After going to church, we met for a last meal with the family at Chautauqua park in Beatrice. Then time to go to the farm to check out the cats and chickens!
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| Siblings in deep discussion. |
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| The kittens are here! |
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| Garden tour with farmer Katie. |
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| Six-wheeler fun. |
| Who is driving? |
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| Drinking mint tea in the shade. |
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| Let's check out the new chickens. |
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| I caught one. Can I keep her?!? |
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| There are more to chase outside the chicken coop. |
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| That's the place to take a nap in this heat. |
It's this time of the year again where the Jantzen family gathers in Nebraska.
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| Driving into the sunset. Nebraska the good life sign welcoming us. |
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| Mahoney State Park is our meeting point this year. |
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| Someone either doesn't like spelling or is making fun of us! |
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| Giving away million mile award leather jackets. |
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| Time to go to the pool. Riding on the back of the pickup trucks rocks for us city slickers. |
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| Alex the chick magnet again. |
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| Playing with Austin & Lydia. |
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| Five siblings all together. |
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| Cousins (missing some though). |
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| There is never a lack of food at these reunions! |
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| What a beautiful day! |
Either Sophie hid during picture taking time, or counselors take a lot more pictures during high school camp. There are a tons of Alex pictures. Here are just a few.
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| Horseshoe cabin buddies. |
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| High school camp is just awesome! |
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| Cousin Henry is a counselor but not for my cabin. |
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| Making friendship bracelets (and getting a ton). |
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| Lots of singing going on. |
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| Yeah, I know. I'm the dude! |
Time to drive Alex to camp and get Sophie back. Doing the "kid swap" in Newton is the way to go!
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| Brothers catching up about all their European travels. |
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| Hi Sophie! It's good to have you back! |
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| Uncle Mark got a special coffee gift set from Bosnia. |
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| Kristin trying the very strong coffee. |
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| Liam came to Newton to surprise Sophie. Alex had to kidnap it! |
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| Archie traveled too and had never balanced like that before... Way to go, Henry! |
After being home for three days, time to pack again and head to central Kansas for Camp Mennoscah.
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| Ella rode with Sophie to camp with Papa. |
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| Sophie is in Starlight cabin. |
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| Starlight cabin with twin counselors! |
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| Sophie is in Junior 2 this year. |
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| She didn't know any of the girls and made new friends. |
