Last night I heard from Dan, asking if I could keep this kid who didn’t feel all that great yesterday. Yeah, sure. As long as he isn’t actively puking or exhibiting some other alarming symptom, that’s fine. He recovered nicely overnight. At one point during the day I saw him outside with the rest of […]
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This is a picture of me, taken the day we closed on the cabin, four days before Julia was born. This was a couple weeks later, Julia in my arms, Kari beside. This was taken a few days ago, the grandkids at the lake: The little trio of little sisters: If anyone would have told
They complain about how loud these little people are. True, they’re very loud. Back in the day, the aunties and uncles weren’t necessarily all that quiet either. When I was a little child, my mom’s sisters and brother were young teenagers, and it was a lot of fun being the niece in that situation. One
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The boat never got put in–too much rain. But the thrill-seekers were not disappointed. Dan’s oldest kid LOVED being raced around the lake with John, urged him to go faster, cut tighter corners. love, Mom
My parents came to hang out with us for the afternoon on Saturday. It was lovely having them with us, good food, crazy kids, lots of energy. My mom’s sister and her family were staying at the resort next door, so we walked over and spent an hour with them on lawn chairs perched on
There was a lot of energy at the lake this weekend. Tons of it. The rectangle pool was full of hot water–that was the hot tub. The little round pool had only a little water in it for the babies. The other pool was for cooling off in after sitting in the hot tub. Whatever
We got popsicles and walked over to the Tooth Fairy House on Sunday night. It’s at the resort next door. There it is! They all peeked in the door and speculated things about teeth and where the fairy might be. Then we walked back home again, or ran. I guess they actually ran. Love you
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People put on the waders. For which Jay was grateful, even though he stood in ice water in bare legs. The dock is in. It’s stable. We all left. Praise God. Love, Val
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She’s been taking gymnastics all winter, and she’s getting better. With a million cartwheels through the house and around the yard all day long, to be expected, I guess. Anyway, she loved being part of this group, and had a totally great time. These from yesterday, where the mud was plentiful. And this–I knew
Summer’s here! She found a mosquito on her arm and was sure she was dead of Zika virus. Zika has not made it to Wisconsin so far that we know of. Time to repaint the dock. First we scraped it as much as we could: Look how pretty the evening was: Back inside, who knows
