September Surprise! Sept. 2-5, 2016

 Peggy and I surprised Rick and Susan 

at their 50th Anniversary party

 Pope Francis blessed the celebrants

 Matt, Meg, Susan, Rick, Kate, and Anne

Only Anne knew that we were coming!

My picture of the wedding photo from Sept. 3, 1966

 Peggy and I drove around South Bend,
went to the mall with her granddaughter, 

and went to the grotto at Notre Dame.

On Sunday, September 4th,

 I flew to Cleveland to surprise Leanne and 
the family who gathered for a Labor Day picnic. 
Sue and John, Susie, Ellen, David, Leanne, Mary Anne,
Mark and Kira and I laughed a lot that day!  

We celebrated David (9/3) and Susie's (9/1) birthdays

 Mary Anne was in on this surprise

 Mark was the official "griller."  When Mary Anne
and I arrived, Mark told his mom that we were there.
Leanne, said, "Diane's not here, she's in North Dakota."
Mark told her, "OK, Diane's not here!"

 On Labor Day cousins Bev, Marcia and I headed South

Bev, Carol, Mark, Carl, Tripp, Marcia and I

enjoyed breakfast at Coppertop--Mark and Tripp

are Marcia's sons

Carol is Tripp's wife

Memorial to Marcia's daughter Mary Beth

and her husband Eddie 

 Cousins Jeff, Victor(93), and Edmund(88)

me, Bev, and Marcia at breakfast in Yellow Springs

Jeff, Ed's son, made supper for us on Labor Day 

 Victor and Edmund both attended Antioch,

and Vic taught here for many years

Marcia, Bev, and I stayed at the Jailhouse

Master Suite in Yellow Springs...we escaped on Tuesday!