A gift

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It is a gift to be an Aunt to these four beautiful children Their momma is my baby sister She’s a year younger than Brett Favre  I took these photos of my baby sister’s babies this summer to frame and give to her as a birthday gift. my baby sister is a gift. (even if … Read More

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Yesterday we woke up in Cincinnati – and went to bed in Rochester. As expected, pulling away from the curb in front of our girl’s home brought some sadness.  Yet, I also felt so proud of her. . .  as she stood there in front of “her” place (with Tim). She has accomplished so much … Read More

Home tour

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DIY Guy and I like to take walks — which usually are through the neighborhood, and “next door” neighborhood.  My favorite walks are on the bike path.  The best time to walk through the neighboorhood is at night — because then you can see “inside” the houses (if they have lights on). Our Nate loves … Read More

Anniversary

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DIY Guy and I marked the 28th year of the day we were married on Friday … and Saturday…. and Sunday! That’s a benefit of being an empty nester –  (10 months of the year anyway)! We began the celebrating Friday evening with a fabulous gourmet dinner out at the Rainbow Cafe in Pine Island … Read More

21, 22, 23

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Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three. On September 19th that will be the ages of these three: Hard to tell who is what age isn’t it?   Many people get the kids’ birth order confused. They usually guess Cara (middle) as the oldest, but getting Nate and Danae in the correct birth order stumps some people, and that … Read More

Margin

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If you have “margin” in your life, as in extra space/time to fill, — as in not every hour planned to the minute — a random invitation like we received the other night can make for an amazing weekend — at the last minute. Early Friday evening:  {phone rings} Me:  hello Sandy:  What are you … Read More

It went too fast

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I have to keep telling myself that summer isn’t over . . . Just because our two college kids are back and school . . . does NOT mean summer is over. and just because the weather has been cooler –  especially in the evening…. does NOT mean that summer is over. For me, Fall … Read More

Current Project

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My “baby” sister turned 39 this month….and probably will always be “39” from now on.  Or is it 29? Either way….she’s 11.5 years younger me — the brat. For her birthday, I took lots of pics of her kids in Shirts that my Baby Girl made.  I also took pic of her and her hubby … Read More

Is it over?

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It used to feel like summer was over when I crawled in bed on Labor Day night.   Here is it August 20th and it feels like summer is over.  A cold day of 67 degrees and bouts of rain, with a cool breeze added to the “end of summer” feeling. But this activity on … Read More

a different view

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I don’t usually have a good seat at weddings to take photographs, but thanks to being closely related to the groom – we scored ourselves front row seats at our nephew’s wedding on Saturday. Having a front row seat opens up “out of the ordinary” photo possibilities.  For instance, these adorable flower girls were right … Read More