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For my 56th birthday I took myself to Disneyland for the day! Since I renewed my annual pass a few months prior I was able to choose from several options they offer for a free gift as part of Disneyland’s yearly Birthday Celebration. I chose the gift card which is equal to 1 days visit [...]

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It’s hard not to see the joy in our son. Look close and you will see him. He’s there in the lower edge of the silver joy. How fitting! We love you so much Matt.

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The Bennets and The Fullers headed to BJ’s last week to celebrate the last of our families birthday celebration in joining the “adults”, Alex, shown far left, turned 21 on Saturday. Jill’s, Alex’s mom, and Patty were quite shaken by the news! Jerry and Patty took a moment to say Cheese for the camera, while [...]

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Valerie, our temporary houseguest, is back home in Illinois for now anyway. She flew home for the holidays and decided to stay put, at least temporarily. When her brother asked her why she was still in Peoria on Facebook recently she responded with “A lot of different reasons: job market is non-existant right now, mom [...]

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My high school friend Sandy recently wrote me a letter commenting on the fact that both her and I were turning the “double nickel” this month, a term I had never heard of before. It’s hard to believe but true and I’m not all that tickled about it. Give me a party though and I’d [...]

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