Abby asked Jeff to accompany her to the dentist last Wednesday for her very first cavity! She was nervous, but it was nothing 3.5 shots of local anesthetic couldn't cure.

Jeff and I drove up to Appleton last Thursday evening for a cookout at his Mom's. Both Maggie's brothers and her sister were there. We had a lot of fun visiting with everybody - even got to see baby Chayse. Jeff's Uncle Bob broke out his newest accordion and played for all of us!

Paige and Bryn both went in for their school sports physicals last Friday. Paige (5' 5.5") measured only one inch shorter than Bryn (5' 6.5") and the doctor said Bryn is done growing. Both are good to go for Cross Country this fall.

Bryn packed up and left for West Virginia on her annual Mission Trip bright and early last Saturday. They're all praying for cooler weather than they had in Mississippi last summer where it was close to 100° everyday. Bryn called us late last night and sounded pretty excited. She spent a day painting and preparing to can beans with and older woman yesterday (check link to Mission Trip blog at right). Bryn really likes working with her hands and is happy to be on work crew versus Kids Club.

After we said "So long!" to Bryn, we packed up Paige and 4 of her friends for Paige's belated 14th birthday party up at my parents' cabin. The weather wasn't the warmest, but the girls canoed and swam like crazy anyways.

We're refurnishing the office at work! John (my boss) traveled down to IKEA and purchased us new desks with cabinets. We're going to look so hip! Kevin has been doing the assembly work which is part of the IKEA experience. I assembled the legs. The biggest task will be the tear-down of our existing heavy-duty countertop that we all currently work on. We're having fun doing this during a typically slow summer.