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Today we were walking to the park when a dog came bounding up to us. Ali and I could see right away that it was a friendly young pup, but Ouest didn’t see it that way. She saw an animal about the same height as her racing straight at her. … Read More

My mom and I had some business today at her attorney’s office and took Ouest along with us. We walked in the door and were saying our hellos when I looked over and saw Ouest had backed herself up behind the chairs against the wall of the small sitting area … Read More

This afternoon we went to a VW get together downtown. Synchros and Vanagons, not the good ol’ splitties, but still a fun gathering. We got to meet and hang out with a lot of people who had followed our VW bus adventures as well as a couple of sailors who … Read More

We went to a wedding tonight for the daughter of my cousin. It’s weird to have a cousin marrying off her daughter while mine announces in the middle of the ceremony, “Me go home now. Home now. Home now?” Unfortunately Ali had to stay home with Lowe. A wedding didn’t … Read More

Ouest isn’t so grown up that she doesn’t have the occasional meltdown. Today we had an early morning bout of crying because, get this, she didn’t have any purple underwear. And if she didn’t have any purple underwear she wasn’t going to wear any underwear at all. We had a … Read More

Monthly birthday numbers thirty-three and thirteen. Man Ouest is getting old. She is fifteen percent of the way to graduating high-school. That’s messed up. She officially looks like a big girl, stepping up from little girl status. And for the most part acts like a big girl too. She isn’t … Read More

We figured out Ouest’s allergic reaction. It was to the bark at the playground. So glad it wasn’t something more difficult to avoid. Sibling rivalry. Who would have thought it started so young? Ouest just isn’t warming up to this little brother of hers much. If he so much as … Read More

What is it with kids and rashes? Ouest is covered in hives again. This time it seems like an allergic reaction to something. So we’re eliminating the obvious problems one by one but if it is the dog or grass there isn’t going to be much we can do about … Read More

The kids are content to just hang out at Grammy’s so that’s what we’ve done. I’m in desperate need of a haircut, and none of us has anything even remotely appropriate to wear to a wedding in a few days, and yet, day after day passes without doing anything but … Read More

The weather here has been amazing. Portland weather is never amazing in a good way. At least while we are visiting. So to make the most of it we’ve been sticking close to home. Playing in the backyard, walking across the street to the playground, or just strolling around the … Read More