This was taken at the lake this weekend. These were taken in the city while we were driving home last night. The clouds were so intense as we were driving near Dan and Alicia’s neighborhood I texted Alicia to look at the clouds–quick, before the sun was totally down. Alicia texted me back, and I […]
Julia made this eclipse viewer out of a fruit snacks box and tin foil. She googled how to do this. It actually worked. The eclipse was seen inside this box. And then the clouds came out and that was the end of it. Love, Val
Welcoming this little baby was a bit weird, as these emotionally hearty moments are. The oldest was born as a 16 year old. Her baby sister is a half-tamed savage. Confusion. That’s a fairly common state to be in around here. They took baths and dressed in matching clothes to celebrate. And then when we
Here’s a pregnancy photo. That little baby will be here soon. Here are her cracking up kids on Instagram this past weekend while she tried to get little baby gowns and undershirts ready, cooked freezer survival meals. Sweet Jesus, what is the meaning of this??? Neither of them ever sucked a pacifier to make our
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It was a gorgeous, perfect July day. Except her baby was a little sick, though not too much. But she was CRAN-ky. There were some intensely un-hinged moments, both day and night. Alicia persevered, though by the end, she was exhausted along with the child. Dan lopped a chunk of his index finger off in
These cardinals were so happy about the lawn sprinkler. Jay put together the hammock and frame Kirsten gave him for Christmas. It was quite popular. He and James and Tim moved the playhouse across the yard onto the cement pad once occupied by that old grill. They rolled it on pipes across he yard, smooth
It’s already Saturday. It was a tired week. Everyone was tired–even p.j. stayed home to sleep on Friday. These are pictures of my perennial garden. It’s overgrown, and I kind of love it, though I would like to neaten it up, not sure how that would be done. See the tall plants with the pink
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It was warm and beautiful, a little hot, but not too much. Kids were here getting babysat. We had a pretty good time even though they were so tired from the fireworks late last night. All day they were weird and complaintive, droopy and just plain tired. These birds on the roof, Renee. I zoomed
On the way home from the lake, the dog thought she could squeeze in with the kids. The little guy was happy to indulge her, as long as she wasn’t sitting on his tablet. We met Dan for the fireworks, which were moved 15 minutes early due to storm warnings and also conducted in double
