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August 16th, the first day of school and the kids are having to wear jackets. The weather has been so strange this summer and we're hearing rumblings of a wet winter. We started off this school year with the kids already having 2 half days! Thursday and Friday they were being tested and got out at 11:30. Supposedly this year they are trying to cut down on these types of weeks. We'll see!

Bonnie, Dylan and the kids sent us a surprise!

Silver Fortune cookies arrived in the mail engraved with our names and anniversary date.

Our fortunes were a repeat of our vows that we spoke 33 years ago. Thank you guys for such a nice gift and walk down memory lane filled with sweet memories.
Well its been a week since Kristina tried, thankfully! unsuccessfully, to lop off the end of her finger. We'll be headed up to get the stitches removed this weekend some time. Her finger is healing nicely and we've every hope that she won't do this again...

Twins! We've seen so many sets of twins this year. They are so cute when they are jumping and playing in the yards...

We are planning our next camping trip. This time I think we'll be headed to the "Great Sand Dunes Monument" in southern Colorado for a couple of days at the beginning of October. We're hoping for warm weather but are prepared for just about anything other than an snow/blizzard/extreme cold. Of course if that type of weather appears on the horizon we're gonna be outta there!

I think its safe to say that I've taken to camping pretty well. There are so many positives to the experience. I never thought I'd find it so enjoyable. My old saying about camping was, "My idea of camping.... is staying at the Ramada Inn!" ;-) I just wish I had known then what I know now. At least all of the kids have some type of camping experience whether it is with us or on their own. Now all I have to mention in this house is camping and all the kids get excited about it!