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  a cute picture from October  My grandma died in December, and my grandpa died in April a few years back.   So now the house is sold and mostly empty.   Thursday we went there to help empty the second floor of the house, to get all the last remnants down the skinny, steep stairway, and […]

 After the trains, we had lunch at the playland.   It’s all hard surfaces and hyper kids prone to shrieking. It was fun to watch them play though.  A little screaming never hurt anyone.  And I got pictures of all my little boys: That one is getting cooled off by his mom rubbing ice water in

 Saturday morning Dan had the idea to meet at the Model Train Museum.  The building it’s in is cool, used to be a train station. On to the models:  I asked John, “Why do I have so many pictures of you yawning?” He said, “I don’t know, Mother.” Oh my.  What a great morning.    love,

These rowdy videos were found on my camera tonight.   At one point I saw what they’d done–link together many, many rubber bands to make a huge bouncy rope, and as they aimed it at the stairway, I snapped, “You’re aiming at a window and an antique light fixture. Think about that.” I think this is

Today was Grandma’s funeral. We drove out on the most treacherous nasty roads, through the most beautiful hilly Wisconsin countryside, all the fields light pink and golden, snow coating the pines. The sweet little church was filled with cousins and aunts and uncles. Above is a picture from 25 years ago, and below one from

Yeah, we made it to church and back, and Santa is struggling.   Hang on, Buddy. We keep shaking the snow off him and straightening him up.  We’re not sure how it would play out allowing him buried under a foot or two of snow and then trying to get him on his feet again.

I love it when I find wonderful pictures on my camera–ones I did not take. Awww, this is Lydia:  Lydia Karina, aka Kari, dressed in her new white blouse and black pants, ready for her first band concert.   My parents were there too, the most devoted grandparents ever, besides her dad and also Ole

 My camera doesn’t do very well with far away action shots, but we enjoyed the game.  He didn’t particularly like the squeaking of tennis shoes against the wood floor, and he didn’t like the whistles or buzzers either.  Ahh, Lizeth and Julia hanging out. James is the guy in the orange shoes. There was a

 We made a trip to see Jay’s parents, and had a fun time. Here they are entertaining the little girl in the living room.  This is the beautiful table set for dinner. After that we went for a long walk.   My mother in law is a good guide, knows all the places and trails, so

Not this boy-he’s staying put.    The relocating one is that turtle and tank in the photo behind him. I am including these pictures as a reference point for that turtle tank in the kitchen:  how large it is.   Today Heidi and Kirsten and I had a conversation about moving it out of the kitchen