It was today! Fourteen years old! Shopping with Grandma and lunch, doesn’t get any better. More cupcakes tonight before bed: Yesterday: This is why you two are the best, just having fun, being weird. Oh, Julia, sweet lovely Jule Your energy, your loud laughter, your whole crazy self? We love you so incredibly much. […]
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These are pictures from the family room. This is a busy, heavily used room, full of toys. Well, not today. We added this family room onto the side of the house in 2003. There was a little room off the dining room before, and we called it the school room, and spent more time in
Maria planned this and bought dye and over a dozen t-shirts. Rubber bands were applied and then dye. Out in the grass is the place for this. Gloves could be used, but we did not. Stained fingers and hands were everywhere. That dog is on the job: The shirts turned out beautiful. There are more
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I work from home all the time, but haven’t worked from the cabin for real before. But last week I did, and it was lovely sitting in Kirsten’s office upstairs, breeze from the window, awesome view. When I saw the whole gang enjoying a meal, ran over to eat some chips and dip before getting
A surprising number of little kids have become brave and taken off water skiing. This guy did great. He did get on his feet and it was impressive. The cheering could be heard all the way across from the lake. She skiied as well. Even this guy, only six years old. Love, Grandma
We were all together for days and days at the lake. Everybody–every single person did their best to be nice. It means a lot, especially when it rains and we’re all tripping over each other. Thank you all. Love, MOM and DAD
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She was dared to do this. I guess twenty dollars was involved, which kind of makes me laugh. She has little need for money. She’s thirteen. We pay her bills. But John held her up by the life jacket, and the others hung around and gave suggestions while they waited for the boat to idle
Everyone exhibits extraordinary patience on days like this. We have to. I told Alicia it’s like air travel. Everyone is in exactly the same little space, enduring the same situation. Everyone benefits if everyone is just as very patient and nice as possible. That’s her leading a craft project. She is an analyst with an
