Baby Girl

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She’s 21. and he likes her.  alot. and her big brother adores her and looks out for her He even hosted her b’day party at his place.

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

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

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

Hot Date

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Baby Girl wrote this on her Facebook wall last night: Danae has a hot date tonight! 🙂 Taken just before they left for dinner out – and mini golf. Daddy wasn‘t so sure about this outfit. Neither was someone else in Mike’s family. I say, “wear it while you can girl”! Wondering about those ice cream sandwiches? Wonder no more . . .  Conclusions: 1.  The recipe … Read More

TWINS WIN!

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The Twins beat the White Sox on Tuesday night….and we like to believe it was because WE were there!  (hehe) Mode of transportation:  Big Yellow School Bus  With:  About 40 others from church Kirk and I took some favorite kids with us . . . (unfortunately our Wild One wasn’t home yet, or we would … Read More

Family … from another mother

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This cabin porch. . . . . . in the Adirondack Mountains of New York is a place of many memories for our family. . . . and our dear friends, Larry & Gail know all about our memories of this cabin….because they live there. A few years ago Gail & Larry sent us this … Read More

C’mon in….the water’s fine!

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After a busy day on Saturday, we took today off and enjoyed lunch by the pool with the kids — — it was a nice, quiet, relaxing lunch — until testosterone took over — and when testosterone takes over — and you are sitting by the pool — it’s probably best if you are wearing … Read More

More smiles and giggles . . .

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About a month ago Cara called me  from Cincinnati She was giggling  and sounded pretty darn happy. She had just gone on a date. She is still giggling and  smiling Because now she has a boyfriend.   Do you still say “boy” friend, when the “boy” is a man? Either way, they are spending a lot … Read More

We can be dorks…

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Note….this is a totally random blogpost…. We definitely have our moments . . . of reverting back to our childhood and embracing our “inner dork“ it’s always a random moment or when the camera comes out which is pretty much out all the time We like to pull the cereal bag  out of the box and wrap  gifts in the box to disguise easy … Read More