It’s fun to go looking for pictures. I have some, but not usually great ones–ten people around a birthday cake, not of specific faces. This one above I saw was dated 2007. 2007! You people look exactly the same. Thank you for another wonderful year of happiness and fun. Thanks for your kindness most of […]
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We sat on the deck in the evening and the clouds were crazy. It never did storm here, barely a little passing rain. Beautiful July. love, Val
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And then we came home adn these guys had arrived. love, Grandma
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Shrimp and coloring books. A delicate baby toad: The fair: And then we ventured to the rides. Woo. Hoo. And then there’s this, a picture Jay snapped of the three of us on the Tilt a Whirl. This was one ride I used to drag the kids on, and John remembers it. It’s a ride
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They came to play this morning, and ransack they did. At one point the freezer door was hanging open and orange cream bars were all over the kitchen floor. Apparently they’d grabbed what they wanted. I tossed the ice creams all back in the freezer and shut the door. Crazy fools. Maria and Kari were doing
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Here we have some party guests eating supper. It was quieter out here. While the person opens gifts, the little ones get closer and closer until they’re all right up touching. They raided the costume bins. That tiger one is really heavy and hot, but he liked it anyway. Joe gave haircuts on the
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She wanted a new bicycle. The old one is known to be a crappy bike. The kids even have a name for that bike. Let’s be done with it. This is the new one she and her dad picked up at Target. Then we ate pizza and went to the pool. It was a lovely evening.
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We do go to these fireworks every year. Lori used to invite us. After supper, we’d trek down some kind of goat trail from her house to the boulevard viewing spot. This year we went to the park near where Alicia’s brother and his wife live. It was quite a hike, but also quite do-able. “Make
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We met up there, even though it was cloudy. It was warm and they had fun. In the yellow shorts is Alicia’s sister in law. She’s easy company too. And after we swam we walked up to the Dairy Queen. I ordered p.j. a little sundae cup of ice cream, being practical and all, knowing
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Tim and Julia have outgrown the Little Pool, although it’s still great for p.j. So I bought a year’s family pass to the Big Pool. We’ve gone a few times now, and it’s not as exciting as it was the first day, but it’s good. They have a food stand where we bought lunch a
