It was her idea, and an excellent one. Her dog leaped through the air, attacking Sam in the head, sooo excited to be here. I picked up food from the deli and my mom came and it was perfect for a birthday on a Monday. This is the insane card the kids picked out for […]
Kirsten does! Here they all are, Halloween 1986, her one week old–see her tiny on the pillow? She grew pretty fast for a while. Here’s daddy with both his girls. I love this crazy nakey picture of you Kirsten, one year old. You’re so darn cute, I could grab you up and smooch your neck.
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Before I said it was their seventh anniversary, but John called to inform me I was off a year. He said he reads this blog every day to check it for correctness. Oh my. Here they are with my grandma, at the reception. What a great day that was. We had so much fun. Here
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I know some. Okay this kid was at church yesterday sitting beside me in the pew, and I noticed the price tag was still dangling from his shoe. I dug in my purse for a little scissor to cut that plastic loop. I whispered to Jay, “You know, this is not even the first time
It was a pretty great day, a fun day to be grandparents. (Well. That’s pretty much true every day.) Dannell teaches at a private school, and the kids also attend there. First there was a church service, very lovely. Then the kids sang songs, also lovely. Then roast beef and mashed potatoes, green beans, and
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That’s what I’m doing tonight. I’ve done the other side underneath the rolled up rug and furniture, so at this point we’re almost done, only 1/4 left after this. I stripped all the old finish off, what was left of it anyway, crawled around rubbing with chemicals and steel wool. Then I sanded spots. You
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These two pictures are from Tuesday. The girl is fully mobile now. I put up the baby gate so she couldn’t crawl out to the kitchen, but that didn’t stop her. She came around the other way, through the dining room, had her party with the broom and the swiffer and advanced on to the
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Aww, yes, it’s her, laughing her awesome little laugh at the thingy that shoots the nerf darts. Why she finds this so funny, we have no idea. Thank goodness for babies, and aunties too. love you girls, Grandma
Was spent in hours of swimming, and goofing around in the yard. And they worked on the deck. Something weird happened to the camera, and I snapped this one of her, trying to see if it still worked. It seems to. The water was a little cold, but the sun was hot. Okay, they caught
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Friday night there was one-card poker. Here’s a picture of John’s trusty dog. And here are these girls, enjoying a sleepover. Joe worked on his fishing pole. And the deck got going There was a bike ride. Here they are mixing cement. Joe sailing while the breeze was good. Here’s l.c. working with his own
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