Saturday, August 23, 2008: We attended Tina's (Chris') and Dale's daughter's wedding in Highland, Indiana. Shannon and Rob had a beautiful ceremony complete with a very touching song sung by Dale (pre-recorded: said he could not have performed it live) and the reception/dinner following was absolutely terrific. It was …

Friday, August 15, 2008: The City of Indianapolis said "Good-bye" to Sgt. Gary Henry, a National Guardsman killed in Iraq. He was also a member of the Indianapolis Fire Department and so they gave him quite a send-off. The route took the procession right by my office so I got …

TUESDAY, Sept 11th: I got to go on a guided construction site tour of Lucas Oil Stadium with 50 other Architects. This is an awesome structure and offers a spectacular view of downtown Indianapolis. They have about 330 days to complete just in time for next year's NFL season.

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June 21st, 2007: Indiana Truck Open House. Juri invited us to an Open House at his work place -- Indiana Truck on the southwest side of Indianapolis. He was able to take a few minutes to show us his work and take us around the service and body shop areas. It …

Sunday; April 29th: We heard a wonderful organist from Texas put our re-built church pipe organ through its paces this afternoon. It was a very special concert and the culmination of many years of hard work and planning.

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April 21 & 22, 2007: I was in charge of our All Church Service Day on Saturday at Irvington United Methodist Church, where members take on tasks of maintaining and improving the Buildings and Grounds. We had a beautiful day of weather, so I thought it would be a good opportunity …

DECEMBER 13, 2006; ZYEDECO - MOORESVILLE: Janet finished up her Kitchen Sink Tiara project by donating all the tiaras to misplaced New Orleans women. Zyedeco - a restaurant in Mooreville, run by Carter and Debbie, hosted a special evening of food and entertainment for the people of New Orleans who happen to …

OCT 31, 2006: Our only trick-or-treaters! Princess and the Frog.

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OCT 18, 2006: We were so happy to have a house guest for the night. Jeff and Heidi's son, Christopher, stopped by on his way to Detroit where he plans on putting down roots for a while as a pilot for Pinnacle Airlines (a Northwest regional airlines). He had been …

SATURDAY; JUNE 10, 2006: Since Indianapolis was able to host the National Needlework Convention, Janet took the opportunity to invite her friends from Martingale over to our house for dinner.

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TUESDAY, MAY 30th, 2006: Juri's other cousin (Uncle?), Festim, flew in from Dallas for a quick visit between regular and summer school classes. He said he is on track to graduate next December with a major in Finance. Had a game of pick up basketball. Juri got into a little …

We went car shopping so that Charles could replace his Civic. Too bad ... all Charles could find was a Miata that was one year newer and 9,000 fewer miles than his Civic. Tough break. It had hail damage fromr that terrible April 2nd storm, but who cares? Spring is …

Saw a hawk sitting on Juri's bridge today. So now I guess it we'll have give it another name -- "Hawk's Bridge".

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Sunday; October 9, 2005: Fall CID NMRA Layout Tour

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