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 Joe and Heidi attended the wedding of an old friend, took the baby with them and left us their other girls and their dog.  We had a god time.  She loves taking a bath, so this kept her  happy for a long time.  There was cooking and fun, and plenty of aunts and uncles to […]

 This day we went to Sunnylane Park.  It’s quite a perfect park–safe from the road, or any water hazard, has its own bathroom and trash cans, picnic tables, and play equipment. I love it here. Spring, you gorgeous devil–you barely made it here in time for summer. We’re so happy you’re here. love, Val

 We took a little road trip up to my sister’s house to drop off a birthday gift for my niece, and then we went to the nursery nearby. This nursery used to have a location near us, but they closed it a couple years ago, sold their land to a charter school. So we took

 It was the usual crowd and quite a delicious feast.  She’s thinking about it.  The day was bright and warm.  Gifts: She’s entertaining her cousin.   One of the favorite parts of the whole afternoon was when these three little three year old cousins were caught having carried half a watermelon upstairs to the bedroom and

 Here she is!  Last Thursday we bought a double stroller so that we can enjoy it this summer and also are ready for the new baby next fall. This peanut enjoys it outside too.  We filled up the water table that the dog drinks out of, which is always fun on a warm afternoon.  And

 Kari and Julia made collages this weekend, an old cabin favorite activity.  Anyone can make a collage, just need a theme, a scissors and a glue stick, along with a pile of old magazines. But these were especially wonderful.  I loved the colors and the themes were more involved.  There was one with just faces

 This beautiful sunset was on Thursday night.  Grass is turning green. Here are some breakfast kids from this weekend, eating eggs, sausage, and pancakes.  Later they did their best flying kites. There’s not really enough room here, and back in the field, the trees create weird wind currents.  Hopefully these kites survived today and they

 Two weeks ago we were struggling under the weight of a huge snowstorm.  Here is the window in the bedroom tonight, wide open to the warm spring night. Today, we spent the afternoon in the sun on the patio. May? You have swept away all the cruelty of a snowy April and brought us sunshine

 He’s out here in the kitchen, eating stale puff corn because Matilda is playing in the family room and Trunchable is making him nervous. I told him it’s pretend.  He’s still staying out here. The beds were set up and blankets and pillows passed out to all the excited little sleepover guests. And now it’s

 We had to change our homeowner’s insurance last fall, and the new company had concerns about that flat roof with no railing. Never mind we’ve lived here for thirty years with ZERO claims of any other than general  storm damage a couple times.  No claims have ever involved this flat roof. Nobody has ever fallen