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| Lou, Vic and Norm were all August Babies. Their mother told me she was always right in the middle of canning beans when "it was time". Over the years we have enjoyed celebrating together but hadn't done it in several years. This year we decided to make a trip to Iowa so were able to go to Lou's favorite places in Ames - Hickory Park. We celebrated with coconut cake and it was good!!! |
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| On the way to Iowa we stayed overnight in Minneapolis. One morning (rather early) we took a walk around a little lake near where we stayed. It was a beautiful morning with the sun just trying to come up. |
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| While in Iowa we went to the Iowa State Fair. At lunch we picked Iowa Pork. It was nice to find a shady place to sit and enjoy our food. |
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| It was Navy Week in Iowa so Norm, being a good Navy man wanted to listen to some music. It was put on by the Great Lakes Sousapalooza Brass Band. |
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| While in Iowa we learned that our dear friend Joan Montgomery passed away from a battle she was fighting with ALS. This is Mike and Joan's daughter and a good friend of Carrie's during the years they lived in Grand Forks. It was taken at her mother's memorial service. http://www.hansonrunsvold.com/obituaries/Joan-Montgomery-3/#!/Obituary |
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| After 2 weeks at the lake we returned to see how beautiful our apple tree was. It is LOADED this year. We had some heavy rains and some wind while we were gone so had to pick up quite of few of them on the ground. We hope they can stay on the tree 3-4 more weeks - at least until we get a light frost. |
1 comment:
can it get any better - Iowa Pork at the State Fair, the Sousapalooza for entertainment, celebrating the boys' birthdays at Parks and then that coconut cake - WOW!!!
Wondering if VL inherited Grandpa Luiken's fine talent in peeling apples...
Looks like a wee bit of work there - but oh, do they look yummy!
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