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A Summer Day With Family At My Parents’ House

Earlier this summer my cousins Emilie and Wendy, and Wendy’s children Makenna and Mavvie, visited Ohio from their hometown in Kansas. We see them so rarely—their visit was a treat. And we spent a wonderful summer afternoon at my parents’ house.

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Sophie, Makenna and James jumping on Nini and Pop Pop’s bed

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Mavvie, James, Sophie, Makenna and Owen eating popsicles on the porch

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kids + Emilie, Pop Pop, Nini, Wendy and my grandma

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porch view

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porch popsicles

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Mavvie, Sophie and Makenna

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porch feet

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James

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Makenna

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Mavvie (photo taken by Makenna)

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Sophie (photo taken by Makenna)

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Owen (photo taken by Makenna)

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my grandma (photo taken by Makenna)

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James, a notoriously slow popsicle eater

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bubbles

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my mom and grandma

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Owen throwing a tantrum and “running away”

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Mavvie trying to console Owen

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Great Grandma and Owen

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Makenna’s cartwheel

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Great Grandma + children

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Owen

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Makenna

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my mom’s lavender, drying

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more fun in Nini and Pop Pop’s bedroom

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Mavvie

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wrestling with Pop Pop

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the boys’ favorite snack

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” —Henry James

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This entry was written by kara, posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:21 pm, filed under All and tagged baruth, family, great grandma, home, mangan, Nini, Pop Pop, summer. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
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