Saturday, July 23, 2010 - Joyce and Mary hosted a 90th Birthday Party Memorial for our mother at the Carriage House of the Palladium. Mom's good friends Dave and Elizabeth joined us as well, which was quite special. They are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary which is very special. They had …
read moreMayan Couples Party - June 12, 2011
Sunday, June 12th 2011: We hosted a Mayan Couples Party in order to share a show about the trip we took with Arthur and Sharon to the Yucatan Peninsula with our friends. Janet made the chicken fajitas, the other Janet made the salsa and guacamole, Ron made the black beans …
read more35th Anniversary & Charles' 32nd Birthday 2011
June 5th, 2011: We celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary and Charles' 32nd birthday. It was a good day.
read moreYucatan peninsula, Mexico 2011
February 24th to March 2nd: Yucatan, Mexico: We traveled with Arthur and Sharon to the Yucatan peninsula to visit some of the most famous but least visited Mayan ruins. Arthur had made all the arrangements which turned out to be wonderful. We flew to Cancun, rented a car and headed …
read moreBNO Florida Feb 2011
February 14th to 19th, 2011: Jim invited us down to Florida for an extended BNO. Looks like he's becoming a permanent fixture on the southeast coast and who can blame him? Arthur couldn't make it so Ron's son, Marty, filled in as the fourth for cards and fun. I don't …
read moreChristmas 2010
December 25, 2010: Merry Christmas, everyone! What fun.
December 24, 2010: Joyce hosted a very nice Christmas Eve party. Unfortunately, Charles had come down with a nasty cold and couldn't make the party. But everyone had made some tasty treats and we enjoyed catching up with one another and …
read moreAutumn 2010
England/Italy 2010
Wednesday; September 15, 2010 - October 5, 2010: WOW! What a trip. It started out on a canal boat and ended with fireworks.
But first, here are some pics that Arthur took in York, before the rest of us got to England.
Sept 14th: Arthur's Photos 1
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Sept 15th: Arthur's Photos …Badlands Trip - 2010
August 5, 2010: Thursday - First things first. Happy Birthday, Janet! We arrived back in Indianapolis about 2 a.m. on the 5th, just in time to all sing Happy Birthday to her while standing in the middle of Lancet Lane.
We had just gotten back from a late night flight …
read moreBike and Build -- Anne
Sunday; July 11, 2010: Jim, myself and Janet traveled to Bloomington to visit with Jim and Janet's daughter, Anne. She and 30 or so others had just ridden their bikes into town the night before from Boston on their way to Santa Barbara. And today was one of their days …
read moreBrandt Family Reunion 2010
June 19th, 2010; Saturday: It was another hot June day, but at least the rain came early in the morning and was gone by time for the Reunion. We hosted the Brandt-Rosenstiel Family and, I think everyone enjoyed seeing each other. We missed the last of the elder (2nd generation …
read moreArthur's 63rd
Sunday; June 13th, 2010: A.A.C. celebrated his 63rd birthday today and he still hasn't been back to a National Park to try out his new lifetime pass. But at least he can still recognize three babes when he sees them. We met at Zuppa's for a wonderful brunch …
read moreBob, Pat & Tessa
SUNDAY: June 6, 2010: Tessa; her Mother, Pat: and her Grandfather Bob came for a quick visit before heading back home. Of course Charles was here, too. Bob had missed the wedding so it was nice that he at least got to experience a little bit of where it was …
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Mother's Day 2010
Easter 2010
Sharon's Dream House
Sharon in itchin' to move and she thinks she has found her "Dream" house. It's an 1896 run down Victorian in the Near Northside downtown area. It does have quite the curb appeal with a columned front porch, 12' ceilings on the ground floor and 10' ceilings on the second …
read moreBNO Florida - February 2010
February 7th - 11th, 2010 We had an extended BNO in Florida this year. Thanks to Jim renting a condo for a month, we took advantage of his hospitality for a few days in what would otherwise be a very wintry cold February. Thank you, Jim!!! His condo is on Key …
read moreChristmas 2009 - New Year 2010
Thanksgiving 2009
November 26, 2009: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This year, Joyce hosted the big dinner. As usual, way too much food, but it was all delicious. We got to see Steven's video of his Golf Digest "Ambush" this past summer. Very cool. The article about the event is in the November issue.
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