All Blog Posts Tagged 'Kirby' (3)

On New Year's Eve, I went to sleep without any of my kids home. Kirby was in Houston at a party. Marty was working until after midnight (2:00 a.m., I found out later) and then going to a party. Holly and Brett were working in the mall until after closing (he at Shoe Fitters and she at Zumiez), and then going to a party.



The next morning, Marty wasn't home. He had stayed where he had partied, which is good. Holly and Brett were here, and got up and went back to work.



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These are clickable thumbnails from Saturday's party, mostly of chopping milk cartons with swords. The girl in the red hat is Marty's girlfriend Liz. Kirby is wearing grey. Marty shows in profile once, but there wasn't a face-on of him. The really old woman with glasses is me. The guy with the guitar is my nephew, Elijah, who was mostly homeschooled and is four months older than Kirby (he's my sister's middle of three). There were three Learn Nothing Day shirts there, and none on my family! So… Continue

Hours now. Probably already started on the other side of the world. Soon it will be just a memory (and a bunch of stories and photos!).



Holly did another piece of art--this time physical and not pixelated.







In a few hours Kirby will be home and people will come and hang out with him so I'll wait for a quieter time, maybe ask him to go on errands with me for the party or something, so we can hang out a bit. Just a few hours will do me. This is like… Continue