Jay’s brother and his wife hosted the party at their house. There was way too much food–even something called cooky salad which is whipped cream and cookies, mandarin oranges, and possibly even candy bars? I’m not sure. By any name, this is no salad, but it’s hilariously decadent. My sister in law is so much […]
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All dressed up: I only took a couple pictures at church because it feels impolite, for some unknown reason. We were there early because the guys were ushers, so I sneaked a couple without flash. this is a friend’s son lighting candles. (he’s wearing his bell ringer gloves.) The service was gorgeous–beautiful music, formal, elegant,
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Tonight was our 23rd of December family Christmas party. It did not disappoint. The usual characters, the usual noise, torn up wrapping paper, giddy kids were there. We had the usual shrimp and meatballs, cheesy potatoes, and salads by both Alicia and Jay, the little weenies and the gingerbread. There was a bottle of pinot
He’s here today, getting watched by the fam, and he’s too darn cute, striding around, deliberately swinging his little arms, eating kidney beans and pumpkin bread. It was during the eating of the kidney beans and pumpkin bread we noticed he was struggling to keep his eyes open. His head would dip and eyes droop
Okay, Julia’s not going to bed. She’s been out a few times—stomach ache, feet itch, covers are tangled. This time Heidi ordered her back to bed. “But I have a question!” “No more questions today. Tomorrow. Go to bed.” But then in a minute Heidi relented and went to find out what the question was.
We have a little toy, a race car driver guy, who talks when you slap his backside. I know it, and I agree. It was some gift trinket from years ago, and yet it still lives. Well, it says this: “You’re the man. Woo Hoo! It does not get any better’n dat.” b.g. was carrying
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In the middle of the night, I woke up and saw this. Light! I elbowed Jay and said, “Look at that!” We were so happy. He went around shutting off lights and plugged the fridge back into the wall, and we slept great until morning. In the morning, he put the electrical panel back together
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is what we’re having here, and we all needed it. I have to work a couple hours tonight, but that’s it for the whole entire day. Saturday and Sunday are each going to be twelve hours, plus showing houses in a snowstorm is not something I look forward to. But today, we’re soaking it up–the
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We had two nice days of watching this guy. I didn’t take any pictures. These were on my camera, must have been Maria. Here he is late in the afternoon. We had a awesome episode of Couch Potato Grandma in the morning, so he wasn’t ready to sleep until almost 3pm, and by 4 his
Tonight we celebrated Kirsten’s birthday, and though the wind was howling and rain pounding against the windows, it was lovely, cozy, perfect. In the clutter and the racket, the grandsons and grand dogs running all over, our own beast Sam pacing around, it was just a darn lotta fun. Kirsten invited her friend Meghan too,
