In early July I had to make a whirlwind trip to our offices in Chicago, Birmingham, Kansas City and Washington DC - It was fun - I had meetings to announce a new health benefit and off I went again! It was tiring, but really fun. On the way back to SoCal I could see this glow from my plane window - as we got closer I realized that I was seeing a sunset through the clouds! It looked like a pool of molten lava - what a treat! 
Just a week after that trip we went on an Alaskan cruise with Morning Glory, my mom and her friend L, and some new friends! We had so much fun!! Cruising is a great way to travel as a group - you can sort of do your own thing during the day and meet back for dinner and in the case of Alaska see incredible scenery that there is just no other way to see!When we got off the ship on Saturday morning in Seattle an old friend who lives on Whidby Island picked us up and took
us home with her for the rest of the weekend. She and her husband are renting a cute home and have future plans to build a house on land they have bought on the island. They drove us all around and what a beautiful place they live in! Their property is on a hillside and is just spectacular! When we were enjoying our coffee Sunday morning this little deer came into their front yard to munch! She just stood there and watched me take her picture!
In early August we went down to San Diego to visit Computer Guy, Darling Wife and MissC - of course MissC was just soooo fun! I thougt you'd enjoy this picture of MissC having a "tea party" in her playhouse with her buddy, a Viszla named Cooper! He very patiently waited for his goodie! 
We drove down to Coronado Island for dinner then walked out on the waterfront - They are such a sweet and fun family and are looking forward to meeting the new MissA in just a month!This last weekend we were able to fly back to Ohio to see The VP and Daughter-in-Law and MissT and their new MissK! It's been a year since we saw them and MissT has really grown! She has just started kindergarten!
When MissT was only 2 I bought some fabric called "Girly-Girl" for a quilt and I figured at 5 that she is probably old enough to appreciate it - so I got it made and took it with us! It.was.a.hit!! I was so glad - she LOVED it!! It was really fun to make - I put that really soft fuzzy stuff on the back and it turned out sooo cuddly! VP told me yesterday she has slept with it every night!! Yea! We also got to meet the new MissK! She was born 3 months early - so she is 5 months old even though she only looks about 2 months old!
VP showed me her first little one-sy (sp?) and it was very big on her. I laid it and her first little cap next to a 6-9 month outfit - you can see how small they are! The 
tinyness of it was amazing. We enjoyed the visit - it was short - only the weekend, but we made the most of it!It was a little hard to get pictures of MissK - because when the light would come on the front of the camera she immediately stared at it and the pictures were reminicent of "deer in the headlights"! But on the way to the airport Sunday morning while she was playing with hubby, I was finally able to catch her smiling! She looks just like big sister did at 2 months and both girls are the picture of their daddy!!
