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Saturday morning, on my brother Joe's front porch,
enjoying cruerlers (sp?), and coming up with photographic
proof that I am, by far, the cutest.
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Saturday afternoon, I visited with my cousin Tony, who showed
me several pictures of our family, including this portrait of
my grandma Ceci. I also met her husband, Bill, who enjoys
woodworking and cabinet-making.
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On our way back to Joe's, Tony and I stopped at the house
I grew up in back in the 1950's. The people living there
were very kind and allowed me to look around in the back yard
and take pictures out front.
(The photo on the lower right
was taken by them when they had just moved in.)
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After returning from Tony's, all five nephews and seven
adults (their parents and me) went out for pizza. On
the way, I got the boys to sit still, briefly, for a
picture: Anthony (Tony) [Joe and Pam's youngest], Thomas
[David and Marily's youngest], Douglas [David and Marilyn's
oldest], Theo [Joe and Pam's oldest], and Nicholas [Geri
and Peter's only].
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At the pizzeria: my sister Geri; Theo, my brother Joe, and
Douglas (displaying his pet caterpiller, above his watch on
his wrist); Nicholas and Thomas;
my sister-in-law Pam and Tony (who wanted to be sure I
got a picture of the bubble on the end of his root beer
straw).
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Sunday, before the anniversary party, we decided to go to
the State Fair, where we saw visited the livestock barns
and discoverd that Wisconsin produced some excellent...
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Nicholas, Theo, and Geri rode the waterslide...
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...while Tony, Joe (nice shot, huh?), and Pam rode the rollercoster.
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We met up with my sister Kris and her husband, Mike, and daughter,
Rose, before the anniversary party and posed for a family portrait
(of sorts--these photos don't do justice to the chaos that reigned
once we got inside the studio.) The delay in fitting us all in
seemed to make Dad a bit exasperated; Peter seemed to remain calm.
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Above, left: Aunt Anna and me
Above, right: Phillip [Tony and Bill's son] and Aunt Anna
Left: "Little" Gabe and his wife, and Dom [cousin Gabe's sons]
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