It’s beautiful, winter at its prettiest. Already this year there’s as much snow as normally happens in an entire season. They say it is good for the ground water, aquifers, all that. Okay, not arguing. School has been closed, travel difficult, but not today anymore. The tree has been taken down and it took a […]
And this guy, with a New Year’s Eve birthday, which is always fun to celebrate–they brought a cake and ice cream, and everyone was happy about that. Happy Birthday, my beautiful boy You are so loved so dearly, Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody
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Today was our family Christmas party, and these photos loaded completely out of order, but it doesn’t even matter. Everyone brought food and it was a feast. There were gifts. It looks like a lot, but it is just because there are a lot of us. It’s not excessive. John was sick and couldn’t be
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We went to Mark and Barbs, haven’t been there in a couple years due to the pandemic. Nothing has changed and it was as much fun as ever. Jay’s parents have this cozy place in the lower level and it is a comfortable place to stay for the winter. The Saran Wrap game was a
This tradition is somewhat new, though it has probably been five years. The kids are grown, but Santa is still fun, though not first thing in the morning. So while the dishwasher is being loaded and everyone changes into pajamas, Santa arrives, and we celebrate with gifts before bed. I love it. This year did
Last week we worked on getting ready for the Christmas Eve party. These guys were here one day for a little while. Put the decorations in the bathroom because, you know. If you’ve got them, why not? He cooked so many meatballs, and they were delicious. That’s what his shirt said, but I question this.
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You two: From a birthday long ago: From last spring: You are nothing but patient and kind, and we wish you the happiest birthday ever. Happy birthday, beautiful girl Love, Val and Jay and Everybody
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We were asked to babysit so they could do some Christmas shopping. There were six of us here, all adults. Seemed like we could handle it. We kept him under control. Just kidding. He’s pretty docile. We all cuddled him, and he liked looking at toys. Kai read him a book, and he liked it.
We drove out to Wisconsin on Saturday. It was a beautiful drive. And we saw these sweet people: And these: Saturdays don’t come any better. Love, Val
It started out early Monday morning with the second graders leading the prayer service at their school. That’s her in the middle, reading. Then the Christmas story in her classroom. She was a narrator, did a great job. Her class has only thirteen students. It was very sweet. That evening we watched a couple basketball
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