John & Marylyn Bradley Album Carolyn's Herscher Home Marylyn, Carolyn, Christine John & Maryl\yn Bradley Family Oak Tree Last of our generation Carolyn, Sue, John & Ruth Property Marker 2022 My 80th Birthday 80 candle Birthday Cake Firestorm Tradition I started for my father when he turned 80 in 1980 2021 Howard & Esther Bradley Golden Anniversary 1926-1976 Cecil & Edith Patton Golden Anniversary 1933-1983 John Delany Winger presented family Civil War Cavalry Sword Deven's West Clear Creek Sycamore 2020 Canaan John Glenn Bradley Lydia Chance's pizza Deven's Science Project Eating healthy! 2019 Dixie Highway Farm Chief Yellowhead's Grave Fall Homestead Pond Last Fall Homestead Visit When Samuel Beebe homesteaded in 1836 his was one of two "white families" between Momence and Chicago. Chief Yellowhead's village was less than a mile away in the woods up a gentle slope on the other side of a stream. Mr. Beebe spoke of wolves and a herd of more than 300 deer in the meadows between his homestead and Chief Yellowhead's village. Leonard Perry Bradley, my Grandfather, married Mr. Beebe's daughter Bertha and inherited the farm. Leonard died in 1941 a few weeks after I was born. October 2015 Trip Home Ho Bo Joe So much fun Wall Climbing Deven Lydia the Instigator 2014 Overlooking the Colorado Entrance to Bryce Dinosaur Park Promontory Peak Aunt Sues' spooky Oak Aunt Sues' barge First Dairy Queen Family Tradition Paths through the woods Canaan was cautious Wagon Tracks Grandpa Bradleys' Pond Summer 2013 Trip with Canaan Pointy House Penny Diner Penny Diner Portland Food Trucks Marathon Cheerleaders Won the Race Clearwater River Thistle Farmer Highway 1 in California Glacier Park ahead San Francisco Pier To Alcatraz Bryce Park Fishermans' Wharf Redwood Forest Leaving Glacier Park Summer 2012 Trip. We three visited 22 states Baking Christmas Cookies Deven Budding Engineer Lydia Intense Victory Dance 2009 Phoenix to Seattle to the Homestead to Phoenix Meeting China Expert M Rod Freeman's Gift Seattle is cool & damp Eireans' House Across the Sound Space Needle Pretend what? Trolls there be in Seattle \ Four brothers in 2007 Cabin Dad built in 67 Christmas Decorations Canaan & Madie Don's Ginseng Patch Don Schriefer, JD Marylyn and me Pulling Posts My gift to Brother Jim. Paint job, not tractor. He died soon thereafter. Faith, Grace & Canaan Canaan Canaan's 1st Fish Emily at Marylyn's Phi Theta Kappa conference Malan's 2006 visit 2005 trip to China First of Two Christmas Canaan at Eight Canaan moved to Avondale with us at 2 years of age. He was in Kansas for a few years. At 16 he returned here for good. Once Lydia arrived life was all about her Lydia shopping at Lake Pleasant Gift Shop. Look at that attitude. Malan's Olympic doll gifts to our Grandkids. Canaan and Lydia both born on January 26th, exactly ten years apart. Then Deven arrived and life was multi-faceted. 2006 Me dying at 12,000 ft Canaan built this during winter break, Canaan just fine. Sandy Jean Smith Memorial Service Pleasant Grove, Hatton, Missouri June 13, 2009 Then Canaan got moved to Kansas