Here we are, trying to get ready. It’s always a hassle rounding up our crap and getting out the door. But it’s so worth it. Here go the snorkel people. Alicia came to the pool too with b.g. and we snickered about them snorkeling in two feet of water with nothing to see but white […]
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Okay, I have no idea who these dudes are. They were at the little pool with these kids today. b.g. thought they were fantastic. I watched all this for a little while, then said to the girl who supervises the pool, “How very different dads are. I mean, they’re fine, but not like mothers.” She
Yeah, what about moments? Some are worth remembering. Like this. This is a picture Renee took of my Sweetie and me. She took it in a moment with her phone, and I laughed, expecting it to be a hideous picture–my hair looking like a rat’s nest, no make up, bad light. But it’s a gorgeous
Okay, here are some little people with big ideas. Now t.c. is going to give it a try. Poof. But he’s happy anyway. This takes a lot of patience, bringing the boat around again, and again, and again. But I’ve never heard Jay complain. John and Dan are helping Tim get ready for his turn.
Yes, it’s Alicia, Dan’s wife of seven years now, mother to b.g. There is the Alicia who goes to her very dignified job dressed up and perfect. And then there is this Alicia who can be found at the lake–in a t-shirt and pigtails, baby on her lap. I do love both. Plus I love
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It started out with a fairy house being built out of this stump. Then a bungee cord got involved. And then babies got involved, and water, and yeah. He’s bringing more water for the waterfall. There’s not much to say about a hot afternoon, and little boys, and a mess this much fun, except good
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The sunset was weird looking. Jay turned up beside me at the beach about this point, wondering what I was doing. Here is the sky to the south. And north Toward the island– The sky was dark from every angle, so we went back inside for a little one-card poker, a little shrimp, and some
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She never has. That’s her in the water with the cute little bun. Even as a little child, she’d holler and make mean faces about half the time. But this weekend, she was more lovely than ever, skin smooth and burnished tan, hair all curly from the heat, my beautiful, beautiful girl. And she was
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Do we know who this boy is? Awww, yeah. We do. It’s Jay back when he was fifteen. I didn’t know him yet, not for a couple more years. See this guy? It’s James. He turned up in the family a while back, like fourteen years ago. I never really thought he resembled his dad
