pictures from a boat ride
These little critters were found in the dirt near the wood pile. Love, Grandma
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pictures from last weekend and a story from this one
We’re up at the lake this weekend, very quiet weekend. We have been working on the fish house. Jay fixed the door and replaced a few rotten boards. We had to go to Menards for paint and boards. I painted. This morning I made scrambled eggs. I made a huge batch: nine eggs, cheese,
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happy birthday, dannell
Here’s a picture from a long time ago, but you both still look the same. This is something I wrote back in 2002, back before you guys were married: Happy New Year! This year our family will be getting bigger though not in the usual way we have. Our oldest son and his girlfriend of many
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first day of school, 2016
On the first day of school, we take First Day of School pictures, and go out for lunch. It’s a lovely tradition we all enjoy. The kids get to decide where they want their picture taken. One of Lydia’s last homeschool photos she chose to perch on some old toilets in front of the garage–when
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pokemon birthday
Thanks for making us part of this evening. We were so happy to be there with you. All these years of loving you? Since 2009? When you used to come to my house and we’d have Couch Potato Grandma and nap together? To now when you’re a full-grown guy building Legos with your dad and
so first of september
This is the house we live in, the early to mid-morning light. So some especially cute people have shown up. And yeah, we get to figure that out Trying on all the basket of dirty clothes: Some kind of wild bangs situation I tried to assist with and was rejected. Ice cream on the patio!
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when your windows rot off your house
So this is what’s happening here. These very quiet looking windows are rotting off the house. We paint all the time. This is a big house, not suitable to any all-at-once painting situation. We paint ourselves around the house, year by year. Well. That’s all fine and so forth until you come upon window sills
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bar harbor boat show
It was fun, something we haven’t done before. The day was perfect for it, pleasant, but not hot, cloudy sky minimized glare. This is like the boat Jay had when we were first married. There’s the little Larsen like Jay had again, from a different angle: It was a fun boat to ride in, cut
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double birthday
One day, it’s Dan’s birthday. The next day, yours. Ever since you were a little girl, you’ve been a friend. One day I bought a new picture for the wall, and the guys all marched past it, didn’t even notice, but you did. You came up the stairs and paused and pointed it out