Various Wiegand Family Pictures

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2021

• 2021 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Memorial Weekend at Kenny and Thea's Lake Superior Retreat

2020

• 2020 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)

2019

• 2019 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Luella Wiegand Baptism
• Luella's Baby Book Shower at Hosanna Lutheran
• Luella Elizabeth Wiegand

2018

• 2018 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Danube River Cruise and Prague
• Beth's Danube River Cruise Journal (pdf file)
• Aunt Carol Memorial and Holden Village Trip

2017

• 2017 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Eclipse Chasing in Lathrop, MO
• June National Parks Trip
  • Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Grand Teton National Park
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Badlands National Park
  • Other Stops and Sights
• Door County with the Ness's and the Plutes
• Springfield and the Land of Lincoln
• Florida trip including John and Sumira's wedding

2016

• 2016 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Christmas
• Fall trip to New England
• Family Reunion Trip to Washington and Oregon
• Voyageurs National Park, June 2016
• April visit to Austin, Tx

2015

• 2015 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Jim, Kenny, Thea (and Sam) visting on Labor Day weekend
• Niel and Beth touring the North Shore of Lake Superior / Minnesota with Bob and Byrna
• Kenny and Thea's Wedding Reception
• Beth's Birthday Celebration
• Beth and Niel's Trip to Papua New Guinea

2014

• 2014 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Kenny and Thea's December 20 Wedding
• Thanksgiving 2014
• A September weekend at Minneopa State Park and the Jeffers Petroglyph Historical Site
• A Visit to Mackinac Island
• March really did make a difference
• Misc photos of Kenny and Thea

2013

• 2013 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Kenny's 29th (a little early)
• Kenny's Christmas 2013 Projects: remove sheet vinyl in his entryway and prep livingroom for painting
• Christmas Dinner
• Fall picnic along the Root River Trail
• Kenny's house repainting
• Summer family reunion trip to Washington
• April Visit to Como Park
• Kitchen Remodeling

2012

• 2012 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Kenny's livingroom, an after Christmas project
• Summer 2012 Trip
  • Wiegand Family Reunion, Pratt KS
  • Ann Klavano Ordination, Pullman, WA
  • Visiting Family
  • Over land from Fairbanks to Seward, Alaska
  • By sea and Inside Passage, Seward, Alaska to Vancouver, BC
• 206 Michelle Dr, Poteau, OK

2011

• 2011 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Jim and Kenny redoing Kenny's Preston bathroom
• Summer 2011 Trip
  • Photos
  • Video - View as we rode to the top of Pike's Peak (Use your "Back Button" to return here)
  • Video - The Royal Gorge Bridge (Use your "Back Button" to return here)
  • Video - Humming Birds at the West Cliffe, CO cabin (Use your "Back Button" to return here)
• Kenny's move to Preston, MN
• Before pictures of the house Kenny is buying in Preston, MN
• Winter Vacation at the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, MT

2010

• 2010 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Jim turns 29 in Milwaukee, WI
• Thanksgiving Dinner at Jim's home in Milwaukee, WI
• Beth and Niel's 32nd Anniversary Weekend
• Beth and Niel camping at Myre-Big Island State Park
• Beth and Niel's June 2010 road trip
  • A day in Yellowstone National Park
  • Visiting Dad in Pullman, Wa
  • A day at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the badlands of North Dakota
  • Relaxing with Jim and Kenny at the Shady Creek Resort just north of Alexandria, MN

2009

• 2009 Family Christmas Letter
• July Visit to Austin, TX
• Wiegands on Segway Wheels, July 8
• Photos from the July 4th parade in Blooming Praire, MN
• July 4, Jim and Kenny off on a road trip to visit Ann in Kansas
• Visiting Ann during her internship in west-central Kansas, May
• Niel and Beth Traveling in Israel and Jordan, April
• Niel, Beth and Kenny, Easter dinner
• Niel's 58th birthday celebration

2008

• 2008 Family Christmas Letter (pdf file)
• Niel demonstrating his 1930s ham radio station
• Kenny Wiegand, Archeology Fieldwork
• Thanksgiving weekend in Milwaukee
• Niel and Beth in Hawaii for their 30th Anniverary
• Sam and Pat visiting MN, July 2008
• Kenny's move to an apartment, April 2008
• Jim and Jeanette Visit

2007

• Niel and Mom, Oct 2007 in Poteau
• Beth and Ruth in China, Mongolia, Russia and Poland
• Kenny's May 2007 graduation from Luther College
• Niel and Beth on a Katrina Cleanup Trip to New Orleans
• Sorting in preparation of Dad's move to an apartment.

2006

• Christmas 2006
• Kenny as Santa
• Niel and others working on the "new" Hosanna Lutheran Church pipe organ
• Thanksgiving weekend in Rochester, MN
• Niel and Beth's 4300 mile road trip to see the southwest
• Visit to Oconto, WI to help Ann celebrate her 50th
• Summer 2006 visit to Pullman and travels back via Canada Highway 1
• Beth and Kenny: Camp Noah, New Orleans
• Wiegand Family Camping out near Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Niel's trip to New Orleans to help with Hurricane Katrina cleanup

2005

• Beth and Niel vacationing in Washington state
• Kenny at Lutheran Lakeside Camp, Spirit Lake, IA
• Beth, Niel, Jim and Kenny camping out at St Croix State Park, MN
• Kenny shaving after a long summer
• Jim moving to Milwaukee, WI
• Niel, Beth and Kenny visiting Jim in Milwaukee, WI
• Kenny's Experimental Archeology dugout canoe class project.
• Christmas in Rochester with Jim, Kenny, Dad and Ann.

2004

• Thanksgiving
• Visiting Jim in Duluth
• Michigan Loop trip with Mom and Vance
• Family/Summer Vacation
  • Jim and Niel at Crater Lake
  • Beth, Niel, Jim and Kenny at Holden Village
• Visiting the dig Kenny is working near Decorah, IA
• Niel's Retirement Party, April 19, 2004

Summer/Fall 2003

• Beth ready for another tutoring session
• Kenny at Luther College, Aug 30, 2003
• One of Kenny's Summer Jobs
• Beth and Kenny vacationing in Austin, Tx
• Ann at Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, IA.
• Kenny and his fish, 7/7/03

Graduation 2003

• Kenny's High School Graduation

Easter Dinner 2003

• Niel, Beth and Kenny visited Ann for Easter 2003

2003 UK Trip

• Niel, Beth, Jimmy and Kenny visiting Bob and Byrna in the UK during spring break 2003

2003 Rose Bowl Trip

• Beth, Niel and Dad in Southern Calif for the 2003 Rose Bowl

Christmas 2002 at the Wiegand's, Rochester, MN

• Kenny and Beth Christmas tree shopping
• Christmas tree decorating
• Christmas tree decorating
• Christmas tree decorating
• Christmas tree decorated
• Our tree ready for Christmas day
• Kenny checking out a gift
• Beth and Kenny with Dad at MPLS Airport
• Family ready for Christmas Eve service
• Santa
• Christmas morning snow
• Checking out the shredder
• Beth, Christmas dinner czar
• Christmas day game 1
• Christmas day game 2
• Grandpa and Grandson working on a puzzle

Thanksgiving 2002 at the Wiegand's, Rochester, MN

• Sunny and mid 30's. No snow cover yet.
• Jimmy
• Kenny
• Niel working on an old radio
• Ann fixing red cabbage and apples
• Kenny, Jimmy and Beth
• Niel and Ann
• Beth
• Jimmy and Kenny
• Full and ready for a nap
• Dirty dishes, clean plates
• Meridith, a family friend, joins Ann, Kenny and Beth for a game of Boggle

Other Summer 2002

• Kenny, First day of Senior year
• Kenny, Archeology Field school at La Crosse, WI
• Kenny, Archeology Field school at La Crosse, WI
• Niel and Beth crossing the Mississippi at Itasca State Park
• Jimmy crossing the Mississippi at Itasca State Park
• Kenny crossing the Mississippi at Itasca State Park
• Kenny at Itasca State Park
• Niel and Kenny off for a hike in Itaska Stae Park

Summer 2002 Vacation

• Reunion with friends at the Smokey Mountains National Park
• Grandma Gildersleeve and Kenny at Runestone State Park near Heavner, OK
• Niel and Vance trying some hamming at Runestone State Park near Heavener, OK
• Niel And Beth at Queen Willamena State Park, AR

The following were taken on Thanksgiving Day, Nov 22, 2001.

• Kenny working on potatoes
• Beth checking on the turkey
• Ann carving the turkey
• Cindy, a family friend from church, working on the gravy
• Beth, Ann and Kenny anticipating a good meal
• Jimmy and Cindy ready to eat

The following were taken on Nov 3, 2001 at Barn Bluff, overlooking Red Wing, MN.

• General description of Barn Bluff
• Geological description of Barn Bluff
• Geological detail of Barn Bluff
• Climbers scaling the 75' dolomite cliffs
• Kenny off the trail
• Niel happy to be almost to the top
• Red Wing from the top of Barn Bluff

The following were taken at the Ft Atkinson, Iowa Rendezvous, on 9/29/01 using Niel's new/cheap/low res digital camera

• Kenny saving up ergs
• New recruits on the Parade Ground
• People
• Niel checking out trade goods
• Woman spinning wool into yarn
• Beth learning about her basket
• Interesting costumes

Pontoon boat outing on Lake Mazaska located 8 miles northwest of Faribault, MN, 8/25/01.

• Crew
• Niel's catch of the day (look closely) and his radio

Fishermen after a successful day in August 2001

• Catfish trophies
• A happy fisherman

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