It was a pretty great day, a fun day to be grandparents. (Well. That’s pretty much true every day.) Dannell teaches at a private school, and the kids also attend there. First there was a church service, very lovely. Then the kids sang songs, also lovely. Then roast beef and mashed potatoes, green beans, and […]
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That’s what I’m doing tonight. I’ve done the other side underneath the rolled up rug and furniture, so at this point we’re almost done, only 1/4 left after this. I stripped all the old finish off, what was left of it anyway, crawled around rubbing with chemicals and steel wool. Then I sanded spots. You
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These two pictures are from Tuesday. The girl is fully mobile now. I put up the baby gate so she couldn’t crawl out to the kitchen, but that didn’t stop her. She came around the other way, through the dining room, had her party with the broom and the swiffer and advanced on to the
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Aww, yes, it’s her, laughing her awesome little laugh at the thingy that shoots the nerf darts. Why she finds this so funny, we have no idea. Thank goodness for babies, and aunties too. love you girls, Grandma
Was spent in hours of swimming, and goofing around in the yard. And they worked on the deck. Something weird happened to the camera, and I snapped this one of her, trying to see if it still worked. It seems to. The water was a little cold, but the sun was hot. Okay, they caught
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Friday night there was one-card poker. Here’s a picture of John’s trusty dog. And here are these girls, enjoying a sleepover. Joe worked on his fishing pole. And the deck got going There was a bike ride. Here they are mixing cement. Joe sailing while the breeze was good. Here’s l.c. working with his own
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We got your Moo Jr.s right here–nothing better. Here are a couple guys doing tricks on the swings. And sharing the ear buds to the game. John was here using his dad’s tools to work on his car, and brought the kids to play. The morning went by fast. I asked t.c. if he felt
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Yes, it was. Here is the morning, already hot. This guy is still in pajamas. Here’s a little school work happening. And here’s a Moo Jr. happening. Oh yes, the wild game begins: Jump up– raspberries– shrieking– He turns around to begin again: She likes it. Okay, Julia took this picture. Not sure who took
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This is a picture of my niece. For a minute I considered cropping this picture, but then thought, oh no. Let’s include Heidi’s hyper face, the gaudy linoleum, the old laminate counter tops all cracked and terrible. The girl in the blue print shirt is Lori’s little girl. She’s in all the birthday party pictures.
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Ah, yes. It’s Maria. Many characters were here for supper tonight, to celebrate. Here’s James working on an insane school assignment. He’ll get it done, wade through the b.s. and yet why, but this isn’t even a teacher-assigned bit of work. It’s some government standard. Yeah, let’s not talk about it. Here they’re laughing because
