We are quickly adjusting to life in the Midwest, though our "clocks" are still off. [Last night we started a movie with the kids (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) at 11:00!] There seems to be no end to the things you can do in Michigan, particularly in the summertime. Here are just a few...

1. This morning (actually it was, by then, early afternoon...we are on a very relaxed schedule here) David and I went running in the woods by Stratford Lake. Incredible tree canopies covered the whole trail and it was gorgeous. And who ever heard of running at one in the afternoon? Just absolutely stunning weather.

2. Caleb helped his grandpa plant some flowers and fix the sprinklers.

3. The girls rearranged all of grandma's outdoor figurines...formed a club with them and made up a whole world for them to "live" and "go to school" in.

4. And then there was this...

I feel my heart expanding in a million directions, so full of joy to be here, where my children can really play and explore and lay on the grass and watch the snails travel the rocks in the garden.

And may I just add to David, that, my love, it has been such a joy to be your wife these last 13 years. 4,745 days. Happy Anniversary. You are my heaven in this wilderness.