seven years ago
Was beautiful and wonderful. Congratulations on your anniversary. love, Mom and Dad
fun
the first hot day of the year
It was HOT! Yes, James is in stocking feet. Just look away from his feet. That’s the only option. We were definitely way too warm, but I thought our tolerance was just low because of the prolonged winter and endless, muddy, cold spring. But it was actually like 90 degrees out. He wants to love
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a weekend in may
The dock went in. Shrimp was eaten. The puppy was played with. Sidney went about teaching her the valuable lesson that no other dogs may ever touch The Sidney. Sam doesn’t mind though. We ate hot dogs, and smores. Here’s a painted turtle doing what they do. They cross the road and lay the eggs
my mamas
Yeah, my mom, her mother, my dad’s mother, and my mother-in-law, the women who taught me how to be a mom–thank goodness for them. This is my dad’s mom beside me, happy on our wedding day. This is a picture of my mother-in-law, and HER mother, reading stories to the grandkids. Some crackers had spilled
man on the move
About 75% of the pictures we take of him are blurry. He’s a fast moving guy. Yeah, see? Like this. There he goes. “Look here, Honey! Smile.” umm hmm. This one can’t get away yet. She’s been talking to her aunts this week, pretty funny. “Grandma? Seriously! I’m trying to sleep here!” Anyway, happy Thursday.
i’m sorry, sooo sorry
This afternoon, Tim came racing through the room and asked me how to spell sorry. Then a few minutes later he was back with a pen and piece of paper for me to write it on. Okay, fine. But a few hours later, in the car, I was thinking about that and asked him who
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girls in a good mood
In fact we’re both happy. We slept til 11. The week is starting out fine. love, Val
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a better day
Yeah, she’s still getting watched, and that’s for the best. She’s been a little angel the whole day. This is pretty nice after yesterday. We did errands with p.j. along and Julia helped. Later we grocery shopped and she picked out a gift for her cousin. It was a good thing in the end, getting
spring
something from ten years ago: We made it through the winter! It was long and dark with deep cold and snow, but finally spring is here. The Mississippi is overflowing its banks in the city right now. Yesterday, stuck on a bridge in traffic we could see way down the river, our view unobstructed by
easter day
There was the usual pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt at church. Early, we were pulled aside and asked if we’d help take down the tables and stack the chairs afterward. The guy said, “We could use your helpers.” Sure, plus tall boys are good for stacking chairs. It made me chuckle a little. All