Off to the cottage!


Jessica and Arthur left this morning for a four-hour drive to the cottage in Wisconsin. They're gonna have some 'special time' together riding bikes, dangling feet in the water, and eating lots of meat. I got a call from a rest stop just now and was told they had a wonderful time eating rasberries on a hill and picking soybeans out of a field. Jess will write an update when she returns Sunday!
in the meantime, it's just Lew and me holding down the fort.

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