John and I were up nice and early and found we had a beautiful morning for our walk. Susie got up after we returned to the house and the three of us ate breakfast out on the screened porch. We never left the porch after eating, and were still sitting there when JD and Joanne joined us. Susie had to leave by 1 p.m. to pick up Mike at the Grand Forks airport, so that finally go us moving to get showered and make lunch. John gave Susie a quick tour of his garden and showed off his new chair before she got on the road.

Grape vines on the left next to

tomato plants


John and Susie checking out the yard

Julie's birthday party is this Sunday evening, and since we didn't get a chance to get the birthday shopping done yesterday, we headed off to Bemidji to find a gift. We also decided to pick up the flooring for the kitchen, so our first stop was Home Depot. The flooring was in stock and it didn't take any time at all to pick it up and get it loaded into the Honda. From there we stopped at Sherwin Williams to look at some paint samples and get a few pointers on removing wallpaper. Finally, we made it to the mall and found a cute outfit for Julie. One more stop at Wal Mart finished up her birthday shopping.

We had some very special news today. John's brother and sister-in-law became grandparents for the first time. A new baby girl, Emiline, has joined our family.