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Erik, Thea, Thijs and Talia came from Washington to visit us in New Jersey
this summer. We were fortunate to get the whole family together for a couple
of days and took some great pictures.
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Here is one of the best - The proud grandparents with the six grandkids. |
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We did a lot of things and took a lot of photos during the visit..
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One day we went to visit Chantelle and her family (Petra had gone to day
camp so we didn't get to see her).
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Karena fed the chickens.
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Thijs had a chance to check out the neighbors UNIMOG
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Thijs and Karena walked down the drive.
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Thijs sat on Uncle Jeff's tractor.
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Thijs and Karena cooled off in the pool.
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Aunt Chantelle took the kids to the garden
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We had a lot of fun with Mark's family and the grandchildren got to know
their cousins better.
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The kids and adults got reacquainted during the visit.
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Alison liked playing with the boys.
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John helped Thijs learn to ride a bike.
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John Jerald and Thijs watched a DVD together.
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The boys had fun digging and playing in Grandma's garden.
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The boys gave Karena a ride on the loader.
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The kids liked Grandma's toys and played well together.
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The kids played in the pool several days.
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The cousins sure got to know each other well during the visit to New Jersey.
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Thijs and Talia received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at Somerset Hills
Lutheran Church on Sunday, August 15, 2004.
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Grandpa and Thijs are dressed and ready for Church.
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Reverand Robert Kuppler performed the ceremony.
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Andrew took Thijs to the alter during communion.
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After Church, we came home and celebrated.
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Andrew and Lydia are Thijs' Godparents.
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Mark and Chantelle are Talia's Godparents.
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Grandma and Aunt Kelly had the kids on the floor for cake.
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Petra and Karena had a good time with their cousins.
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Andrew kept the boys entertained with "magic tricks".
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One day, Erik, Thijs, and John Jerald took Grandpa to the 4H Fair.
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The boys liked the mechanical cow.
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They thought milking cows was a fun thing.
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We had a lot of good things to eat.
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We saw a lot of small animals and some animal judging.
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Both boys enjoyed operating the grade-all.
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John Jerald liked the New Holland tractor.
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Potential new 4 H club members ??
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John Jerald is a natural machine operator.
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Thijs liked operating the grade-all.
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Near the end of the visit we stopped for Italian Ice.
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We saw a lot of small animals on display.
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We also saw some bigger animals like the alpaca's.
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Thijs helped his Grandpa with a lot of projects while he was here.
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Thijs helped Uncle Mark trim trees with the chain saw on a pole.
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Thijs cut up the branches while Grandpa ran the chipper.
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Thijs helped his Mom shuck the sweet corn.
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Thijs helped Grandpa cut the grass.
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Thijs liked the 4 wheeler.
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Thijs and Uncle Mark ran the meat grinder.
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I think Thijs is a natural reloader !!
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Thijs swings a mean hammer.
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Talia was busy bathing in Grandma's kitchen sink.
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Our friends, Bill and Claudette live in Atlanta. They came to New Jersey to
visit with Thea and family.
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Bill and Claudette have 3 kids, Sebastain, Cecelia and Oliver.
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Sebastian had a great time playing with Thijs.
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Cecelia also had a good time here.
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Oliver liked the toys we had here for the kids.
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Grandpa cooked on the grill.
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Talia enjoyed the company.
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A lot of other fun things went on while the kids were visiting.
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Larry came to visit with Thea and her family.
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Jenny came to visit with Thea.
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The original Thea came to visit with Thea and her family.
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Erik and Thijs took the train to Summit.
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Talia learned to pull herself up and wanted to walk.
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Larry came back to visit with Mark and his family.
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We celebrated Thea's Birthday - she had help blowing out the candles.
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Petra and her new friend, Samantha.
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Adele came to see the kids and visit with the adults.
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On Sunday afternoon we had a Catfish Fry in the back yard. Big John and Mark
cooked.
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Setting up the deep-fryer with Thijs helping !
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The onion rings were delicious.
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These guys done good !!!!
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This site was last updated
09/11/04
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