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The colors are brighter in October, the blues so blue. See what I mean about blue? Love you all, MOM 

Monday soccer over in Robbinsdale near the lake was very hot. Thankfully they were playing on a smaller sized field. And then soccer tonight was very cold with a stiff wind. Interesting the politics and personalities in kids sport do not change. Same as thirty years ago: There’s always that guy.  Onward. Love, Grandma, aka

They’re good bakers, know exactly what needs to happen. They thought it was so funny he fell asleep, kept asking if they should wake him up. No!  He’s tired! Love you girls, Grandma 

  Love, Val

There’s a huge hornet’s nest high up in the pine tree over the road.  This explains the hornets that have been pestering the man painting across the road. Anyway, we looked at it and discussed if there might be anything we could do about it. I proposed that we shoot one of our rocket kits. 

  Happy birthday, Joe! Hoping the year ahead is everything you’re hoping for. Thank you for your patience, your sense of humor, your commitment to all of us. And chickens. We’ve never had chickens before. Nothing but love,  Val and Jay

My parents bought this playhouse for the kids back in 1988.  It’s had a lot of repairs over the years, new roof a couple times, walls have rotted and been replaced. A couple times it has been moved, which we do by rolling it on pipes across the yard.   It’s handy to be a plumber,

Today was a great day celebrating.  Heidi spent the whole day just with her, visited my parents in the morning, went to the Children’s Museum, and we had cupcakes in the evening. My dad gave these paintings to the kids, special chicken paintings.    Delighted, laughed right out loud.  A few pics from years ago: