A look at a regular day in the Payne family lives . . .
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| Calvin: Caught the Greyhound to Seattle, but didn't dare close my eyes. (Joe and Ande and their family took the car to Seattle to catch their plane home. I went to retrieve it.) |
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| Jane: Waiting for the bus with Calvin. Everyone should ride a Greyhound every five years ago for a dose of reality. |
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| Ray: Gearing up for a moose hunt. This is a handheld boat winch. You never know, we might get stuck, stranded, or get the biggest moose in Alaska and we would need help hauling it in. |
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| Cali: Birthday parties turn my kids into animals . . . for reals. And they also wear them out. Tonight as Atlas dozed off he whispered, "I had a good time at the party." And both boys cried and cried when I washed off their tiger faces. Could not cope. |
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| Levin: Remembering the rides at the Ellensburg fair. |
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| Atlas |
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| Abe: Trying on Hazel's sunglasses. |
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| Grace: Freshly bathed babies, ready for bed. |
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| Henry: went on a nature walk and picked flowers for mama. |
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| Hazel: I adore my brother and he loves me. |
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| Ty and Michelle: Ty and I went on a date tonight to play racquetball. I finally paid attention to the score during the third game because I actually got 6 points. |
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| Afton: Crazy hair, don't care. |
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| Eliza: I had a hard time waking up from my nap. Then Kathryn held that monkey to my face for forever, waiting for me to kiss it, because she thought it would help me feel better. |
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| Kathryn: I ate my first corn dog today. Mom forgot to fully train me before I dug in. Once she showed me that the inside was edible too, it was like I got two yummy lunches instead of one. |
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| Joe: We welcomed ourselves back to the south (after a long trip to the Northwest) with fried chicken sandwiches, sweet potato fries, and pecan pie. Good to be home. |
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| Zeph: A year's worth of clothes, 100 lbs of beef, and three kids. Not a small haul. |
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| Ezra: "Wow! Whoa!" |
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| Winifred: A weary traveler. |
