Saturday morning, I went for a walk and on my way back I saw
Jean, Lois, Alon, Karen and Serge
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at a distance and then they got closer
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as I convinced them to have breakfast at the hotel where
Dick, Fran, Michelle and Jason
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were also eating and willing to pose for couples pictures
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as well as taking this picture of me
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before Dansyl
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arrived and I decided to go upstairs to see who was asleep
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and who was awake
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as we
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eventually headed down for breakfast where Alvaro
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was our waiter and the others
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watched as my coffee
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and the juices
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along with Janet's cousin
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convinced me to have this fruit plate
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and the grits
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to sustain me for the day. Back upstairs, the group gathered
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and I tried a mirror picture
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before they
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went off to the bridesmaids' luncheon and we
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left our room
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and went upstairs to be with the men
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including the fathers
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as we all
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watched football
until Ben, Dan and I decided to park the car
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downtown and go to the Kennedy Museum
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where we could sit at the window where Lee Harvey Oswald changed the
course of history.
When we came back, we ran into the Beast
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in the elevator and then took Ben for a swim
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as the ducks gathered
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and Jane finished her apple
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as there was more swimming
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and a self portrait
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followed by more swimming
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and an attempt to get pictures of this man's tattoos
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for Jane. I said good bye to Ben
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in the pool and made my way past the real rehearsal people
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including Paige
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who was rushing to get there and Matt
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who was an observer to the elevator
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which was getting a special treatment which was cause for much speculation
about what went wrong that required such a cleaning effort.
It was now time to gather to go to the rehearsal dinner which was a
barbeque at a ranch outside of town. Sarah
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posed as Ben
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flew out of the frame and Suzanne and Jane
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came down the hall as Suzanne posed
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for the elevator ride. In the lobby, we ran into Mikey
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and his troups
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and Hon and Sean
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and then Shelby
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posed after which there was a mother and daughter
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and a few sister in law
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pictures before we passed Gregory's car
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and headed out into space
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to get to the ranch
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where the guide
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posed and we took group pictures
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and one of this person
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before going in to meet Cathy
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and the musician
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and see Gregory greet his grandmother
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as the bar tender
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finally came into the frame
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and I met Erin's grandparents
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as the kids captured photos of the postcards
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on our table as Rob
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and Dan
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and Linda Pinkel
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arrived and Erin posed with friends
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whose names I've forgotten including this gentleman
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as Larry and Rob
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chatted and Sarah
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walked away from Gregory and Linda
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who posed as did the other Gregory with his cousins
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as Larry
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welcomed the assembled
and Jason
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toasted the campaign team
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and the 3 brothers
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even as Beast
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and Toba
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and Andy
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and cousin Karen
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gathered to hear Larry
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speak about his love for Gregory and Erin as my food
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was finished so I tried to get a good picture of Dansyl
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or Emma
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as the kids at our table
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looked in various directions as Dansyl
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watched as Greg and Erin began
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and became more involved
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as the warm feelings flowed
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until they
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and Michelle and Jason
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and other Dan (for Dansyl)
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watched as the kids played
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and I went to meet this gentleman (Princeton '56) and his
hard core Republican wife
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and then did the Deanly pose
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before we were called up
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to sign and
here is what we sang
even as Beast
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shot pictures, Suzanne
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held a baby and I got a picture of the Bush boots
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and shirt
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and a very large earful of story about compassionate conservatism which
to my way of thinking is a justification of an unrealistic selfishness
but others may differ.
As this server
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from the neighborhood served dessert and told me about his horse, Suzanne
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held a baby and the kids
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amused another
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Eric
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was really happy to have his new shirt (a win-win situation) and this
couple was happy to be away from Omaha
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and medical school as this woman
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was happy to be here from Michigan and these folks from Hiram
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near the twin cities of Farrel and Sharon.
The little ones
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did a song and all
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cheered them on until they
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wound things down so that the bridal party
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could do its dances and as the babies watched
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the grandparents
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danced. After just a few more pictures
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of babies, this lad
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removed my wrist bracelet and I took some outdoor pictures
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before driving back to the hotel where the doorman
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was very happy to see us.