It is beautiful back there. Some claimed bear poop was found. I am not sure. This is the Barbie house Heidi made out of an old book case. They had so much fun with this all weekend. And video games of course, Dan trying to assist people far too stubborn and clueless for their own […]
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It was cold, but mostly okay. Except for today when it rained and snowed. John and Dannell had their tenth anniversary. This was their gift, this crazy pumpkin trio. We all enjoyed it all weekend. We played some games. Here’s Scattigories, where we do not keep score or follow many rules. It’s too much fun
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For the most part, the software would not allow me to insert any space between the photos for comments. It’s one of those,”Talk among yourselves,” things. Unexplained. But that’s okay. Less is often more. Above is a picture our neighbor took about twelve years ago. The little exhausted guy wiping his brow is James. You
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We went. It was beautiful, wonderful, perfect. First was a church service, a Catholic mass. We are not Catholic, but it’s still lovely. Then the kids sang. This is the kid rolling around on his grandfather. It’s a little aching to be there, at a grandparent occasion, seeing how the kids light up when they
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Okay, the camera got changed to fish-eye lens on me, probably tossing around in the purse. But here they are, ready to start their run around the park. Heidi runs, so p.j. knows what has to be done. She changed into a pair of Julia’s bike shorts, and told me she needed shoes. “I can’t
We had this whole blank day, and yesterday I was determined we not waste it. Days like this–good weather, free time, far too rare. So we hatched a plan to head to an apple orchard and found this one online, and this morning drove out there in person. Dannell and her guys joined us and
This is her. She’s in no physical pain, just being herself. But him? His head pounds and hurts. Why does it? He’s supposed to be getting better now, so why is he so much worse? Onward. Tomorrow is a new day. xo. love forever, Val
We had Happy Meals for lunch. This weird thing was the big attraction. Here they are on the big slide: Then when the afternoon got hot, they went to the shade. I ventured over there, wondered what she was looking at. Just this: Thank goodness for kids big and small and wonderful fall days. love,
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Okay, this morning she climbed into my bed to watch Curious George on PBS. That’s fine. But then she kicked and kicked and kicked until I was annoyed. “You keep on kicking and kicking, and now my whole back is uncovered and I’m cold.” I expected her to toss the covers over me or ignore
The woods are starting to show some color: The lake was still as glass. We took a walk to the dam today, and Maria was prettier than ever, curly hair blowing, white teeth, big blue eyes: I took a few pictures of a bunch of my girls: That little one was not a cooperator. We
