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Home in the Heartland

This past weekend, we took a trip to   Iowa   to celebrate Bruce's mom's 90th birthday.  The majority of the family was there totaling approximately 30 people, all from the single couple of Ken and Ann Bratney. Ann turned 90 and we all came near and far to help her celebrate. Ken and Ann have been married for 66 years and they had 5 children (one being my husband, Bruce).  All the children have had children and now our nieces and nephews have children.  The siblings, cousins, and second cousins all have a lot of fun together on these special occasions. It has been a joy to see all the nieces and nephews grow over the years and turn into such wonderful, fun-loving adults. To celebrate, we had the most appropriate - Iowa beef. The brothers did an excellent job with the barbecue. Iowa is such a fun place to visit with so much farmland everywhere and "farm" being the theme where ever you go something I never tire of since I