Last weekend was Dad's 90th birthday.
Since we are planning to have a Johansen celebration for Dad once he and Ev arrive in Wisconsin for the summer, I decided to drive down and spend the birthday weekend in Iowa.
Friday's drive to Iowa was fine and I arrived in plenty of time to unload and then be ready for dinner at the local eating establishment, Cattlemen's.
Good friends Jim & Janette joined us for a fun happy hour and delicious Friday Fish Fry dinner.
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Saturday we headed to Des Moines to visit Dad's sister, brother in law and brother, who all live in the same senior housing complex.
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| Uncle Chris and Aunt Johanne |
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| Uncle Chris and Aunt Johanne |
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| Uncle Chris and Aunt Johanne |
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| Dad and Ev and Mary |
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| Mary Riber (my Uncle's Sister in law) |
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| I snapped these pictures when the adults were reminiscing about the old days in West Denmark. |
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| Dad & Ev |
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| Dad & Ev |
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| Dad & Ev |
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| Uncle Chris and Aunt Jo |
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| Uncle Chris and Aunt Jo |
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| Uncle Chris and Aunt Jo |
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| Uncle Chris and Aunt Jo |
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| Dad, Ev, Mary, Christian, Johanne |
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| Dad, Ev, Mary, Christian, Johanne |
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| Dad, Ev, Mary, Christian |
After pie and coffee with this group and also Nancy & Pat O'Keefe, we walked Uncle Chris back to his apartment. He recently moved into a nice apartment in the Memory Unit.
Cousin Gary (Uncle Chris's son) has done a nice job of making it be homey and Danish!
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| Uncle Chris in his new apartment. |
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| It was nice to see the Danish plates on the wall |
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| And the danish dishes in the china cabinet. |
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| And some of the cross stitch that always hung in Chris & Elsie's house. |
Sunday was a lazy day of coffee and visiting.
For the evening meal, we drove to Clear Lake and had Mexican Food at Cancun.
We also picked up what we needed to get their bird feeder platform squared up in front of their living room window. They are getting a few birds now; cardinals, house finch, chipping sparrow and robin.
Their robin visitor like to eat the suet.
I have never heard of that before, but it is quite a treat to see a robin so close.
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| This is not a good picture, but you get the idea. This guy comes off and on during the day and snacks on the suet block. |
I drove home Monday morning.
As I left town, I snapped this picture.
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I stopped Kris and Lora's on the way home.
I'll post a few photos from my visit later.
As I left town, I snapped this picture.
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I stopped Kris and Lora's on the way home.
I'll post a few photos from my visit later.
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