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| Gideon looking out; Dackel looking in. |
Following his retirement, my brother, Bart, and his wife, Nita, recently built a new home in Yukon, Oklahoma, a rural area that is quickly becoming a suburb of Oklahoma City. So off we went for a visit that included their grandson's first birthday party. Gideon is Bart and Nita's daughter's son. Daughter, Ashley, and her husband, Matt along with little Gideon live nearby. Matt's parents drove up from San Antonio and niece Jessica, daughter number two, flew in from Houston.
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| The little one-year old birthday boy, Gideon |
In a way, out in Yukon, it was a step back in time for me. The wind blows over rolling prairie spread out under a deep blue sky just like my home town, Abilene where my Mom raised dachshunds of which the longhairs were the best of the bunch. Bart has Dackel and Ashley has Min, both sweet black and tan dachshunds. Having the dogs is such a nice tribute to Mom/Grandma Jo.
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| Industrial sized smoker Z6 |
Bart smoked brisket and sausage on his industrial strength Z6 smoker for the Friday evening welcoming dinner and grilled burgers and hot dogs for the Saturday afternoon birthday party. About fifty people, many of them with babies, showed up for the party. Although we had plenty to eat, we all went out for pizza in the evening. Sunday evening we all enjoyed good Mexican food. We sure had plenty to eat!
Early Monday morning Bart & Nita drove us to the airport for our flight to Colorado. Bart, Nita and everyone else couldn't have been nicer. It was a great family time!
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