Wisconsin

Aunt Mary Kimmel turned 90 on August 13th, 2013. Her kids organized a party to celebrate. Mother flew to Cleveland and then did a road trip with Anne and the boys to get to Caledonia, WI (near Milwaukee).

Heading around Chicago, neat over-the-road service plaza.

We stayed at the Staybridge Suites hotel.

The birthday lady!

Margie put us to work the day before the party -- Mother gathered wildflowers for table centerpieces.

Paths had been mown through the grass.

Roger pitched in with Jay VanEmen to clear some brush.

Paul Kotula, master weedwacker.

Heather put out a lunch spread for everyone.

I took Alison Kotula and the boys back to the hotel for a swim.

Dinner was a picnic by the pond.

Larry visits with Uncle Henry Dyson and Jim Hubbell.

Aunt Mary uses a golf cart to get around her property.

Aunt Mary gave several tours of her 40 acres via golf cart.

Aunt Marge was here, too. Jim had traveled from Utah to California to pick her up, and then flew to Wisconsin. Marge was Mary's roommate in nursing school; that's how she got to know the family and ultimately ended up marrying into it when she fell for Uncle Bob.

Paul Hlava.

Paul Kotula, Jay Van Eman, Glenn Kimmel

Jeremy Bradford and family. Jeremy is my cousin Jan's son. He currently lives in Chicago, just an hour down the road. His mom (Jan) brought her parents, Aunt Joyce and Uncle Henry Dyson, coming in from Connecticutt.