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done anything like this before, we

were growing more and more

excited to see former friends and

meet new people. I started

preparing the food early in the

afternoon, and not long after the

guests started arriving, it was ready.

Everyone brought potluck dishes,

and we added Dutch oven chicken.

While I cooked, my wife and

daughters helped or were friendly

hostesses. We all had a wonderful

time, and every guest felt to us like

friends we had known all of our

lives.

We all visited until well after the

stars had come out. There was only

one bathroom, and as everyone was

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