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Today is the first day of school. I know, it’s ridiculous that it starts here so early. I always have considered August to be a summer month, but I guess the schools around here don’t think so. We have been running around all week preparing for the big day. Indeed, it’s a bit more labor [...]

But she hasn’t sent me any pictures yet!! I keep waiting and waiting and nothing! She is a bit technologically challenged, I am too, but I ain’t got nuthin’ on that girl! I tried to show her how to download pics from a flash card before she left, but I guess she didn’t quite retain [...]

Some of our wonderful friends from our last two assignments (both Illinois and Oklahoma) were able to come by yesterday to visit. They were on their way home from vacation and had the afternoon to come by and visit with us all for a while. The boys loved having Brian here to wrestle with, they’ve [...]

Sophie is so observant. When Keegan came to visit, her mom changed her on a changing pad on the rug. I was amazed to come into the family room the next day and Sophie had laid out a book, which looked just like a changing pad, and put her baby on top of it. She [...]

Keegan’s mom, Cynthia, and I became friends on our CCAI DTC group from last year. Although we didn’t travel together, we did meet up at the CCAI reunion last year. Chris and I had already brought Isabelle home, but they hadn’t travelled for Keegan yet. So this was the first time I had seen this [...]