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| Congratulations Dr. Thielen! Avery was more interested in the cake than she was posing for the picture. |
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| Sharon and Kevin |
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| Nancy and I spent a little time with Avery and Kevin at Menards. While Kevin shopped for something really exciting like drywall, Avery, Nancy and I spent time in the Halloween section. Avery left with two black cats - courtesy of Nancy. |
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| New pink shoes for a new school year! |
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| Sam reaped the rewards of a visit to me - a football jersey and purple football. |
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| Walking to the Bill for the first game of the season. |
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| Cranes are part of the west side fan experience at the Bill. |
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| Nancy and I road tripped to western Nebraska ans visited Buffalo Bill Cody's home and ranch. He used this facility in North Platte to rest from his Wild West Show. |
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| These photos were taken in Rocky Mountain National Park. For some strange reason, we found solace and humor with this tree. It was probably because we left the 100+ temperatures in Nebraska for the milder temperatures of the mountains. |
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| Tree hugger |
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| Just having fun |
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| We're not in Kansas anymore |
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| A view from Rocky Mountain National Park |
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| We celebrated Mom's 85th birthday on July 5th. My siblings Bill, Debbie and Susan |
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| Mom, Debbie and I traveled to St. Louis in late June to play with Leah for a couple of days. Enjoy the photos of sweet Leah. |
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| Memorial Day in Dorrance, Mick, Brooklyn and Anna |
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| Anna rode her decorated bike in the parade. She (and others) also wore face tattoos for the occasion. |
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| Jo, Sam and Kelly. Sam was decked out in his St Louis Cardinal red for the day. |
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| Debbie (nice pink shoes), Brooklyn and Susan. Brooklyn had the best seat in the parade. |
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| The Thielen crew - Sam, Hallie, Anna, Garrett and Brooklyn |
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| Harvey, Nancy and Jane. It was Harvey and Jane's first time to walk in the Dorrance Memorial Day Parade. |
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| Matt - American flag, Joey - American Legion flag and Brad Zorn with the gun to protect the flags |
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| Anna, Hallie and Sam during the ceremony |
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| The next photos were taken on June 7 in the harvest field. This is the earliest harvest many can ever remember. Brooklyn found a grassy spot near the wheat field. |
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| Hallie Jo |
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| Lori and daughter Brooklyn had a good time. |
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| The line up - Brad, Joey and Mick. Would you trust any of them to harvest your wheat? I didn't think so. |
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| Susan served Kelly's homemade strawberry pie out of the back seat of the Expedition. Principal Smith (also the grain cart driver) was first in line. |
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| You can't eat strawberry pie without whipped cream. Even in the wheat field, the meals are good enough to be on the food channel. |
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| Matt and his daughters Hallie and Brooklyn ate their strawberry pie on a picnic blanket. |
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| Do it Hallie! Dump that cup of water on your dad. |
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| Joey, the truck driver |
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| Joey and Rita at the elevator. |
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| Kelly contemplating if she can eat the whole pizza or just half. |
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| Matt and Brooklyn having a father daughter moment about the finer points of eating a harvest meal. |
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| I am not sure what this conversation was about, but Garrett, Anna and Hallie seemed to be cooking up some trouble. |
