forty five years of you

It's your birthday!

Go, John!

It's your birthday!

 

I hope it was a great day.

 Honestly, it is impossible to imagine me without you.  Forty-five years?

It's a milestone, and here's hoping the year ahead is fantastic, watching your family growing up and changing every day--hang on for that ride.  

Thanks for being ours.

Happy Birthday, with love for always, Mom and Dad 

graduation: the next generation

There he is, the first grandchild to graduate high school!

Walking up to get his diploma

Tossing the hats

Congratulation!

So much love, Grandma and Grandpa
 

weekend with maria

It was a quiet weekend, spent with one wild baby and his patient parents.

There are too many bugs in the field for his tender skin.  He was being chewed up right in the yard, but I walked back to the field with Elin and the wildflowers started blooming this week.

And then this!

We had this toy for many years, loved by all.  And then it disappeared.

Vanished.

Gone.

That was a couple years ago, never seen again.

Until Maria bought another one, brand new, still in the box!

Ahhhh! What a delightful gift!!

What a great weekend, M.  Love, Mom
 

june

 Love, Val

weekend at the lake

These guys were there, and it was fun to spend time together.  I had the bright idea the dogs would like  a walk to the field, lots to sniff.

Well, it was a festival of wood ticks!

They've had medication, probably are fine, but eeewwww.

Lake was gorgeous.

And the trim painting is complete.

And that's the end of that.

Love, Val
 

the graduation

Beautiful evening, lovely occasion.

We are so proud of you.
 

So much love, Buddy!

Love, Grandma and Grandpa