Trip to the casino

"December 6, 1991:  I had Pinochle Club.  Tom, Merilyn and Nancy came in evening.  Tom and Merilyn stayed at Helen's.
December 7, 1991:  We all went to Fort Randall Casino in So. Dakota.
December 8, 1991:  Tom, Merilyn, Nancy, Helen and John here for birthday dinner for Howard.  Greta came in p.m. with History of Winside book."

There were several trips to this or that casino over the years but somehow I managed to not make it on any of them.  Which, with my luck, is probably a very good thing.  I know Grandpa enjoyed going quite a bit.

We did not make Grandpa's birthday dinner because Rick was still in the hospital.  Those days are rather a blur especially after all these years.  I mainly remember that Mitch was a good little guy given the disruption to his normal routine.  The photo was taken about the same time.  Mitch had been smiling and looking cute with his low-budget reindeer "costume" but turned surly when I got the camera and made him leave it all on longer than he wanted.