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Shift-Ones*

Mallory finished second grade!

Chris and I had a lovely weekend away from the children!

I went to Ikea!

I've lost ten and a half pounds!

I painted my dining room and it's beautiful and blue!

We're going to Disney World in just 19 days!

(Yikes!)

Mallory has (possibly) strep throat again and yet is still asking to go to the pool every five minutes!

Phoebe is contantly asking for snacks!

It's going to be a long (but far too short) summer!


*A few weeks ago Mallory wrote this email to Chris: "I miss you Daddy! I hope you are having a good day! I can't wait to see you tonight! I love you!" She read it over carefully and then said, "Will Daddy think it's dumb that I used so many shift-ones?" (Meaning exclamation points, of course.) Hee!

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Karen said…
Wow, Krista. Way to go - on everything. One more shift one - Aimee and I will be heading your way in about a month!
7:54 PM
aimee said…
Yay Krista!!! ( I used 3 shift-ones).
10:31 PM
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