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 Halloween

We made the rounds to visit all four of our children. We went to Wheaton, back to Downers Grove, then Bolingbrook and we finished the evening in Romeoville.  I'm glad we have a Hybrid, we didn't even burn a gallon of gas!

We went to Dan's house at 3:30 to get some great pictures of Grace and Audrey.  We dropped off a goodie bag at Ken's house before heading out to Kathie's house. We finished the night at Debbie's house that was all decked out for Halloween Dan even had a remote controlled rat running around outside.  Jeff and his friend Rick climbed up in a tree to scare the "Trick or Treators" but nobody came by and they got cold and went in to watch a hockey game.

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Debbie Dressed up as a witch for her 2nd graders. Kathie was a Pumpkin for her Kindergarteners
Today is a date of astronomical interest: it's a cross-quarter date, midway between an equinox and a solstice. There are four cross-quarter dates throughout the year, and each is a minor holiday. One is Groundhog Day (Feb. 2nd), another is May Day (May 1st), the third is Lammas Day (Aug. 1st), and the fourth ... ? Happy Halloween!

My nephew Jay's wife Jenine sent me this picture of Nick and Lauren.

October 28, 2006 Fun with Grace and Michael

October 25, 2006 Carmela's first day

October 15th Fall celebration 43 floors above the LSD

October 7th Mike and Trina's Baby Shower

September 30th Michelle's 12th Birthday

September 16th White Fence Farm (End of "Cabin Fever")

September 1st Earth is no longer a Planet?

August 26th Audrey and Grace visit

August 14th my left hip was replaced.

August 6th My Sister Pat pays a visit

August 4th Michelle's Bandits Party

July 25th Four Field Trips in one day

July 19th Kathie gets her first coaching win

July 17, 2006 Kane County Cougars

July 15th, 2006 I watched 6 Games

July 8th 2005 Michelle's Softball 

June 27, 2006 Gone Fishing

June 24, 2006 Ken's Car

June 23, 2006 Milwaukee Polish Fest

June 19, 2006 Arboretum with my Daughters

June 9, 2006 Arboretum with 3 Grand kids

June 1, 2006 Michael Graduates from Kindergarten

May 28, 2006 Mom's 93rd Birthday

May 14, 2006 Happy Mother's Day

May 5, 2006 Busy Start of May 

April 21, 2006 Trip to the Arboretum

April 15, 2006 Easter Sunday

March 26, 2006 Grace's 4th Birthday Party

March 19, 2006 Michelle's Horse Show

March 2, 2006 My Son Dan and I went to Toronto and Played Hockey.

February 26, 2006 My 66th Birthday

February 16, 2006 Audrey's First Birthday

January 22, 2006 Iditeron Dogs at the Morton Arboretum

New Year's Day 2006 http://www.lopatka.net/1-6-06/index.htm

December 28, 2005 Lunch with old friends http://www.lopatka.net/Lynn/index.htm

December 23, 2005 Morton Arboretum

December 10, 2005 Winter Wonderland

December 3, 2005 Christmas Party

November 25, 2005 Happy Thanksgiving

November 10, 2005 Owl Pellets 

September 10, 2005 Michelle's 11th Birthday Party

September 6, 2005 Michelle's  Softball Team

August 27, 2005 Erin's Wedding

August 3, 2005 Check out my latest page about the Olden Days.

July 15, 2005 Home with a new hip!

July 10, 2005, Erin's shower

July 9, 2005 Dan's Team wins summer hockey league championship

July 8, 2005 Dan has a family cook out.

June 25th, 2005 Carole an I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary with all of our children, some of our grand children and 100 friends at the Duffer Picnic.  

On Sunday June 26, I watched the Cubs and Mark Prior shut out the White Sox.

June 13th, 2005 I took 3 of my grandchildren to the Willow Brook Wildlife Preserve.

May 28th, 2005 we celebrated my Mom's 92nd birthday.

March 27, 2005 Easter Sunday

In March, April and May, I watched Ken and Jeff get a new garage.

I turned 65 on February 26th!  Click here for pictures 

 

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