Fall has been beautiful. October, you do not disappoint. These kids were here last week. Supposedly the two older ones were sick. Maybe. I don’t know–never checked their temperatures or anything. They seemed fine to me. We had a very good time, some video games, some Legos, some time outside, part of a movie, and […]
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Happy Birthday, Joe! Thank you for being such a great son-in-law, uncle, brother-in-law, dad, and husband. This whole family loves you very much. We’ve had a lot of fun these last thirteen years or so. Love always, Jay and Val and Everybody
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Kindergarten graduation above (p.j. with her teacher and us, with Julia and with my parents,) and graduation for t.c. from Elementary to Middle School below: Oh my goodness. Graduation from into MIDDLE SCHOOL?? How did this happen? One from the day you were born: What a great week. Love, Grandma, aka MOM, aka VAL
This baby girl turns two in a couple days. Last weekend was her Curious George birthday party. Many monkeys were there: They’re all looking at their phones here, but they haven’t seen each other in a few weeks, and the laughing went on and on: Her, little girl blasted out of her mother’s body in
Saturday was the double party. First Pump It Up in the morning, lots of sweaty kids, I heard. Then in the afternoon, a family party at home, which was also awesome. It was a great time! These are you from six years ago, fabulous day you were born. We were all very excited to meet
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This was Sidney at 7am when I woke her up. She’s more of a 9:30 kind of waker, but she endured. Here’s Elin, the baby newf, watching an actual human child eat fruit snacks. Here the two Es are in the basement, the room under the family room where all the Barbies and Legos are.
I hope your birthday was wonderful. You are the father of a couple of my very favorite people, and what a fine weekend this was. Happy Birthday, Buddy. With love forever, Jay and Val and Everybody
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It’s been a fine August week, hotter than heck. The pleasantly dull routine is comfortable. Thursday James came over with the kids while the cleaning lady worked at Dan and Alicia’s. It was dark as evening in the house, kids played Legos in the basement. Later on after lunch, the sun came out and we
There’s my dad, smiling on another summer day. Here’s Jay and Heidi, 1988. Here’s a beautiful old photo: Jay is the baby on his mom’s lap. Beside him are Meril and Todd, on his dad’s lap. Here’s my mother in law’s father, John, playing cards with our John. These are my mother’s grandparents, with me
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This beautiful baby was born one year ago. Look at those lips. Here she is, a year later, a fast, wild, amazing year. If someone would have told me one year ago how many huge changes were upon our family, I would not have even believed it. But it was true, and it’s all good.
