We had another beautiful morning for our walk--the temps were a little cooler so there were very few deer flies to bother us as we walked through the wooded section of our route.

Our day was pretty quiet. After breakfast, we headed up to Clearbrook and the Sunday morning church service. Following lunch, I got Julie's birthday gift ready to take to her party this afternoon while John mowed a little grass and watched some of the PGA tournament on TV.

John and I got to JD's house a little after 5 p.m. for Julie's birthday party. Matt's family was out of town, so the only other guests were Joanne's mom and dad, Al and Carol Russell. Jo served a delicious meal of hotdogs, brats, salads, fruit, and chips. When everyone was finished eating, Julie opened her gifts and then blew out the candles on her cake while we all sang Happy Birthday.

The birthday girl with her cake

Jules modeling her new outfit
in her favorite color

The party continued with everyone playing several games of UNO and then 31. The hour was growing late, so we all called it a night and headed back home.

One little side note to our day. JD has a family of foxes living in his woodshed. There are a Dad, Mom, and 3 little pups. Joanne is able to get fairly close to them and entices them out of their den with some scrapes of food. We were able to see the pups and get a photo of two of them. Jo said two of the pups are pretty brave and come out to see her--the third one is a little more timid and doesn't come out as often.

Fox pups