Giving Thanks in Moline
We had quite the posse on board for Thanksgiving. Chet, Tim and Amy came from California to Vegas. Then we stopped off in Arizona to pick up Kathy and Rich, then Texas to pick up [...]
We had quite the posse on board for Thanksgiving. Chet, Tim and Amy came from California to Vegas. Then we stopped off in Arizona to pick up Kathy and Rich, then Texas to pick up [...]
Because family is not just an important thing. It's everything! The Illinois and Colorado clans are growing up fast.
We took a planeload of family from San Francisco and Denver to Moline for Thanksgiving. Mike's nephew, Tim, and his wife Amy were top secret cargo - a special surprise, since they just recently moved [...]
Sweet corn in the midwest is a treat more like dessert that a vegetable. The Quad City area (northwest Illinois and southwest Iowa) is right in the corn belt, and the headquarters of John Deere. That [...]
Cookie directing Thanksgiving buffet traffic. A big thank you to our local family who pot-lucked dinner, including Vicki's great broccoli salad. We brought our appetites.Did you know that pretty close to 100% of the 40 million turkeys that Americans eat each year [...]
Nephew Tim and Amy tied theknot in style at the Skyline Loft, just outside of Chicago. What agreat party!!! Making sure my date is up to snuff - it's been awhile since he wore a tie.The beaming [...]
Brilliant Henry Moore bronzesculpture sets off some of Chicago'sfine architecture.Crown Fountain in Millenium Park,a kid magnet on this summer day.Famous radio commentator "Good Day!" Paul Harvey was a proud Chigagoan from WWII until his death in 2009. America's [...]
Family golf in Geneseo, IL. Lucky me, the tokenfemale!An unusually wet June had the mighty Mississippion the rise. Obviously Dan needs a little more putting advice.Just when you think you've seenthe worst of Rolly's t-shirts...A [...]
The first, the original Raney siblings - first "baby" Steve on the left, then Tom, Mary Ann, Charlie, Kathy, Dan, Rolly, Cookie, Mike and Rosemary. We were missing quite a few, but this is some ofthe extended [...]
Mike's brother Steve, who finally found the loveof his life in Linda. Their party at the Moose Lodgein Geneseo, IL was a blast. Family fun!*NOT* Just Married - the marriage actually happenedover a year ago. [...]
About 30 people turned out for the annual tribute to our nephew, Brad, who left this world far too early in 2004.This is the 9th year the group has teed up a golf ball and sliced it into the next [...]