Saturday; September 24, 2011: Arthur, Charles and I went on a hike in the Deam Wilderness. And what more appropriate route than taking the Cope Hollow Loop. This is a 7 mile walk in the woods and took us 4 hours including a lunch break and a mid-afternoon rest stop …

September 9th-11th: Jim's 60th at Ogden Dunes. Jim and Janet invited us to help Jim celebrate his 60th a little early by traveling up to Ogden Dunes and the north shore of Indiana. I bet you forgot that Indiana has a north shore. But we found it and it was …

Sept 5th, 2011: The actual holiday was rather low key except that I went downtown to see Lady Victory before she goes back to top of the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument tomorrow morning. Recently restored, she looked fabulous. And the closeup view was not to be missed.

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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 …

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 …

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

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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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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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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …