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To celebrate the presidential election results, I devoured the delicious chocolate donkey truffle presented to me by Stephanie and Benjamin. Now I can stop geezing about the election.

Today we celebrate the election of a new president (hopefully of our choosing, but a positive either way), and we celebrate not spending today in a vehicle.   The trip to Wisconsin was great, as were the various family gatherings while we were there.   Only the drive home was less than wonderful — mostly due to our impatience, variations in our blood sugar levels, and some other biological incompatibilities with our navigational coordinates (e.g. need toilet NOW).

The Wisconsin clan is thriving, and the next generation is amazing both for their energy and for how fast they’re growing.

We enjoyed hanging out at Kevin and Shelby’s and at Tom and Jeri’s and our visit to the Miller Brewery (all except that Italian brew).   I enjoyed touring the Harley-Davidson museum with Ben, Eric and Bob.    And we all agreed we had the best pizza ever in Cedarburg — not to mention the excellent chocolate truffles.

Thanks to all for putting up with us.

Here are some pics from our visit.

More great pictures.   These are Eric and Kristina’s children — there sure are a lot of beautiful children in our families right now!   Click the photo to see more of Lexi & Caiden.   Thanks, Kristina, for sharing these with us.

Brenna sent these after Bailey’s recent haircut (the professional cut; not the self cut).   I lapsed and didn’t post them at the time.  It’s really freaky to see little Brenna again after all these years.

Shelby sent some great snapshots of her children.  They’re growing so quickly.