Happy Birthday Little Brother

Posted on March 28, 2020 by vanbraman

It is my littlest brother’s birthday so I thought I would share some pictures of him as I remember his birthday.

I had a little fun trying to find the right pictures. Do I use embarrassing ones? I did have a couple pictures I was trying to find but couldn’t come up with them. Maybe it is because most of the pictures I have of my littlest brother came from him in a large file of pictures. He probably weeded out a few 🙂

mother and son, birthdays, familyI will start with my favorite picture of my littlest brother and my Mom. He was born on her birthday so Happy Birthday to my Mom also.

Great grandkids, grandma Van duzor, FamilyNext we have one of the earliest pictures of the five kids in my family all together. We had been to visit my Great Grandma Van Duzor in the facility she was living at in Clarinda, Iowa. She was 87 years old. My littlest brother is in the arms of my big sister.

Can you tell it was the 70’s?

bible camp, brother, birthdayHere is my brother when he is older. It looks like this picture was taken at a Bible camp in Missouri.

graduation, brother, linn missouriHere is my brother at the reception for his High School graduation. Here you can see the traditional cake that we all had that listed our teachers through the years. I remember this day long ago.

brother, family picture, bluesI will fast forward to just a few years ago and share a picture of my littlest brother and his family. He has a wonderful wife and two wonderful kids. Even though one is a bit Shy!

Happy Birthday little brother.

Steven

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Venturing Out

Posted on March 27, 2020 by vanbraman

Tonight it was time to venture out and make an essential trip to the grocery store.

Tracy Library, Flower Gardens, Rose Gardens, NatureI had not been away from home since March 14 when I went to the library just before it closed down. Since then I have been sheltering in place with only short walks to the mailbox and the nearby park.

New Car, Ford Fusion, Plug-in hybrid, Blue Car, BlueySo, tonight I pulled Bluey out of the garage for the first time in almost two weeks and headed off to the grocery store.

Home Pride Bread - Hostess Brands - Discontinued - Butter Top - Home Pride Bread - Hostess Brands - Flowers Foods - Regional Brand - Return of Home PrideI needed some bread and other perishables.

alilee, Leonardo, Tiberias, cheese plate, small fish, olivesI needed some cheese for some calcium.Drinking Milk, Milk from the jug, Water SavingI also picked up some milk as I had finally run out. I was lucky during my last shopping trip to find milk with a date almost two weeks later. The date on the milk I picked up tonight is just over a week from now.

Another item I really wanted was tortilla chips. I had salsa and ingredients to make a cheese dip, but no chips. I have been wanting them for over a week now.

I waited until close to closing time to go to the store. It closes now at 10 so that the employees can safely work to restock without people roaming the aisles. I was surprised that the shelves looked about as full as they normally do at the end of a day. I found everything that I went out for and a few other items as well.

There were not too many customers in the store which is pretty normal for the time I usually shop anyway.

Now I am set for another week before I will need to make another essential trip for food.

Keep safe.

Steven

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