Hi everyone,

Well, my blog posts over the summer were irregular at best, and way more infrequent than usual.  But all that is over now!  Summer is gone, and we have ushered in a new fall routine which will include more regular blog posts.  For real.  So, I’m going to start by posting a bunch of photos from August…over the next few days…by the end of August, I guess.

A quick note to everyone who was nice enough to stop by and read this blog about our adventures in Malta.  Now that we are back at SylLy Acres in Decorah, life is less, well, exotic and surely not as interesting to those of you who live in the States (which is everyone).  So, I will not at all be offended if you unsubscribe from my blog or never look at it again.  The thing is, I don’t even know who is reading it and who has signed up to get new posts, so I won’t really know if you stop.  And I’m okay with that.  This blog started as a way to share photos with my family of things we are doing here in Decorah.  It grew into a great way for me to record our life here with photos and a few stories.   I don’t have high hopes of making money from this blog any time soon.  But if I decide to go that route, I’ll ask you to return.  Promise.

So, without further ado, here are some photos of the girls and Jon on their (what’s now becoming) annual canoe trip to the BWCA (Boundary Waters Canoe Area).  They go with Jon’s brother Chris and some of his kids.  Last year I tagged along, but this year I stayed home.  I was a little sad to miss the fun, but happy to organize the house a bit and plan for the upcoming home school year.