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Tonight Kirk and I did a “first” for us….we rang the Salvation Army bell at Sam’s Club for two hours tonight. We really enjoyed it and we both agree we would do it again. Lots of people gave $$ which is cool. Salvation Army says that a bucket with volunteers makes $50 more per hour … Read More

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The tree is up, the decorations are out, the cards are a work in progress, I’ve got quite a bit of shopping done, and some baking done….hopefully the baking will be done by next weekend….and the cards out.As you will see below…I had a “blast from the past” memory the other day….all the sudden I … Read More

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Baby boomers…do you remember these??? 

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Thanksgiving was a blast….good to be with family…fun to go downtown to our old “stomp’n ground” (from our teen years). Enjoy the pictures….I think they will tell the story of the weekend better than I can in words!

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Some fun and silliness….we had a “little bit of Christmas” on Saturday evening! It was fun to get to see the kids open their presents for a change. 

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More of our day in Chicago….Millenium Park and “the bean”…and of course we HAD to go to Ed DeBevics for lunch….where else do you get to watch your waiter dance on the counter to “car wash”???? 

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We took the Metra (train) downtown Chicago on Black Friday….it was so fun! Here’s some pics of our “experience”

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I LOVE this picture of Danae & Kirk! 

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Our kids….all 15 of them! ….Ages 2 to almost 21 years. They all had a blast together. When it got dark on Thanksgiving evening, they ALL went outside in the beautiful warm air and played “Jailbreak”.  

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Seeing double? Cara with both Nate & Danae