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Pat’s birthday this year was celebrated in a special way, with long time friend Patrick Bennet. Patrick’s birthday is actually in October, but since he will be in Hawaii during that time working on his medical schooling we decided it would be really great to celebrate the 2 birthdays together. Jill’s cousin, Rose (far left) [...]

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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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Fifty six years ago on Thursday September the 10th my sister Denise welcomed me into her life. Of course she didn’t really have a choice in the matter mind you, but never the less I arrived, probably screaming and carrying on until I saw her and then I bet I was the happiest girl on [...]

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Another year has come and gone and we’re celebrating our dear friend Jill’s birthday again! Patty won’t be far behind so who’s counting, right Jill? The place for the feast was El Torito Grill, Jill and husband Steve brought their 2 boys, Patrick and Alex, Patty and Jerry’s son Matt couldn’t make it. We had [...]

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Last year during my mothers move, the genealogy her mother spent years creating along with many many more pages of precious hard work was lost. Thankfully I had made copies of all of this, and have just finished pieceing together pages, pictures and documents to create a finished product she can once again hold and [...]

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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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On February 17th at 2:00pm in the afternoon in the year 1979 Jason Theodore Fuller was born. For those of you who don’t want to do the math that was 30 years ago. Jason’s circle of family & friends agree it is hard to believe this wonderful guy will now be 30 !! You are [...]

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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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