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.

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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 …

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 …