A day late and...

You know to where the road of good intentions leads. Oh well; better late than never. The months fly by.

Congratulations to all those who have completed or are about to complete another year of school - especially Penelope and Duane who are getting close to completing their last year of school forever!

I am attempting to get a Bottle Chapel picture posted here. It's quite cool - it's cement, or some kind of mortar, about 6 or 8 inches thick with whole bottles placed throughout in patterns with both ends sticking out and showing on the inside and outside of the walls. (Technical difficulties; I'll have to post it later.)

Brien has been at Jacob Lake for 3 weeks and seems to be doing well. He says he's making good money and likes the people who are there. They seem to be quite talented and interesting. Brien has been called as the Branch pianist.

We had a great tour of children's museums. Each one was very well done but the Indianapolis museum was by far the best we saw and if you get to St. Louis you should definitely check out the City Museum. It's not a children's museum but it's a very interesting collection of found objects, recycled items, architectural artifacts, etc. put together by one artist that has a unique, if somewhat bizarre, vision. I think Guy would have found it to be fascinating. It reminded me of his collecting skills and his ability to turn his churches into works of art. I kept wishing he would have been there with us.

It is reunion time almost immediately. We need a count from each of the siblings of how many people from each of your families are going to be here. Especially in planning food we need to know how many will be here for lunch and dinner on Saturday, June 28th. A breakdown of adults and kids would be helpful as well.

Debra and I have a big week coming up; 25th wedding anniversary on the 2nd, Debra's birthday on the 5th and mine on the 8th. We're hoping to get away later in the summer to celebrate - too much going on right now.

Consider trying to make it to Stihl Timbersports (ESPN lumberjack contests) Wild Outdoor Festival at Thanksgiving Point this coming Friday and Saturday (6th and 7th) and the Plein Air Art Festival in the Gardens on the 20th and 21st - over 65 painters and sculptors working throughout the Gardens - very cool.

Love to all - looking forward to seeing you soon.

Mike