Mornin'!

Bright and shiny here after a few days of rain. We had really needed it, though. I'm hoping the weekend stays nice. The rain sure made everything nice and green up here. It could still probably use another day or two of it, but we'll take what we can get. (And hope it doesn't spoil everyone's weekend plans!)

Tomorrow we're headed to a State Park here in town, (just right down the road, really). Not planning to camp overnight, but we'll plan to spend the day. There's a beach, nice hiking trails, a waterfall, etc.

Not sure yet what to do on Monday... Nice to have a "free day" to not already have penciled in. I'd kinda like to head down to Osseo and have a slice of pie at the Norske Nook, and poke around the little shops. (It is a little Norwegian town). Not terribly kid-friendly, but *sigh*, maybe there's a park there to hit also. Need to see what John thinks about that idea. Haven't run it past him yet.

Next weekend we're getting together with another family that adopted from Ukraine. We call them our Ukrainian cousins. Hopefully the weather will be nice then too - we're meeting at the Como Park Zoo in the Cities. (Anyone else out there adopted from Ukraine/going to? Would you like to join us?) (Email me! shelly@johnandshelly.net)

School is winding down here. The older two have finished their language stuff, and Liana has just one more week of math before she finishes her book. (Poor girl doesn't realize though, that I'm buying her the next book to get started with right away... we do reading and math all summer!) That's about it! Hope everyone has a great day!