Two cakes and five grandkids singing you happy birthday ain’t bad.

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It’s spring, and it’s been a wet spring, so the river at the farm was deeper and faster than normal — the various gravel bars that are generally above water or at least wadable were well submerged. So, Brett hauled out the inflatable raft. Eldest grandkid first — Tyler demonstrated how it’s done: Next, it […]

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I’ve just uploaded 30 photos from our weekend in West Virginia…and I’m struggling to figure out how to break them up for a series of posts. Going with the, “If you don’t know where to start, start anywhere” approach, I’m going with “potatoes.” Potatoes. As in “potato gun.” Benton and I made one a couple […]

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Three households of Bob/Pam grandkids convened at the farm for several days the week leading up to the Fourth of July. Shortly after the first group arrived…the power went out. Four hours later, Bob got the generator running. 15 minutes later, the power came back on. We’re just happy that Bob didn’t wind up with […]

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During our Memorial Day weekend visit to the Farm, we made it down to the river for some relaxation. The kids enjoyed catching minnows and crawfish. Elwyn enjoyed chasing rocks and trying to shake water onto Alana, Pam and I (click on the pictures to view larger versions).

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Alana is a bit fearless. She discovered that she could get herself into the tire swing by herself if she just sort of rag-dolled her way in. Meg was plenty happy to provide the locomotion!

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Carson got a great book on fingerprint drawing (and requisite inkpads, pen, and pad) for Christmas from Cheryl and Bruce Bone. He was wayyyyy into it. With pretty nifty results! Carson being Carson, it wasn’t too long after the above picture was completed that he began freestyling. So, we went from innocuous happy people…to superheroes…to […]

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In my last post, I promised mention of the two main adventures of the weekend. We’ll start with an incident that will, henceforth and forthwith, be referred to as, “When Two Rocks Collide.” The picture below is from Sunday morning, when Julie and I and the five cousins headed down to the river for some […]

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Depending on how early you started following the Wilson Migration of 2007, you may or may not know that: 1) The beginnings of the move happened at Bob’s farm in West Virginia over the holidays, and 2) being within long-weekend distance of said farm was a big draw of Columbus. Labor Day weekend marked our […]

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