqVOI8ZX3993yFw_HKs6iEcN21ocsXwCiRnyev5lUOS0PJTFyeinMYNiwExvGtoRGVj2-_QXBxwNyRiNvVGDPOi3vda4frC-cyEPcYM1WP9AI/s320/324266945_572015061104842_6521607544728865604_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br />After the service and luncheon, we headed over to The Tipsy Goose to raise a few beers in Marge's memory. All in all, it was not as horrible as a day as I had expected. There were actually many more happy moments than sad ones. Whenever I feel sad or start missing mom, I just take a moment to picture her in heaven with her mom, dad, (who died when she was 9), her brother, and my dad (who died 30 years ago) and then I don't feel so sad. (I think that is a song!)</div><div><br /></div><div>I took lots of photos when I visited Mom and I am so glad that I did. It is a great way to remember her year and a half in Park Terrace. Here are some that really show her changing over that time. For a woman that always wore her hair the same way for 40 years, she certainly had a variety of styles over this time and notice how the color changed, no more dyeing her hair! I apologize for the order of these photos. I couldn't figure out how to put them in order but I love them all. They tell the story of her last year and a half. I have such nice memories of each visit.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5_4lY8RgjZBaumMVMeMusS28C9o8cGqf1psFWS_1FD3zdeRgAls-KlVQxhzC7VIolNzADDuCN9r_EaftXPiPpa1fI_WRhUF_DykjboJE09Foc5ppxeNitLheX6AFIK8uJp0A4pgeCn0xHgwKwrQK16BvKxZg5wvZbzhlW5shSms4rzEj-dwMr1w/s2048/269863566_10222620531095444_7208701548875321410_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5_4lY8RgjZBaumMVMeMusS28C9o8cGqf1psFWS_1FD3zdeRgAls-KlVQxhzC7VIolNzADDuCN9r_EaftXPiPpa1fI_WRhUF_DykjboJE09Foc5ppxeNitLheX6AFIK8uJp0A4pgeCn0xHgwKwrQK16BvKxZg5wvZbzhlW5shSms4rzEj-dwMr1w/s320/269863566_10222620531095444_7208701548875321410_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Soli, Gigi, and I playing dominoes. Mom loved playing dominoes and it is one thing she could play up until her last days.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwUovGKjglnPtnLT3Z6cBrRQ4ayJWhw8y0aLKrTZ3n46a0i8kx-rPPI2K2QAcX47MLH3VaZq-oG0-sQ0QAVsyZtGhkUbdMx6F9IPdSAWmaoaDJry-qLuXpUmYMV3o586cVotUxysmoqmKADHyIV7dDFGMNA1BUKGtHIXOFbU3MBoexHSm8BouW0w/s2048/270152921_10222620531295449_3854390636001849603_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwUovGKjglnPtnLT3Z6cBrRQ4ayJWhw8y0aLKrTZ3n46a0i8kx-rPPI2K2QAcX47MLH3VaZq-oG0-sQ0QAVsyZtGhkUbdMx6F9IPdSAWmaoaDJry-qLuXpUmYMV3o586cVotUxysmoqmKADHyIV7dDFGMNA1BUKGtHIXOFbU3MBoexHSm8BouW0w/s320/270152921_10222620531295449_3854390636001849603_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Soli and Gigi putiing together a puzzle. To be truthful, mom never liked puzzles and she really didn't enjoy them much later in life either.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_T8gImhFLaSrkkbKzkN3MBNecT-pUyG5Ow-1T4nxajmCu5rkSDq1J_y5frOZqGdQS6gdX93Uosl5UY1bQi_t5JrJIox5H3TYPLBHnvsURyzU6TFWxBjEj40V3IJQ_HHNy0s-YK4yO1IO5zYFD9DHZgRz53bwUoPIpWiz9JiVDWHeQCKlN21H78M/s2048/281065478_10223333655963120_5586243718423290230_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_T8gImhFLaSrkkbKzkN3MBNecT-pUyG5Ow-1T4nxajmCu5rkSDq1J_y5frOZqGdQS6gdX93Uosl5UY1bQi_t5JrJIox5H3TYPLBHnvsURyzU6TFWxBjEj40V3IJQ_HHNy0s-YK4yO1IO5zYFD9DHZgRz53bwUoPIpWiz9JiVDWHeQCKlN21H78M/s320/281065478_10223333655963120_5586243718423290230_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Playing pool noodle volleyball with Mom and her friends<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk5Iy_kwG9dSQ4sX26zofUt7lWfm5hdciIlGG5FxLUOJV7VkSfh-5mUJlo6n_wqAhe9qgWS073ePwoWcHh_7IdRQ4rBxcePFAf_bCXmfNtC5G7jAZL8yqbEX4aexMba_C2y2OAnayynyes0MpZ0xQFNSN14Gp66z244ObKG3IPJVgzqIAgHgBBYY/s1440/292284679_10223599253402890_388256318221552037_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk5Iy_kwG9dSQ4sX26zofUt7lWfm5hdciIlGG5FxLUOJV7VkSfh-5mUJlo6n_wqAhe9qgWS073ePwoWcHh_7IdRQ4rBxcePFAf_bCXmfNtC5G7jAZL8yqbEX4aexMba_C2y2OAnayynyes0MpZ0xQFNSN14Gp66z244ObKG3IPJVgzqIAgHgBBYY/s320/292284679_10223599253402890_388256318221552037_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom really enjoyed connect four especialy when all the chips fell out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6bbxN8eu41tnmHRWqTMcmsYfY7-I-CqfuB2YiiB4sRyUOzsW_pcU5SRU84k_8qI9ItkXiv-f0Nuw8yRMsMW9ilidE_A30VBbjFdm0KZswKpq4YA9dHE-cEHAee3YvW8qT_SzKg3YYmYZJj_dMI13RyrQNZKwuUTNqnsZV3Xm0PC7nbpdirrwov5E/s2048/295889111_10223688667518187_1606423362303433489_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6bbxN8eu41tnmHRWqTMcmsYfY7-I-CqfuB2YiiB4sRyUOzsW_pcU5SRU84k_8qI9ItkXiv-f0Nuw8yRMsMW9ilidE_A30VBbjFdm0KZswKpq4YA9dHE-cEHAee3YvW8qT_SzKg3YYmYZJj_dMI13RyrQNZKwuUTNqnsZV3Xm0PC7nbpdirrwov5E/s320/295889111_10223688667518187_1606423362303433489_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>One of the last times we spent with Mom. We took her to a band concert in the parking of another building about two blocks away. They served lemonade and snacks. It was such a nice outing and I know she really enjoyed the music. Her feet kept tapping the entire time.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3D9D-U2APZM51dK2TmXF736eJheCFeSQpcBTWaj6t8rBXuzv6srivb5n7bbuHwKmStTKr64fWzUAm6ce4xBP4iGUF1RL4kZavgIFx3WLaSNKU8EIPV_ThEPrzGYs4KkfUbOrfb9lVvIM5X_lhWqbHEI7V0uf-m2skyHjTJqsFxg3fICxxP2o72Pc/s2048/299664366_10223767756255356_2241777726473397062_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="2048" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3D9D-U2APZM51dK2TmXF736eJheCFeSQpcBTWaj6t8rBXuzv6srivb5n7bbuHwKmStTKr64fWzUAm6ce4xBP4iGUF1RL4kZavgIFx3WLaSNKU8EIPV_ThEPrzGYs4KkfUbOrfb9lVvIM5X_lhWqbHEI7V0uf-m2skyHjTJqsFxg3fICxxP2o72Pc/s320/299664366_10223767756255356_2241777726473397062_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is actually the better photo of our family at her celebration. I found it looking for other photos of mom<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRA-HUFgs6LLcu7e4x8IhpAYygB3nD_JXlP3-nzC_0BdZSqnEkZ_vE19qbv2MboIsyocLVSftwO2uwdK6p5zZTYtPu-TqlgzA6LUw5uvPICrN5XtBvbMeQNHhD2Sc6Fk7NmlLO5ukDQVCZvGfVtLq7dT8rXW27Ui4zBAVBuZBAWaBROiG4Bb6pPhA/s1730/305401291_10223923547590042_5894731102527323931_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="1730" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRA-HUFgs6LLcu7e4x8IhpAYygB3nD_JXlP3-nzC_0BdZSqnEkZ_vE19qbv2MboIsyocLVSftwO2uwdK6p5zZTYtPu-TqlgzA6LUw5uvPICrN5XtBvbMeQNHhD2Sc6Fk7NmlLO5ukDQVCZvGfVtLq7dT8rXW27Ui4zBAVBuZBAWaBROiG4Bb6pPhA/s320/305401291_10223923547590042_5894731102527323931_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I love how she is obviously telling us someithing with her finger in the air.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMrmWHQXWnxep9ndo1ubtBhP6RSyYtiMB3Fd3fki9HYRCeAfDi6O5oFoJ2PE6HfeIrG6f6aW2jCRxHOCZ3Y5kkrDxW-AIPH3bBIPg1JMAZiuLP35UhRGkeyCStR2ZMZXDgE1fltVNcgrJUAGL_KEBazlWLnu9n47s20pInoQiPyspFq5nkNxgUo4/s2048/305655373_10223923552510165_2490878062652643128_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="2048" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMrmWHQXWnxep9ndo1ubtBhP6RSyYtiMB3Fd3fki9HYRCeAfDi6O5oFoJ2PE6HfeIrG6f6aW2jCRxHOCZ3Y5kkrDxW-AIPH3bBIPg1JMAZiuLP35UhRGkeyCStR2ZMZXDgE1fltVNcgrJUAGL_KEBazlWLnu9n47s20pInoQiPyspFq5nkNxgUo4/s320/305655373_10223923552510165_2490878062652643128_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The Van Auken family with Gigi at Easter. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6V24U3484C3PzSZEt7YjbvhKFVTyhFCgwXE7GBgH5PmREh-bNy5nEz6wnDqIgcDV7TwYiSh1IsUy749tfBd9WZVJ-bs6pTgZf1rmhIVYLgILnVSraknx1yj_RFowjhe7FTGZN6uoMHKiOgjU_uoZ8zqln7lVwgl4NeB4OoPGarVCfkN1GH86_Pwk/s2048/306334702_10223923551190132_4110596603948368896_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6V24U3484C3PzSZEt7YjbvhKFVTyhFCgwXE7GBgH5PmREh-bNy5nEz6wnDqIgcDV7TwYiSh1IsUy749tfBd9WZVJ-bs6pTgZf1rmhIVYLgILnVSraknx1yj_RFowjhe7FTGZN6uoMHKiOgjU_uoZ8zqln7lVwgl4NeB4OoPGarVCfkN1GH86_Pwk/s320/306334702_10223923551190132_4110596603948368896_n.jpg" width="284" /></a></div>Soli with the eggs that Gigi filled with $5 for each of us every Easter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXp6fG5TnZdUUe5DN2mNYk6EG5plYDI7BzQTJwRtUG2CFJJ60k6GztSgVlTLWDa9YdllY2-_vcwBawtnhRm71zGDCPeydIpSnGkXOy1WUo-jRfbXIivwXRWZdk0SJUtiKbSiMFLGtEpPnZ4i2TaCiKoxiQ-9K4lxPwnE2UWzBpzNniv3R1aGfJ3Dw/s2048/306345205_10223923555110230_2818195474626232908_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="2048" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXp6fG5TnZdUUe5DN2mNYk6EG5plYDI7BzQTJwRtUG2CFJJ60k6GztSgVlTLWDa9YdllY2-_vcwBawtnhRm71zGDCPeydIpSnGkXOy1WUo-jRfbXIivwXRWZdk0SJUtiKbSiMFLGtEpPnZ4i2TaCiKoxiQ-9K4lxPwnE2UWzBpzNniv3R1aGfJ3Dw/s320/306345205_10223923555110230_2818195474626232908_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Of course, there was Miller Lite involved. Mom is really concentrating here</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4vaYQlJ8wNqJPbY66xLsn7xCEWOD3deXBz-rbfF2rHk2XDyoefDwtdnO8236iSA2XQYO9OYxVDvwI-47uNHYZqlu4D2XWsjFCV6UkVbh1AmYoDRKagyOA7dGvqgCcWho1SLNew8IsyGc1Vw8ezZp-wLlbirvBizvGdmTCRvHz01uB6qggnk5eYQ/s2048/307684046_10223923254822723_5171107098883650131_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="2048" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4vaYQlJ8wNqJPbY66xLsn7xCEWOD3deXBz-rbfF2rHk2XDyoefDwtdnO8236iSA2XQYO9OYxVDvwI-47uNHYZqlu4D2XWsjFCV6UkVbh1AmYoDRKagyOA7dGvqgCcWho1SLNew8IsyGc1Vw8ezZp-wLlbirvBizvGdmTCRvHz01uB6qggnk5eYQ/s320/307684046_10223923254822723_5171107098883650131_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Soli, Alissa, Mom and Me. Look at her pretty smile. That smile never left, but her hair could look better. I don't think her hair ever bothered her like it did me!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKPwp344Np-IPVkCTzSS33L8RicMzc1G7z096lMDgsFYBUyX0-JLxjPZWEyW6CcbC-C71aEctbTmbHjNKJWgck5xZStXgoY64mgDLA1IRv5rohHIuKgYNPcdEuef-6lv4lTW99yacVa784dTkqGjg5YNrFlEWHbobl3x6gwGLck5eBO7vx9UDrTg/s2048/307770767_10223923552710170_5316029987530194681_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="2048" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKPwp344Np-IPVkCTzSS33L8RicMzc1G7z096lMDgsFYBUyX0-JLxjPZWEyW6CcbC-C71aEctbTmbHjNKJWgck5xZStXgoY64mgDLA1IRv5rohHIuKgYNPcdEuef-6lv4lTW99yacVa784dTkqGjg5YNrFlEWHbobl3x6gwGLck5eBO7vx9UDrTg/s320/307770767_10223923552710170_5316029987530194681_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Mallory, Mom, and Nate. Mom always thought Nate was a new boyfriend because she would forget that she met him previously<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2FD8kRfgJcRFCD7yJU3Ipwjttve1V67oWUGoh__MPQ7KTMdUpcnRNywH5qwxmPJB6ILHy1T9M21brOVxsweb69VagwqjHx8yzSMllXOtTJM4Yak33eL5tNtS4TmbUFg8zPAy2QiMGjIlPRqcGoOyYUn7VJN3XEdflS_t6lIWmlV4V_RtFeC4H5c/s960/325783797_1185156972109841_21843313347759608_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2FD8kRfgJcRFCD7yJU3Ipwjttve1V67oWUGoh__MPQ7KTMdUpcnRNywH5qwxmPJB6ILHy1T9M21brOVxsweb69VagwqjHx8yzSMllXOtTJM4Yak33eL5tNtS4TmbUFg8zPAy2QiMGjIlPRqcGoOyYUn7VJN3XEdflS_t6lIWmlV4V_RtFeC4H5c/s320/325783797_1185156972109841_21843313347759608_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ready for church but that hair! Mom would not have liked it, but luckily she never noticed it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfNCFvl_e3sJ-BDV0sil_bRm_06A1r-r4CY0kVB_uIJOVmqOlJ5STDzHuWJ8Sp5yxeQKVJPep-okoFZX-eWAwJURa9ln9os_8ADBGMx0Qy3hH3ZDbH7aFyIFAzl_e1Vt78t_YaquZEqZmh_jxAmHtoUduH_75eJjKsQUNJ3aTQW5nHHXvgf6jqUM/s960/325419884_961911134779607_9175059232215787231_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="960" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfNCFvl_e3sJ-BDV0sil_bRm_06A1r-r4CY0kVB_uIJOVmqOlJ5STDzHuWJ8Sp5yxeQKVJPep-okoFZX-eWAwJURa9ln9os_8ADBGMx0Qy3hH3ZDbH7aFyIFAzl_e1Vt78t_YaquZEqZmh_jxAmHtoUduH_75eJjKsQUNJ3aTQW5nHHXvgf6jqUM/s320/325419884_961911134779607_9175059232215787231_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This was lpretty close to the end judging from her hair and look. Still happy though.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEn_HoiHuduDaLpk-q_TlOnmcYSuRQUd7AFRLXC_ExK8nyPmkjTAq751iLmZyH7QmZipWHVj5-tng_eXW7TozXTB3Zx8bYpuys0txOmWNXo2l_Opvlhgqw0wGOsbfk_oX0ShkXtHant8eAktH4tsWGhxYX4I1u-eUER40BNiuAB0E-ujdTCQXErc/s1440/324419353_638964731569033_1323202985861638963_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEn_HoiHuduDaLpk-q_TlOnmcYSuRQUd7AFRLXC_ExK8nyPmkjTAq751iLmZyH7QmZipWHVj5-tng_eXW7TozXTB3Zx8bYpuys0txOmWNXo2l_Opvlhgqw0wGOsbfk_oX0ShkXtHant8eAktH4tsWGhxYX4I1u-eUER40BNiuAB0E-ujdTCQXErc/s320/324419353_638964731569033_1323202985861638963_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sorry doubled up on this one and don't know how to delete<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCUfecAC7z__ACeK8pNMLjce4lH4GCOfYajRIa16AFZ3cKI-lq5ttVHuSFz_gyGMhC_SOZN12q33-fL7s_ap46PtbHsKqvXSvKSw18ZQwjPKX8UTuct1Kpbn1Q1lmO6qRTrnhQeyD6DZ1qJ2goXFOWMGgCXBvq6EEh3ok_Ss7omd4RSxEDQI5_xg/s2048/310518162_10223991056197715_3143961991827819525_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Kev, John and I went to church with her once a month and we were able to take communion with her. It was a special time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEIloAaVz8fQsIyoB45F_8apSN66YQjdIyYOQbIP1puhxz8iCqeQBWhYQr2qAmUllwwYqIAz51aDju_7dczlwMh1_cLYADh9_DR-9IsvB0EH6vvoiVWohkPy9RrskUizXpOLY5O6Ez-s0vv9hUJyDgSyPD8Y3mfGRU-UDmGAEOqPlSvyFqKOk2qc/s2048/309209103_10223991030517073_8961412060183880483_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEIloAaVz8fQsIyoB45F_8apSN66YQjdIyYOQbIP1puhxz8iCqeQBWhYQr2qAmUllwwYqIAz51aDju_7dczlwMh1_cLYADh9_DR-9IsvB0EH6vvoiVWohkPy9RrskUizXpOLY5O6Ez-s0vv9hUJyDgSyPD8Y3mfGRU-UDmGAEOqPlSvyFqKOk2qc/s320/309209103_10223991030517073_8961412060183880483_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Toward the end of her time. She didn't talk anymore at the end but her smile was still there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPP2MI5wqwALjq8a6U9SjwgnyfRRKgwav9Kt0c1USUzgh3z3bsR0X3on3uTLz7ndhLOidAWgYJxuhITn56KZtgaTci3FZKJsk0TIZX8bW1iZlEgDhcy66qe9rERxafvBQzCz6yQllD8dfLuTE8V1Y32r-SH8sdFRFIu6KCgIcj025jZY9pRLUo7cI/s2048/309044020_10223991055757704_5320300185970201861_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2048" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPP2MI5wqwALjq8a6U9SjwgnyfRRKgwav9Kt0c1USUzgh3z3bsR0X3on3uTLz7ndhLOidAWgYJxuhITn56KZtgaTci3FZKJsk0TIZX8bW1iZlEgDhcy66qe9rERxafvBQzCz6yQllD8dfLuTE8V1Y32r-SH8sdFRFIu6KCgIcj025jZY9pRLUo7cI/s320/309044020_10223991055757704_5320300185970201861_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Siurrounded by so much love at her last birthday on earth. Still drinking her beer<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FnNWY_KGXSrTUH98DbrepPpZ_54BguVtpVj1ctZnozwk7KlOJEaVZq88YBrRnt4hhY_bud7YEByPizkj36DnqoKaYfLHUp3CDkD24S-VMwGhWSylzOmRGrPtZQhEGZNcWOOheZaRzCuw063pwcVwMgj9CW1RhJbmxs6TewyS-4qfIrWLJq2Un18/s1440/309041430_10223938473043169_2842964036502422059_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FnNWY_KGXSrTUH98DbrepPpZ_54BguVtpVj1ctZnozwk7KlOJEaVZq88YBrRnt4hhY_bud7YEByPizkj36DnqoKaYfLHUp3CDkD24S-VMwGhWSylzOmRGrPtZQhEGZNcWOOheZaRzCuw063pwcVwMgj9CW1RhJbmxs6TewyS-4qfIrWLJq2Un18/s320/309041430_10223938473043169_2842964036502422059_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And there is that winning smile. We spent lots of nice times in this sunny room<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nTLIT8Bgafo_mOHFs0ecgfnxP3TdjXVhmZJ2Cj4a2G6CRSSpLO0Dysuo1kYqfHpGM_4M8VjtObXpiFKmIrZ4pHxHBr5SjmFDzy6cgFzislY4Zq2UlFvz-LF41vcFb-UmFXgG4zn5G4PEflPnsvNs-HjQzIAanvWoqS9XnDFv-ORFht2sj9Ed5Jk/s2048/308965832_10223991038077262_1565419840747442617_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nTLIT8Bgafo_mOHFs0ecgfnxP3TdjXVhmZJ2Cj4a2G6CRSSpLO0Dysuo1kYqfHpGM_4M8VjtObXpiFKmIrZ4pHxHBr5SjmFDzy6cgFzislY4Zq2UlFvz-LF41vcFb-UmFXgG4zn5G4PEflPnsvNs-HjQzIAanvWoqS9XnDFv-ORFht2sj9Ed5Jk/s320/308965832_10223991038077262_1565419840747442617_n%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She always loved her Miller Lite!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8EJpPleURTM-GwotmpNfsoenxP0fzZwdpDMuQ5fuORdIxopkXiUzvPFdeQmXhyMne0Kjjwo-jS3--RYIuuvDx-fW0s-Gk5NLSpcnAMnVnvskDLczCxP61w0cOIdiFBzvxO251aNsRUlyiX9L3oATdzZUj2QgVFteeks1DscD_5Udt8ATZOHLkv0/s320/306047017_10223938473883190_4539816412652589726_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Oh, how I miss those arthritic hands, if they could tallk, the stories they could tell.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT5hRFORTOlBdVA5MBXxr2RAl8QJkJAdRQO7nhczizpNLa6a7qp9S6mFxeNOqEzCbPN2m6qc5AJaf8PixJ72XpNgpN-qyzuTyVgmlOzsJ2ef4xyoSBBbaFEk3K24w2vDGv7aVYJyPOD_trdtteIJCkNOwDo6auiFWymVsbi-r7PQ2HxWrPmgAtDg/s2048/304308644_10223923555870249_6853676725807057686_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="2048" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT5hRFORTOlBdVA5MBXxr2RAl8QJkJAdRQO7nhczizpNLa6a7qp9S6mFxeNOqEzCbPN2m6qc5AJaf8PixJ72XpNgpN-qyzuTyVgmlOzsJ2ef4xyoSBBbaFEk3K24w2vDGv7aVYJyPOD_trdtteIJCkNOwDo6auiFWymVsbi-r7PQ2HxWrPmgAtDg/s320/304308644_10223923555870249_6853676725807057686_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I was sharing some of my retirement cake with her.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ONpOMhnJO-ZKt4Gj-DDG3pNBngTxTEQ9iqJfbJ4mBSapuf7r9yKxnqrIejoYbnUO2wmu1DKD5Efj4Mw4ha7H_uiyj7sRQrm6T96aB59NAHnAhFl_Fv36uiOVt2d37al9tiq6siwt-XBvLYkU13rfkhZbHpITFOeT4Ep1bbf5iILNSqwQjnFGa1Q/s2048/309269237_10223991030557074_7074135886882537746_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ONpOMhnJO-ZKt4Gj-DDG3pNBngTxTEQ9iqJfbJ4mBSapuf7r9yKxnqrIejoYbnUO2wmu1DKD5Efj4Mw4ha7H_uiyj7sRQrm6T96aB59NAHnAhFl_Fv36uiOVt2d37al9tiq6siwt-XBvLYkU13rfkhZbHpITFOeT4Ep1bbf5iILNSqwQjnFGa1Q/s320/309269237_10223991030557074_7074135886882537746_n%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A Mother's Day visit in the restaurant complete with beer.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwgVtvEHunP_P1-mbZMHQoNfDc3J_XJNNh2tH7Tfjw7pofVrwsesrZWLeIjqY1nfuXIsuqEnMATfJjPPyfigNGd7SNemDNbQIVGEdZ-jfKRM0BV2Xqg7qjhoqNT4aSeiQHFqNeWL_ZiwFLCReteHq3auKIQ4Hu00fD9AptUyU5lujbAU_aYyIKlE/s2048/309619152_10223991054757679_2329883671573415243_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwgVtvEHunP_P1-mbZMHQoNfDc3J_XJNNh2tH7Tfjw7pofVrwsesrZWLeIjqY1nfuXIsuqEnMATfJjPPyfigNGd7SNemDNbQIVGEdZ-jfKRM0BV2Xqg7qjhoqNT4aSeiQHFqNeWL_ZiwFLCReteHq3auKIQ4Hu00fD9AptUyU5lujbAU_aYyIKlE/s320/309619152_10223991054757679_2329883671573415243_n%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Nathan and Marge had a special bond. This is quite early since she is sitting in her first chair and her hair is still pretty nice.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkUC0O-xKnsVTUmjTjosiEmOsF52s6r4Wx5wTpHtDIFDib1auiWLMK7KHMt3pTORtjQFwb1VBsjQNOFxB2yDzURInrPnPFzR7IOSKQ8y6tHzNOWopoOKskAC94veFelParu0Td1enaRBnVfbD-dFZ1kEFF_8LBPMs9Ka6FopkkbMGmBa1pRr15-w/s2048/309723636_10223991039477297_632726314700592665_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkUC0O-xKnsVTUmjTjosiEmOsF52s6r4Wx5wTpHtDIFDib1auiWLMK7KHMt3pTORtjQFwb1VBsjQNOFxB2yDzURInrPnPFzR7IOSKQ8y6tHzNOWopoOKskAC94veFelParu0Td1enaRBnVfbD-dFZ1kEFF_8LBPMs9Ka6FopkkbMGmBa1pRr15-w/s320/309723636_10223991039477297_632726314700592665_n%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Early on in her stay but after Covid rules lifted. Getting ready to play dominoes<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1kr0tVPosjik9K8ago8WcuFhnlSt83v5-VNgADN7JDwYCeZas2hqMpvY_-lVJKHSq1vO4DFfaUBmXMsCkFy9UnIayr6RCW96uhmJEfb93-D8ef4R9f71xoPm6dK5BalmSt3VEtcDQ18sa8o3BMs8Txb1mQZJYcEmd0qUg381Kq30bKxRioqyyYc/s2048/310382763_10223991055277692_5526984898586073185_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1kr0tVPosjik9K8ago8WcuFhnlSt83v5-VNgADN7JDwYCeZas2hqMpvY_-lVJKHSq1vO4DFfaUBmXMsCkFy9UnIayr6RCW96uhmJEfb93-D8ef4R9f71xoPm6dK5BalmSt3VEtcDQ18sa8o3BMs8Txb1mQZJYcEmd0qUg381Kq30bKxRioqyyYc/s320/310382763_10223991055277692_5526984898586073185_n%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Her very best friend, Frieda came to visit and what a wonderful visit that was! Frieda made it to heaven a few months before mom did and we think both their husbands probably looked at them and said, "What took you so long!"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPtzlLY3d8n0zCMKUqVDd_D4Ymuui9ymjJDgPEU5KCSx4iYhe08XX6C6uE5vC8rBD9ijcGo_tML6O4-2Ttn2XvIxvL3ipc2WsZo4VxWRZthFTO3aNQejCgoC88_jEX4IgJXh4-fRtCdXXZWd4nQr9w4j5kjEmPGrDrGVa0PZFh4IbmD0ir_Lj-xs/s2048/310981128_10223991038357269_3297671378426104880_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPtzlLY3d8n0zCMKUqVDd_D4Ymuui9ymjJDgPEU5KCSx4iYhe08XX6C6uE5vC8rBD9ijcGo_tML6O4-2Ttn2XvIxvL3ipc2WsZo4VxWRZthFTO3aNQejCgoC88_jEX4IgJXh4-fRtCdXXZWd4nQr9w4j5kjEmPGrDrGVa0PZFh4IbmD0ir_Lj-xs/s320/310981128_10223991038357269_3297671378426104880_n%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here she was still able to sit on her bed. We played dominoes up until the very end. She was very sharp at that game and often beat me and John.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi4X8Eh-ZGXwC2zWM0m5V9SBHqM1p0JdzmTAMUtQcS4IUI8vpa90EsyTc9WVOSxs3rjPlW9lgLBbhQaQvR1sWOirgowT5EV7AP8-TI1N6X5G4xYNbZ0F1_ELGl3Fs6L88NIHae3UgClZ3IszOFZGyw0KG7i2FST9R68IvTu9e0nejWGYVgpWvFZw/s2048/326073141_914238622928946_1799069572488283534_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi4X8Eh-ZGXwC2zWM0m5V9SBHqM1p0JdzmTAMUtQcS4IUI8vpa90EsyTc9WVOSxs3rjPlW9lgLBbhQaQvR1sWOirgowT5EV7AP8-TI1N6X5G4xYNbZ0F1_ELGl3Fs6L88NIHae3UgClZ3IszOFZGyw0KG7i2FST9R68IvTu9e0nejWGYVgpWvFZw/s320/326073141_914238622928946_1799069572488283534_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>We decorated her little tree for all the different holidays. She always loved the lights on a tree.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGmuS-DRM5aJkdTj8Nde5LLGFCJd76LyV5r06SvJVp8VSqm76pBx3P1uAtyE0n6fmDPAp5JaZnKiu7HnGuwW1Vwse9kg427r81dSQqqkknsG6PxlT-k7VV-B2Av8olaBuWEzlArt88pkSi4cq50S0urfkGIFv1tlxBRePrZf-4uMNz8KomVM4f9M/s2048/325787840_433530868905221_3629881520200709914_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGmuS-DRM5aJkdTj8Nde5LLGFCJd76LyV5r06SvJVp8VSqm76pBx3P1uAtyE0n6fmDPAp5JaZnKiu7HnGuwW1Vwse9kg427r81dSQqqkknsG6PxlT-k7VV-B2Av8olaBuWEzlArt88pkSi4cq50S0urfkGIFv1tlxBRePrZf-4uMNz8KomVM4f9M/s320/325787840_433530868905221_3629881520200709914_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Toward the end of her time, I would often find her in this chair by the sunny window holding her babies. The babies always had a different name each time I came.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxTKPZx4jwzQ3CWd2EuaXN40f4CVk4_o3Cv7liw08fI_I7cIN2UJ51ncJkACtqsmnySIewLub7w3WWkz2O1LplICuE97TcepRNHjaw8KSH3SI_xFSPiWtRrqO1yUlTE_BnF_H1lNEVT_R7rAo3xwYMnOv0xsSBODH3k659wTbg_hgTRCCNoKe0bk/s2048/325410399_553584416686826_3703815326406513474_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxTKPZx4jwzQ3CWd2EuaXN40f4CVk4_o3Cv7liw08fI_I7cIN2UJ51ncJkACtqsmnySIewLub7w3WWkz2O1LplICuE97TcepRNHjaw8KSH3SI_xFSPiWtRrqO1yUlTE_BnF_H1lNEVT_R7rAo3xwYMnOv0xsSBODH3k659wTbg_hgTRCCNoKe0bk/s320/325410399_553584416686826_3703815326406513474_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>She used to love sitting in her lift chair from Alissa and Nathan until she had to spend time in her wheelchair. She was still able to do word searches here too. Toward the end, she could no longer do them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg7u_kfzI1txYgffIpNQCuhprKOznbTtORi84c3R0LVwWfyml2ryxt-QUH_sb1Vd-5C5u84opHJVUMv7OPVJy62szBP2-J9DW04l0u6IyTCYMABEsPj8enYmSyqKiJF1t3YHBkLr63RPy42_nsBxV9eRRqr9BGUEE9ez7cxXxeV6YdGbz5FBKSbc/s960/324742183_736345724720336_3327608543343246620_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg7u_kfzI1txYgffIpNQCuhprKOznbTtORi84c3R0LVwWfyml2ryxt-QUH_sb1Vd-5C5u84opHJVUMv7OPVJy62szBP2-J9DW04l0u6IyTCYMABEsPj8enYmSyqKiJF1t3YHBkLr63RPy42_nsBxV9eRRqr9BGUEE9ez7cxXxeV6YdGbz5FBKSbc/s320/324742183_736345724720336_3327608543343246620_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>If you look at her hair, you will notice that this is a bit later when she had to use a wheelchair all the time. We built many structures.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWKjYv1seDfc-sJstb3dDAecT0gqR9KlfAyfelRa3yBUhXNCPsJuwYmKuKjXXVBtJnSL-feMm-34ugMgykQrW-Gg1GRT0hsE8YaYIfvO74Mw8K7mvMuGMN1aOYAoSWriwwQ1L9PlETwIXOdwXYLuwW1TnC7X1c3XjCWCF14BBcnzvvaGBY5xwbsU/s2048/324669948_550930280279765_146626346813070317_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWKjYv1seDfc-sJstb3dDAecT0gqR9KlfAyfelRa3yBUhXNCPsJuwYmKuKjXXVBtJnSL-feMm-34ugMgykQrW-Gg1GRT0hsE8YaYIfvO74Mw8K7mvMuGMN1aOYAoSWriwwQ1L9PlETwIXOdwXYLuwW1TnC7X1c3XjCWCF14BBcnzvvaGBY5xwbsU/s320/324669948_550930280279765_146626346813070317_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>We loved walking together on nice days. Mom was always a bit worried that I would let her go!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9fFGEbV74awFhQN6kQQFMgP9M4yUWlR4pPc7-sMAkdrFoqTnisAIHt5Vt6SIl4-R1dmVlsYitkdTWR4D0a-n4ri4hWfknzCBj9Ae882sdJKp5-4XhUnXPFiO1hSuKgOjMfCYPM-RSDKAbD4PQmxL_VlfOBLJWe7hyY1aCgouGJ7QDDuUucOEOuY/s2048/324583488_499607448748744_259420329512250302_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9fFGEbV74awFhQN6kQQFMgP9M4yUWlR4pPc7-sMAkdrFoqTnisAIHt5Vt6SIl4-R1dmVlsYitkdTWR4D0a-n4ri4hWfknzCBj9Ae882sdJKp5-4XhUnXPFiO1hSuKgOjMfCYPM-RSDKAbD4PQmxL_VlfOBLJWe7hyY1aCgouGJ7QDDuUucOEOuY/s320/324583488_499607448748744_259420329512250302_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">IKev, Vikki,Mom and her friend, Dog</div>ao4gmwj<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0J3a5g7iSTs1z8-2sew3G2LlM5gln2K1Eg_0XYyqfgDa3p9q53t3e9Gm-n77wuo3jUyDLX8JEMqhKgxFKL-a2gj2F8YbT14Ct0LTSCAHaFh6gJIvsXvBCkQosur8qEGIhA3AAZkR72jLCF9y4gDBCR_5YsQFrxNMfqOh8Is8IdqCjjhfapZZStis/s960/324423925_1282881868955460_8899207576424160606_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0J3a5g7iSTs1z8-2sew3G2LlM5gln2K1Eg_0XYyqfgDa3p9q53t3e9Gm-n77wuo3jUyDLX8JEMqhKgxFKL-a2gj2F8YbT14Ct0LTSCAHaFh6gJIvsXvBCkQosur8qEGIhA3AAZkR72jLCF9y4gDBCR_5YsQFrxNMfqOh8Is8IdqCjjhfapZZStis/s320/324423925_1282881868955460_8899207576424160606_n.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />'The girls and their GIGI. She loved them so much and thoroughly enjoyed her time with them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglM25qpTcnJukIv2xUe2GE8ewX-JhEWotx-4pf1N9ftXd0jAv5XnXsOo_xpxKzI7WlO1bJyTdc0CuZYtbPCRQI3QKrRsY1DUj9ccrmwPmiZ3xvMkGv1ml_2rjMBHJJB6cMXDH8V5uA35NYZnqmsrjqB7XiXYwfQtLD-v63_nrMe48WFotnrqTLZo/s2048/324033348_884272625944602_4946917131770238205_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglM25qpTcnJukIv2xUe2GE8ewX-JhEWotx-4pf1N9ftXd0jAv5XnXsOo_xpxKzI7WlO1bJyTdc0CuZYtbPCRQI3QKrRsY1DUj9ccrmwPmiZ3xvMkGv1ml_2rjMBHJJB6cMXDH8V5uA35NYZnqmsrjqB7XiXYwfQtLD-v63_nrMe48WFotnrqTLZo/s320/324033348_884272625944602_4946917131770238205_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We had such a nice Christmas party in her sitting room We had all her favorite foods and beer.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPiUB7303w71UXayw3FjDhay4dxcQFYXXOtFUA4meYiu6uOeRzQ6_dHAk94PKUvZiSAyNDVHAXij1_aVEFkcjaKiC5lyDIIYVVRv4eMiLU1nc1kLbxB3cWMdtOcyFYHhZXxp7EtGAl-M5bLroSZPneDPAQ0OKLldFjTpxAwoumHFhxBAEwis2Tjg/s2048/323444755_745313143481944_3353392571078737779_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPiUB7303w71UXayw3FjDhay4dxcQFYXXOtFUA4meYiu6uOeRzQ6_dHAk94PKUvZiSAyNDVHAXij1_aVEFkcjaKiC5lyDIIYVVRv4eMiLU1nc1kLbxB3cWMdtOcyFYHhZXxp7EtGAl-M5bLroSZPneDPAQ0OKLldFjTpxAwoumHFhxBAEwis2Tjg/s320/323444755_745313143481944_3353392571078737779_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>This one was still pretty early in her stay. Notice that her hair is still pretty nice and not completely gray.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhco01t0TgB2rA__IBs9x7at-JV-dQmZtQlSEE2BI5m7u-BBfN5DyXEXTyV-6xghjxygaDl8A6j3j5-xmXO-1QG-nskDSZbo5Yk01JIbsXZN481FBnzwULiu0FpuRcqnwNwibRdhAmywZnoRTXdMQg7glby6c7oW-IYta3vJizsW6K9Z309Wyoar3k/s2048/322943475_1252194011997217_5513275399838307820_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhco01t0TgB2rA__IBs9x7at-JV-dQmZtQlSEE2BI5m7u-BBfN5DyXEXTyV-6xghjxygaDl8A6j3j5-xmXO-1QG-nskDSZbo5Yk01JIbsXZN481FBnzwULiu0FpuRcqnwNwibRdhAmywZnoRTXdMQg7glby6c7oW-IYta3vJizsW6K9Z309Wyoar3k/s320/322943475_1252194011997217_5513275399838307820_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div>This was actually one of the Covid visits that were supposed to be behind plexiglass but I was a rule breaker and the care giver who took our picture did not care. They tried to give mom a haircut when whe couldn't get in to get it styled but it was way too short here! So this was early on in her stay.</div><div><br /></div><div>And to be perfectly honest, wouldn't we all love to go to sleep one night on earth and wake up the next day in heaven. Such a blessed, peaceful way to die.</div><div>Until we see you again, Mom.<br /><div><br /> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-20769773311735150582023-01-17T08:32:00.000-08:002023-01-17T08:32:14.101-08:00Time flies when you are having fun! Many changes<p> As you can tell by the date, much time has passed since I last posted on this blog. During the almost three years, much has happened, much has changed, and some things remain the same.</p><p>I could easily start a new blog, but I keep getting drawn back to this old one. Let me tell you that it is very difficult for me to find and sign in to actually be able to write a post on here, but I am hopeful that it will become easier, the more I do it. I can remember my childhood phone number and the birthday of gradeshool friends but I can't for the life of me remember passwords, even though I generally use the same couple over and over again. I can never understand how on TV shows, a person can figure out a stranger's password in five tries and I cannot even figure out my own, but enough of that.</p><p>I decided to go back to March 2020, my last post and catch everyone up to date on the good, the bad, the crazy, the lovely and the ugly, so here goes:</p><p><b><u>April 2020</u>- </b>School continued to be taught virtually which I absolutely hated. I was not made to teach a bunch of preschoolers through a computer. I sang, danced, and just generally made a fool of myself while I counted down the days until the end of this crazy school year and the end of the covid virus which suddenly appeared to be never ending. For the first time in forever, churches were closed (Right there this whole thing took on a very sinister feel) and people were requested (just short of ordered) to stay at home where you would be safe from covid. We actually attended a protest in Madison with Terri and Mark. It was an eye opening experience. We celebrated Easter as best we could. It was a gloomy day to begin with but we pressed on. I hid the plastic eggs outside at Tiz and Soli's house in Oshkosh, I had Courtney set out the clues and the baskets for them in their house, and I gave them the dozens of eggs to dye. We waved to them and watched them from the car as they found their eggs. Looking back it was a crazy thing to do but the fear that was instilled in us was too much to chance anything.</p><p><b><u>May 2020</u></b> - Online school continues. I miss my classroom and my kids, I miss their hugs. I press on with my crazy computer teaching skills, never actually knowing who is even watching me. The Van Aukens and John and I decide to meet at a few outside areas so we can at least see the girls because it is still not safe to go inside another one's home. We meet at Lion's Den in Grafton and Maribel Caves near Manitowoc. We take a bike ride to Lake Michigan. Those outings are so wonderful and help with the mental state of all of us. We even eat picnics together at the parks! I am counting the days until the end of this school year. It is finally almost here. We have been allowed back into our clssrooms as long as we have not been anywhere two weeks before entering. I may or may not have obeyed that rule. One thing I did learn about myself during this whole covid fiasco is that I do have a mind of my own and it is not easy to change it when I cannot see the common sense in any of it. We also spent Memorial day in a cabin together with the Van Aukens in Eagle River. What a breath of fresh air that was for us! We even found some restaurants open for sit down service. Was an end in site after all?</p><p><b><u>June 2020</u></b> - We continued to do things together with the Van Aukens, spending some fun times at our house with Gigi joining in the fun. Covid had taken its toll on her (not because she caught it or anything) because she didn't understand all of it. John and I had been working at home which was so strange to her. She already had trouble processing things and now things in her world were turned completely upside down. We spent Sunday mornings in front of our laptop watching our church service, How odd that must have seemed to her. We did have a wonderful caregiver named Rita who came a few times a week and helped her do the simplest of things. I think I knew her time living with us in her home was coming to an end. I am so thankful to Kev and Vikki for supporting us every step of the way. They could see it better than I could but gave me the time I needed to come to terms with this life changing decision.</p><p>J<b><u>uly 2020</u></b> - We spent a lovely week on St. George Island with Courtney, Paul, and the girls. It was so normal and so nice. Florida was a very open state and did not follow the covid protocol as closely as most states, so it was a breath of fresh air in more than one way! We celebrated Soliana's ninth birthday on the Island. It was hard to come back to all the rules and regulations up here in Wisconsin.</p><p><u>Aug 2020</u> - The decision has been made! A very brave St. John's has decided to meet in person for the coming school year. We are one of only a few to do so. There are some ridiculous rules concerning social distancing and masks but at least we are going back. In looking back, I am proud to say that my Preschoolers never wore masks and they never social distanced. The negative of masks and distancing far outweighed the risks of covid to a preschool child. I loved getting my classroom ready that year, knowing that I could never take that for granted again</p><p><b><u>Sept 2020</u> </b>- While I do not want this whole post to center on covid and its effects on our world, it is hard not to go in that direction because it really did change so much of the way we looked at our lives. It took a toll on everyone, the worst being the old who were left to visit through windows and die alone and the children who lost all their social skills and became a generation of depressed individuals, some would bounce back while some never would. It put strains on families and friendships that would never heal. We lost a few friends over our views on the whole situation simply because it differed from theirs. At any rate, school went smoothly, at least in my classroom where we kept it as normal as a preschool room can be. Covid did not invade my walls. Luckily my co teacher and I were on the same page as far as all of this went which made is a bit easier to just close our door and carry on. And not surprising to me, none one of my teachers or students caught covid that whole year.</p><p><u><b>Oct 2020</b></u> - No pumpkin patch field trip this year due to covid so we brought the pumpkins in to the school's front yard and let the kids hunt there. It was different but still exciting to a preschooler. I had already decided that this was my last year teaching, retirement was ahead, so not being able to do the annual activities was hard.</p><p><b><u>Nov. 2020</u></b> - We were all together to celebrate Mom's 92nd Birthday. She was happy to see all of us and for the moment, she was doing well. Since we had permanently done away with Thanksgiving in our family a few years ago, John and I spent a few days in a charming Air BnB in Sturgeon Bay. All restaurants and bars were closed due to Covid but you can't close the outdoors, so even though it was cold, we enjoyed some beautiful hikes. Door County is always good for the soul.</p><p><b><u>Dec. 2020</u></b> - Christmas was different this year, partly due to covid, partly due to Mom's physical and mental failing. We celebrated at our house to make things easier for mom but it wasn't the same as being at Kev and Vikki's. . It was short and sweet. The important thing was that Mom had a good time and she had no clue of what lay ahead in the next month. Our Christmas service had to be videotaped since church is still closed. How sad that my last service had to be done In this way but I have to remember that the Christmas story will always bring peace and joy no matter how it is presented.</p><p><u>.Jan. 2021</u> - A brand new year but unfortunately Covid is still rearing its ugly head and it seems there is more fear now than ever. Courtney, Paul, and the girls came over and we celebrated NYE with Mom. We all knew this would be the last time we would all gather with her in her house. Mom watched quietly as Richard and Kev moved her favorite chair and few other pieces of furniture out of the house. I wonder what she was thinking at that point. She went to Park Terrace with a smile on her face as we fought back tears. Because of Covid we could not even go back to her room with her and help her settle, we had to pray that the caregivers would make her feel comfortable in this new place called home. We had to stand at her window in deep snow to see her smile. She would motion us to come in and that always broke my heart. Mom did adjust well as we knew she would, because she was always that way but the window visits were hard and she couldn't get her hair done which bothered me a lot more that it did her.</p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">Feb. 2021</u> - We were finally able to visit with our friends, Mark and Terri. They have been on the same page as we are from day one on so many things so it is always fun to visit with them. Window visits continued with mom. School was running smoothly. </p><p><b><u>March 2021</u> - </b>John and I took another trip to St. George Island. Again, it was so nice to escape to a place where masks and distancing do not exist. My last spring break. We met a couple on the sunset bench and have stayed in contact with Jo and Rick. We are also on the same page with them on almost everything except they don't care for any sports.</p><p><u>April 2021 -</u> Finally the window visits changed into visits behind plexiglass, no touching, masks, etc. I broke all those rules and no one said a word. We touched and no masks were worn. It was better than a window visit but I had still not seen her room and her hair could still not be done. The only good thing was that she always had a big smile and her caregivers genuinely loved her My kids were finally allowed to sing in church up in the front on Palm Sunday. Those palms meant so much that day Hosanna! </p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">May 2021 -</u> Retirement for both of us! When I walked out of my classroom at the end of May, I<b> </b>would not ever return as a teacher, bittersweet indeed. We put the house, the home that I had lived in for the <b>f</b>irst 22 years of my life and then again for the last 20 years., on the market and it sold in a weekend for much more than we expected. We scrambled to find an apartment in Oshkosh. We had chosen Oshkosh as our retirement destination so we could be closer to the grandkids. So many changes in such a short time. I couldn't imagine living in that house without my mom. Things fell into place and we moved into our new apartment, Riverplace, in Oshkosh.</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;"> June 2021</b> -I was presented with a gift from St. John's at the church picnic and with that my time at St. John's came to an end. We found a new church, Martin Luther, here in Oshkosh, but St. John's will always be my home. We explored our new home, visited state parks, and spent time with the girls as we began to navigate this new thing called retirement.</p><p><b><u>July 2021</u> - </b>We made it our goal to visit all the state parks in Wisconsin so we bought a guide book and about once a week we would set out with our lunch and explore.<b> </b>We took bike rides and during one<b> </b>of these rides in Green Bay, I blew a tire! We took the girls on adventures to Bay Beach, the Mall, Door County, and trampoline places. They are getting older and it is harder to find things that they enjoy, the days of zoos and museums are over. They both enjoyed many overnights at our apartment, just watching TV and eating, so I will take that for now. </p><p><u><b>Aug. 2021</b></u> - Our big highlight of August was a trip to Torch Lake in Michigan. Tizita picked this destination because a lot of influencers would talk about it on social media. We had a wonderful week just full of memories but that will take a post all its own, so stay tuned for that. John and I continued our quest to visit all the state parks and discovered so many beautiful spots along the way.</p><p><u>Sept. 2021</u> - School started for many, but not for me and I went through some withdrawal, but it was short lived. We walked across the Mackinac Bridge which was a fun experience. I haven't mentioned Covid lately, but it is still around, sadly. The whole vaccination debate has widened the gap between friends and families yet again. We have chosen not to vaccinate, and we are feeling alienated because of that choice. especially among friends. We will try and be patient because we do feel things will come out in the future which will support our decision.</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Oct. 2021</b> - Visits and church with mom continue weekly. I also try and fit in visits with Pam and Lynne, the two friends that I miss so much. I also enjoy seeing Kev at these visits. Sometimes I do exercises with the mom and her friends. We play a lot of dominoes, too. We have settled into our life here in Oshkosh and retirement is treating us well.</p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">Nov. 2021</u> - We celebrated Mom's 93rd birthday with her at Park Terrace.. She enjoyed having all of us with her. Both Alissa and Nathan were able to join us. We haven't seen them a lot since Covid. Little did we know that this would be mom's last birthday with us here on earth. Our Thanksgiving trip took us to Key West and Sanibel Island. What a glorious trip we had! I will post about that another time but suffice it to say, it was the best! Sanibel Island as much as blew away during a hurricane this past fall, so I am glad we got to see it. We were gone for over two weeks and returned in time to watch Soliana play basketball.</p><p><u>Dec. 2021</u> - We had a wonderful Christmas celebration with mom at Park Terrace. We brought her favorite foods and took lots of photos. She was happy and never mentions going home which is so nice for us. After that, we were back at Kev and Vikki's for Christmas Eve, gathered around his bar talking about old memories. Christmas Day was at Courtney's. Alissa joined us while Nathan spent time with his dad who was not feeling well at the time. It was a good Christmas.</p><p>Wow, thank you if you are still reading this. It is getting longer than I expected but we are going into 2022 so hopefully it will not be too much longer.</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Jan. 2022</b> - Covid update: It is still in our midst, but less masks, less social distancing, and almost all businesses are back open. I guess because enough people got vaccinated, we don't need to follow rules anymore. Our friends have loosened up a bit, I guess we didn't lose them for life.We spent John's birthday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay and mine at Dave and Buster's followed by Door County.</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Feb. 2022</b> - We spent February watching Basketball games and Cheer.competitions. We explored a few more State Parks which are even pretty in the winter. </p><p><u>.March</u><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;"> 2022 - </b>I started dabbling in acrylic painting. I like it but soon found that I don't know what to do with all my paintings. I have already given them as gifts to everyone I know! Pam Wilke came and spent a weekend with us which was filled with good conversation. Terri Hubbard also came and spent a night with us and again, there was a lot of chatting going on. We continued to visit mom at least once a week. We met up with Tim and Louisa Budreau at Biggs, I have to say that I have not found my Biggs up here in Oshkosh yet. We continue to enjoy our very special friendship with the Budreau family. They are, indeed, a wonderful part of our lives.</p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">April 2022</u> - We celebrated Easter with Mom. She enjoyed her Miller Lites, Kraemer's cheese, and funeral cake. The Van Aukens came to church with us and then we did our Easter hunts with them after. On the day after Easter we left for another adventure. This time we took Route 66 to St. Louis where we enjoyed the arch. More Route 66 stops on our way to Oklahoma City. The Fred J. Murray building memorial was so moving. Then it was on to South Padre Island which we thoroughly enjoyed, just the right mixture of nightlife and beach, From there we spent some time in San Antonio enjoying the River Walk. I will need to do a post about all the fun we had on this trip. We no sooner got home than we turned around and went to New Smyrna Beach to see Soli perform at Nationals.</p><p><u><b>May 2022</b></u> -'So continuing from last month, we got home on a Friday. Kev, Vikki, Mal, Alissa, Nathan, all came up for the weekend. It was great fun to all be together and then on Monday we hit the road again for New Smyrna beach. We were hoping to see Soliana and her cheer team, but they did not make it to finals despite doing an outstanding job. The Van Aukens came and spent a few days with us in our beach house. The weather was cooler down there than it was back in Wisconsin so we weren't able to use our pool or go in the water, but it was still fun making memories. We went to Bare Bones to see Pat McCurdy, we had not seen him since before Covid and we soon remembered why we liked him so much. We met some new friends, Jill and Mike who shared out table. They were fun and easy to talk to. Too bad they live in Madison and not right here in Oshkosh.</p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">June 2022</u> - We spent a weekend at the Kegel Inn in West Allis. We took a van tour of Milwaukee, a boat trip on Lake Michigan, and tried out a few breweries with our Hop Craft Pass. We saw Pat McCurdy two more times,, one in Fish Creek and one here at Bare Bones where we were able to enjoy Jill and Mike's company yet again. John danced on stage and acquired the nickname, Moustache John. Spent time with the girls, lots of over nights at our apartment. Speaking of apartments, our rent went up $200. month which seemed way too much for this place, so we began our search for a new place to live. More on that to come.</p><p><b><u>July 2022</u></b> - Soliana turned 11 and we gave her a basketball hoop for her driveway. We took mom to a band concert which she really enjoyed. I am so glad we were able to spend this special night with her and I am glad I didn't know she would only.be with us for a few more weeks. We did some more hiking at state parks and met up with our friend Sherri Browning for lunch.We used our Hop Craft Beer pass with the girls and enjoyed brews at Devil's Lake, Baraboo, the Hinder in Waupaca and Rio Lobo in Weyewega. I love spending times with just the four of us, reminds me of the old days. This time I danced on stage with Pat in Fremont. We are becoming quite the groupies. We visited with Jill and Mike again and ended up having dinner at Gwen and Mike's house. That was a one time meet and greet. We never heard from them again!</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Aug. 2022 </b>- Our world changed forever on August 11 when my mom went to sleep on earth and woke up in heaven. More about that on the next post. Pastor Mueller was so wonderful as we prepared her final service. She would have loved it, her favorite hymns, a perfect Bible passage and sermon for her and her seven grandkids carrying her to her final resting place. If a funeral could be perfect, she had it and she deserved nothing less. We spent a long weekend in La Crosse with the Van Aukens at a very fun Air BnB. The highlight was when we took the girls through a drive through zoo and the camels darn near ate me up! </p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">Sept. 2022</u> - Courtney and Alissa came on another Brewery tour with us, this time hitting five breweries in Green Bay. As John always tells the bartender, my pallet has moved on from Miller Lite to better craft beers. We had so many toasts to Marge and shared so many memories. Volleyball started for Soliana and she once again was the best player out on the court and she is only in 6th grade! We introduced Kev and Vikki to Pat McCurdy at Crawfish Junction. Jill and Mike were also there and we had the best time. Kev was the subject of most of Pat's songs which always makes the show more fun.</p><p><u><b>Oct. 2022</b></u> - John and I continued to enjoy using our Hop Craft pass. Seems this beer thing has taken over our adventures in the State Parks. Our trips to Watertown to visit mom were no longer necessary and I missed the visits as well as seeing my friends and my brother on a regular basis.</p><p><u><b>Nov. 2022</b></u> - Another Thanksgiving adventure, this one to Savannah, St. Augustine, and Pass A Grille. We had such a great time exploring all these places and I will cover that trip in its own post. Wow, I have so many things to catch up on in more depth. We also finally found a cheaper, better apartment and moved in right before our trip. We have our own garage and front door. We also have a much bigger kitchen. All in all we like it and feel at home here.</p><p><b><u>Dec. 2022</u></b> - Our first Christmas without mom and it was a surprisingly good one because she was with us the entire time in spirit. I gave everyone pillows made from her sweatshirts and an ornament in her memory.</p><p>Finally made it through the three years! Thanks for sticking with me on this. Just a few more general things that I want to remember about this time.</p><p><u><b>Friends</b></u> - All of our friendships eventually survived Covid. We are back doing things with Karrie, Brent, Mary, Mark, Connie and Paul on a regular basis even though all of them were vaccinated! Terri and Mark were always on the same page as us and we got to see them quite often over the past three years. We stayed in close contact with the Budreau family who will always remain a big part of our lives. Pam Wilke who was also onboard with us in our views became an even closer friend if that is even possible. Lynne Uttech and I remained as close as ever just careful not to discuss anything Covid/ Patti and Tom, who are also on the other side of the spectrum remained friends. I think we had lost each other once for years and we were not going to let that happen again under any circumstances. As far as new friends go, we met Jo and Rick in Florida two times now and plan on future meetings and there are Jill and Mike, our Pat McCurdy friends who we hope to see often at more shows. Other than that, we haven/t met any friends here in Oshkosh. Making new friends at 70 is very hard.</p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">Family - </u>Alissa and Nathan stayed away for awhile due to Covid, but eventually Alissa returned to visit and Nathan followed her lead. It was good to have them back. They both still work from home and they are loving that and hope it continues forever! Mallory has a very nice boyfriend, Nate and they both seem very happy living life. Kev and Vikki are doing well and we meet up at Biggs every once in awhile. I am thankful for both of them. Kev was on top of caring for Mom, he did the financial, I did the emotional and we made a great team. The grandkids continue to grow and we are so happy to be here to watch it all happen. We all miss Mom but when I imagine her in heaven with her family and my dad, it all seems right.</p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">Covid</u> - Still around with yet another strain predicted to be even worse than all the other strains. I can't even remember how many strains there have been. John and I proudly say that we must be the only people left in the world who have never tested for Covid, a title we wear with honor. I think I had Covid when I couldn't smell for two days but life went on for me. Everyone we know has had it at least one or two times even with vaccinations. Young people are mysteriously falling over dead but no one will admit that the jab is causing this. I will just keep that here until the truth comes out.</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">New Home</b> - We actually considered purchasing a condo as we were searching for a new place to live. It lasted one day, the day we looked at three condos with a realtor. After seeing what our money couldn't buy, we decided to continue our search for rentals that would be cheaper but still as nice. Believe it or not, we make too much money from our Social Security to qualify for some very nice senior apartments (not just one place but at least ten scattered throughout Oshkosh) Finally we found a place, cost less with a condo feel. We have our own front door and attached garage! We are settled and feel at home here</p><p><b><u>New Church</u> - </b>There are six WELS churches right here in Oshkosh. Maybe we fully intended to shop for the right fit, but we attended Martin Luther once and it seemed fine to us. We had connections to the Pastor through a friend at St. John's. That was enough for us. We became members. I miss St. John's eveyday, well at least on Sundays and I fully intend to return there someday when we move back to Watertown. The new church has not turned out to be all I hoped, we have yet to meet anyone except one lady who returned my phone when I left it on the pew, but I do like the Pastor and the services are short and sweet, so we press on.</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Duffy -</b> FYI in case anyone does not know, Duffy was my High School boyfriend, we shared a lot of firsts back in the day until college did us in. I hadn't heard from Duffy for 50 years. I saw that his dad had died and I decided to reach out and send him a card. He called, we chatted, it felt good and right. In the past year, he has called me about ten times. I can text him on his flip phone but he can't text back and I refuse to call, his wife might answer, so I just wait to see if he calls me. He may not call again but it's ok because I got some closure from those calls and I learned things that I did not know back in the day. It's good to know Duffy remembered just as many of the fun times as I did.</p><p>And with that I am ready to close this post!</p><p>On to 2023</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-35064067591866905762020-03-23T12:52:00.001-07:002020-03-23T12:52:27.405-07:00Corona Virus Spring Break Grand Canyon 2020<div style="text-align: center;">
Oh my goodness, I just needed to use my old school computer for teaching online due to the corona virus. (This is another story) Anyway my blog popped up! I haven't seen my blog since my last computer up and died. I was never able to remember how to get into it on my new computer so I thought it was lost and gone forever, but alas here it is and I feel the urge to update you on so many things.</div>
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First of all, we are all locked down in our whole country due to a nasty virus called Corona. It's hard to tell what is true and untrue and exactly how bad this will be. I, predict it has nothing to do with an actual virus but that is a crazy theory so I am not really owning it quite yet.</div>
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John is working from home in a makeshift office down the basement, I am expected to teach online so I am trying to learn how to do that and life is all mixed up.</div>
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Pastor Warnecke died of cancer after a courageous six month battle. Only his family were able to attend the funeral because of the virus restrictions. It was all very sad and hard. He was truly a man of God and served till just days before he died. He touched so many lives.</div>
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We just returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon. We left just before everything started shutting down. We flew out to Las Vegas from Madison but had to rent a car to drive home because the flights were all cancelled. It was an unexpected adventure, but we enjoyed it very much. There were no restaurants open due to the virus so we ate a lot from gas stations.</div>
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We started in Las vegas just one day before it completely closed down. we stayed at the Luxor Hotel, very cool and were able to walk up and down the strip before heading to Flagstaff. We loved seeing Las vegas.</div>
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Rented an air bnb in Flagstaff. Enjoyed one meal out before they shut everything down. Loved our air bnb as usual. Headed to the Grand Canyon on a beautiful sunny cool day. It was more awesome than I ever expected. we were not disappointed. Lots of photos on Facebook.</div>
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Ate pizza from a little carry out place in Flagstaff. headed to Sedona on the next day. Took a trolley ride in the rain but at least got to see some of Sedona. We weren't really that impressed with the city. it snowed alot forcing us to head to Las Vegas early only to find out our flight had been cancelled. that is when we decided to drive home through some of the most beautiful scenery ever! The mountains of Colorado were a bit intimidating due to the snow, but we made it.</div>
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Highlights of the trip included a lost, then found key to our air bnb.</div>
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A horrible drive to Las vegas because of the snow and a reroute by Judy.</div>
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Flash flood warnings on that drive in the middle of nowhere in black of night.</div>
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An arrogant little police boy in Prescott</div>
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There was probably more, but I can;t think of any right now. We did have a great time even with all the craziness of the virus.</div>
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My mom continues to live with us. her short term is gone and that makes for a nutty life around here. </div>
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We have the sweetest little black kitty named Lacey, but mom calls her Kitsy.</div>
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The girls are growing and thriving back in Oshkosh. They are outgrowing their need for us in their lives. so that is a hard pill to swallow for me.</div>
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Alissa and Nathan just returned from Jamaica and had to self quarantine for two weeks which has since extended to indefinitely with the shelter in, lock down!</div>
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Life will go on, but not sure it will ever get back to normal.</div>
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We just had a really fun weekend with the girls.</div>
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Courtney and Paul brought them out on Friday night.</div>
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We went shopping at Walmart, one of their favorite places. They had fun picking out lots of treats and a few other purchases.</div>
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We ate dinner at Culver's and had such a great time just chatting with them.</div>
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We came home and loaded up our snacks, headed downstairs to watch movies. We watched two great movies, Legally Blondes and Sleepover.</div>
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On Saturday we started our day with a few games of Old Maid with Gigi then we left for Sky zone for some jumping.</div>
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The girls had so much fun and we enjoyed lunch there. Again we chatted for quite some time.</div>
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From there we went to the domes to see the train that had all kinds of Milwaukee areas set up around the dome and track. We all enjoyed it.</div>
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We then went shopping at Five Below and the Dollar Tree.</div>
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What fun and what great purchases.</div>
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Finished up our shopping at Mayfair before going to meet Courtney and Paul at Red Lobster where we all enjoyed a great meal! </div>
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My kids sang on Sunday and did an awesome job as usual.</div>
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It was a great weekend.</div>
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This past weekend we took mom and went to Milwaukee to celebrate Courtney and Paul's birthdays.</div>
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We opened goody boxes, played wisconlingo and went to Saz's for dinner.</div>
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It was a very nice celebration.</div>
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It is march already, time flies.</div>
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The weather is still so cold and the snow is going nowhere fast.</div>
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John and I are going to see the creation museum and the ark on my spring break.</div>
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Not sure Cincinnati is far enough south to be any warmer, but we shall see.</div>
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Silly girl, wanted crutches! Luckily we had Courtney's old ones in the attic.</div>
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Paul loves his pickles and dill pickle chips in his goody box</div>
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And Courtney loves her poptarts</div>
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Eight right for Paul and perfect ten for Courtney</div>
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Okay, so back on Jan. 1 or thereabouts I decided to stop this blog cold turkey, well now I am reconsidering that decision and here is why:</div>
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Today we got an unpaid traffic ticket from the city of Milwaukee from Sept 15, 2018.</div>
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Of course, I couldn't remember what we had done on that day.</div>
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I do remember that around that time, we took the girls to a volleyball game at Marquette for Tizita's tiziversary, but I could not remember the exact thing we did on Sept. 15.</div>
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This is why I needed this blog so badly. It was the only way that I could actually see what we did on Sept 15. There it was documented that we did indeed go to a volleyball game that day and we moved the car to prevent a citation. Now it is up to John to find the paperwork and pursue this.</div>
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So, this blog is indeed useful even if no one reads it but my, myself and I! </div>
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So I need to do a quick recap of Jan and Feb of this year so far.</div>
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It's been a rough winter, lots of snow and ice. We have had no less than six snow/ice days this year and now schools are looking at ways to make up these missed days. As of today, there is no end in site.</div>
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The girls had an extra week off after Christmas.</div>
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We enjoyed a sleepover with each of them which included Wipeout, hair and makeup, and games.</div>
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On Jan. 19 we went to another play at the Todd Weir Theater. We love those plays so much. This time we saw, "Matilda" which we all enjoyed very much.</div>
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After the play we met Courtney and Paul at the SafeHouse. What a fun place! Soli enjoyed showing us around since she had been there previously. It was a fun day.</div>
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On the weekend of Jan. 26 we had our open house at St. John's and my kids sang at church.</div>
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The first weekend in February Alissa and Nathan came up on Friday night. We celebrated Alissa's birthday and then the four of us went out to The Tipsy Goose for some drinks. It was a fun night.</div>
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On Saturday we met Kev, Vikki, and Mallory at City Lights for a few beers before meeting the Van Aukens at Buck Bradley's for dinner before an Admiral's game.</div>
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It was a very fun weekend.</div>
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The next weekend we went to a Cheer competition in Illinois.</div>
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The girls both did a great job. On that Sunday Kev, Vikki, John, and I took my mom to the Fireside to see Legends of Country. It was great food and a wonderful show.</div>
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I had Feb. 14, 15, and 16 off.</div>
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I spent the Thurs and Friday in Milwaukee. The girls and I baked cut out valentine cookies and heart pizzas for dinner while Courtney and Paul went out for dinner.</div>
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On Friday Courtney and I went to Sherman Phoenix for pizza and to spy on Paul and his six scholars from Tizita's class. It was fun.</div>
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John came to pick up Soli and I on Friday night. Soli spent the night with us. We watched wipe out and then on Saturday we shopped at Walmart and then went to see the Lego movie in Waukesha.</div>
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Courtney brought Tiz to us at Chipoltle for dinner. Soli went home with her and Tiz came with us for a two night sleepover.</div>
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Another Walmart trip, playing with Lacey, doing my hair, and playing two hours of Monopoly filled the days. She was supposed to go home on Sunday night, but there was too much snow so luckily she and I both had Monday off so she could stay with us another day.</div>
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That brings us to this next weekend when we will be taking mom to Milwaukee with her goody boxes to celebrate Courtney and Paul;s birthdays.</div>
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So, there you have it.</div>
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I am going to use the blog as documentation. It's easier to find it on here than on FB.</div>
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Here are a few photos from these past two months:</div>
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So many candles on Grandpa's cake</div>
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I forgot that we went to the zoo on a beautiful day in early Jan.</div>
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The girls each chose an animal to sponsor for this coming year.</div>
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A polar bear for Soli and a lion for Tiz.</div>
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Cheer comp in early Jan</div>
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The play we saw</div>
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Fun at the safehouse The top three photos</div>
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Three photos from a cheer comp in later Jan.</div>
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My birthday. The girls and Courtney came out on Friday afternoon and we celebrated.</div>
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The night of my actual birthday. Potato cake</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-81993100120633762672019-01-01T14:08:00.000-08:002019-01-01T14:08:00.676-08:00The end of an era and a blog<div style="text-align: center;">
This will be my last blog post.</div>
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I have decided that I can document most events on Facebook and I don't think anyone will actually read this blog anyway, so with that I say,</div>
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"Good bye, it's been fun"</div>
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Another Christmas service in the books for me with my Preschoolers.</div>
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As usual, they did an excellent job.</div>
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We performed on Friday and again on Sunday.</div>
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My two biggest successes were that Norah, my little autistic girl was able to sit up on the altar with the rest of her class and although she did not say or sing anything, she sat up there and looked as normal as any three year old can. My second moment of pride was when Asher, who can be a handful performed so beautifully for me.</div>
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I was one happy and humble teacher today.</div>
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God is working in those kids.</div>
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Tiz came home with John on Friday.</div>
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We went to Walmart to shop and then ate dinner at Pizza Ranch.</div>
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She opened her gift and we planned the cake that she wanted to make on Saturday.</div>
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And, what a cake she made.</div>
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She had her own idea of this cake, she worked fondant, made royal icing, and decorated her very colorful five layer cake.</div>
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We gave her a gift card to Five Below so we took her there on her way home.</div>
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She took about an hour to pick out special things for her gifts.</div>
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We met up with the rest of her family at Oscar's for dinner. (We had planned on the Texas Road House, but it was way too crowded, so Tiz picked Oscar's ) It was very good and much cheaper.</div>
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We went over to their house to have a piece of cake, it tasted as good as it looked.</div>
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Nailed it for sure.</div>
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It was a great way to celebrate her birthday.</div>
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We had another fun weekend.</div>
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I Friday night we helped Harmony celebrate her second birthday at the bowling alley.</div>
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It was a great, fun party for her.</div>
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John and I went to have pizza at Biggs after the party.</div>
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On Saturday we took the girls to see "The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever," at the Todd Weir Theater. It was a funny, well done play with a message. We all loved it.</div>
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After that we had dinner at Fudd Ruckers and went to the Country Christmas Lights.</div>
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Both girls drove again and stuck themselves out the roof, always a special part of the lights.</div>
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Today the girls came out and we baked chocolate and white sugar cut outs. A bit messy as usual but so many memories were made.</div>
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We had another really fun weekend.</div>
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It started on Friday night with the Live Nativity. Courtney, Paul, and the girls came out for the Live Nativity.</div>
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After that, we had Marco's pizza and after the Van Aukens left, we went to Lyons Pub to meet up with Connie and Paul.</div>
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We had a great time full of great conversation and laughs.</div>
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On Saturday we headed into Milwaukee to do some shopping and then watch the girls compete in a cheer competition at the Wisconsin Center.</div>
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It was a great way to spend a gloomy, rainy Saturday.</div>
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Both girls did a great job. Tiz's team got first place and Soliana's team got a second place.</div>
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After the competition we went to Solderman's for hamburgers.</div>
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It was a good day.</div>
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Today I got started on Christmas cookies.</div>
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The Packers lost and fired their coach.</div>
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It was a great weekend.</div>
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Since the Van Aukens were off to Iowa and Alissa doesn't really like Thanksgiving, John and I cancelled it this year and headed up to Door County.</div>
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Of course, I couldn't do without the smell of a cooking turkey so on the Sunday before I made mom, John and I a full thanksgiving dinner. It was delicious and the house smelled so good.</div>
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I also decorated the house for Christmas, took my time this year and really enjoyed doing it.</div>
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Courtney, Paul and the girls came out the day before Thanksgiving on their way to Iowa. They got manicures and we had Kwik Trip for lunch.</div>
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We hiked to Old Baldy and went to Cave Point before our dinner at The English Inn. It was very good.</div>
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We stayed at Julie's Motel in Fish Creek for the two nights. It was a great place to stay.</div>
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On Friday we hiked Ellison Bay County Park, drove to the tip, hiked Penninsula State Park, and had a delicious fish boil at the White Gull. It was a great day.</div>
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We ended our night under the Christmas lights in Sister Bay.</div>
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On Saturday we took a nice drive home through Two Rivers, it did rain the entire drive, but the scenery is still nice.</div>
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We woke up to a dusting of snow on Friday. Since I didn't have school, I decided to put up my village.</div>
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I was able to take my time and enjoyed putting it up.</div>
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Now it is beginning to look like Christmas inside, too.</div>
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Our new kitty, Lacey is doing very well.</div>
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We did lose her one day and after searching for two hours, we found her under the chest in the entrance. She was scared and we did have to start all over with our getting her used to things, but by Friday, she was doing well again. </div>
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On Saturday Paul brought the girls out. Soli and I played day care and with the doll house while Tiz played with the kitty and Paul watch football.</div>
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Soli and Paul went home after dinner and Tiz spent the night with us.</div>
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We watched some funny Netflix show she likes and then a movie.</div>
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Today we took her to church where we met Paul and Soli.</div>
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After church Paul took the girls to the gym while John and I went to Courtney's craft show in Franklin.</div>
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She had been there all day Saturday and today. She was doing a great job of selling.</div>
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It was a very successful show for her.</div>
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So, with that another weekend is in the books and we move on toward Christmas.</div>
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Mom turned 90 this past weekend.</div>
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It was a big celebration that started on Friday night with subway, cake and presents here at our house to Saturday at the Essen Haus and Comfort Inn in Madison.</div>
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A few people did end up with the stomach flu but that did not really dampen Marge's celebration.</div>
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She was queen for the night, the polka band played for her and she danced the night away.</div>
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On Sunday we stopped and picked up this sweet kitty for her. It was a gift from Soli and Tiz.</div>
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Meet Lacey Kitty Kohlhoff.</div>
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And here she is with all of her cards. I think she got around 70 or so.</div>
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It was a great celebration.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-50280060212850591732018-10-28T17:33:00.002-07:002018-10-28T17:33:37.595-07:00Old Friends and a New Bucks ArenaIt'<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been another great weekend.</div>
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I did not have school on Thursday or Friday so John took Friday off and we headed up to Oshkosh to meet Terri and Mark for a nice, long overdue lunch.</div>
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After the lunch John and I walked around Oshkosh for a bit. I miss that city, but in less than a year the Van Aukens will be back there and we can visit more often again.</div>
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We went to The Van Auken home in Milwaukee to spend the night. They were camping so we had the place to ourselves.</div>
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We met Joan for dinner at Ricardo's and caught up on her life. It was a great day to catch up with old friends.</div>
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On Saturday we went to a cheer showcase to watch both girls perform with their new gym. That was fun and that night we went to a Bucks game at their new arena. We all had a great time at the game which they won.</div>
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Soli came home with us after the game, we did church today and then she trick or treated with Kaliyah.</div>
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We just returned her to meet her family in Delafield.</div>
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It was a fun, full weekend.</div>
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Going back to work tomorrow will be hard, I think.</div>
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On another note, last Tuesday, John and I made a run to the emergency room. We are not doctor people and try to keep our distance from them but john was worried about a bruise type thing that was moving up his leg.</div>
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Turns out he did have a superficial blood clot which he treated with warm compresses and aspirin.</div>
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We spent three hours there and got home by around 1:00 in the morning.</div>
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He was supposed to have a follow up appt with a surgeon, but since it seems to be gone, we have decided that it is not necessary. Doctors only find more things wrong and they aren't there to cure just treat.</div>
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So there was that little bit of excitement.</div>
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I think that is all for now.</div>
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Till next time...</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-39013273424640845972018-10-21T14:18:00.001-07:002018-10-21T14:18:47.223-07:00Brewers, Tipsy Goose, and Silent AuctionIt'<div style="text-align: center;">
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On Friday after grocery shopping, John and I went to Biggs for some beers, pizza, and the Brewers game.</div>
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Brewers game, you ask, since when did I become a Brewer fan?</div>
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Well, in the last two weeks when they made it to the playoffs.</div>
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I couldn't get enough of them and I learned so much of the strategy involved in the game.</div>
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Anyway they had to win the best of seven and they were on game five on Friday which they needed to win to stay alive.</div>
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Connie and Paul were in town so they met us there and we had a great time catching up.</div>
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The Brewers did indeed win so now they are all tied up at 2 - 2 so Saturday night would be the big game that would decide it all.</div>
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On Saturday we did some shopping at Kohl's where John actually found pants, shoes, and gloves. He never buys himself anything so that was nice. We also stopped at Farm and Fleet to look at toys for school and much to our dismay, you can bring your dogs to Farm and Fleet now. What does a dog need in a store. So many dogs, barking, scaring little kids, ugh!</div>
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We went to the Alpha Resource Center Silent Auction on Saturday night.</div>
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Great food, good beer, and a lot of nice items.</div>
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We bid on quite a few things including the raffle for a purse which could have $100. in it.</div>
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Well, I got the lucky purse, but felt it was only right to give the money back, but I kept the purse and it is cute.</div>
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After that, we went over to the Tipsy Goose which is an old bar taken over by new owners who also happen to own Biggs.</div>
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We had Door County Mules that were so good and we watched the Brewers lose.</div>
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I am no longer a Brewer fan. We will see what next year brings.</div>
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Today my kids sang in church. It was great as it always is.</div>
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John and I did lots of yard work, so many leaves!</div>
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Now for some down time before another week starts.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-62345171522011252902018-10-14T18:40:00.000-07:002018-10-14T18:40:18.258-07:00Cousins and other Fun<div style="text-align: center;">
Another fun weekend.</div>
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Alissa came up on Friday and spent Friday night here with us.</div>
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Mom, Kev, John, Lissa, and I went to Biggs, despite a overdone pizza we had a fun time. Lots of laughs and good conversation.</div>
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We dropped mom off at home and went to the Drafty Cellar for a few.</div>
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Brewers won and are on their way to hopefully the World Series.</div>
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On Saturday, Alissa, John and I met the Van Aukens at Muskego where Tiz had a volleyball tournament. Despite some great play, they lost the match and were eliminated from the tourney.</div>
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We stopped at Party City on the way home to look at possible Halloween costumes for Tiz.</div>
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She could not decide what she wanted to be, it went from nerd, to cheerleader, to fifties girl, to business woman which is where it ended.</div>
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We found a wig and a few other accessories, then headed to Walmart for more Halloween shopping.</div>
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Here she decided on a fashionista which we were able to create there with a cute sequinced dress and shoes.</div>
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Both girls bought another wig, too.</div>
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We spent the rest of Saturday just hanging out, watching TV, playing on phones, etc.</div>
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Nice evening of TV and snacks.</div>
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Church today and a little fun at Ebert's before taking them to Delafield.</div>
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It was a great fun time and the cousins had a great time in Milwaukee as usual.</div>
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I couldn't decide what we would do with the girls on our Saturday with them.</div>
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The weather has been rainy and didn't sound great for Saturday, but my first plan was going to the elegant farmer to ride the electric train and enjoy a caramel apple. After that I wanted to take them to the cemetery to see where Mamaw and Pops are.</div>
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We had a fun time on the seven mile electric train ride.</div>
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And we did enjoy our apples.</div>
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It started to rain harder after that part of the adventure so we used our umbrellas as we searched for Pops and Mamaw.</div>
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We finally found it, the girls left a flower and we took in the beauty of a military cemetery.</div>
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After that we checked out Courtney's craft show on Vilet, she had done very well.</div>
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I had found a place called the Organ Piper Music Palace so we went there for pizza. It was quite the place. Turns out the guy playing the organ was our conductor on the train that day! </div>
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Courtney had asked us if we would be able to get the girls to church on Sunday and then to cheer. Of course, we took on the challenge and it was a challenge.</div>
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We stayed overnight.</div>
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Courtney left early for a show in Lake Mills and Paul left early for his mom's in Iowa, so we were on kid duty.</div>
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We had to get to church by 9:40 because Soli was singing. What a treat to be able to hear and watch her sing.</div>
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I love Garden Homes church. I love the mix of black and white.</div>
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The kids sang beautifully.</div>
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After church we had to get the girls to their gym for cheer.</div>
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We let Judy, the lady in our phone get us there and she didn't steer us wrong.</div>
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The girls did some amazing tumbling.</div>
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After that, we enjoyed lunch at Five Guys.</div>
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We, then came to Watertown where Courtney met us when she was done with her show.</div>
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It's been another great weekend.</div>
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John and I went to Octoberfest in Appleton. We were going to check out Courtney's booth at the craft area. We were surprised at the amount of people and the mile long beer and food area as well as all the vendors.</div>
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Courtney did well with her goods and we found a few presents.</div>
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We fought our way through the many people and had two beers at the Appleton Beer Company.</div>
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We had pizza at christiano;s in Oshkosh where Courtney met us for a bit.</div>
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After that we went to The Cabin in North Fond du Lac and saw Pat McCurdy. He did a great show, longer than usual and called John out as looking like Colonel Sanders.</div>
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it was a good day and fun night.</div>
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We never got home till after midnight.</div>
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Today it was church and then getting the graves ready for fall.</div>
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Back to work tomorrow!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-58695646968106886802018-09-23T17:00:00.000-07:002018-09-23T17:00:39.871-07:00A Trtip to Bloomington<div style="text-align: center;">
We just returned from a great, fun trip to visit Alissa and Nathan in Bloomington.</div>
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We were able to take Tizita and Soliana along with us.</div>
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We started our visit with a trip to a pumpkin patch farm near them. I wasn't sure if Illinois would be able to do a pumpkin farm as well as our beloved Waldvogels but lo and behold, they did!</div>
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I think all pumpkin farmers must got to the same place to learn what kind of activities to offer at their farms because most of the activities were very similar to Waldvogels with a few added attractions.</div>
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The girls enjoyed all of it very much.</div>
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Their favorite was the corn pit, always is, and Tiz I liked the big jumping thing.</div>
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After the pumpkin experience, we stopped at White Oak Brewery for a few beers.</div>
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The girls had fun playing in the outside area and made some money from Uncle Cheddah for doing stunts.</div>
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We went back to their house and ordered pizza, watch Double dare, and a few movies.</div>
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One of the highlights was when Nathan made the stairs into a big slide for the girls. The crash pad at the bottom was the best.</div>
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Today we got out the wii and had so much fun. I think I had the most fun because I love that wii.</div>
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I came in first place on the running activity.</div>
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Yea, Me!</div>
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We ate at Steak and Shake and had a great drive home.</div>
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It was a great weekend all around.</div>
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This past weekend we celebrated our tenth Tiziversary.</div>
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So hard to believe that it's been that long since we first met you.</div>
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In ways it seems like yesterday and in ways it seems like you have been in our lives forever.</div>
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We wanted to surprise Tiz so we took her and Soli to a women's volleyball game at Marquette.</div>
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It was a really fun event and both girls enjoyed it a lot.</div>
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We dropped Soli off at home and took Tiz to Five Below for some much needed make up and then to Chick fil a, her choice for dinner.</div>
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Then she came home with us for a sleepover.</div>
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We bought her a new camera that she wanted to we spent lots of time taking photos and videos.</div>
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After church on Sunday, we watched a wild and crazy Packer game that ended in a tie against the Vikings.</div>
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After that we headed to a chocolate factory in Waukesha to meet Courtney, Paul, and Soli.</div>
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It was a great Tiziversary!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708900257042271294.post-32177878589356148472018-09-09T17:33:00.001-07:002018-09-09T17:33:04.024-07:00Fun, Busy WeeHopkend<div style="text-align: center;">
My first week of school for this year is in the books.</div>
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It was a great week.</div>
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Working just the morning three year old session is very nice, although I went home at noon this week to mopping our flooded basement, so there is that, but I am happy to say that it is dry once again and hopefully it will stay that way for a good long time.</div>
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John actually worked from home (so glad his company allows him to do this) on Thursday so he could fight the water. He had been up most of Wednesday night fighting it, too.</div>
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But we finally won! Take that water.</div>
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The river is still at flood stage though and is very high all around Watertown.</div>
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The mosquitos are fierce, too. we cannot go outside without our spray on!</div>
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Anyway on Saturday we headed into Ikea to get the rest of our kitchen table. </div>
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We met up with Kev, Vikki, Nic, Tiztia at a place near Cathedral Square for lunch. They had come in to visit Nic and see how his first days at MSOE were going. We happened to be meeting up with Courtney at her farmer's market at Cathedral Square so it all worked out very well.</div>
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John left after lunch for his class reunion in Muskego while I had a nice late lunch with Courtney, Paul and the girls at the Water Street Brewery in Oak Creek near their gym.</div>
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John and I met up again at Courtney's and brought Soli home with us for a sleepover.</div>
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It was a great night for all of us.</div>
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On Sunday we went to church, the Budreau kids sat with us, then on to the new teacher brunch. After that, Treyton, Kaliyah and Harmony came over. The kids had fun playing with Soli. Later Courtney, Paul, and Tizita came to pick Soli up. We all went to our new Ice cream place in the old Froggy's.</div>
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It was a fine Sunday all around.</div>
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Tomorrow it is back to the grind at school. Hope week two is just a good as week one.</div>
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Packers are on for the first time tonight. Hope they beat da bears!</div>
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