The Pomranka.Net » jackson park http://www.pomranka.net Life, family & photography from U. City, MO Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:56:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 JP Kindergarten Picnic http://www.pomranka.net/2010/06/09/jp-kindergarten-picnic/ http://www.pomranka.net/2010/06/09/jp-kindergarten-picnic/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:12:44 +0000 pomranka http://www.pomranka.net/?p=1366

What would the end of kindergarten be without a taking a walk to the local park for a picnic?

Enjoy the rest of the picnic photos on my photography site, www.jeffreyphoto.com

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The two kindergarten clasess from Jackson Park Elementary School took a trip to the St. Louis Zoo.  Above is the Animoto video made from the photos taken during the outing and the photos can all be found in the Jackson Park School gallery under Children heading on www.jeffreyphoto.com

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Olivia’s brownie troop was there selling desserts that really hit the spot after trying to taste 20 different chili recipes. 100122-Chili Cookoff-6498

I was then asked by Mr. Barnes to get some photos of the award winners.  He sure does appear to have fun being the emcee.

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All the photos from the evening are available at jeffreyphoto.com in Events.

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