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We all had a great time taking part in Luke's first bath. Big thanks to the Pink Bath Princess for her invaluable help.

Chiara, James, and Luke were home in time for Norah's birthday. It was a grand time and she is now ready to be a princess every day of ...

Like the little mermaid, we've lost our water wings and become land animals, otherwise known as doting grandparents.

On Saturday we went to the hospital to meet the baby. Norah was thrilled. "That's baby Yuke. He's my yiddle bruh-der"....

Finally, early Saturday morning, Luke Calvin Hemsley arrived. Norah stayed home with Grandpa and Oma while Nonna went in to greet they ne...

Then Nonna arrived and we all went for a bike ride with her cool bike.

While Chiara and James were hard at work, Norah visited with the baby "aminals" at the Dane Family Farm. Although she claimed t...

Finally, on Friday May 28, after days of reading and playing and projects; it was time for Chiara to work on the most important project of ...

"Where do the ants come from? Why are they coming in the house? Look, I see a boid. It's a goil cardnal. "

Like Cinderella, one of her favorite people, Norah is a princess and a cheerful helper, even when wearing her gown for the ball. Someday he...

Norah loves watering the flowers.

Norah is almost 3 and able to achieve great triumphs and think profound thoughts. Like most of us she seldom can manage both at once.

A genetic basis for sleeping position has been identified in Iowa City.  Chiara and Norah are proof.

We arrived in Iowa City to find Chiara, James, and Norah eagerly awaiting their new baby.

Family photos indicated that it was time to leave Atlanta and drive north. Chiara and Alessia are big with our next grandchildren. Future ...

We tucked in the boat and made it to Atlanta just in time to see Katherine's concert.  Glad we did.

Bill and Leslie were married in April years ago.  Although we had not met or even heard their names, we look back to celebrate with them and...

Once ready for departure, we had a sudden change of plans: two new ship mates. In half an hour's time, somehow, Jeremie, Jason, and Je...

And suddenly we found that it was time for us to head back to the states.

And suddenly, Cecca and Jarrod's visit was over. Two weeks is too short and our only complaint is that they left before we were ready ...

During their visit the beautiful Bahama's spring finally arrived. The bananas were ripening and the key limes were exploding off the t...

And in the middle of hiking and sailing and exploring and photographing and swimming and rescues and adventures, they still found time to p...

Beauty can be costly.  In harvesting golden "sea pearls", Cecca and Jarrod paid with thorns in their thumbs and fingers and scrat...