{"id":9725,"date":"2015-04-07T02:52:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T07:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanschara.com\/randr\/?p=9725"},"modified":"2025-04-20T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T18:28:40","slug":"f-is-for-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/f-is-for-family\/","title":{"rendered":"F is for Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we have to go through Chicago when we travel nearly anywhere on Amtrak, a visit to <strong>family<\/strong> living in South Central Wisconsin is almost always in order. This trip was no different. We spent a few days catching up with my parents.<\/p>\n<p>While visiting with Mom and Dad, my sister and her family and my brother&#8217;s daughter and her family came over for dinner, and we had one of the best family gatherings in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>My mom had been working on a gorgeous Texas Star quilt for my husband for several years (hand-quilting &#8212; can you imagine?), and she had it finished for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 She surprised me with an afghan in a repeating cat pattern. (Dad got the only pictures of us together with the afghan.)<\/p>\n<p> Mom also did a couple small sewing projects for me while we were there.<\/p>\n<p>Dad has been working on family genealogy for many years. Over the last year or so, he&#8217;s been making quite a push to capture my husband&#8217;s family. My husband has most of his family background since they arrived in the United States, but he didn&#8217;t have the European background in any more than general terms. Dad presented us with a binder with the last twenty generations for both of us printed out. What an unexpected treat! He also discovered my husband and I are distantly related on my mom&#8217;s side. We got a laugh out of that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thank you for visiting for the April A-Z Blogging Challenge. Today&#8217;s entry is &#8220;Grand Tour&#8221;-themed, about our Amtrak trip we took last month. I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts or questions in comments. If you don&#8217;t want to miss an entry, please enter your email address below, press sign-up, then check your inbox to click the validation link to get these blog posts in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/06\/868341806.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we have to go through Chicago when we travel nearly anywhere on Amtrak, a visit to family living in South Central Wisconsin is almost always in order. 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