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YaYa is doing great with the oboe!  The past two weeks she started to play real tunes:  Old MacDonald and Yankee Doodle.  She was a bit apprehensive.  OK, she was a extremely apprehensive about playing songs because she was worried that they wouldn’t sound right and frustrated about having to…

Every morning he comes downstairs for breakfast at the last minute hoping I will forget to tell him to back upstairs to wet down and comb his hair.  Every morning I tell him to go back upstairs to comb his hair, and brush his teeth while he’s at it.  He…

Cousin Alex is still one of the most wonderfully energetic people I’ve ever met.  He bounces all of his waking hours.  One day while we were visiting  Grandma Kathy, I happened to notice him sitting very still on the couch.  This is kind of a rare moment, so I crept…

  It was so beautiful.  I’m glad I looked out the window and saw it before it blew away in the sunny breeze.

When I was visiting my family last week, Jack had so much fun cooking crazy food for monsters using a really fun ipad app.  I knew immediately after watching him slice, blend, boil and fry various vegetables, fruit, and meat that the app would be perfect for Mr. TOF, who…

We can’t visit Valley City without exploring both of the amazing thrift stores.  Valley City has the best thrift stores I have ever shopped at.  The prices are half those of other second hand stores, and both thrift stores are enormous.  You just never know what you might find thrifting…

The kidlets stayed with Grandma Kathy while I went to be with my family and attend my grandma’s memorial service.  As always, there were many things to do at Grandma Kathy’s house.  They helped feed the horses, played with Dot’s dog, revisited all their favorite toys, took baths in the…

He was delighted to spot the comics section in the printed newspaper while staying at Grandma Kathy’s.  This boy loves the comics.  He doesn’t like being interrupted.

I might have more of images of these wonderful people to post later, when I do more editing.  My mom and dad recently vacationed in the Bahamas, and brought back a little flute and a maraca for my nephews.  I LOVE this last image, my incredible, winsome sister-in-law (how much…

My Grandma Jan passed away last week, and the last few days have been filled with a trip to and from  North Dakota (and all the packing and unpacking that involves) and time spent remembering the incredibly unique person that my grandma was with other people from my family.  I…