Tim re-wired these lamps last week. Look how cute they are, and now they work properly! And then late in the afternoon he was looking for his school pictures. We found them, and I later saw him cutting them apart, messing around. I must have looked curious because he told me the story: “I’m going […]
Fall has been beautiful. October, you do not disappoint. These kids were here last week. Supposedly the two older ones were sick. Maybe. I don’t know–never checked their temperatures or anything. They seemed fine to me. We had a very good time, some video games, some Legos, some time outside, part of a movie, and
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These are pictures of the new hoop shed going up. In June the first one was destroyed by a storm, and only a small section remains. A new one was put up in a spot where no trees are as likely to fall on it. It was a big job, tedious. It said, “Instant,” on
It was a quiet birthday–work, dinner with a sweet guy, birthday cake and gifts late in the evening. This is so ridiculously cute, didn’t even know it was possible: M, I went looking for some old pictures of you and found a few. This was Christmas Day a few years ago, holding Grace’s son: In
Happy Birthday, Joe! Thank you for being such a great son-in-law, uncle, brother-in-law, dad, and husband. This whole family loves you very much. We’ve had a lot of fun these last thirteen years or so. Love always, Jay and Val and Everybody
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Here we have two aunts entertaining an unruly toddler: My grandpa’s tractor in the destroyed hoop shed: Beginning construction on a new hoop shed: Julia, in a very fine school jacket of Kirsten’s from back in the day: Frog hunting: The little girls and the mama: They brought this pipe from the field to the
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Baptism went well. Their pastor is quite lovely. Her sermon was riveting and insightful, and full of that very important challenge to stop keeping score on each other, to simply go ahead and freely love. This baptism of a confused two year old and her baby sister was accomplished with little drama and a lot
I bought this guy that fastens to the outside door lights for $3.99. I only bought one, not sure how it would work. Well, it was simple and fun, and I might need two more. She’s here for a sleepover, beautiful child with her dearly beloved tablet. When we first painted this room this shade
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It’s already starting to happen–fall colors starting. She was left here to get babysat for a couple hours. She found this container of rice Julia was using to dry her cell phone after it FELL IN THE LAKE on Saturday. Good LOR-ed. Julia jumped right in the lake to save it, but why was it
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Heidi felt terrible on Monday, which was unfortunate. We still had a good time hanging out with these two girls. On Tuesday, the roof crew we’ve been waiting for since June appeared and replaced the roof. We had hail damage in June, and our insurance company sent a check to replace the roof. Tuesday, apparently
