sandbar
We headed to the sandbar to swim, just down the shore from our own cabin. No rocks, shallow, good for little kids. love, Val
dan
first boat ride
First boat ride of the summer–it was pretty nice. There are quite a few eagles up here. Hey Tim, thanks for not hiding your face for once. love, MOM
a long weekend
It’s been a long week, emotional and strange. Alicia’s grandpa died this week, which was part of it. This picture was taken tonight at the funeral home, her little brother with the tiny sister on his lap, sticker books spread out over a table in this formal room. Yeah, it’s like this right now. Alicia’s
who came to visit today?
Yeah, it was a pretty great time. love, Grandma
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happy saturday
These pictures turned up on Instagram and made me happy. That’s Johann above, his own baby in his right arm, and Dan and Alicia’s baby, his newborn niece, in his left arm. I am anticipating cousin fun from here to eternity. This is a picture Kirsten took of the new baby. Just wow. This
a friday to remember
So before anyone else was up, I washed this fine floor and then realized I had no floor wax–had to go buy some. The rugs were in the dryer, and what the heck? Looking good now. Later Dannell called to see if we were home and had time to hang out. Yes. This little
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all in a row
Alicia took this one too and it took about ten photos to get one of them all somewhat looking forward. They are a wild, bouncy bunch. love always, GRANDMA
making the most of this saturday
The first picture is two girls who picked out dresses at Costco yesterday. We roamed around, ate samples, had fun. The picture below is Desi’s bearded dragon Little Jay bought her for her birthday. We went over there to see him today, and is he ever cool–and very, very adorable. Heidi asked this morning
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the pool today
Yeah, it was -6 degrees F when I received notice from Alicia that they were taking the kids swimming for the Little Guy’s birthday, if we wanted to come too. This was yesterday evening–thank you for almost 24 hours notice to psych up–as much as the kids LOVE all this, I detest being cold and
more christmas to cram into one month
We’re still working on the cookies. Tomorrow we’re baking sugar cookies. Anyone who wants to be involved is welcome. Today was the preschool Christmas program for this guy: He’s annoyed because that jingle bell in his hand isn’t jingling. He traded it for another one. He was so excited about the program he could hardly
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