Kyle is at Purdue!

Kyle is finally at Purdue! Brenden, Parker and I drove his stuff to Indiana on Saturday, August 21. Judy and Kyle flew out on the 22nd. And he started classes on the 23rd.
His new address is:
Kyle OlsonPurdue University
Owen Hall
1160 West Stadium Avenue
Room 235
West Layfayette, IN 47906

The red dot is where Kyle's dorm is.

A pic of the campus.


The World's Largest Drum.

The 3 boys outside Kyle's dorm.

Judy and Kyle in his dorm room. Judy loved Purdue as they had a Dairy Queen on campus.

There were quite a few rather large frats on campus. Brenden visited the SAE house.
One of them had a giant slip and slide - where 10 people could go at once. Judy wanted to stop and join the party.

Camp Coniston this Summer!

Finally getting around to posting pictures from this summer. The following are photos of the kids at camp. Kyle worked there as a counselor all summer, Parker attended the fourth session for two weeks as a camper and Brenden got asked to work a week while he was out back east.

The girl's water front.

Kyle (I think this one was taken at camp.)

Kyle with a bunch of counselors.

I will let you guess which one is Kyle. Hint - he has a wetsuit on.

Kyle with his cabin mates - Any Shafer from Colorado, Anthony Walske from Manchester, England and a CIT.

Parker and his friend Tucker Marr along with 2 other friends.
This was the day we dropped him off.

Jon, Parker, Judy and Kyle (Notice Parker's Long Hair.)

Parker with his counselor, Ben Kamisar from Connecticut.

This Tucker Marr and Parker when we came to pick him up.

The counselors under Kyle's direction gave Parker a buzz cut at 3:00 am.

Tucker Marr and Parker with their fan club.

Photo of the camp taken from the lodge.

One of the activuities Parker took this summer was woodshop and he built an adrondack chair.

Kyle with his cabin mates, Andy and Anthony at the end of the summer.

The beach

The first time this year that all 3 of the boys have been together. We fionally got a family photo taken. (Dairy Queen better pay us for the endorsement.)

Brenden (Back row, far right) and the boys staff during the week he was there.

All three hate to leave the camp.

September Birthdays!

Seven birthdays in September!


Linda Dorff turns 49 on September 5th!


Her older sister, Mary Mahoney will be 55 a day later on September 6th.


On September 7th, Melissa turns 46!

Don Dorff celebrates his 52nd birthday on September 9th!

A rare photo of the sleeping Brady Brookins! He turns 5 on September 10th.

Richard Sundblad will be the big "65" on September 18th.

On September 21, Craig Hatfield will be 32!

Carrie and Will Brookins celebrate their Birthdays!

Carrie and Will share the same birthday - August 16. Here they are having a birthday lunch.
Can you name the other relatives who share a birthday with their parents?


Will and Brady earlier in the day at swim lessons.

Guess who Sprained his Ankle?

Yes - it was me. I was following Judy in an exercise at a class and rolled my ankle.


I have never seen the Wienermobile so we had to stop and get our pic taken. (Notice the boot.)


It did not stop me from going to the ocean twice this weekend. Although I was not happy that I could not go boogie boarding. I even bought a cane so I could walk.

Sandy Celebrates Her Birthday!

Sandy Hatfield celebrated her birthday with her family at Red Lobster!

She is pictured here with her favorite grandchildren - Brady and Will.

Huss Family Picture!

This Huss family photo was taken for Bea's 80th Birthday.
I guess she and Linda never got the message to wear white!

Back Row - Anna (Frontczak) Ketchum, Derek Ketchum, Kathi Frontczak, Sandi Frontczak, Rob Huss &; Joe Huss
Middle Row - Patti (Huss) Frontczak, Beatrice (Kunza) Huss, Linda Huss, Amy (Saxe) Huss &; Mike Huss
Front Row - Sydney Ketchum &; Riley Ketchum

August Birthdays!

Nine birthdays this month!


Brittney Blair turns 10 on August 3rd.


Bret Brookins will be 36 years old on August 5th.


One of the first photos of Sandy Hatfield at Bambi. She turns 64 on August 10th.

Will Brookins with broken arm will be 2 on August 16th.

Carrie Brookins shares the same brithday as her son and will be 35 on August 16th.

Mike Blair will 66 on August 23rd.

Michel Huss will 13 on August 28.

Linda Huss will be 57 on August 30th.

And the last birthday of August goes to Glen Seela who will be 67 on August 31st.

Lori & Dan at John Mellencamp Concert

Dan sent me these photos of him and Lori at the John Meelnecamp concert at Rockfest in Cadott, Wisconson on July 17th. He gets VIP tickets to all the concerts.


Lori and Dan at concert.


Lori and Dan getting their picture taken with the band called Collective Soul.


John Mellencamp

Lori ran into a former DL classmate - Nancy Hoper.