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Aug sunset from the back
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Joe and his baby blanket |
Joe's 18th birthday party |
Joe's 18th birthday party |
Joe's 18th birthday party |
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Joe's 18th birthday party |
Joe's 18th birthday party |
Joe's 18th birthday party |
Joe's 18th birthday party |
Jamie's first day of kindergarten |
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Don and Joe 19-Sep-09
at Phyllis's 50th
birthday party |
Phyllis's birthday cake |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
party
Kirsten, Rick, Shelley,
and Charlie |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
party
Jan and Rick |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
party
Reeds, Polly Pampusch,
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Phyllis's 50th birthday
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The two Marks |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
party
With her work
colleagues: Nancy, Missy, and Jenny |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
party
Jon, Mom, Bobbi |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
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Cake with candles |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
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Blowing out candles |
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Phyllis's 50th birthday
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Jamie and Kai's show |
Phyllis's 50th birthday
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Her student teacher Katie
and friend |
Mom and Pater in the
Arbor at Boutwells |
Phyllis and Jim had our
first getaway (without Jamie) since he was born: To Grand
Marais on the North Shore of Superior |
The North Shore |
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The North Shore |
The North Shore |
The North Shore |
The North Shore |
The North Shore |
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Grand Marais harbor |
On the back deck of our
B&B: Skara Brae |
In our room at Skara
Brae |
Jim, reading (it rained
all weekend -- so what?!) |
While we were at Grand
Marais, Jamie spent the weekend with Nannette. This shot at
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Cabela's |
Playing frisbee |
Playing frisbee |
Playing frisbee |
The nature trail at
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In the sandbox (making tunnels!) |
Snow on 10-Oct-09 |
Snow on the hostas
10-Oct-09 |
Jamie and his collection
of talking birds |
Grandma Lolly, Grandpa
Pete, with Jamie, Joe, and Phyllis our October trip to Shawano |
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Grandpa Pete and our cousin Wyatt |
George's son Kenny, George, Kenny's wife, their daughter, George's
daughter (forgot her name!), Joe, Grandma Kay, Jamie Phyllis at
Grandma Kay's |
Jim took a trip to Seattle in late October to see his friends George
and Barb get married and to visit his wood supplier. He stayed
with friends Eric and Allison Wetzel. |
Waterfall park in downtown Seattle |
Fall leaves, Seattle |
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George Gronseth, 24-Oct-09 |
Barb Sherrill and her daughter |
Barb and George, 24-Oct-09 |
Barb and George, 24-Oct-09 |
Barb and George, 24-Oct-09 |
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George Gronseth, 24-Oct-09 |
Jamie and flowers, 25-Oct-09 |
25-Oct-09 at Jim's Dad's apartment |
25-Oct-09 at Jim's Dad's apartment |
25-Oct-09 at Jim's Dad's apartment |
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Grandma Harriet, 25-Oct-09 at Jim's Dad's apartment |
25-Oct-09 at Jim's Dad, at his apartment |
Jamie the pirate:
Halloween 2009
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Jamie the pirate:
Halloween 2009
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Jamie the pirate:
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Phyllis and her teammates, 30-Oct-2009. L to R: Judy,
Phyllis, Tara, Jenny |
Jamie and his Halloween window decorations |
Jamie's cutout picture of our family |
We had a lovely 70°F day at Afton State Park on the 7th of November |
The St. Croix River at Afton St Park |
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The St. Croix River at Afton St Park |
The St. Croix River at Afton St Park: Throwing Rocks |
The St. Croix River at Afton St Park: Throwing Rocks |
The St. Croix River at Afton St Park: Throwing Rocks |
The St. Croix River at Afton St Park: Throwing Rocks |
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Afton State Park: Throwing the Football |
Afton State Park: Throwing the Football |
Afton State Park: Throwing the Football |
Afton State Park: Throwing the Football |
At Jim's Mom's place: 7-Nov-09 |
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At Jim's Mom's place: 7-Nov-09 |
In his mask and sword (like Skippy Jon Jones) |
We had Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing |
Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing |
Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing |
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Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing |
Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing |
Jim's Dad at his 86th birthday party |
Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing: All of
us |
Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing: Kai and
Bobbi |
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Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing: Kai and
Jamie |
Jim's Dad's 86th birthday party at Boutwell's Landing: Kirsten |
Jim's Dad's 86th birthday cake |
One front incisor out! |
Two front incisors out! |
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Our cousin Martin Kelly on his sabbatical in fall 2009 in Norway by
Blilie, Norway |
Martin and his Partner Rob Brown at the reception for their civil
partnership ceremony, 2009 |
Rob and their dog Molly, 2009 |
Jamie dancing away (he
likes Matt
Harding) |
Dancing |
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Thanksgiving dinner at our house, 26-Nov-2009 |
The last meal prepared on our old stove, which finally gave up the
ghost on Thanksgiving week(!) 27-Nov-2009 |
Our new stove! 27-Nov-2009 |
New stove. We've been slowly replacing every appliance in th
house over the last 2 years -- they were all over 20 years old |
Making lime-cella with limes, mangoes, and Everclear (Yes
that's a 5-liter Erlenmeyer flask ... |
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Jim finally went through all of the culled slides from his trip
around the world. About 200 boxes of slides (rejects)
condensed down to about 25 boxes |
Jim's Mom, Harriet's birthday, 5-Dec-2009, Boutwell's Landing |
Trains |
Space ships |
Jamie and his Mom |
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Jamie's school portrait 2009 |
We had a nice visit to Shawano the weekend of 12-Dec. This is
at Grandpa Pete and Lolly's |
At Grandma Kay's with Neices Carrie and Cherra and new ones Wyatt
and Gavin |
And Rachel (at left, her boy is Gavin) |
Rachel and Gavin |
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Cherra and Wyatt |
Phyllis and Gavin |
Gavin |
Jamie and his cousin Camie |
Claire and Adam with Heidi |
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