We celebrated Tom’s first birthday since he passed away by having lunch and reminiscing about him at one of his favorite restaurants on the beach.  It was a nice lunch, and Dad was with us there in spirit.  We had his five favorite C’s: chocolate, coffee, Coke, cookies and cashews.

Back row: Steven, Laura and Timm.  Front row: Lisa, Reverend Mike and Hazel.
 

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One of Tom’s favorite Christmas activities was to make rosettes, a traditional Scandinavian fried cookie.  We celebrated Dad’s birthday by making dozens of rosettes with a 130-year-old rosette iron that originally belonged to Grandma Semke’s mother.

After seasoning the iron, Lisa watches Heather and Ryan make our first pair of rosettes.
 

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