Yes, Luke's bathtub IS a laundry basket.  He fits just fine.  Favorite bathtime activity: dumping water anywhere Mommy will let him!		Now we're in the States.  Mark is happy to wait contentedly in the cart while we wait for the next bus to Grandma's!

Enough of this riding in the cart stuff - time to drive the firetruck!  (Ok, he did a better job of sitting there than driving.)		Aunt Kari got her first look at Mark at the Miss Iowa Pageant.  Cousin Taylar was there that night to win the talent contest.  (The next night she was runner-up overall!  Not bad for a 9-year old competing against 12ers!)

We made it to California (fewer pictures of our time in IL because the cameraman went on a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters).		Luke found the water again.  Here is his rule of thumb: warm beats cold, fresh beats salty, outside beats inside!

Time for a drive on the lawnmower with Grandpa!  (He didn't really like this.)		Aunt Cheri came up to give the boys a ride around the yard in the wagon.  They liked this much more!

                                 More of our Summer Vacation here!