This picture below made me think of this: At one time Jay’s dad knew a guy in his forties who was remarried and having babies with his second wife. He told Jay, “What is he thinking? He’ll be in his fifties and still have kids in elementary school!” Jay laughed, “I don’t know, Dad.” Then […]
The boat wasn’t working right. Turns out a tube was disconnected, and a can of Sea Foam was needed. It was cured and worked fine eventually, so it was all good. This is the Lego party going on in Dannell and John’s trailer. It seems we’re being asked to leave. Across the way, it was
The big kids stayed up pretty late Friday night. The babies were up bright and early: John bought them a couple rolls of masking tape. It kept them busy for hours, building a fort, they said. I asked no further questions. This is a big, water-filled pad Dannell made for the kids to play on.
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At some point in the afternoon, p.j. asked me for the chocolate bunny high up in the cupboard. My parents gave them for Easter, and this one was still uneaten. I handed it to her and said to bring it back when she was done. She did, and what remained after she and her aunties
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By coincidence, both our fathers have the same birthday! These are pictures of a man who was so over-the-moon happy to be a grandpa–absolute glee. He jumped into the role without hesitation of any kind. Some years ago they moved several hours drive away, so the time we spend together these days is far too
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Tonight was the party for Dad’s birthday. They were without electricity for many days after the storms came through, but the power came back on Tuesday night, so everything was back to normal. (Yeah, there was a feast.) This little girl fell asleep on the way to the party. Too much swimming in the hot
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Tonight was Dad’s birthday party at my parents. These are pictures from the back yard. Dan gave some hill rolling lessons. b.g. had a downhill spin thing going on, and p.j. kept going sideways. Someone got my camera and got a picture of me rolling down the hill. I commented that the yard
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Yeah, everyone was happy at the little pool today and the afternoon was gorgeous–not too humid, nice and hot, mild breeze. Happy Thursday. love, Val
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Okay, I’m a follower of the blog, The Happiness Project. I read her book while sprawled on various lawn chairs in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in December a couple years ago. That’s a good place for the contemplation of happiness. Anyway, when I first discovered The Happiness Project, we were in the free fall of the
These are pictures Dan took over by his house. I swiped them from Facebook. See the water gushing from cracks in the pavement? Bubbling out of storm drains? Yeah. This next photo is not one of Dan’s pictures. This was taken by my friend Ann, mother of James’ buddy, a guy upstairs at my house tonight.
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