Liam Wood

For all of you out of towners I thought I'd post some pictures of Britney's babe so you can see just how cute he is. Britney says when she up and at 'em again she will start a blog of her own so we can see lots more pictures of him and the rest of her family. Congratulations again Britney!

September Book Club @ Kara's

Last night was book club. We reviewed Princess Academy and The Goose Girl two books by Shannon Hale. I think everyone enjoyed the books, sorry Chantel there wasn't any controversy. We had a good discussion and then we read some questions from a discussion guides we found online for young adults. Here is a sampling of some of the in depth questions.

Miri’s father tells her that her mother named her
“after the flower that conquered rock and climbed
to face the sun” (page 14). Do you know why
your parentschose your name? Does your name
have a special meaningto you and your family?

The people of Mount Eskel use a kind of telepathy
to communicate with one another in the quarry.
Miri learns that the “quarry-speech” works by
sharing memories through the rock of the mountain
itself an can be used to communicate many things
besides warnings or instructions in the quarry. Have
you ever imagined a secret way to communicate
with your friends and family?How might it work?

As you can imagine we had a good time. We really did have a good discussion about names -- middle names in particular where we learned that Robyn has felt jipped her whole like for not having a middle name. I think we should all come up with one for her. Post your suggestions.

Here is Shauna enjoying the wonderful food Kara made for all of us.

Kara

Shauna, Heidi & Ruth

Robyn

Brenda, Marianna, Bethany & Christie


Here is the delicious spread Kara made for us. She has promised to post the recipes and I can't wait to make them. The wild rice soup will be made several times this fall & winter at my house! And the homemade rolls were divine.

The strawberry pie was sooo good as well. I love anything with strawberries and white chocolate!

We missed all of you who couldn't be here this month and hope you can come next time.

Britney Had her Baby!!

Our cute Britney had her baby early this morning -- at 2:40!
She had a boy who weighed
8 lbs and 14 oz. -- a big boy!
His name is Liam
Congratulation Bert! We love you!

Michael Phelps at a young age

I thought this was good enough to share! Have a good week!