A year ago the dog breeder called to tell us she had a couple left over puppies. We were waiting for a litter due in February, but just in case, maybe we were interested in a puppy now? She sent a photo and we were so delighted to go get this extra puppy. She was […]
It took a bit of wrangling, lots of tired, overly-energetic kids, required actual socks, shoes, jackets with hoods, beyond just the usual throw on a life jacket. By the time we headed out it was turning dark–evenings are so short now at the end of October. These were some rowdy passengers. This side of the
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We all went down to the water today, even though it was a little cloudy and cool at times. They had energy to burn. We didn’t put Jay’s boat in the water, but they had rides in the fishing boat and tubed behind the jet ski. Good enough. After everyone else was gone, we vacuumed
It was a beautiful weekend at the lake, bright sun, not too hot, perfect. We were helping Sam a lot, bringing her water and food, helping her outside with a beach towel looped under her belly and us holding up the ends so she could get out those two steps to the yard. None of
Love and Peace to you, Old Friend. Beautiful Sam. The whole family was better with you in it. We were lucky and we know it. Thanks for being ours. Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody
Here they are, trying to lure a sunfish into their basket. When Sam does actually catch a fish, she just rolls it around in her mouth for a minute and spits it out again, no harm done. These two girls were pretty happy to see each other. And my parents came to the lake too.
It was a beautiful night, snow falling– looked like a Christmas card. Here he is, our January guy. Dog passing through– The girls baked these special cupcakes for Saturday night–Reese’s peanut butter cups were involved. They did good. These two on Sunday afternoon: My parents were here. John and Dannell could not be because they
Here are Tim and Sam on the ride. Tim was the only child for about 24 hours before we left. The other kids all went with older sisters. He said being an only child was, “Kind of okay, and kind of boring.” Here’s the gang and the sand bar the next morning. And here’s Sam
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It wasn’t a lot, but it was a pretty night and the kids were happy in the morning, but especially Sam was. And I can see we have a playhouse window to fix and a back steps to paint, but those are future Val’s problems. Today? No problems at all. love, Val
Kirsten was in charge, and she kept these kids busy. They went to the mall and saw Santa. They made gingerbread houses out of crackers, and NOT from kits: She took them around to places. Thursday she took them swimming at the indoor pool. They were crazy for the water slide. And on her
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