On Friday, we headed to my aunt and uncle’s farm to pick up a tractor. When my uncle told me a few weeks ago that Jay had bought a tractor, I was real annoyed. “Where did Jay get money?” He laughed, “I don’t know! I didn’t ask that. Free delivery, Val!” Well, as it turns […]
My sister, Pam, turned fifty today. All day long I kept thinking about when we were little and how our birthdays were like National Holidays to us, and remembering that we’d be getting ready for Pam’s birthday party–pointy hats, neighbor kids. Tonight they had us all to their house for a party. My kids react
These are from Saturday before the heat arrived yesterday. The kids were here for lunch. Jay and Maria made pizzas and they were amazing. She has tricks from Dominos for making the crust crisper and lighter. We decided this summer that this little play yard fence could go away. We originally put up for
After that drenching episode we moved on to miniature golf. This is a picture I took quick before James could make a weird face. “How are you going to deal with senior pictures?” Yeah, that’s going to be a challenge. And then we came home and sang Happy Birthday to Tim. And
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Next were the bumper boats. As they stood in line the kids all said the same thing: We do not want to be soaking wet. Let’s just squirt each other’s boats, not actually drench each other. That sounded good. Well there were two young squirrels in the pool we didn’t even know, and they weren’t
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The family birthday party is delayed until next weekend–everyone is too busy at this point to find an acceptable evening all together. So we had to find something else to do to celebrate Tim’s day. This was fun. Jay used to take a herd of boys here back when John and Dan were little for
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They went this week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. They had to be there between 7:30 and 8:00 am and went until 5pm This was appalling to them. They sleep until 10 normally, never have to do anything for 9 solid hours! Well, they were up, teeth brushed, hair, shoes and socks, bathing suits packed.
Here they are, trying to lure a sunfish into their basket. When Sam does actually catch a fish, she just rolls it around in her mouth for a minute and spits it out again, no harm done. These two girls were pretty happy to see each other. And my parents came to the lake too.
You know, I watch my kids and my grandbabies with their ipads and parents’ phones and I’m so amazed. I’ve heard the negative comments about how kids can’t even carry on a conversation these days (not true) and how technology is wrecking their brains. Sponge Bob could supposedly cause brain damage was one report. Puh-leeze.
James had a friend along, and Jay ended up staying Saturday night too. No matter how big you get, you’re still mine. xo. love forever, Mom
