Happy Birthday! It has been such a pleasure these last years getting to know you and watch your life and Jay’s unfold. We appreciate your patience and sense of humor. I hope today was a wonderful day. Happy Birthday! Love, Jay and Val and Everybody
Today’s your birthday, so I went looking for pictures, and there were so many good pictures. Here we are, you and me back in the hair twirling days. Your best girl: Halloween You and dad Florida! Thailand! I hope today is a wonderful day, the bonfire at Heidi’s with all the rowdy nieces. We love
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It was such a delicious meal and such a fun night. We love you so much, and hope it’s a wonderful year. Happy Birthday, Maria Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody else
You were such a cute child. I had so much fun being your mom. Look at that gorgeous dress, how pretty you were, bright blue eyes and curls. This was some pumpkin carving extravaganza back when the big kids were in college. What an array of Jack o Lanterns–you in your silky Barbie nightgown, blanky
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Thursday we had a little pre-birthday lunch together. Even Cramp-aw was there. Happy Birthday, Violet! It’s been one heck of a couple years, but here you are, healthy and strong, eating with your family, standing on two feet, dancing to Frozen tunes every day. We love you, girlfriend. Can’t wait to see what the next
It was a great day, great group picture, so much love. There were doughnuts in the morning, a community fish fry for lunch, just perfect. Here they are, frying the fish. And these guys, so pretty. So very glad to have the opportunity to spend your birthday with you in person. You are so dearly
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It was a great day at the lake. They were playing some game called Worst Case Scenario. Now that they can all read and have discussions, it gets a bit interesting. There was a bit of tubing, though it’s getting a little cold. And birthday supper was served outside in the yard, chili ad sloppy
It as a beautiful weekend. Here’s a pic of Alicia and her mom staining chairs. Look alikes: Birthdays, Dan and Heidi’s shared birthday was celebrated, best we can in a pandemic. I cooked a huge amount of chicken divan. Someone asked me about the rice, how much rice. I told him, “Twenty one cups.” TWENTY
It was a fun day with gifts and lunch. And that delicious, fancy cake. Here are a few from a long time ago, and these pictures remind me again about how we had chosen the name Jennifer Michelle for you, a very pretty girl’s name, and then you were born, and surprise, surprise, you looked
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Here you are at 18, a beautiful teenager giving Maria a ride. (Click on the pics to see them properly.) Tonight I grabbed a random photo album looking for pictures of you. Well. Your face was everywhere. You used to live here. These are from your twelfth birthday party: In this one you’re about your
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