This is a lanky, timid puppy boy, but he did well. Kirsten arrived on schedule from Florida after putting in an incredibly long driving day yesterday trying to avoid a snowstorm on the way home. She even brought a Gingerbread House Kit and worked on it with the kids. Easing the guy into the family […]
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Weeks ago, it came to my attention that I had Vacation and Float time that I would lose at the end of the year if I did not use it up. I just started my job before the holidays last year, so this was all a little confusing to me. So my supervisor helped me
I found this goofy snowglobes at Target, and half a dozen others– they all had a fitting theme. It was a little weird. Dannell brought the kids and dragged John over too, to see our puppy. They played video games and ate snacks, ran around. The house is fairly tousled, but it was that way
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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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By surprise, we got to spend the whole day with you, and it was a summer day about as perfect as they ever are, hot sun, fresh breeze, water crisp and blue. This is a storyline happening here where the kid in the blue shirt is instructing the other child about “Fart Power,” and did
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It was a great, warm sunny day, lots of energy to burn. This little guy turned four, and Buddy, it’s been so much fun having you for a kid. My parents and my sister were there too. All the wild cousins were there. At one point they disappeared. I wandered upstairs to see what they
You were the littlest, tenderest baby ever, Buddy, We loved having you for a baby that whole summer and winter, irresistible little you. You were so cuddled and snugged, and you let us. And now? Four years old?? You make the whole family better: your ideas, sense of humor, conversational skills. This whole family
The day you officially made me and Grandpa grandparents is one of the best days of our lives. In this picture, Little Jay was 14, in 9th grade and after we picked him up from school I asked him if he’d be willing to come to the mall with me and help out with a
It was a great party. Jay’s parents were there with our niece, a nice surprise. My sister and brother in law were there too, and our niece and her fiance, who I am pleased to say I like a whole lot. This looks like a serious conversation, though it may not be either. Oh, cheese,
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