feeling like i could dance for a mile and a third

Eliza and Mary arrived!:)...and then...they left:(

But it's all good, people!...it's cool...

We spent some time watching ArtT ride his Yamaha over steep dirt... it's sort-of like a x-country race... you run all over the track and cheer on whoever's racing. He's always one of the first three out of the gates... he's capital G good.

And we ate at CHARBURGER! for Father's Day, and walked around ThePearl and HoodRiver (nesting place of my past math buddy MarkDoyle) and the creeks & caves around home. Eliza's hair gets light in the front like mine does and she loves ham for breakfast and makes jello cake. My aunt and brother's jr. high pictures look SO much alike. We sat around the kitchen table and they told stories of growing up in Pennsylvania. We stopped in Husum and watched the whitewater guys jump on their boats and go down the rapids...as we stuck our feet in the water on that 90 degree day. Aunts and cousins are definately love. Speaking of love... (psst: click on the love video on the right).

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My family always told stories of HurricaneAgnes and how my great grandpa's houses got swept away by it... and they'd look down the street and see coffins floating in the water. Hmmm. My grandma just got a new couch for her apartment.

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I called TheMarie in Guam tonight and announced my energy and how I can't seem to control it.

M:"Tiff, if I was there, I'd take you for a walk and we could spell out the alphabet in shadows"...

T:"Hula?! the alphabet?!!...what?!!"

M: "I didn't say HULA!"

T:"Aloha- A... Alo-ha- B..."

M: haahhhahah

T: hahahahahaha