1. Murder Mystery Dinner 2006

    March 19th,2006: MURDER MYSTERY DINNER at the BENTON HOUSE a.k.a. Roadkill. "The Good, the Bad and the Guilty." All I can say is that Elvira did it; but we didn't find that out until some time after imbibing in a great quantity of wine and enjoying a …

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  2. Florida - February 2006

    FLORIDA Mid-February 2006: We made a quick trip to Florida to help my Father celebrate his 86th Birthday and try to feel some mid-winter warm weather. We were sucessful on the birthday part, but not on the weather. Florida experienced a cold snap that lingered 'til the day we left …

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  3. Christmas 2005

    Christmas 2005: Celebrated Christmas Eve and Joyce's . We were blessed to have all the kids home this year, which made for an especially good time. Best wishes to everyone in 2006.

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  4. Couples Christmas Party

    Wednesday, December 21st: Had Christmas dinner with friends. Each couple made gingerbread houses afterwards.

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    Arthur suggested we make up limericks as a group activity, which turned out to be great fun. Each person started a limerick on a piece of paper, then passed it on to the person on …

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  5. Thanksgiving 2005

    November 24th: Thanksgiving Dinner. We all had a lot to be thankful for. I was grateful to spend Thanksgiving with my children, who have all decided to make Indinapolis their home, too. And it's always special when Grandpa can join us for the holidays.

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  6. 50th Anniversary Trap Shoot 2005

    NOVEMBER 24TH: Happy Thanksgiving Day. We started out a great Thankgiving by going to a great event --the 50th Annual BILLIE CREEK / KUHN RAIL FARM TRAPSHOOT. This was one of cousin Chuck's favorite happenings and I know he was there is spirit and well represented. I think there had to …

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  7. 6768 Springer Ave.

    November 7, 2005: Jane and Juri closed on their house! The previous owner was obviously not an outdoors person because the brick chimney was covered in mature poison ivy. How nice. Of course that ivy was the first thing Jane had to tackle and the ivy ended up winning. She …

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  8. Jane & Juri's House

    October 30, 2005: Jane & Juri have an accepted offer on a house and they hope to close in a couple of weeks. It's a really nice neighborhood and a really nice house. It's just east of Pleasant Run Golf Course.

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  9. Labor Day 2005

    Monday, September 5, 2005: We went up to the farm for a Labor Day picnic. This was Luli's (Juri's) first opportunity to see Benton County and it was a very good thing he went along. We took our van and just past Lafayette, the car started vibrating so bad I …

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  10. Solle's House

    August 19, 2005, Friday: Solle invited me to attend the preview opening gala of the Carmel Home-a-Rama featuring a house he designed and built. It is a wonderful house, definitely the best of seven on the tour. Congratulations, Dale, on all your hard work. Great Job!

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  11. Matt & Emily's Wedding 2005

    Matt & Emily's wedding: Saturday, August 6, 2005, 2:30 pm. Truly and beautilful couple, ceremony and reception afterwards. Congratulations to the newly weds!

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    On Sunday, we did a quick tour of downtown Pittsburgh, then headed back to Indy.

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  12. Jane & Juri's Party 2005

    July 30th 2005: We hosted an American reception for Jane and Luli (Juri). Family and friends came from near and far. We thought this was better than asking everyone to go to Albania for the wedding last August. Don't think we would have gotten too many takers on that one …

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  13. Ron's Birthday celebration.

    We got together with Jim and Janet to give Ron a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday since Julie was out of town. Good idea, Janet H.! We took Ron to Luxor for dinner in Fountain Square and then came back to our house for brownies, ice-cream, and raspberries with hot …

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  14. Charle's House starting work

    May 29,2005 - CHARLES wasted no time in getting to work after closing on his new (110 year old) house. The back fence was taken down and the first 30 yard dumpster was delivered Friday afternoon. Friends and family dropped by over the Memorial weekend to see the "Before". There'll …

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  15. Charles' new house

    MAY 21, 2005: CHARLES IS MOVING BACK TO INDY! We checked out several homes in and around the downtown area of Indianapolis this past week and came across this gem on the near south side. Close to both Fletcher Place and Fountain Square. It will make a great place to …

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  16. Mary's 30th Birthday Party

    MAY 7, 2005: Joyce gave a pizza party for Mary's 30th birthday. It was a lot of fun, especially for Mary. As usual, Anna kept everyone on their toes. She loved the bubble machine and the cake.

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    The movie is quite a large file, so it will take some …

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  17. North Carolina 2005

    March 28th: We arrived in North Carolina for a few days of site seeing. There are many things to do in the area. Since it was the closest to where we were staying at Lake Lure, we went to Chimney Rock the first day.

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    March 29th: Since Biltmore (circa …

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