something from ten years ago: We made it through the winter! It was long and dark with deep cold and snow, but finally spring is here. The Mississippi is overflowing its banks in the city right now. Yesterday, stuck on a bridge in traffic we could see way down the river, our view unobstructed by […]
There was the usual pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt at church. Early, we were pulled aside and asked if we’d help take down the tables and stack the chairs afterward. The guy said, “We could use your helpers.” Sure, plus tall boys are good for stacking chairs. It made me chuckle a little. All
It is. And yet it was fine in the house. We have lights and heat. Little Jay and James went back to college to visit friends. Maria’s at a movie with a friend. Lydia’s a quiet as a cat. It’s just these giddy people–in the dirt in socks, driving people nuts with their laughing and
The first communions were at two different churches across town from each other, but we met up for one shared reception afterward. Their lively suburban church had a reenactment of The Last Supper, and t.c. was so excited he yanked on Dannell and asked, “Is that JESUS!? How can he be up there and in
We started watching p.j. this week, and it’s gone well, and life’s changing again. We’ll get good at it, find our stride. keeping a baby happy is a tough job all right It’s been a very sweet couple of days. Today we also had b.g. and that was the real test. here are the babies
Her, yep. The nicest woman in the world had a birthday this weekend. This party started because I asked her what she was doing on her birthday, and pretty soon it mushroomed, as these parties will do. If we get together we should include my siblings, who must include their kids because the kids live
Okay, this morning he had nothing scheduled, so he got up and took Maria to school. Then he went on a three mile walk. Then he went grocery shopping. Then he made a vegetable pizza for the party tonight. He did all this before I even got out of bed. (At 10:30. Heidi called and
Tonight we tackled that hell-hole. Jay’s been working on Tim’s room, so he’s been relocated to the guest room where Joe and Heidi lived this winter. Wheee. You can imagine. There’s a thing called The Gray Layer. It lives in nooks and crannies, under couch cushions. You know it when you see it. It’s Barbie
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a little sidewalk chalk art For the first time since last fall, it was warm and beautiful out. Heidi was here with her little peanut and we spent the afternoon on the patio. b.g. was here today too and he LOVED the patio. We went out there at noon and he never went back inside,
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Okay, for a long time we were a family of six. John, Dan, Heidi, Kirsten, and us. That was all, and it was good. I’m going through photo albums for a project involving my parents’ 50th anniversary and came across these, which are of a weekend visiting Jay’s grandparents John and Lydia. That’s Grandpa John
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