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| The birthday "girl"- Colleen |
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| Marilyn, Jane and Lynnae |
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| Me and Julie |
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| Jeanette and Marilyn |
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| Colleen and our hostess Jeanie |
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| Jeanie and Ann |
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| How did we get to here ? |
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| Saying goodbye to my mom who I would only have one more visit with in Feb. |
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| My last day of work at Froedtert after 30 years. |
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| Some last head rubs with Shane! |
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| Leaving the children was the absolute hardest part of the entire move. |
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| Leaving this wasn't quite so hard! |
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| The view from our temporary 1 bdr apt in Carlsbad. |
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| Home for now |
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| All we brought for 2 months. |
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| My first hike and first inkling of what an active lifestyle CA encourages. |
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| Found a home to buy after looking at lots of houses. |
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| Yup we might like this new place! |
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| Ross and Marilyn who made us feel welcome. |
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| John and Julie who have become great friends. |
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| Jeanie and Brooke, Jane and Keith and all their wonderful hospitality |
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| Bill and Sherry who welcome us into their home every Sunday. |
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| The big move from WI to CA. |
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| Our Fallbrook friends! |
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| Guess we are really residents now. |
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| Welcome home! |
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| In April, Shane and Nikelle came to visit. |
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| Tristan came a few weeks later. |
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| Convention in AZ and seeing old friends. |
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| More friends. |
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| In May, I rushed back to say goodbye to my mom. She was gone in 3 hours. The family at the gravesite. |
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| While in Wisconsin we attended Garrett and Sarah's wedding reception. |
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| Visited cute people like this…. |
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| Watched Shane graduate with his Masters in Nurse Anesthesia |
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| Stayed with our other "children" |
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| The happy couple that are finally done being poor students! |
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| Watched our 4 boys have some great times together! |
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| Drove through the old neighborhood towing the last of our belongings. |
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| Attended the Milwaukee area graduation party. |
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| Saw my cousin Lynette and more people in Colorado. |
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| On our drive to CA we stopped to see Tristan in Kansas |
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| A day with cousins Ron and Jan at Hotchkiss Convention. |
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| Camping trip in Mammoth Mountain,CA with our good friends. |
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| Revamped the entire front yard with help |
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| New patio |
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| Then the pipe broke and we had a disaster! |
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| Our co-in-laws and friends- Randy and Brenda came to visit |
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| More friends that showed us great hospitality. Joel and Ann, Scott and Jeanette |
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| I was lucky to get a bonus trip back to see the kids. First to WI….. |
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| Very special friends and cousins Randy and Cathy came to visit. |
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| A day at my home convention- WI Dells |
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| Days in Berlin,WI with these 2 special people:) |
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| Seeing my sister too. |
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| Then a flight to Kansas to spend time with Tristan. |
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| Yes, he is gainfully employed in his profession! |
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| Special meeting time in Fallbrook and 2 young couples we love. |
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| Special visitors- Mark and Jeremy |
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| Dave learns to fly |
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| Dave's mom came to visit- our last remaining parent. |
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| Back to WI for Thanksgiving- lunch with special friends. |
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| Our boys on Turkey Day |
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| Family |
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| Lots of cousins at brunch the day after T day |
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| And more…. |
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| All of the Garner's and Brooke. |
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| We meet Yehzie! |
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| And get to cuddle her sisters- Minzie and Minah |
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| Dave gets brave and begins flying over the ocean. |
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| Special visitors- Pam and Andrea |
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| Wayne and Marilyn visit us |
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| And the Sanderson family ( and Cammy) |
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| Then Tristan and Brooke arrive. |
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| The Tristans celebrate their birthday! |
