Summer Color

This summer has been really mild. We really just started to water about three weeks ago. After a long, snowy winter it is great to be out in the yard. The consistantly deep snow cover really did wonders for the plants especially, the perennials.

People in Chicago always complain about the winter. They just forget about the pay back in summer. Besides, If it is cold one can always bundle up. When it is hot, once your naked there is not much more you can do to get comfortable!

Number Six is now Baptised

Clara VerJean had her 8Th birthday on June 5Th. Summer birthdays rock! Poor Emma gets the shaft every year! She has to share her special day with the savior of the world. No contest who is going get all the attention. Of course, it is her own fault! She just had to be born a month early. To top it off, she mistook the umbilical cord for a bungee cord and jumped over the edge yelling Yeee Hawwww!

Anyway, back to Clara. She had a special day with lots of friends and family in attendance. Her aunt Liz made her beautiful baptismal dress.