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This is the special event at their school, sea lion exhibit, much research and many projects.   And we spaced it out and were not there. Disappointing and stupid.  It looks like a really fun night and our student worked pretty hard on this. As a gesture of my regret we got pizzas and cupcakes after […]

Look at that smile. Grandpa’s birthday buddy, nothing better! – Cousins all around – And right in the middle of your family. We are so happy you’re ours.  You’ve brought us so much happiness, can’t imagine life without you. Happy Birthday and best wishes for a fabulous year ahead.  Love, Grandma and Grandpa 

It was a great party, a great way to spend Sunday afternoon. We haven’t been all together since Christmas, and everyone seemed happy to see each other and enjoy a meal. – – – Cake time! – – Gifts! – Smile nice, Jule Ahh, hahaha – – Lava lamps went to James and Kenya’s house. 

This amaryllis is taking off again, even after half a dozen times.    Not sure if it’ll bloom or not. Sherry gave this to us years ago, big red flowers.  We’ll see. These are the windows this morning, full of ice.  They only get frosty like this a couple days each winter.  I guess this

Tim gave us the white bulbs for Christmas, and Sherry gave us the red ones.  The red may bloom again.  They’re just sooo pretty.  A little youth basketball for tonight, was a fast moving, very rough game.   Number 12 said it wasn’t that much fun to play in. He got banged around a lot. –

That little yule log the cat has his nose on–my mom and I made those on an afternoon at her house. In 1996! That thing has held up.   But there are always the straggler Christmas decorations that don’t get spotted on the first round of clean up, or the second.   Maybe this one is on

The cold snap this week is super unpopular. It has us looking at pictures of Mexico. We decided to skip it this year, and that’s still the right choice, just feeling a little wistful when the high for Friday is like -15F. This baby dog is the reason we decided to stay home, and she’s

Those these little guys were here today because they usually are on Monday, getting watched by their grandpa.  Kari didn’t have to work.  Julia starts class tomorrow, and the other child asked to come over because she’s nice like that and wanted to hang with the fam and play with the little guys. It was

That’s it. Started having a fever on Friday and feel only a little better today. Pretty stupid way to spend the weekend. Onward. Love, Val

Pet photos They love playing in the faucet.  This is the only thing–people talk about, “Oh the litter box,” but that doesn’t bother me.  (We’ve lived with turtle debris for decades.)    The only thing I dislike about the cats is how they don’t respect surfaces in the kitchen. I don’t want anybody walking on