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Worker Dudes

Funny, isn’t it–that from the time they’re little

to the time they’re big…

putting things together…

or taking them apart is such a big deal–like what they live for, almost.

They seem to have a “subdue the earth” thing going on from the start.

And I for one, am so glad that they do because whether it’s a wobbly wheel barrow or

tree bark that seems to need a good pounding, the fellows in my world do a ton of things that I’m happy to let them do.

In fact, a rugged three year old told me once that I was actually here on this earth “to make cookies.”

Good to know.

He, on the other hand was here to “move big stuff and kill all the bad guys.”

Oh, and my other job, he said was to watch him…

“and clap.”

What a deal.

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What’s Right…

in the world this very minute.

My sister’s boy—Tim, home at last after 2 years in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Grandmother Willow

Some of you may not know this, but Grandmother Willow actually lives in our backyard.

No kidding.

I’ll tell you, she is one huge, unruly, ominous tree with disobedient branches scrawling clear across the yard.

Again, I’m not kidding.

Some of the limbs were so long and scary that we had to worry that in a good hard wind storm, we might have few fence casualties. Not OK.

There was nothing to do but to call for Lumberjack Dane.

Oh, he chopped and hacked and twisted and yanked…

and hacked and sawed and piled. That’ll teach the old girl to stay within the borders of Munchkin land and not wander off on forbidden paths.

At last, Grandmother Willow was subdued, but it was no small deal. In fact, it was back breaking work for the Lumberjack dude.

Luckily there was a comfy Bungie Chair with his name on it…

there were pretty little cheerleaders to watch and clap just at the right moment…

and Otter Pops…always, always…there are Otter Pops. What cannot be accomplished with such a combo, I ask you?

Next up…world domination.

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Seeing For Ourselves

The “Up” house…

We loved it!

It was beautiful…

amazing…

and even more adorable in real life than we could have imagined.

I got goose bumps. Chompy giggled. Lyndi tried not to cry…didn’t work.

Totally worth the drive.

I’ve put in my order…I’ll keep you posted.

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Birthday Wishes

The Bald Kid tells me that we are to eat some eggs in honor of his birthday—

that he is spending in a far away land–called Siberia.

An odd place to turn 20 in–but he’s happy as a clam and learning and growing and becoming more and more of the man he was meant to be. And now–we have no more teens in our family. That’s even more odd.

Oh, how I miss this fellow.

Happy Birthday my sweet boy.  We love you.

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