On Monday, Oct. 10th, we drove to Pipestone to spend a few days in my hometown and visit relatives. The turkeys are still roaming the CG. We saw 9 of them.
We had dinner that night with my cousin, Gary and Sheryl Serie and then came back to the CG to get caught up on each other's families.
On Tuesday night we had dinner with my uncle, Harold and Edith, and then went back to their house for awhile.
On Wednesday we drove out to my cousin's (John and Jerrie) farm to see him for a few minutes. They were busy combining beans and wanted to get finished before the rains came.
Thursday we drove to Minneapolis to see Judy's sister (Pam and Steve) and families. We had a great time while there. Judy and Pam went to lunch with a couple of her high school classmates that she hasn't seen since graduation.
From right to left - Karen Sorensen, Janet Petersen, Judy, and Darlene Sorensen (Karen's sister). Karen and Darlene are Judy's cousins.
Pam with the group...
We also had lunch with her cousin and another classmate.
Pam and Steve took us to the Mystic Casino to see Aretha Franklin. She gave an outstanding performance.
We went to a barbeque at Lauren and Ben's house on Sunday. Steve enjoyed the ribs and didn't even spill any on his shirt (notice the bib)!!!
The day was so beautiful we sat outside most of the time and had a fun time with Violet who is 18 months.
We also had a great get-to-gether with the Pivec daughters and their friends. Mia and Henry (the two kids that Pam babysits for, also ate with us as they were staying with Pam and Steve while their parents were in Las Vegas for the weekend).
Molly and Zack...
Stephanie and Jesse...
And a shot of the tree in front of Pam and Steve's house.
We found out that my Mom's cousin, Barb Appeldorn, passed away earlier in the week, and, her daughter, Claudia, was going to have a dinner for the relatives and then an open house at the Calumet Hotel on Friday, the 14th. So we decided to come back thru Pipestone on our way home rather than take I-35 out of Minneapolis.
We got to see several more relatives and were glad that we could be there.
After the open house, we drove to Sioux Falls for the night and had dinner with Judeen and Jim again. On Saturday we all drove down to Sioux City, IA to meet up with Judeen and Jim's daughters' Alison and Katie and their hubbys.
Judeen and Jim...
Katie and Tim (who live in Sioux City)...
Alison and Eric (who live in Omaha)...
After a couple of hours of good food and conversation, we left and started south towards home.
On the road again...
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