At a recent gathering the photo below was taken of five of the seven 2nd cousins. Some day, maybe Leif and Isaac will join their other 2nd cousins at Pop’s house. (Aren’t they cute!)

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Luke’s birthday is today. He celebrated by shouting at everyone he came into contact with, “I’m turning FOUR today!” and shoving FOUR! little stubby fingers at the newly-notified.

Party on, folks! Luke turns! Four! Today!

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Eight years ago today, I was sitting in a Columbus, Ohio hospital waiting to meet my firstborn child (who was to be a son, but that’s another story). Anyway, the end of that day brought us to meet and know and love our dear Susanna.

And she is not a son. Definitely not.

Happy Birthday, Susie!!

PS-This is one of my favorite pictures of her. Don’t mess with Susie.

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And this is your brain on Texas, specifically in the springtime. And only for about 2 weeks. And then they all die (and, of course, I’m speaking about the flowers themselves. Not necessarily your brain).

So, to all you Texans out there, do your civic duty and snap those purty pictures while you can!

Sorry, but I couldn’t stand to see poor Callie in “her lifejacket” on the top of this page any longer.

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With due respect to C. S. Lewis’ book: The Horse and His Boy, our shot of the day is of Kevin’s dog Callie with grandson Luke. Since it was Callie’s yard they were playing in, the title seems appropriate.

What, you may ask, is the blue thing around Callie’s head? Well, up until now, Callie had to be leashed whenever she went outside because her body and head were smaller in width than the separation between the bars of the wrought iron fence surrounding the back yard. Fortunately, with Peter’s help (of which he’s unaware) I solved the problem. One of the discards from Peter’s box packing episodes during his last trip home was a piece of very light blue foam packing material. I discovered it one day while taking out the trash. Hmm, looks just right to form a so-called “E collar” (after Queen Elizabeth who wore one) for the dog. Sure enough, after cutting the appropriate sized hole in the foam, and trimming it down to the size you see here, it formed a perfect light-weight barrier for keeping Callie from squeezing through the bars. To test my theory, I had Kevin stand on one side, while I encouraged Callie to go to her from the other side. She ran with some speed to escape my menacing countenance and rushed to her beloved mistress. In past such excursions without the E collar, she had no trouble penetrating the fence. But on this trip, at a fairly high speed, she hit with a thud and bounced back into the yard on my side. She tried one more time, and then realized that this was a permanent solution. Now, we let her out unsupervised to roam as she wishes without fear of losing her. She seems content with this solution, and has become closer friends with the neighbor black Lab next door (Hershey) as a result.

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Today is the first day of the rest of Mark’s life. He has now officially reached his mid-30s (as he once told me when I reached the same number). It’s all downhill from here, toots!

As for Elizabeth, well, it’s another one of those late birthday things. Her birthday was last Saturday, the 9th. Ugh. Sorry, Elizabeth! I hope it was a good day for you!
Here, Elizabeth looks on as Leif plays the spoons and Mark offers you some Mexican oregano:

Happy Birthday to you both! We love you!

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In keeping with her Nana’s prayer, that all her descendants would be members of the covenant, Susanna became a full-fledged communicant member of our congregation Sunday. In the evening she bravely shared her testimony before a large audience and took her first communion. She was the youngest of the covenant children doing so. We are so proud of you Susanna!

Here she is in her beautiful red dress worn for Sunday morning service when she was officially introduced to the congregation.

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As much as I enjoy seeing Leif’s smiling face everytime I open this page, it HAS been 3 months now. Here he is again–with not such a happy face–being comforted by his cousins as we all toured the town of Bernal in Mexico this past Christmas. Hopefully, one of us will start sharing some of the 1000+ pics that we took on this trip. Here’s number 1.  (PS: There’s also a new entry on Pop’s page….)

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He’s One Year Old Today.

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Yes, I’m sure it’s no surprise to our wonderful readers….we missed another birthday. This time it was only by 2 days. That’s got to count for something, right?

On Saturday, Lydia officially started using two hands to show her age. Six years ago, she came into this world a little earlier than we expected, but she has blessed us with her sweet spirit and ability to take charge. Ahem.

Happy Birthday, “Lyds”! (As Susanna calls her)

My apologies to the readers via Internet Explorer….I’ve messed around with the picture size and it just doesn’t look right no matter what I do. By shrinking the picture, I lose resolution and the picture looks blurry. Ugh. I think I’ll put Photoshop on my Christmas list.

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