... well. I donned my yellow slicker and headed off around the lake.  The new neighbour's Dogpatch yard was getting worse, not better.  Now he had ... her again unless she could travel to Canada.  I said the same thing ... but I would go again if I could or if she needed me ... . Claire told me what I already knew; that she was surrounded by love ... that Pat was immensely touched by ...

... has decided that being a damn builder is a lot of fun. He even got Claire interested. The huge lake in front of the kids is usually not there! Nicky has plugged the drainage pipe ... totally full, let the damn go! It has keep them busy for good chunks of the afternoon when they have been out there. Of course our yard looks horrible with all the wood chunks, rocks and shovels that get left all ...

... with his parents and grandmother. They stopped for a play break at Lake Abeque (sp??) in New Mexico. Nov. 2nd was Papa&# ... CO. Hiking up Treasure Falls in Pagosa Springs (Claire, Will, Grandma Connie and Papa). At Treasure Falls Pic of ... REALLY dropping their leaves this week. We have raked about four times and our yard is still covered! This was the initial pile of leaves on Monday. Jumping ...

... to meet some new little buddies (his pseudo cousin Audrey, Cole, Claire, and I don't think he was awake when Quinn arrived?). My camera died, so I didn ... Cal doing his "cute" pose. Today we hung out in the yard and Cal enjoyed watching our neighbor do some landscaping. Actually, I think he just liked looking at the grass and leaves. We went to the Lake Elmo Inn to celebrate Grammie&# ...