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Was pretty quiet.  It snowed, finally and the kids were really happy, and so was Sam. This is from this morning, the send off reception for our pastor who is moving to another church.  She’s amazing, is loved very much, and it’ll be hard to get used to being without her again.  That’s the bad […]

This is something I wrote back when she was three: Looking With Our Eyes           Today I went shopping with Kari and Tim.  Kari is three and she loves to shop.    Now that Tim sits in the cart, she has to walk along, and the freedom is a bit more than she can handle.    She

(Something written not all that long ago, saved in a draft file, laughs on us.) That’s what we’re doing.  He lives right under the skin, almost like a born baby, knees and elbows and little pointed butt right there. He’s next on the agenda after Christmas. His mama is married to our second son. This

This is something from Maria’s friend, Heather. She’s a very tender, understated person, who creates videos that are both funny and beautiful. Enjoy, enjoy. 2011 is almost over and it’s been okay. 2012 may be pretty wonderful. We hope so. love, Val

Maria told me a certain kind of soap, made by a company called Soap and Glory, smells like Lori. She was ten when Lori died, so I trust her memory. I ordered a bottle of bath gel, and it arrived today. I washed my hands with it, and she was right.   I stood there in

 I’ve been informed that the kids ate the last of the mints–the specially delicious chocolate mints the plumbing wholesaler gave Jay. Then they took the empty wrappers and wrapped bits of fart putty in the foil and offered them to the older kids. Aren’t they sweet? Those little angels.   Kids are crazy, and that’s a

We are home. It was a great week, and it’s great to be back. Kirsten picked us up from the airport at 12:30 am, and we were in bed by two.   But first we looked at pictures and heard their adventures of the week, and they heard ours. Tim and Julia were too tired to

Here are a few pictures in no particular order: The weather is gorgeous, the resort plush, the company easy-going. We are having a great week, just kind of MISS YOU GUYS. I’m looking forward to baking cookies on Saturday. We love you all so, Mom and Dad

Tonight was the kids’ band concert, and it was a really nice concert too. This was lunch.  We did eventually get this disheveled house neatened up.  A niece and an auntie:  This was a gorgeous nap.  I fell asleep before he did and he kept waking me up, “Gramma, milk all gone.” “Okay, fine.  Just

I know some. Okay this kid was at church yesterday sitting beside me in the pew, and I noticed the price tag was still dangling from his shoe. I dug in my purse for a little scissor to cut that plastic loop. I whispered to Jay, “You know, this is not even the first time