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April has arrived, and hello, old friend. It’s gloomy, muddy, whatever. It’s progress out of winter.  Saturday night we went to Heidi and Joe’s for a bonfire.  It was cool, but not cold. We ate snacks and laughed a lot.  Sunday we invited everyone over for dinner to celebrate Little Jay’s birthday, Kari’s birthday, and […]

 These guys were here a bit.  We had a good time.  We walked to the playground, first time this spring.  On the walk home I asked him if he could see my house?  He scanned the horizon, not used to seeing it from this angle, but in a minute he picked it out and ran

 Okay, besides having killed an innocent rabbit, she also poops in the sandbox.  We remove it, but still. Gross. You’re not a cat, Elin.  Knock it off. However, spring has arrived:  There you go. Probably should spray this on my own self.  I have some bad habits that could use a fine spray, though I

Yeah. She grabbed that rabbit and shook it to death, then would not give it up. Ugh. Lord Have Mercy. This was an unexpected and disgusting turn of events. Good night. Love, Val

 We went to the lake this weekend and Jay took the chain saw to this tripping hazard stump. And we had a great day.  Brothers were in a mild pummeling situation on the kitchen floor.  (Mine and Jay’s personal highlight of the weekend: As they wrassled each other, something about a sock, Jay  quipped, “I

These girls were in the spirit of the day. They’re up in the woods in Northern Wisconsin at their other grandparents house, but the Leprechauns STILL found them, threw candy around and left a fairly mean note.  They were into it. At this house the Leprechauns saw the mess in Tim’s room, threw candy around

 Monday, she set out to create a volcano.  The baby was also interested, particularly in the chemicals.  Baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar: They had fun. It was fun.  It felt great to be outside in the sun. Later there were storms and tornadoes, and we woke up to a dusting of snow. Tonight was

Here we are!  March 1st. A couple years ago at my old job it was snowing heavily on March 1st. I was not disheartened, though a few of my co-workers were. One Month. One Month, you guys, and it’ll be a whole different world. And it was. I talked to my mom today as they

 Friday is my favorite day of the week, all that un-spent weekend potential. Here we have kids working on homework in the kitchen and two girls decorating a cake they baked.  They found frosting tubes up in the cupboard and decorated it with blue worms. I would say this was unappetizing, but the cake is

 Some kids came to play earlier in the week.  The older one had her school cancelled due to some water main problem. That’s fine. She and Julia gave Elin a bath.  Here she is trying to brush her afterward.  Yeah, it got wilder:  And then ended up in a pure ruckus. Later the two babies