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| Jessica and Tom at her wedding |
Recently Jessica's (Stratton) father, Thomas Siegal, died unexpectedly. Jessica's was very close to him and the suddenness
of it added another dimension of sadness. We were able to come down for his
memorial service and then Karen stayed to tend the baby. Tom has been Vance's daytime babysitter so there is one more reason for sadness.
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| Vance and Karen Selfie |
To give Scott and Jessica
time to get another babysitter in place, Karen volunteered for for babysitting Vance in Brookfield, Il for most of November. 
Vance (Stratton) has many skills for a 7 month old. He can pick
up broccoli and squash and mostly hit his mouth. He smiles amazingly well. And
his brilliance also extends to his crawling and emptying toy bins and pulling
himself up on things. I am so happy I was here for a couple of his milestones.
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| Ron and the volunteers Tuesday Food Shelf crew at the Duluth Second Harvest Food Bank |
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| Breakfast of champions. |
While Karen has been gone, Ron somehow held two seminary in-service meetings and handled numerous inquires about closing the grade books for the 1st quarter of the rolls. He continued to help at the
food bank and feed the missionaries.
We will spend Thanksgiving in Brookfield and then back to Duluth for the final two weeks of our mission.
