We were at the lake this weekend, all of us. As the week went by and the teenagers around here discussed inviting friends, I had the realization that the big brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters in law, grandsons, nephews… were all going to be there. Friends would be welcome, but we would have nowhere […]
Yesterday we went to visit Jay’s parents. They used to live not far from here, but when they retired, they moved up north to their lake place, turned it from a little northwoods cabin into a home. jay’s dad up on his perch…porch Jay’s brother and his family were there, and John and Dannell, t.c.
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Seriously, our life is so opposite of exciting, I know. This weekend I brought the sewing machine along to the lake and spent Saturday sewing curtains. The fabric has been in the closet for over a year. (Procrastination.) Anyway, yeah. Jay took the kids swimming, over to the sand bar on the island, bike riding,
luring sunfish with their toes. we have not bought a fishing license and have no way of actually catching them. a pretty tiny sandbox This weekend was …gosh, I don’t know… there are adjectives. Superb? That one seems to work. Oh yeah, it was so laid back, happy, and good-natured, it was hard to return
click on this if you want–it’s a much prettier picture larger those two don’t get much cuter yes, lydia, deep in thought Happy Friday. love, Val
The weekend? Perfect. Little Jay brought Sumi and Larry along, and Maria had Heather, and they are all pleasant people, agreeable, nice kids. It was very peaceful. sidney loves larry s’more heather and maria perler beads We ate and swam. They rode the bikes all over. We went on a boat ride, watched movies in
It’s a hearty rendition of a song they learned at vacation bible school. I emailed this to Dan and he said, “I didn’t even know you liked country music. What IS this? Something about Jesus?” Tim complained, “That SONG is clogging up my brain.” Yeah. It goes on for like ten verses. This is only
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We made it through the weekend. It was fun, noisy, stressful, intense–special and weird and wonderful. I fried shrimp and we played cards, and it was hot and it stormed. Now we’re home again. Here are a few pictures. These are pics of the soccer game. They don’t include the swearing that occurred. Though there
three sisters These are some of Kirsten’s pics from Memorial Day: a big girl a big girl fishing–this keeps her absorbed for hours a tired boat ride beautiful lydia james and bella bella is as fascinated by frisbee as sam is with fishing swimming Oh, how I love summer. love, Val
Okay, this meets the official definition of horseplay, I’m sure of it. These are lovely pictures, eh? When their FATHER got on the bike, that’s when I left. I had NO desire to witness or record his tragic demise. He’s bigger than these guys, and I saw the tire slip a bit when one of
