first truly spring day

Sunday was a beautiful sunny day and 72°F. Perfect for an Easter outside. It was one of the most pleasant days in a while. Everyone in our home is healthy and the house is not completely trashed lived in. The sun is shining and the birds are tweeting. In the morning, we had a pleasant breakfast, including…

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New Pictures

We finally got around to uploading new pictures to Google.  There are two sets.  The first are some pictures of the kids at Lake Michigan in the winter with some others mixed in.  The pictures can be found here.  It was also Hayden’s birthday today so that means a new album within Google.  The link…

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“F Bombs”

Tonight’s dinner conversation while Mike was out at a meeting: Vi: What does it mean to drop an “f bomb”? Me: Where did you learn that? Vi: Minecraft. Me: Huh? Vi: Billy [or whatever boy’s name] said he needed to drop the f bomb. Me: Well, the f bomb is usually what someone says when…

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Bad Days

Libby picked up the kids tonight and got the scoop on how their days went. I got a text from Libby saying that both kids had a bad day and that the kids wanted to talk to me. I called to hear what happened and talked with Violet first. At school she threw a pencil…

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