This morning in church, John was sitting in front of me. His hair is about as long as he ever lets it get, and it’s all curly along the edges. My friend Jody was sitting beside me and I whispered this to her, “See? And now he’ll get it cut.” In a second we were […]
They were as loud and hilarious as ever tonight, going to play Game boy in Tim’s bed. We said prayers, kissed goodnight, and then the racket began. The shrieking and laughing and loud thumping were outrageous. I was painting the bathroom in the family room, and that’s a hard room to paint. It’s tiny, the
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Hers, her kid, is this guy. Whoops, that’s a picture of Tim scowling at the zoo during one of their past visits. Here’s the guy, in a picture from 2003, the first time we spent a week together. This is her oldest son. Maria was about ten, and doted on him, carefully picked all the
He was good with the action shots, must have a nice lens and a good eye. That kid holding the tubes together is a friend of the kids’ from school. This is the game where they throw a football from one dock to the other and try to catch it in mid-air. This is her
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This is our friends’ middle child. He’s an undemanding person, for the most part. He chills nicely, goes with the flow. Yeah, well the poor kid jumped off the dock and landed his foot on something sharp. He cut it nicely, a filet through all the layers of skin. E.R. Here we come. (This is
Tonight, feeling deep in winter, I was looking at pictures from last summer. Friends came for a week in July, and it was hot, and their kids are so beautiful, so dear to my heart. Their mama and I have been friends for a good ten years now, but this is what I noticed in
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Was gorgeous. Today it was almost 50 degrees. How is that possible? We babysat this guy, which doesn’t happen all that often and it was a blast. We babysat this girl too, and that brand new baby came over to play. Well, b.g. played. The little brother mostly slept. And now he’s gone home, and
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She turns twelve on Tuesday, so today we had dinner and cake to celebrate her and the New Year. Here’s Joe, cuddling Kirsten’s dog and teasing Maria. Okay, somehow we have to clear a spot on this table for the birthday cake. Aww, there’s our girl. Oh, and this man wants to scoop ice cream!
Yes, this beautiful boy was born this morning. When Dan phoned in the moments after his birth, I really could hardly believe it. We weren’t looking for him for at least another week, but HERE HE IS. He likes his mom. He was so peaceful in her arms, would quiet right down. He looked so
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Today was the day! It was awesome. John and Dannell treated all the kids to this party at Build a Bear, where they all (drumroll) built bears! Here’s the rack of amazing outfits. That’s Dan in the distance, keeping track of his adventurous kid. Here’s the lady explaining how the bears are filled with stuffing.
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