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Mom and Carrie.

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All of us!

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The women of the family, college graduates all. Take that, Phyllis Schlafly!

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There was a nice reception afterwards with food, so people hung around for a while.

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Frozen custard was good!

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Carrie...walking down some steps.

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They had this neat electronic highway sign showing how long construction was going to take. In this case...it's going to take a while :-)

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We went to the St. Louis Arch after that - here we are in the adjoining park.

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Us in front of the Arch! (this picture took a while to set up correctly...)

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This was on the door to the Arch museum - anyone know what a "US Fee Area" is?

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The side of a building.

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We went to the St. Louis Zoo to see the penguins!

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Me with penguins!

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More cute penguins.

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They tended to stay together :-)