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Some time ago Jane dreamed up (or learned of) this idea that for each grandchild, once they turn 10 years old, we will take them to the dest...

 The middle grandchild turned 8 this past Saturday. Crazy. There was a little birthday bash with a few family and friends. The pic shows him...

The middle grandchild, and oldest of the grandsons, turned seven years old today. Oh my! This side-by-side of Bennett, Benny, or Buddy,...

I was once again fortunate to be able to attend "Grandparent's Day" where the grandchildren go to school. Last year I visited ...

Yesterday packed a lot of activity (well, not so much for me, but for others). It was grandson Bennett's first day of Pre-K at his new s...

This weekend we attended the middle grandchild's first ever pre-school Christmas program, as well as our annual Christmas party at Mike...

Today is my grandson Bennett's 4th birthday. I have always appreciated that he was conveniently born on an easy-to-remember date like...

Benny's first day of preschool 9/7/16 The middle grandchild started preschool today. Oh my. I can't believe how Bennett has gr...

I've kind of gotten behind a little on the blog, but we had a nice 4th of July holiday weekend. It started Saturday night with the tw...

We took another weekend trip back home to North central Illinois. No particular reason. We just needed to get away for awhile, and Carrie...

I can't believe grandson Bennett turned 3 years old yesterday. He prefers to be called "Benny," and was conveniently born o...

We kept the kids overnight again Saturday-Sunday. It was much nicer this time since they were all three healthy. We were at the Feipel's...

My it was a busy weekend. Quite a lot going on. Jane has a cold, but we survived. Here is the rundown of the transition from January to Febr...

We went to Cebolla's Mexican Grill on Jefferson for Anna's 4th birthday. It was her request to have tacos - which she loves - and we...

I think this first pic is perhaps my favorite of all time. Followed closely by the second one. Christmas 2014 was a good one. Three of my fa...

There was no time for blogging this past weekend. We babysat all 3 grandkids - Anna, Bennett, and Caleb - from Friday afternoon until Sunday...

I ran another 5k yesterday. Jane, Carrie and I ran in the 15th annual River City Rat Race in downtown Fort Wayne (their Facebook page ). It...

Today is our grandson Bennett's 2nd birthday. He goes by Bennett, Benny, Buddy, or simply B. He is also one of the happiest, laid back k...

We had a party at our house for Anna's 3rd birthday yesterday. The weather was pretty nasty so it was just us, the Feipels, Drew's g...

Yesterday was granddaughter Anna's second birthday. It probably wasn't the best day she could have had since she has a cold, but we ...