For those few of you who have never visited Southwest Minnesota, you don't know what you're missing. It's the land of small towns, fresh air, orderly farms and Lorri's relatives. Well actually not ALL her relatives. Her parents live in St. Louis, MO, and are Cardinal fans but otherwise normal, but they were visiting here too. Lorri's 95-year-old grandmother (still going strong), her aunt and uncle and assorted cousins and their families are scattered about the area and Lorri has ancestors who settled here in ancestral times (I think that means the 1800's)

The Carlberg's home, Adrian, MN, 9/02

Cousins John, Bill &  Bob; Lorri's dad Jack & Uncle Gordon; Lorri's mom Delores, grandma Ethel Apel & Lorri

Cousin's John's wife Marlene, her granddaughter Lexie and Aunt Norma; Jack Vierling; Cousin Bill and his boys Dylan & Shane

Cousin John's daughter Mindy and her daughter Lexie; Bill & the boys; Uncle Gordon and Aunt Norma's house in Adrian.

Michael's Restaurant, Worthington, MN, 9/03

Grandma & Aunt Norma; Jack and Delores; Lorri's dad, Lorri, Uncle Gordon

Grandma Ethel Apel flanked by her daughters Delores Vierling and Norma Carlberg