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a short week

 It was a short week and we’re back at the lake again. The Little Pool is warmer now and they had fun.  Reading books on the kitchen floor: She refused to put on clothes or cooperate in any way.  That’s all right. It’s warm in the house.  She also fought her older sister, yelling and […]

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tubing!

 The lilies are in bloom in the swamp.  I love them. When we closed on this cabin back in July of 2004, they were in bloom. We’d only seen the cabin one time for about 20 minutes in May, so after the meeting where all the documents were signed, we were excited to drive back

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a fabulous monday

It was an all-in cousin day, from beginning to end.  Cousins from early in the morning until the day was done.  Went out fishing in the morning:  Some of the fish were adorably tiny: Others were pretty big:  This guy was cool  And on the island, this sign posted, which we found very intriguing: Love,

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july 2

 Started with Legos after breakfast.  Dog in the lilies.  They’ll be fine. I’m sure it was a cool spot to rest.  We got to see this plane land and then later take off again. This is the take off: And that’s that.  It’s after midnight, so technically it’s tomorrow. Love, Val

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met a cat

 Jay and Katie have a new cat, so Kari and I went over to meet her last night.  Nobody in our family has ever had a cat before–too many allergic people, so this was fun. A storm moved in while we were there, drenching sheets of rain, but as we arrived the gathering clouds were

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6-26-2017

 Here we have a girl being TWO. Why we’re doing this with the ads, I don’t know.  She actually rolled on them at one point.  Harmless enough Early in the morning we baked cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and they worked on art some more.  In the afternoon we went to the pool where it was

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