Samuel Dean Conger
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Nick went out on his first unchaperoned date and took his lady friend to a Pizza place where they dined on pizza. His father had given him a little money to help pay but when he checked out, low and behold, their meal had been payed for already ....... by an older gentleman and his lady friend, who had been setting at a table near them during the meal!

Ain't that somethun ............... WHO SAID CHIVALRY WAS DEAD! God bless'm ......
 

Carlie has taken soccer to heart and is doing pretty good. Kind of surprised her Granpa. Here is a picture from our local paper noting the team's recent exploits.

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Man, that little Latino boy is heck of a player! Way to go, Alejandro!!



No education is complete without music, that thing that makes the heart sing, even in the days when things are not going very well. So Nick and his cousin have joined the High School band and I'm proud to report both are doing very well.

Here is Nick at his band night ..........


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He plays the trumpet and boy, can he ever blow it!


Sam got some pictures from Carlie's soccer games and he seems to be having as much fun as the kiddies are!

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Carlie is very good at soccer and is a ferocious little competitor ........

As a matter of fact she has been pretty good at all sports so far.

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That's her second from right above.

My goodness, she just keeps improving! Here she competed in The Iowa Games in a tournament in Dubuque, IA of all places (about as far from home here in Iowa that you could get. Her team got first place in the tournament, an Indoor Soccer Meet. I't have to be indoors in Jan 2014, one of the coldest winters here that I can remember. She has a pretty good team to play on and she generally scores pretty well.

Here's the pictures ............ that's Carlie top left.

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Lordy, she's growing ...................


Nick is maturing in his band music. They are traveling around to different places to play. They just had a contest somewhere and Nick's band got 1st place, again. Here he is going into the building. He does his Grandpa proud.

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Easter 2014 and Sam is at the family gathering (held one day early to accomodate travelers). Riley is teasing again ......

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Not as many as last year. A couple are missing and some of the older ones dropped out of the egg hunt so didn't stand for photo. We only had one toddler but he was so energetic at it he filled in for two or three others. Oscar wanted to participate but we wouldn't let him off the front porch. Here's a few pictures of the toddler. Nick explained to him and pointed him in the right direction and he did the rest himself, Nick kind of watching to make sure he didn't get in trouble.

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We have a photo of two of the girls ........... Carlie and Zoie.

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The gathering was held at Naomi's house, one of those big old farmhouses in the area. It's nice place pretty well kept up. There is a farming operation there that is very well managed. The place is clean and not junked up. There are a couple old  wells in the yard with the hand pumps still in them. Naomi's partner said they didn't seem to work to well and I advised they try priming the pump and he did and it took right off and pumped plenty of water. Gave Grandpa an opportunity to explain the priming function. I had lived around them all my younger years so could explain you always hept a container hanging on the pump. When you used that water to prime the pump you had to be sure and refill it before you left SO THE NEXT PERSON COULD GET WATER, TOO.

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Boy, that Carlie ..... !!
What're we going to do with her? Now she wins the High Jump .......

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Ernest Conger   5/23/14
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