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Been a pretty amazing week. After church on July 1st, we jumped in the car and drove to Huron, SD to be with Sal's family. What an amazing drive! Especially the last hour in Nebraska. Beautiful row after row after row of corn over rolling hills as far as the eye can see. Love it.

Carson spent 2 1/2 weeks up in SD with his grandparents, uncle, aunt and cousins. He had a blast. It's so cool to see him growing up and becoming a young man. Sal put his time there in good perspective: Carson being away allowed him to learn things and be taught be people he couldn't learn being with us. One of those things was wakeboarding. I think they went out about every night.

And Cassidy spent one evening taking her Senior pictures with Uncle Tom and Aunt Steph. They do an amazing job. Someone once told me to enjoy each stage your children go though. Very good advice. I am enjoying the indpendence Cassidy is developing.

Speaking of which, this Sunday, July 8, Cassidy flew to Seattle to spend a week with my brother and sister-in-law and their two kids. First time for her to fly by herself. Alaska Airlines flies direct from KC to Seattle. Used a few of my credit card airline miles to get her up there.

A special treat this week has been to eat sweetcorn from Gaeddert Farms. That stuff is declicious. Tomorrow night we will be grilling Buhler sausage (best on the planet) and eating sweetcorn. Can't wait.