It’s that in between week between Christmas and New Year’s. Last weekend it felt like Saturday every day. Then there were a few sort of normal days. Now it’s back to the Saturday feeling all over again. The snow went to the north of the cities, but we did get slop and rain. Here are […]
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We met over at the hospital. I have not seen my little peanut in over a week as she struggled her way through RSV. They don’t encourage visitors. No additional germs or people, please. But she’s doing a little better, and it was lovely to be there with them. Heidi was able to hold her
We went to Mark and Barb’s. They’ve been hosting for at least ten years now, and it’s always a great day–delicious food, easy going company, just perfect. There were gifts for the kids. This tree is quite a beauty. It was cut fresh about a month ago and still looked amazing. After all these years
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This is a new tradition, only a couple years old. Turns out, after the Christmas Eve party, people are a lot more lively than they will ever be in the morning. And Santa is very delighted to stop by earlier rather than late. So late in the night, like midnight, we gathered to open Santa
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We brought Heidi’s kids to church with us because of work schedules and getting to the hospital to be with the tiny sister. That works. It was fun. Here’s everybody, cooperating for a picture. The one in the striped leggings only agreed to be in the picture at all because of the hair dryer. These
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Yesterday was our family Christmas party. Same party as every Christmas. The food was delicious, the company easy-going. Joe’s mom is in the red shirt–it was nice she was there with us. There were gifts. Heidi’s little baby is still in the hospital, but getting much better. The sisters helped open her Christmas gifts. That
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A bunch of us made it to the Preschool Christmas Program, and it was very sweet. She’s enjoying Christmas, even made it to Santa–cautious, but willing. At preschool they made little nativity sets using a shoe box and decorated wooden pegs. After school she showed it to Heidi and talked about the characters. The angel
This little girl has held her own all week, and today her doctors said they see improvement. All week we’ve been glad for holding steady. RSV can be serious trouble, and for her it was. Even if it’s only a little improvement, we are relieved and encouraged. So much love, Sweetheart, Love, Grandma and Grandpa
So this was a couple weeks ago when John and Dannell’s Christmas tree went over, water everywhere, glass breaking, huge, disappointing mess. John’s 1987 Minnesota Twins World Series ornament broke, but I found another one on ebay. Dan said he was going to sell his to John. Funny. Anyway, they moved on from that disaster,
Some kids slept over because it was their parents company Christmas party. So we had a party of our own here, very fun. They had energy. This is their very favorite. These girls played American Girl Dolls for a long time upstairs. At bedtime we changed the sheets in James’ room, all fresh beds and
