the pumpkin process
Wow. So much went on while I was gone tonight. They texted me a picture, but it wasn’t the same as being here. love you guys, Mom
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October 2011
what i came home to tonight
He carved pumpkins with the kids while I was gone. Apparently Kirsten helped. This is a picture of the pumpkin on the kitchen table. When I came in the house tonight, late, there they were in a row, electric flickering candles inside them in the dark living room. I was delighted. Here’s a picture with
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more pictures from last weekend
These are the flowers from John and Dannell’s anniversary, very nice. And here is Tim taking apart the old, cracked bed frame we replaced. Well, we rotated beds. Dan and Alicia bought one at a garage sale, so we put that in the cabin, and moved a bed, and then discarded this old broken one.
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a fishing trip from last weekend
Last weekend we spent four days at the cabin, finishing the deck, and closing everything up for the year. But there was time for a little fishing. The fish were not biting AT ALL, but they had fun trying. Okay, here she is, so far so good. But now, here’s Heidi’s dog! She jumped off
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costume party at great-grandma and grandpa’s house
For many, many years now, my parents have hosted this costume party for all of us, and it is seriously a blast. Okay, Tim in full Luigi moustache And Julia in Heidi’s old ladybug costume. It’s way tamer on Julia than it was on Heidi. Jay getting help from Maria with his Power Ranger helmet
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the last little girl
Oh, you know her. It’s Julia Katrin. This afternoon I found this Christmas dress at the store, and we’ve been going through closets and drawers, getting rid of outgrown clothes, and I’m pretty sure there must be a Christmas dress that fits her already in the closet. I think it’s a black velvet dress Kirsten
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birthday lunch
It was her idea, and an excellent one. Her dog leaped through the air, attacking Sam in the head, sooo excited to be here. I picked up food from the deli and my mom came and it was perfect for a birthday on a Monday. This is the insane card the kids picked out for
who’s got a birthday?
Kirsten does! Here they all are, Halloween 1986, her one week old–see her tiny on the pillow? She grew pretty fast for a while. Here’s daddy with both his girls. I love this crazy nakey picture of you Kirsten, one year old. You’re so darn cute, I could grab you up and smooch your neck.
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happy 8th anniversary!
Before I said it was their seventh anniversary, but John called to inform me I was off a year. He said he reads this blog every day to check it for correctness. Oh my. Here they are with my grandma, at the reception. What a great day that was. We had so much fun. Here
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weird people
I know some. Okay this kid was at church yesterday sitting beside me in the pew, and I noticed the price tag was still dangling from his shoe. I dug in my purse for a little scissor to cut that plastic loop. I whispered to Jay, “You know, this is not even the first time