Magic Number = 28

Just sayin'. -js

Cub Fans Have Gone to the Dogs

One of these two Jeffys is about to start law school. Is it:

A) Jeffy the person

B) Jeffy the dog

C) The Cardinals have an 8 game lead.

Monday Aug 24th

Lots going on today....but first of all let's just say how nice it is to see John Smoltz in a Cards uniform. Scott and I were thinking about getting a hotel room downtown for our anniversary in October (#15) but all the rooms downtown are booked. How come? According to my Busch Stadium friend Linda, MLB has booked them all in anticipation of the playoffs and World Series. Just sayin'.

Excited for Jeff today as he has his orientation at Northwestern! I start classes today too and had several dreams last night; you know the ones where you have to take the final but you haven't been there all semester and you run around looking for the room? My body has aged but my stress-dreams have not.

Scott's mom is in the hospital in Springfield MO with some oxygenation problems....for some reason she just can't get oxygen into her blood and they are running gazillions of tests. Will keep everyone posted.

We are really concerned, though, about a classmate of Jack's who was in an accident on the Meremac River on Saturday, spent some time under water, and is now in a coma at Children's Hospital. Please pray for him, his name is Nolan.

Hope everyone is off to a good week. xxoo - julie

A Note from the Birthday Boy

Hello Everybody. Thank you for the Birthday wishes and I just realized that starting tomarrow I will be going on 84. Hey what great news about Katie and Ryan. Like Julie said, I can't imagine that any part of my birthday will be as exciting as Katies. And, a reflection on our recent Dauphin Island experience, Mom and I want to say what a wonderful week it was and can you believe that we have been doing this family thing for the past 25 years. Can anyone recall each of our ventures? I remember Keystone, Chicago, Tulsa, Arkansas, Lake of the Ozarks, and Dauphin. Were there others? How many years at the Knolls etc ? Let me share a story about the trip home: We left Dauphin about 7 am and got to Eville about 8:30 pm. Don and Mimi decided to drive on to Naperville arriving about 1 am. From the long time in the car Mom and I could hardly get out of bed the next morn but when Mimi called that morn to say they got home safely she advised that Don had just gotten home from running 20 ( yes 20) miles in his preparation for running in the Chicago Marathon this fall. And, Mimi is planing to run 13 miles. or one half a marathon at the same affair. How about that? Thanks again for the kind birthday wishes.

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

Well, Norm's birthday probably won't be as exciting as Katie's....!! But I can hear him say "Hey, at my age, ALL birthdays are exciting."

Happy Birthday, Dad! Enjoy your day!!

We're Engaged!!

We are engaged!!!!!!!!
We are so excited!!! (Even the puppies are)

Smith Dog Party 2009

Just in case you were still wondering just HOW weird we are in St Louis, here's a little video to prove the point. We had a dog party again this year and had quite the turn-out. Notice how in the video I don't show any human faces? It's all about the dogs. Great fun. And Sophie is pooped!

Thanks for a fun week!

Still recovering from the whopping ride home yesterday. On our way to a baseball game where I will pull out our chairs and there will be sand in them. =( Looks like we need a new air conditioner for the house, which will make Monday morning even more fun. Oh well. Jack starts a LEGO robotics class tomorrow so that's neat.
Ty and crew: thrilled for Hunter, congrats. We missed you last week. Can you believe how big these kids are getting? xxoo - julie

Also: BBQ in honor of Norm's birthday at our house, Saturday August 15th. Would love to have any/all of you join us. xxoo