Family and Friends Celebrate Karin and Sasha's Birthday at the North 40 in Central Wisconsin - June 2013

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The old picnic tables have seen better days.

The Stables provide more modern accomodations.

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Karin watches Rob begin preparing the lamb.


A good audience gathers.

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Peter helps attach it to the spit.


This should be solid enough.
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Over the fire it goes.


It's an American toad!
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The spitted lamb has many admirers.


There are even tents and chairs so we can watch comfortably as the lamb cooks.
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There are a variety of games to play.


 

Madison stretches out to rest.

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There's going to be goat stew, too.


Emily gets frisbee instruction.
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Adam and Rachel join the game.


For a moment, Hana has the hammock to herself.

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More food.



That lamb is looking better and better.

 

   
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Will a watched lamb ever cook?



Emily keeps practicing,

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and soon she can really throw.



The lamb is ready to be released.

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Perfect!



Come and get it! Will Sasha be first?

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It looks delicious...and it was.


The next day Laura filled in the pit, with help from Madison.

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Madison showed me a deer skeleton.



The second and third generation.

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Katy, Karin, Sasha, Robert, Katie, Jenny - in the back row

Rachel, Adam, Madison, Hana, and Emily see something funny.

The Cousins

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The seniors



Peas in a pod

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A wondrous moon


 

Katy and Rob brought fireworks.

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Karin and Emily watch.



Colorful

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and short-lived



like North 40 wild flowers

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Sandhill cranes in an Adams County field



Anne and Kathy at the Wisconsin River at the end of a grand celebration

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