It was that kind of night. Dan called late in the afternoon about coming by, and yeah, we’re all for it. I made a pasta salad and Heidi brought food, and I made sandwiches and it was lovely. The kids were dying to get down to this basement under the family room to attack the […]
Here you are over the weekend, playing lifeguard. This from 2002, you wrangling my wild baby, Lydia. This is the story of Heidi’s name: Before she was born, we picked out a pretty girl’s name–Jennifer Michelle. It was a perfect, pretty baby girl name. And then she was born and didn’t look at all like
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Yes, he is. And we had a great weekend at the lake, a fine day today, all of us together, having fun. Here are some pictures from the past. When you’ve known someone thirty-three years, there is history you cannot escape, not that I’d even want to. This is from thirty years ago. Smurf sweats.
This morning we stepped outside and it felt like we were in Punta Cana again, it was so humid and hot. We have air conditioning in the cabin, which doesn’t get used very much. Wisconsin is not usually that hot, but today it was. Here’s most everybody at the sand bar. This one stayed back
Yes, it was, and then we realized we were out of forks and out of paper plates. The wind was brisk. Dannell found some paper plates and forks in their trailer while Jay and I washed some as fast as we could. Small problems, minor inconvenience. We sang and did candles for the little ones,
My Sweetie asked me when the party was? He’d heard we were having a party. It was true. We celebrated all the end of summer birthdays in one big bash on Saturday night. I made a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, and we bought fancy ice cream from a local dairy. We had
Oh yeah, that classic old family game. John threw this beer can out, then challenged t.c. to a race to get to it. The child swims fast, especially if there is a contest involved. This challenge inspired some very determined swimming. This is the little cutie who jumped in and tried to swim after her
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There was a lot of this. Even on a hot, sunny weekend, they get glued to their ipads and this tablet. Maybe they just need a little time to cool off and regroup. Here’s Dan, swishing kids around in the shallow water. He did this over and over again, made them so happy. Ahhh, that
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Nice and hot, lots of sun, many pictures: Skipping rocks: This amused me–see those swim trunks? Apparently they used to be Jay’s and he handed them down to James. I never noticed before how the plaid doesn’t match–not even at all, no attempt. Many more pictures, lots more fun. love you guys, Mom, aka Grandma
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On Friday, we headed to my aunt and uncle’s farm to pick up a tractor. When my uncle told me a few weeks ago that Jay had bought a tractor, I was real annoyed. “Where did Jay get money?” He laughed, “I don’t know! I didn’t ask that. Free delivery, Val!” Well, as it turns
