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Picnic

I had a distanced picnic with my daughter and two grandkids on Wednesday.

Amy is doing okay. Like her brother, she is not a highly social person although I will say she doesn't border on being a recluse in quite the way Kevin does.

I was taken aback a bit to see her hair is going a bit gray. Of course, Kristen's hair was green. Kids! But I believe in letting kids get it out of their systems as teen-agers.
(I mean non-harmful things.) Dane is a little stir-crazy and all his plans for the summer were upended by pandemic.

I had plan tickets so that I could take the kids to Florida for two weeks starting on July 14th. I was able to get a refund because that is off the table with Florida  now being a real hot spot.  I am looking into finding a cabin on the lake instead. Under normal circumstances that would have had to have been arranged maybe two years ago, but with restrictions on travel there are places that have opened up.

I neglected to snap some pictures but here is my granddaughter pre dedication to weird hair colors.

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  1. gigi-hawaiiJuly 10, 2020 at 3:37 PM

    She looks very pretty.

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  2. Linda ReederJuly 10, 2020 at 10:08 PM

    I hope you get that cabin on a lake. That sounds much better than Florida in summer.

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  3. MaebemeJuly 11, 2020 at 9:27 AM

    Wonderful that you were able to spend time with family. Good luck with the cabin in the woods!

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  4. BarbaraJuly 12, 2020 at 3:17 AM

    Love the Green. We'll call it a Pandemic Statement. The flight to Florida with the kids would have been so much fun. Maybe you can pull off a location closer.

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  5. Jenn JilksJuly 12, 2020 at 7:06 AM

    I love funky hair!
    Have fun!

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