Since Janet is a docent with the IMA, she arranged for our extended family to enjoy a Christmas tour of the Lilly House and hopefully see a little of the rest of the Indianapolis Museum of Art as well. We then had a little get together in the Fountain Room …

My sister, Joyce, invited us up to see her handiwork of the past several months at the Eastburn farmhouse in Benton County and it was really quite a striking transformation. The weather was partly sunny, but still a very eye-watering cold 28 degrees and windy outside. However once inside the …

Eastburn Farm 1974-1999: Here are pictures of many Eastburn Farm events starting in 1974 and going through 1999. For the most part, these are scanned photos. There are also a few just Brandt family photos. This is pretty much everything my parents had in their photo album of the farm …

June 15th-21st, 2013: Janet's sister, Claudia, was able to come for a nice visit. We celebrated Father's Day on the 16th, hosted a party for friends on the 18th and then traveled to Columbus, IN to tour the Miller house and on to Bloomington to spend time with Charles and …

March 31, 2013: The stars aligned in a particular way so that we decided to celebrate Easter on Saturday in lieu of Sunday. First, we helped my Nephew Will and his wife Stephanie celebrate the first birthday of their son Benjamin on Saturday from noon to 2 pm. You could …

Today it's official, but last Sunday we had friends and family over to help me celebrate my 60th birthday. Janet made a wonderful dinner featuring a few of my favorite foods and everyone brought some great cards and gifts to help me remember the day. Time marches on.

Thank you …

December 25, 2012: We celebrated Christmas day at home with Charles, Tessa and Patricia. Jane, Brett and Emmaleigh came over about 11 am and we all shared many presents. Patricia and Tessa prepared a wonderful Christmas dinner. It was a very good Christmas just ahead of the blizzard of 2012 …

December 23, 2012: We had my sister, Joyce, and her family over for a Sunday afternoon pre-Christmas party and it was great to see everyone. This is the first Christmas for Benjamin Freeman so it was a very special time. Needless to say, there are a lot of baby boy …

Sunday; Sept. 9th, 2012: Time marches on, so we celebrated Jane's (.....) Birthday by inviting a few of her girlfriends over for a surprise Birthday lunch. I think everyone had a good time, especially Emmaleigh and Holden.

Photos

Saturday; June 23, 2012: EASTBURN FARM SUMMER PICNIC

We had a picnic at the farm today and got to welcome Benjamin Thomas. Will and Stephanie brought their son up for his first farm experience and he seemed to take it all in stride. The weather cooperated; although I think we …

May & June, 2012: This is going to be a multi-part post in order to try getting caught up on a few things.

May 13th: We went to Bloomington for Mother's Day and got to visit with Charles, Tessa and Patricia. It was a beautiful day. I think I took some …

April 7, 2012: My sister, Sally gave my brother-in-law Jim a great surprise 70th Birthday party at the Rathskeller. Her kids had done a great job of setting the mood ... complete with 8-track tapes. I think Jim was really surprised, too.

Photos from the party

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Sunday; Dec 18, 2011 - CHRISTMAS PARTY. Since it seems to be getting harder and harder to get everyone together, and as my Uncle Bill had done in the past generation, my sisters and I decided it was time to move our family Christmas gathering to the Sunday before Christmas. This …

November 23rd to 28th: We spent Thanksgiving in Newcastle, Delaware with Patricia, Charles, Tessa and Bob. Then on to Mystic and Sleepy Hollow.

Photos at Wintertur
Photos - Thanksgiving
Photos at Fonthill and Mercer Museum
Photos at New Castle
Photos at Mystic
Photos at Sleepy Hollow with Jane

October 9th, 2011: We took Virginia down to Bloomington for a visit with Charles and Tessa. Tessa served a scrumptious yellow pepper soup for a starter course and a wonderful tomato and cheese tart along with a spinach salad with orange dressing for lunch. I really think she and Charles …

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 …

June 5th, 2011: We celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary and Charles' 32nd birthday. It was a good day.

Group Photos

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

Photos

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 …

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.

Photos

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 …