Gone home
Friday, June 23, 2017 at 04:44PM 
Allissa left this morning for North Carolina. Summer is here and she is gone!

Now I miss her, and she misses Rizzo.

And I'm pretty sure he misses her too.
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Happy First Days of Summer

Wordless Wednesday :: Say Uncle
Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 09:44AM 

What a weekend
Monday, June 19, 2017 at 12:44PM 
Apropos of nothing much:
One of my favorite lines from Downton Abbey was when Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, innocently asked the question:
Wha -- what is a weekend?
Haaaahahaha. Rich folks who never worked a day in their lives had no need to distinguish Monday through Friday from Saturday and Sunday.
Anyway. We wrung every last drop of fun from our weekend.
On Saturday we feted Dagny, who as you know had celebrated her third birthday on Wednesday, in fairly grand and stylish fashion. I will show you those pictures later this week.
Today I have time only for three shots from yesterday.
The first, you will have already divined, is a picture of Audrey hugging her dad while Andrew provides extra love.
Our pastor had said, at the end of Sunday morning's service, words to this effect:
If you're fortunate enough to have your dad with you, give him a hug and tell him you love him.
I looked at Audrey and said, words to this effect: I don't remember the last time I saw you hug your dad.

Because I don't. It's not that she doesn't love him; of course she does. Exceedingly. They all do.
You can see that.
But an actual all-out just-because hug-his-neck? Fairly rare.
Watch this, she said. We were all laughing and cutting up.
And it was so awesome, I grabbed my phone and said Hold that! Hold that! And they did.
Then all three kids who were present, lined up with their father to properly capture the moment.
Later, Andrew grilled steaks and brats for everyone at his house and we had a feast. Plus there were presents for TG.
After church on Sunday night, Allissa (who is here for the week) and Dagny demonstrated how to hug a light pole in the parking lot. Again: hashtag iPhoneography.

I think you'll agree that my grandchildren are passably photogenic. If I'm imagining it, don't tell me.
Today we're starting another busy week but I'll report back soon.
And that is all for now.
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Happy Monday

Dagny :: Five for three
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:44AM 
Dagny Clare turns three today.

I couldn't choose just one picture to show you.

So I picked five.

These are from a shoot in late April.

And that is all for now except to wish you joy,
and the love of sweet happy little children in your life,
on Dagny's birthday and every day.
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Happy Wednesday :: Happy Birthday, Dagny































































































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