Summer is Moving Quickly!

I am currently attending a conference in Boston. Last week I attended one in Chicago. I also got to spend a couple of evenings with Michelle. We went to Cheesecake Factory, a movie, Greek Town, and Margie's Candy Store--which is really a place to get huge ice cream treats. I just got to this conference late this afternoon--flew through Chicago. The flight was delayed in Des Moines and then again in Chicago with 3 gate changes before we were actually in flight for the last leg of the trip. I started and completed two books during all the waiting. One book was the second in a series (wish I had brought the third with me); the other was the first in a series.
They are:

Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton

The first one is about a bounty hunter and the second is billed as a "knitting mystery". Both were easy reads and it wasn't hard to keep reading until I had finished them both.

Family Updates:

• On July 21, 2008 Brooklynne Rose Miller was born in Minnesota to Nathan and Alyssa Miller. She looks like a doll and now I am a "super-aunt" which is my terminology for Great Aunt.
• Kalub Michael Miller, son of Michael and Kristi Steinbronn, is now walking--possibly more than he crawls--at least when I saw him yesterday he was getting braver and braver about it. He will soon be running after Charlie. Kalub will be one year old on August 11, 2008.
• Charles Robert Fitzgerald, son of Nikki and Matt Fitzgerald, is very active, talking more and more, knows all the letters of the alphabet and their sounds (0ut of order) and is amazing us all with his skills. He still loves anything related to cars.

NOTE: Both grandsons are amazing and so cute!!!

July 2008

The days go by so quickly. It is almost the middle of July and I haven't accomplished very much. Oh, wait! Kalub was baptized, we celebrated the 4th of July with friends and family, we will be on our way to Minnesota on Saturday to celebrate the upcoming birth of my nephew, Nathan, and his wife, Alyssa's first child. All of these activities are more important than other stuff.

The rain and flooding has stopped and it is typical Iowa weather--hot and humid. I like to just stay inside during this time of the summer. I have completed a couple of knitting projects--socks of course and a gift for the baby shower this week-end.

I have been able to spend lots of time with Charlie and Kalub. They are both growing up so quickly. Kalub has new teeth--he cut 4 at once on top. He has almost taken his first step--he is so close. He will be 11 months old this Friday. Charlie continues to amaze me with how quickly he is learning. Although he is not yet 2 years old, he can identify most letters of the alphabet (out of order) and say the sound they make. He loves playing with the Matchbox cars his great uncle Tim brings him and his favorite place to be is anywhere outside.