1. Calista Memorial Celebration - July 23, 2010

    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 …

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  2. Mayan 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 …

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  3. Yucatan 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 …

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  4. BNO 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 …

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  5. Christmas 2010

    December 25, 2010: Merry Christmas, everyone! What fun.

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    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 …

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  6. Autumn 2010

    November 7, 2010: Fall in Indiana. We got together for an Early "Mini" Thanksgiving, since Charles and Tessa will be traveling east to spend time with Tessa's family for the official date.

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  7. 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 …

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  8. Bike 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 …

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  9. Brandt 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 …

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  10. Arthur'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 …

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  11. Bob, 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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  12. Collin

    Saturday; May 22, 2010: Gramma Sharon and Gramma Artur hosted Collin's 1st Birthday Party. A good time was had by one and all. Green was definitely the color of the day.

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  13. Mother's Day 2010

    SUNDAY; May 9th, 2010: We went to Bloomington to celebrate Mother's Day. Tessa and Charles prepared a scrumptious picnic, that we took to campus. Things are definitely quieting down as the students have mostly left for summer break. Then we found a few geocaches just for fun.

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  14. Easter 2010

    Sunday, April 4th, 2010: We gathered in Bloomington on a beautiful Spring day for a superb Easter brunch. Then we went hunting for Easter eggs in Bryan park. Found three out of four which was pretty good.

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  15. 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 …

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  16. BNO 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 …

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  17. Christmas 2009 - New Year 2010

    January 2, 2010: Sharon and Arthur no sooner got back from Chile than they hosted a CNO dinner to ring in the New Year and celebrate a birthday for Janet H.

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    Virginia sent her Christmas pictures to Janet, so I've put them here for sharing and safe keeping. I …

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  18. 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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