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To All:

I have decided to ‘hang it up’.  The ‘early retirement’ offer was too good to pass up.

The retirement is effective 11/1/08 - 10/31 will be my last day of work and I need to take 5 days vacation between now and then.

Pray that Karen will survive this.

Love,
Dave

It finally happened…I’M ENGAGED!!!  :-)

Kevin got down on one knee and proposed at a beautiful lighthouse right between White River and Lake Michigan just after sunset on Friday, July 18th.  Isn’t he romantic? :-)

I just wanted to share the good news.  There hasn’t been many plans discussed, but when I find out more details, I will definitely get in touch with everyone.

I hope you’re all enjoying your summer!!

Love,

Leslie

…here is a shot of Adam & Beckett.  Thanks for sending this along!

I was just driving down the road yesterday, minding my own business, & as I was stopped by a crossing guard, I glanced over & saw this…

Luckily I had my camera with me so I could share it with the world!

Congratulations indeed, Linda! You’re awesome!!!

On Monday, Z & I visited Seldom Scene Farm,  an alpaca & llama farm in Frankfort, for shearing day!  It was awesome fun & I just wanted to share.  I learned A LOT & cannot wait to go again!

The 3 pictures at the end of the group were added just in case you wanted to learn something!  The 1st of the 3 is the raw fiber from the alpacas, right off of the cutting room floor.  The second image is called roving, which is the fiber cleaned & combed, ready to be spun.  The third is the beautiful  finished product, a gorgeous hank of alpaca/merino blend yarn.  YAAY!!!

This is, of course, Lily.  She’s just so pretty I wanted to show her off.  She’s getting so big, she barely looks like a puppy anymore!

Sporting his Bubbabee t-shirt, monster truck in hand & a shiny new haircut, this big guy is ready for action!  Getting him to sit for even a second is exhausting,  but I finally got a good one!