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The trees were blooming when I went to Iowa on April 28th
to watch Ari perform in "Alice in Wonderland" at Regis Middle School.
Trina's purse matches the flowers :-) |
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| Tom and Jett relaxing after a rainy, cold football game |
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| Ari's volleyball team won all three games |
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I went to the "Fiesta" at All Saints, and afterward
Caiden and Annika helped make crepes for Sunday breakfast |
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On April 23, Kathy and Jerry's 50th Anniversary,
we took pizza and ice cream cake out to their farm |
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This was their "real" anniversary;
family party is coming up on May 14th! |
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We flew back to Minneapolis on March 31st
and spent some time at Corey and Ana's.
I think the girls are teaching grampa how to play.... |
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Lydia and Cecelia wanted to entertain me
while Mommy and Grampa ran some errands, |
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| so they played a few "tunes" before we left for Iowa |
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Claire was back from Grampa and Gramma Martin's
when we were returning from Iowa and Wisconsin,
so we exerted a lot of energy in the motel pool in Buffalo |
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| Just about ready to quit....the girls slept well that night! |
In between stops at Ana's, we went to Iowa and Wisconsin
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Annika and Ariana had gymnastics
the morning of April 2nd |
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| Anni upside down |
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| Anni ready to flip over |
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| Ari ready to jump |
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| Upsy daisy..... |
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| made it..... |
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Caiden made his First Communion
at 4:00 Mass on the 2nd |
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| The Bueckers family before Mass |
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| Caiden with Grampa John and Gramma Marilyn |
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| On Sunday, Tom took us and his parents to see their lake cabin |
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| Bob helped Tom put the kitchen sink and counter in |
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Tom's dad enjoying the living room
while Pope Francis blesses the cabin |
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| Main floor bathroom and laundry |
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| One of the two main floor bedrooms |
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| Second floor |
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| Stairway |
Upstairs bathroom |
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| Bedroom with lake view |
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| Hallway |
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| Lake view from upstairs bedroom |
When we left Cedar Rapids, Bob spotted this Amish farmer
with his team of horses
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This museum is just north of Cedar Rapids.
It is huge and filled with motorcycle history.... |
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| "Wanna-be biker" |
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| Bernstein's Soda Shop in the museum |
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| Bridge north of Dubuque across the Mississippi |
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| The "Mighty" Mississippi |
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| Crossing the border! |
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| This "biker" met us in Spring Green |
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Luke turned 1 on March 26th,
and he is already "driving" |
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| He is running away with Grampa's Bison hat |
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| Andrew and Luke "play catch" |
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| Matthew likes to wrestle with Luke |
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| "Glamour girl Grace" |
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| Kelly took this pic for their Christmas card |
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| Hard to get everyone to sit still for a family photo! |
