Montana for Labor Day August 30 - September 1, 2014 |
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We had the honor of celebrating 50 years of
marriage with Dan, Rose, and the whole family this weekend. It was a
lovely party and a great weekend. |
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It was a beautiful day as
we flew in to Kalispell
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Eric & Lucas at our barn | Lucas went with us on a walk to the wheat field |
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Beautiful, eh? (You have to talk like that when you are so close to Canada!) | |
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Deer posing in someone's front yard | At Larry & Mary Beth's bath house on Glen Lake |
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Eric and Kristi admiring the newest Casazza, Hanna Rose | Dallas in a fierce duel with Cooper |
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Gus, finally getting the attention from Rebecca that he wanted | |
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Cooper | |
![]() Braden (Bubba to everyone unless he's in trouble) |
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Coulter | |
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Gus is working his charm on Eric now | Aubrey (Aub-dog) trying to run away with our friends' boat |
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Amy distracts her by teaching them to make bracelets | Eric, taking a turn holding the little one |
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Finally! Mom's got some room on her lap for Carter | He was a little ham once he saw the camera, what a cutie! |
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![]() Just a few of the vehicles it takes to have a Casazza gathering |
Eric & Larry at the house with Dan's place in the background | |
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Ponderosa sunset | The boys always love to gang up on the porch, it's a beautiful spot |
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Mark was freeing the wheat from the stalks - somehow the word threshing doesn't seem right. Shucking wheat? Who knows... |
Roselyn Casazza with Hanna Rose Casazza |
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Out for a walk with some lovely ladies - Rebecca, Mary Beth, and Amy | Mark, showing off all the wheat he extracted |
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Blurry shot of the moon | Cooper is out - he dropped where he stopped |
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Aub-dog doing babysitting duty | Tracie enjoying some Hanna time |
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Rose with Marion and Debby | The lovely cakes that Debby made for the cake table |
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Eric, telling a great story to Lucas and Marion | Jodi getting in on some Hanna love |
![]() Dallas guarding the punch bowl |
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Rose looking lovely | |
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Here she is being grateful that our prayers for good health for Eric were answered - he had been coming down with a cold |
Mark, wondering if it's OK to eat yet |
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I nabbed this great picture from Cami's Facebook of her and Mark | Rose with the second-to-the-youngest granddaughter, Aubrey |
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Another great shot of Cami that I pinched from her Facebook | A very, very rare shot of Dillon actually smiling for a camera! I got this from Rebecca's FB page, good job Becca! |
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These are the last of the pictures I skimmed from Facebook, but aren't they good ones?! |
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![]() All of the granddaughters with Grandma Rose |
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Granddaughters posing... | And showing off the wrist corsages that Rose gave them |
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Grandsons, not too happy to be called in from playing | A fierce foosball battle between Jeb & Mark drew a big crowd |
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Beautiful Amy cuddling with Hanna | Friend Rita with Rose |
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Leland Driggs cracking Dan and Jeb up | Patty with Rose |
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April and Rose | Karen enjoying a comment from Rose with Rebecca |
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Rose & Dan enjoying one of Larry's stories | But I think he went a little too far! |
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Larry did a great job as emcee | Some of the Casazzas |
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Some more of the Casazzas | Tracie looking especially pretty, sitting with Dillon who didn't run away from the camera this time! |
![]() Dick and Marie telling stories with Mark |
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Old friends Larry and John, goofing off as always | |
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Mick with his grandson Colt - see a resemblance? | |
The boys in age order: Larry, Dan Jr, Eric, Mark, Jeb,
Lucas, Dallas
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![]() There were as many as four pool cues going at once sometimes |
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I HAD to capture this! J/K, I'm sure he does that all the time at home | |
![]() Lucas is partied out! |
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God does nice work, doesn't He? |
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![]() The end of the rainbow is right over Jeb & Amy's house on the hill. Lovely! |
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