Willa turned one, and I turned a camera (phone) on her. See what I did, there?The big question, of course, was whether she would like her cake.


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Who's a proud grandpa? I'm a proud grandpa!

We were down with the flu all week, so I'm just now getting a chance to post some photos from Lilli's 5th birthday party. Also, I didn't take all that many photos--I was busy eating pizza. But it was great, because all four of my grand-kids were there in the same place, and I don't get to see that very ( Read more... )

 Introducing:  Willa Quinn Repine!


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 I don't get to see all three and a half of my grandchildren all together that often, because of schedules, and pandemics, and the like. But we were able to have a small gathering the morning of Christmas Eve (After that it was my weekend to work). Shockingly, we took pictures. I didn't get a picture of the third and a half grandkid, because ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to my youngest daughter, Jill! I tortured her a couple of years ago with these photos, so why not again?


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Happy birthday to Emily, who was born on what’s usually the first day of winter-which I prefer to think of as the time when the days start getting longer. So--she's the harbinger of better days ahead. See what I did, there?


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Happy birthday to my youngest daughter, Jill!


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Party for Lilli's first birthday!


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Get this: I saved this blog as a draft, and I'm so far behind in posting it that Lillianna is now twice the age she was when these photos were taken! She just hit six months a couple of weeks ago, and at her age that makes a big difference ... so you could almost call this nostalgia.

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Delbert, otherwise known as my Dad! We had a surprise 80th birthday party for him earlier this month at one of my favorite places, the Noble County Public Library main facility in Albion. The gifts, at his request: Pepsi and Snickers candy bars. Hey, he's 80, he should get whatever he wants.

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