We went back to the field to watch Dan shoot off his rockets. We gave him these for his birthday, thought rockets might be more fun than a shirt or some boring 30 year old guy gift. He and John loved shooting rockets back in the day. So now he has his own new launch […]
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Here he was, up on water skis for a significant distance! Surprise, surprise, he did it. love you buddy, Grandma
Kirsten and Maria went down to the sandbar with Kirby’s little dog. Sam followed, and there are bunch of people there we don’t know. The men pondered on this big dog approaching. (Sam was trying to take care of her family.) Anyway, Jay wandered down there to fetch her back and reassure the
This bike has long pegs for the kids to stand on. It’s a fine idea, not that the kids are very good at it. Corn on the cob is a much better idea. Okay, this guy is eating pears and mangoes. Ewww! Acck! He’s all right. Here a couple cousins making friends. And my sweetie
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Here are Tim and Sam on the ride. Tim was the only child for about 24 hours before we left. The other kids all went with older sisters. He said being an only child was, “Kind of okay, and kind of boring.” Here’s the gang and the sand bar the next morning. And here’s Sam
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Friday night we headed to the lake after a wild week of Vacation Bible School. Not gonna lie–my nerves were shot. My parents came on Saturday, and they’re easy-going company. It also happened we had no small children at the lake–no grandkids at all. Only our own kids, and teenaged friends were along. It was
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I worked a while tonight, so Jay took a few kids by himself up to his parents’ house. They retired many years ago to their lake place a couple hours north of here. The kids had fun. Here’s Tim and his nephew t.c. overlapping on the knee boards. Good grief. Now they’re apart again. Better.
She did it! Very nice, very nice. love you, Mom
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We went home again, back to the lake, where it was much cooler and the water was fresh and bright. And spent the evening enjoying it. July, July, July. You’ve been fantastic. love, Val
