Lori Gail Photography

I’ve had a wonderfully productive, then restful weekend. On Saturday, I organized, purged and scoured almost every storage cupboard and bookshelf in the house. Spiffy. Then, Sunday, our church held morning service outside under the trees. We listened to our able pastor preach on the Psalms; the cicadas chirped. This was very unusual for us, but in a great way. It was all very refreshing. Later, I took a two-hour nap — just what I needed.

I’m ready for you, Monday!

Here’s Luke on the playground at dusk.

Finally! My Uttley-Ibanez-Howard-Rowand fans got to see a Phillies game in person — with their cousin– which amped up the excitement even more. They’ve been huge fans for three seasons now so it was really about time. We waited until the Giants were in town so the boys could see Aaron Rowand, who is no longer on our team. It was so much fun I don’t think they cared that the Phillies lost. Cotton candy, pretzels, yards from Ibanez and a new phillies cap on each head — they left full-hearted.