Monday, September 5, 2011


REPEAL SB 5!!
VOTE NO ON ISSUE 2!!
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Ryan and Lindsay playing cards
under the table.....
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Lindsay and her Pap
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Stephanie, Lindsay, and Ryan made
these luscious dipped strawberries today!
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Saturday, September 3, 2011


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Saturday evening, VMC
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Ryan's CFC Titans, 2011 Summer Champions!
Ryan=2nd from right, in front--
Brett, his dad, coach on right.
Congratulations!
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Thursday, September 1, 2011


...liking the sunset this evening.
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Stephanie's school has no air conditioning.
95 degrees on Friday... :(
Next week to be in the 70's!!
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Stacie found two monarch caterpillars
today. We harvested a number of fresh milkweed
leaves for them; and on the underneath
side of one of those leaves was a tiny caterpillar!
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Stacie and I saw these today while looking
for monarch caterpillars.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011



Little Hank Holtmann goes home!!
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Sandy and Jay had a Mexican dinner
and euchre party!
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VMC Pool guys
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VMC Wednesday morning pool--
Bill, Jim, Steve, and Jay
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Monday, August 29, 2011


Can't find a beach??? These guys settle
for Meijer parking lot!
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Sunday, August 28, 2011


Sunday evening at VMC

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Ryan's first football game of the season--
his coach and teammates.
They won!
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Ryan ran for two touchdowns in his late
afternoon football game!
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Ryan's U9 Soccer team played
a semi-final game at noon and
the championship game at 3.
YAY!! Won both games,
so they're the champions!
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taken last weekend at VMC
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Saturday, August 27, 2011


Saturday sunset
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a true "field of dreams"--I was
certain to find monarch caterpillars in this
huge field of milkweed plants!
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Saw one monarch butterfly....
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Although I didn't find any monarch caterpillars,
the morning was not lost!
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