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Pondering...

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So I got to spend some time with the lovely lil' Miss K this morning and her beautiful momma...
Having a few technical issues with one of my memory cards.  Boo!  I did manage to pull off a few before my troubles..

Love baby hands, especially when they envelop her momma's finger.

Sweet, sweet, sweet...

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Lil' boy in a big boy bed.

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Youth group shenanigans...

KA-POW!

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Channeling his inner Forrest Gump.

He. is. run-ning.

eta: Methinks the whole tongue thing serves as a counter weight to his rather large cranium that is most assuredly difficult to balance on his lil' toddler frame.

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Just a couple of days ago she charmed me with her 'tar shirt'.  Today, she gives me this:

and a, "Wait a minute Mom!! I gotta cwack my toe!"

Keepin' it real, man.

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Day is done, gone the sun,

From the lake, from the hills, from the sky.

All is well, safely rest.  God is nigh.

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"Mom, Mom!  Do you know why I am wearing this tar shirt today?"

"No, sweet girl, why?"

"'Caut, wen I git bigger, I wanna be a tar."

"So, you want to be in the movies, or on t.v.?"

"No, Mom! (giggles)  A tar in the sky... You know, they light up all the dawkness at night.  Dat's why I wanna be a tar.  To light up the dawkness.. for all the peepo."

Oh my sweet, sweet girl, you are already a star that lights up the darkness in my life every single day.

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Whaddaya mean the entrance into the bathroom isn't an appropriate place for a nap?  I'm quite comfy, thank you very much.

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Wheeeeeeeeeeee..............!!!!

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Hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful sunny Saturday!

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It was a berry good Friday!

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"Grandpa's Are the Best" edition:

As evidence, I present these...

And if that's not enough to convince you, I further submit these:

I rest my case.

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Cool mornings outside, coffee, time with Our Lord, favorite blanket from Ireland.

This never. gets. old.

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 I love the view of our backyard...

...in the summer and fall, that is...

...when the trees and bushes are lush and full. And I can pretend that we're land owners and that there's not base house stacked upon base house just beyond that foliage line, so close that I could throw a rock right through a window, or ten, even with my sad little girly-armed throw...

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Kids mad the first pumpkin bread of the season.  Mmmm.... fall is on the way!  So we'll enjoy these last days of summer, 'cause pretty soon, I'm gonna have to cover these sweet lil' pudgy toes in socks and boots...

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America's got talent!  Or at the very least, my sweet neighbor sure does.

Spur of the moment, she comes up with this:

Lil' Miss loved her cute lil' bunny face almost as much as he did his scary, creepy lizard/snake one...

Ummm.... yeah, see what I mean?!

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A new favorite...

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Nuthin' like a cool duel on a Friday afternoon:

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Remembering...

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My Civil Air Patrol Cadets lookin' sharp!

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Beautiful girl.

Sometimes when processing photos I can't decide which I like better... a moodier B&W:

Or a color version:  

This sweet girl has THE clearest/sharpest blue eyes I have ever seen... simply striking.  Better watch out mom and dad!

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Perk of praying the Rosary by the fire... s'mores after.
Happy Birthday Blessed Mother...

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Fourteen.
...sigh... 
Slow down, bus driver!  It's all going by waaay too fast....

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Pros:  He knows all his numbers and the whole alphabet.

Cons:  He can pull up Netflix and appearently find a spot in the middle of the kitchen with Curious George until someone notices it's just a bit 'too' quiet... and sometimes that can be quite a while.

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Reason #357 on why I love having a big family....

Big brothers are very comfy and make for quite a nice pillow.

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"Are these all your children?!"

"No, actually.  We're missing two today."

.... aaannd crickets...

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Back in the gym today after a two week break.  Workin' the beam choreography...