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Love, Grandma 

It’s a lot of fun on a dark evening.  James even came along tonight, fun to have him with. You guys do a great job. We love you, Grandma and Grandpa

She was the only grandchild here last night, went with us to the store and helped make these new Christmas treats. We had to unwrap so many candies. Tim helped sort the M&Ms. They turned out great, just more tedious than expected, but that’s okay. He liked our decorations, including the Santa that farts and

 Started with a little youth basketball, games fast and rough. You go, guys, Love, Grandma and Grandpa

The light was so pretty when we were driving home tonight We came in the house to piano music, and I noticed the piano player had assembled the dolly high chair. This is a gift for one of our granddaughters, very sweet. We saw some basketball, always fun.  The little sister and I played hang

It took all day, but that’s okay. We didn’t work fast. First all the Thanksgiving deco had to be put away. That took time. Kari helped me, much appreciated.  It’s more fun with two. Julia helped Kari with the tree, and Tim did too. It was a perfect, laid back Friday of a great weekend.

Some basketball, always fun to see these kids. Supper with Jay’s mom They worked this machine Finally extracted a little giraffe! This guy on Monday, liking the toys we brought out that are more for his age. Elin had a bath   Love, Val

The clean up continued outside and we burned old files because the garbage bins were full. Jay had an errand and Heidi and Joe’s and I was happy to come along and see some kids. My dad gave each of them a painting he’d done of chickens. They’re whimsical and sweet, folk art, funny.  They

 As football ended, basketball has started.  It felt good to be in the gym again, familiar players and people. This child was annoyed there was no concession stand.   Ugh. Why do they expect people to attend with no lesshions? To pass the time we played tic tac toe and hang man, and she’s good at

Yes, there we have it. Cub Foods. We have been cleaning and getting rid of things.  The garbage cans are full. The whole car was stuffed to take to donation. We looked through old VCR tapes of home movies, trying to see what were our movies and what were blank tapes we used to record