Midnight gifts to celebrate the first minute of the birthday– The cake-tastrophe: Many ideas about what went wrong, but no conclusions. Confetti canon: Cake time! And that brings us to the end of a very nice evening. Julia? These last twenty years have been nothing but a pleasure. Thank you for all the happiness […]
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After graduation, the next day at noon we started baking. She’s been doing this since they were so little they had to stand on chairs at the breadboard. The woman knows how to roll cookies. I mostly ran the oven, and we’re a good team. Not even ONE pan was burned, and that’s probably a
Beautiful day, beautiful occasion– I hope the year ahead is beautiful too. Happy Birthday, Darling Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody
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Minneapolis Convention Center–I’d never been in this auditorium before, had no idea it is so beautiful. Julia and her friend Hailey, heading to the U next fall: Congratulations Julia! Excited for the future! Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody
The pops concert is always a favorite. This year was pretty toned down, no weird costumes or other foolishness, just good music and a peaceful night. This is the last pops concert. Julia has done well with that French horn, very nice. Into the future, Jule. Nothing but love, Mom
Julia got tired of these guinea pigs in her room for a number of reasons. The hay and pine have their own little farm odor. They take up a lot of room. And mice were upstairs. We’ve never really had mice upstairs before, but guinea pig food and bedding are all very dear to mice,
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These guys. It was a great concert. That’s their friend in the khaki pants. It’s a small group, but that’s also fine. Tim’s concert was the next night, very beautiful. That’s him on percussion. Tonight was Julia’s concert. That’s her and Sam on French Horn. And we keep on getting ready for Christmas, wrapping
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Impressions taken for a more durable flipper, trying to buy a few years until she’s old enough for implants. She was a good sport. Hoping this works out better than the flimsy flippers have. Youth basketball, a hard-fought game. A couple inches of snow was predicted for today, but it seemed like a lot more
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The acceptance letter came today! Yay, Jule! Congratulations! Love Mom and Dad
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So we made our way to Maria and Dalton’s tonight so Jule could meet her new nephew and I could also snuggle the baby. She said, “It has been YEARS since I’ve held a baby.” True. Aww. He’s such an extravagant sleeper with the skinny arms and all, sweet as candy. What a great end
