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<\/a><\/p>\nWe had a great meal, as always, plenty to eat and lots of leftovers.\u00a0 Bubba made her first pie and brought it, blueberry peach with a lattice top.\u00a0 She did a darn good job and it tasted great. She and Mason are building a house in Bennington. Glad to hear they\u2019re staying in the area.<\/p>\n
Gabi and Addie came down from Vermillion, Chad, Barbie and crew came from Sioux Falls and Jaci, Evie and Colin drove from St. Louis.\u00a0 It\u2019s great that so many are willing to drive a few hours for an afternoon of good food, family and hopefully some fun. I know with kids especially, it can be a lot of work.\u00a0 I think everyone was very glad to see Aaron, Kalie and Emma.\u00a0 It took her a little while but she warmed up to a few people.\u00a0\u00a0 She intently watched the other kids and did a pretty good job of eating too.<\/p>\n We had heard that Berkleigh didn\u2019t like being held by anyone but her Mom, Dad and babysitter.\u00a0 Dennis and Carol couldn\u2019t even hold her without her wanting Mom or Dad.\u00a0 So . . . it started, Steve brought her around the tables just chatting with people.\u00a0 He stopped at our table and I took her for a bit.\u00a0 She kept looking at me and then she started to cry.\u00a0 She went back to her Dad and then he moved on.\u00a0 A little later, here she was sitting on Evie\u2019s lap. I think she had been held by Bubba and Gabi.\u00a0 Before the afternoon was over, Carol was holding her too.\u00a0 That worked out pretty well!!<\/p>\n The Easter egg hunt went great.\u00a0 I had bought all the kids, except Ryli, a sand bucket with a shovel for an Easter basket. I had gotten a pinwheel and a bottle of bubbles for each one and Aaron and Kalie helped me out by filling them with the candy and peeps.\u00a0 They also filled the eggs that we hid with jelly beans and robin eggs (malt balls).\u00a0 The first time Emma held one of the pinwheels she smelled it like it was a flower.<\/p>\n Colin helped Emma look for her eggs and then he shared some of the ones he had already found for himself.\u00a0 Such a great kid.\u00a0 After Evie found her basket and eggs she went back to playing with the animals and petting the horses.\u00a0 She really wanted to go horseback riding, but we told her we could do that when they come back in September for the Steele Family picnic.<\/p>\n Clean up was quick and easy with everyone\u2019s help. Even Emma \u00a0helped. And many thanks to Aaron and Kalie for helping us out. We really appreciate it! I love having the Party Barn . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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