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 …

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 …

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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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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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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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 …

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 …

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 …

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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November 21st and 22nd - CHICAGO: We drove to Chicago to meet Arthur, Sharon, Bill and Marcia. Since this was Bill and Marcia's first visit to Chicago we got to show them around the city. The weather was unbelievably pleasant for the middle of November. We lucked into seeing and riding …

October 15th to 19th, NEW YORK CITY: Janet and I flew to New York to visit with family and catch up on the city sites and happenings. Claudia put us up or should I say put up with us, which was really great. She has such a nice place. We …

SUNDAY; September 27, 2009: We traveled with Arthur and Sharon to the Louisville area to visit Arthur's good friend, Dan.

He also took us to Fox Hollow Farm to see where he used to live and see the stone sculptures he helped erect. Supposedly, these stones are located on one …

September 13, 2009: I cut down the walnut tree by the back patio and was burning most of the debris when I saw something, I've never seen before. I thought it was one of Ron's pieces of jewelry, but it was alive! It was a Hickory Horned Devil and next …

September 7, 2009: CNO at Janet and Jim's House. We got to enjoy the new screened porch. Janet made a lovely dinner including grilled salmon and chicken.

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September 6 2009: SHARON & ARTHUR'S GARDEN PARTY. Celebrating their home and garden, Sharon and Arthur hosted a wonderful end of summer party …

August 21-23; Chicago. We went to Chicago to visit some of the sights and visit with Dale and Tina in Highland. Dale and I played golf at Tuckaway G.C. and Palmira (from the Blues) G.C. which was a lot of fun. Great weekend visiting with special friends.

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July 18, 2009 -- Our couples group got together at our house to recreate an Austrian wine-drinking "Heuriger" complete with an official "Buschen." The display of the green bush of a pine tree is a sign that the Heuriger is open. Ron & Julie made a meat & onion struddel, the Janets teamed …

July 2 to July 6, 2009: FLORIDA - JANOME. Janet taught at the National Janome Convention in Orlando. I went along for a little R & R and a chance to visit my Florida relatives.

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Mystic, Connecticut; June 13th, 2009 -- JOHN I. CARIJA LIFE CELEBRATION.

Family and friends came from near and far to pay tribute to the life and times of a remarkable man, or as John, Jr. so aptly called his father -- a "Gentleman Engineer." Of course it was also an emotionally charged …

Sunday, June 7th - Charles' 31st Birthday Celebration.
Because of all the comings and goings of everyone, we couldn't get together to celebrate Charles' birthday until now.

But a birthday celebration is great no matter when they occur. We traveled to Bloomington and once again Tessa made a superb dinner, vegetarian …

May 27th to June 3rd, 2009 - Boyz Week Out; Utah & Las Vegas.

We were able to make it back to southern Utah to explore some new territory. Of course Arthur had already seen most of the areas we visited. But it was still a great time to be visiting these …