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As I am sure you are all aware, Mom, Joan, Grandma, Aunt Joanie is traveling with Dick across the country and stopping at places that are important to each of them.  Dick is taking pictures of Mom and relatives for me and emailing me a few.  I just got a small batch, so I thought I would try and keep you all current, since she is headed to Wheeling soon (I hope she has not already been there!) .  Here is some of what she wrote: “We have seen some wonderful things like the St. Louis arch, the Rocky Mountains and the vast plains of Kansas, Indiana and Missouri. We experienced some extreme heat mostly in the mojave desert (113 degrees) and rain and thunder and lightning. We had a good rain here in New York which cooled it down to a pleasant 82 degrees.”  They are headed to Wheeling on Friday to visit Eddie, Ellen and all the other Carenbauers.

then I decided to get a little creative, so bear with me.  Before I went to Erich’s wedding in Maine, I went to San Diego and Mom and I sat around for an afternoon going through boxes of pictures.  Now I can give you all a little context.

Here is Mom and Uncle Michael as little children with Grandma Greene.

Here they are playing in the front yard – look at the tricycles!  They don’t make them like this any more.

Many of the photos of Michael are out of focus.  I assume it is because he is always moving!  The next picture is when they are in high school.   Check out the bobby sox!

Joan and Michael Greene

Here’s a picture of Uncle Michael at Grandma Greene’s 80th birthday party in Oglebay Park in 1970.  (I told you I found lots of pictures!)

Mike Greene in Oglebay Park

Here they are in Kansas City in the last few days.  Notice that the pose is quite like the high school pose, except for the bobby sox.

Joan Kuglen and Michael Greene

Here’s another picture of Michael at his place in KC.

Mike Greene

Here is a picture of Mom and Michael with Denis Greene and his family in the kitchen in Kansas City.  They are all just beautiful.  Honestly, you can see the love around the table.  They all look so happy!   From left to right:  Uncle Michael, Denis, Danny, Joan, Kelly Ann, Mary Grace, Jenny (Denis’s wife) and John.  Thanks Dick, for taking a great picture!

Finally, I mentioned in an earlier post that we Kuglen cousins loved and looked up to our Carenbauer cousins, and that when George came to spend the summer with us in the early sixties, how much we loved having him stay with us.  Well, as I was going through all those old pictures, I found this one – this for you George! – and it offers photographic evidence of what how great he was with us when we were younger.  Terry is on the left, George is holding Joanie, Maribeth is in the center and I am on the right.

Terry, George with Joanie, Maribeth and Sam