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Jeff baptized Luke today. |
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Luke and his siblings sang the song about rainbows. It's my favorite. Marcia snuck this picture, as I was behind the piano. |
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We had a wonderful morning. |
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Everyone wanted to pose with Aunt Corinne. |
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Well, I guess not exactly everyone. |
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It's always great to see Sammie and Melissa. |
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These three love to spend time together. Bradley's suit is in his backpack by the front door at home. These clothes were bought late last night. |
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Julia met a lot of new cousins today. |
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One of the new cousins is Lilah. Many of Marcia's children and grandchildren attended Luke's baptism. Then we all spent much of the day together. We had a blast. |
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Lilah was quite a popular attraction. |
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While the adults made lunch, many of us headed for Jeff's pool. I asked the kids to wave at me. |
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Austin and I are getting to be good friends. |
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Julia is learning to swim, but today she just played in the water. |
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Nathan has fun no matter where he is. |
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I thought Bradley's googles would make him easy to spot, but he kept sharing them with the Brown cousins. |
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I'm thinking this might have been the best birthday Luke has ever had. |
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Ben's suit got left at home. While Mom retrieved it, Ben stayed busy with Cousin Elliot. |
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These two were the lifeguards. |
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Ben and Austin shifted from jumping on tramps last night to jumping in water today. |
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The higher the jump, the bigger the splash. |
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I'm not sure how Jacob went in the pool this way, but it happened. |
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Why kids like a hot tub when the temperature is 97 degrees is beyond me. |
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Austin saw Jacob and Ben jumping. Watch how fast he moved. |
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Only my camera knew he was one second behind them. |
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Marcia and I talked about our favorite grandchildren today. Isaac's name may or may not have come up. |
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He found a sweet spot in the hot tub and parked himself there for quite awhile. |
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Julia is always busy, wet or dry. |
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Ben's swimming paraphernalia finally arrived. |
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My camera makes kids want to do tricks. Ben Brown's legs are the best! |
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You are thinking there were a lot of kids in the pool. I'm telling you, there were more in the house. |
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And we kept our eyes on all of them. There were plenty of adults around. |
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I had a fun day chatting with these three. |
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Lunch was scrumptious. |
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So was dessert. Ben got plenty of sugar. No worries. |
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Marcia's peanut butter bars were my favorite. |
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Papa and I walked in the school with Jacob, who wondered aloud if that was a pencil stuck in the ceiling two stories up. My camera confirmed his guess. |
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Jeff and Jill enjoyed the results of this week-long theater camp. |
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Ella had a lot of speaking parts. |
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Ben was in almost every scene. He told Bee-jokes. Papa Ben later quipped that he was bien. |
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Luke and Jane played aliens from another planet. |
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While all the kids had speaking parts, Luke and Jane also had singing parts. |
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Kate was the stage manager and stayed behind the scenes most of the time, but my camera caught her at the end. |
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Our afternoon became very quiet after the play, when some of the cousins attended a soccer game. Hank, Sirius and Phoebe found a comfortable spot at Dave and Jeff's feet. |
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Julia and Ben played together for awhile. |
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Ben then joined Jacob. |
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At some point we ended up back in the pool. Jacob showed Aunt Corinne his starfish pose. |
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Corinne showed him her wheel pose. |
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Carolyn showed them her comfortable pose. |
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This is Julia's normal pose. |
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Nate preferred having the pool practically to himself. |
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It's easier to find a good place to splash. |
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Jacob is going to live with Papa and me this summer. He can't wait. Neither can I. |
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Dave borrowed Jeff's guitar and played some gentle music while we chatted. |
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Have I mentioned that sometimes I laugh out loud when I go through my pictures? |
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Sometimes everyone is laughing out loud. |
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Jeff and Jill brought the kids home after the second performance and cooked us dinner. |
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For the record, I ate more chips today that I ate all last year. |
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Luke enjoyed a second birthday party. |
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I missed all the present-opening because I was hunting for his gift, which Amazon said had been delivered but was nowhere. I found it in the mailbox, just in time. |
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Luke was happy. I was happy. |
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He had to pause to study a few details. |
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That didn't stop the rest of us from eating Tuxedo Cake. |
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Jacob wanted seconds. Jill wasn't buying his look. |