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Is anyone else wondering what happened to Angela's blog addition? It seems strange to me that it just disappeared. Did she decide the vacation wasn't that great after all and delete it? Have we entered "The Twilight Zone"? What gives?

Bloomington House

J.B. asked for it and here it is.

Kyle's Latest Mess

Just a few pix to remind you what it is like with a two-year old around the house...


Joe vacuuming Kyle before he can be put to bed.

Auction Winnings

If you remember back a month or so, I attended a very swanky fund-raising auction. Well, today my friends and I finally claimed the brunch we won, all home-made by Meredith and Cara. It was absolutely delicious: fruit salad, baked french toast, home fries, fritatta, bacon, sausage, lemon scones (with freshly made strawberry rhubarb jam), and, of course, mimosas.

[If you're wondering, the folks in the photo are, beginning with the striped shirt and going clockwise: Angela, me, Leslie, Rachel, Meredith (post-cooking), Angie, Christine, David and Meg.]

So, I'm eating well. The rest of life is good, too. Saturday evening was Summer Breeze, an annual concert/festival at school, and I got to see Andrew Bird, Talib Kweli and Cake (!!!) for $15. The admission price included two free beers and snacks. I love private school.

The only downside was the rainstorm that moved in with about an hour to go. We stood our ground (three people from the stage) until a well-placed thunder (right after the lyric "While Frank Sinatra sings Stormy Weather...") meant we had to call things off. Only about 10 minutes early, though. It was getting pretty chilly, anyway.

Also Saturday, I bought a new (to me) road bike at Working Bikes. Working Bikes is a cool local cooperative that restores old bikes otherwise bound for the junkyard and either (a) distributes them in developing countries where bikes are a primary, very useful form of transportation or (b) sells them for good prices to folks like me in the city in order to fund their shipments of bikes to places like Mozambique. It's pretty sweet.

That's all that's new here, I think. I did sign up for sailing lessons for June (I am SO excited). And, as I think most heard, received funding for my poverty project over the summer (blogging about the experience of being poor in Chicago's neighborhoods). When I have more on that, I will be sure to share.

double header

not near as enjoyable as last saturday in bloomington but hit the bay this morning and loaded up on several 20"+ trout. after tiring of catching large trout went and found some snook. a pic of buddy and myself with a double hook up. was lucky that he invited me on a guide trip today. guide put us on several fish along with snook and trout also brought in black tip shark, jack carvelle, ladyfish, and mackeral. overall good morning and fresh fish for supper tonite.

Thanks to Carrie for a fun time

Fun time at Plainfield Christian banquet...

Talkin' Turkey 2008

The Turkey - Friday, May 9, 2008







The Turkey - Saturday, May 10, 2008









The Turkey - Monday, May 12, 2008

White River Classic Champions

After battling several teams,

as well as Mother Nature, Jenna’s

team emerged victorious.

The fun never stops

Lunch Break

Hannah cooking us lunch

More Blessings

Family Blessings

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family:

Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.

~Jane Howard, English Novelist

Aren't we lucky to have such a great one?

Transformation....

Spring Revue

"You Can't Stop the Beat"

"Crazy"

No one has posted for a few days, so I thought I'd share these pictures from Sunday's concert.

Congrats to the Grads!

Hurray for Eric and Mitch - the most recent IU Alums in the family! Welcome to the "real" world!

Slick Willie Speaks in Avon

Emily went to a sleepover....Joe and Kyle went to Paoli to shoot a turkey....and Katie and I found nothing better to do this evening than go listen to Slick Willie sell his wife for the Democratic nod. Since he was speaking at Avon High School, teachers were allowed to bypass the lines and go in first. Therefore, Katie and I scored a front row "stand" (there were no seats on the gym floor). I know Granny would be so disappointed in me for attending. I made it a point not to applaud or buy into all the political pandering. Anyway, he came down and shook our hands and even put his arm around Katie's shoulder for quite some time while he addressed those who didn't score such primo seating and had gathered behind us. Here are some photos from my phone.

FORTY NINE

Happy Birthday to Karen!!!