January 26. Yep. It’s your day. It’s about the time of the year when the days feel like they’re starting to get longer again, less darkness. Plus, two years ago this little darling turned up to make the day ever special. Heidi and Joe came over with cake, knowing I was working, so you would […]
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Here’s a picture from last year. You look a little concerned. Here’s a picture from now, understandably nervous. I remember being very nervous when it was time to talk to Santa too. But look at you! You turned from a baby into a little KID! This is my favorite picture of you and me
It’s been post-holiday, post-vacation, inauguration funk within me. This whole week was such a drag. Back to reality: ugh. My parents are gone for a long time. It’s gloomy and dark. Just, ugh. Well, some kids came to play yesterday and they made me happy. There was a sleepover with this cousin who made her
This is our quickly growing Elin, asleep in the shoe pile near the back door. She’s about as sweet as candy, velvety and goofy clumsy. This is Julia who got her Invsalign orthodontia today, excited! She has no teeth called the Laterals. Congenital defect. I am missing one molar. John two. Julia has no laterals–the
This was our last evening, very lovely. We walked the beach and the city for a couple hours, air soft and warm. And that’s the end. In the morning we walked the beach some more and headed to the airport in the afternoon. It was good to come home, get back to our kids and
Boca de Tomatlan–we’ve been here before. It’s a beautiful little cove south of Puerto Vallarta, quiet town, tourist shops, water taxis, a couple restaurants on the beach. The river comes from the mountain and meets up with the ocean at the beach. Gorgeous. Love, Val
Being cut into the mountain, the paths first lead up and up and up. This is the top where there’s a station with air conditioning, tables, conference room, patio. We hung out here a little while before heading back down the paths again. This is the food for the turtles: There they are, resting in
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We’ve been here before, but had one last day to spend, so we headed south to the zoo and Boca. The zoo is cut into the sides of the mountains in the jungle, very pretty. This guy wanted peanuts. Zoos are. Well. You know. The animals look fine, though perhaps a bit bored. There are
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This was at the restaurant, funny. They also had cats I fed bits of shrimp to. Love, Val
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This was the only formal thing we did–just a four hour whale watching tour out in the Banderas Bay. We got up as the sun was coming up and took a taxi to the marina. The guide announced this was an ECO TOUR, not a PARTY BOAT. No alcohol or anything else, no funny
