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Zanna and the pumpkins

Credits to Mike, of course.

Toon boat on the holiday weekend

Mike took some great pics of the kids at our house this weekend.

Mommy and Robey in the Snow

Mommy and Robey in the Snow
Originally uploaded by AliBlog.

When Jeromy saw this photo in the camera, he said, "That'll end up on the blog. If it's not already."

We went sledding in the back yard on Robey's new sled from Jen & Chad that FLOATS on top of the slow. First shot down the hill & we ended up in the weeds. After sledding together on our rumps and then individually on our bellies down both hills, we made and demolished a snowman and carved out a few snow angels. Then we sledded some more and I finally told Robey he could take one more ride down the hill. He said okay, but after that run decided he wanted to go fourteen more times. I said, "When you're big enough to carry this sled back up the hill all by yourself, you can go fourteen more times." But then I carried the sled up the hill and let him go once more. And then we took this photo.

Robey Catching Water

Here's the promised update to this post. It was cold. Too cold to spend more than 15 minutes on the beach, and too cold to touch the water. Here, Robey attempts to collect lake water without getting wet by extending a snorkel in the water's direction. It's not the most efficient method of water collection, but he came up with it on his own. You'll find more Michigan photos on flickr.

We spent the entire time huddled up inside the cottage in front of the fire. We played cards and board games, cooked a lot of comfort food and enjoyed the down time with Mich and Stan. As for the leaves - they weren't worth photographing.

Canadian Wilderness Trips

Many of you have heard the stories of Jeromy's Canadian wilderness trips with Don Bunker, and some of you have seen the scrapbook documenting his trips. To see the full 13-year journey in pictures, visit Don's Canadian wilderness site. Jeromy was part of the team in 1994 and 1995. He also went along in 1998, but those pictures aren't online yet. The 2002 and 2003 pictures are worth viewing too: the stone wall and the T-111 siding look great. As always, we're impressed.

The weather outside ...

It was 70 degrees and cloudy in St. Louis yesterday. I made a pot of chicken soup and gladly wore long pants all day long. What a relief from the heat and humidity.

In the past 8 years, we've lived in Biloxi, Mississippi; Goldsboro, North Carolina; Tucson, Arizona; and now St. Louis, Missouri. And I've never been more bothered by the heat than I have been this summer. It's true. After two years in the desert, I forgot how hot 80 degrees could be.

Enough about the weather. I have good news to share. I'm going to be working full-time again, starting in August. Still from home and still for SAS but I'll be 9-to-5ing it again. This, too, puts us one step closer to Ohio. With my full-time benefits, there's no worries about Jeromy getting out of the Air Force. Full speed ahead.