christmas day, 2016
We headed to Mark and Barb’s for the feast and celebration: Fantastic food, agreeable company, wonderful day. Presents for the kids–they were delighted. Merry Christmas. Nothing but love, Love, Val
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christmas eve
It was a warm, rainy day, kind of weird weather, but that’s okay. It was a great party, lots of people happy to be there, delicious food, easy company. It’s Peppa Pig, so exciting. Thanks to Mom and Dad for hosting this fabulous party and Merry Christmas, love, Val
christmas eve, 2016
My kids, patiently posing for a picture before church Afterward, killing a bit of time before heading to my parents: And these lovely pictures, taken by others tonight, so incredibly sweet–all of them in a row in their pajamas for a quick wonderful second: And a beautiful picture of my mother from tonight. All kind
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12-22-16
This guy’s Christmas program was on Wednesday. It was a lovely, sweet program, prayers and songs. He’s small around this house, but among his peers he’s tall! This used to happen with Julia too. She was a shrimp in this house, but at pre-school, huge! Here are the two of them together a few years
the week before christmas
Little Jay showed up here. He done took his finals and has to work and so forth, but he’s also kind of living as a free man for a few weeks. I heard his laugh from wherever I was in the house and it made me happy, come looking for him. Here he is meeting
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getting to know you
This is a lanky, timid puppy boy, but he did well. Kirsten arrived on schedule from Florida after putting in an incredibly long driving day yesterday trying to avoid a snowstorm on the way home. She even brought a Gingerbread House Kit and worked on it with the kids. Easing the guy into the family
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while the parents were christmas shopping
We had some funny kids here. They ate Kraft macaroni and cheese, ice cream, and so forth, and we had a great time. Here they are watching that old classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I watched a portion of it too, and what an ass Donner is. Good Lor-ED, he’s full of himself. This
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not the best idea
Started out kind of fine. Kid looking at her phone, petting a puppy. I told her she could light those candles. No little kids were in the house and we were right here. Yeah, okay, that was fine for about three minutes and then her hair was too close and there were too many pyro
so cold
This is from my niece’s instagram–her fiance posted this from his home about 30 miles from Minneapolis. It’s so darn cold here. These were taken last night after the snow. I do love those winter nights as bright as day after a snowstorm. It was just lovely, noises muffled, bright sky. But this: This is