oh yeah, the little treasure hunters all dressed up for the wedding last fall They went down into the storage area behind the office… and had an adventure. A treasure hunt, he called it. Aww, give me a break. They took out Christmas gift tags, mittens, an old iron, music tapes, the long tail from […]
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Tonight before supper I took Maria out driving. She’s on her permit and needs the practice, and it was such a beautiful evening. Jay was painting windows on the second floor, so we had to take the little kids with us. It was a fine trip out. She didn’t run over anybody, crash the car,
I bought a pair of new black pants last week. They’re good. I like them, except lint and fuzz is attracted to them. They’re just some kind of cotton twill, but stuff sticks to them as bad as it would to velvet. My mom and I were discussing this today and she laughed, “You used
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Jay and I worked today. When I came home and asked the kids where he was, they said he was asleep on the patio. Really? Yeah. I found him, head on the metal arm of the swing, left leg twisted in a pretzel bend for balance, asleep on that little swing. When he woke up,
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The thirty-eighth birthday was spent in bed in the sun with beautiful newborn Kari. Lori came with buns and sandwich meat, and we all had a picnic in the bedroom. The kids took silly video, bouncy, seasick video. Kari slept. The forty-eighth? Babysitting b.g. and dropping off our LAST tuition check at preschool. (The school
Yeah, this one, this little cute one… who emerged wound so many times in her cord that her dad had to untangle her… whose first words were: “No!” “Mine!” and “Stuck!” kari, and her brother dan, on her birthday …the one who has been charming us and cracking us up for years, turned ten years
We toured a house today, a spectacular remodel worth several million dollars. It was very fun…the dramatic stairways and light fixtures, the rooftop patio with the view of the city skyline. What a house. I love looking at houses, new and old ones, the infinite variety, the way light alters hallways and rooms. Observing other
Beautiful day, lots of fun… We went to church and to the Easter breakfast before the service. It was great. Tim decided he wanted seconds on the sausage, so I told him to go get in line and ask. They’d give it to him. He went skipping on up there and I figured they’d put
Here we have the kids coloring eggs. The kit had only three colors. What the heck? They usually have a whole bunch, like ten. But, you know? With three it worked just as well and it was less of a mess. We did eighteen eggs and everyone was happy. And my mom took Lydia birthday
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We used to call this guy Baby Jay. Then it evolved to Little Jay, and we still call him that, even though he’s taller than his dad. This week he took his placement test for college in the fall, and graduation is a few weeks away. His whole childhood is over. How could this HAPPEN?
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