Portia in the Parade

You cannot imagine what a hit Jimmer's dog was in the Mines and Pines Hibbing parade. At least 500 pictures were taken, many with picture cell phones. Dawn walked Portia with the Northwest Airlines float. Jim is home for the weekend for the street dance festivities. It is great to have him home! And Dawn is thrilled with Portia.

For the curious - only non sweetened Kool-aid, and we heard this was illegal in California.

Father Ryan Moravitz

Father Ryan Moravitz was ordained in Duluth on Friday, June 20th. PJ and Ellie drove up for the ceremony. Over 500 people attended, busses arrived from Ely, Babbitt, and Brainard. Ryan wore vestments that were worn by the Pope on the final day of the World Youth Rally held in Denver a few years back. About fifty priests were at the ceremony, one from Rome and one from Belgium. The following morning a Thanksgiving ceremony was held in Ely, followed by lunch and a polka dance. It was truly something to see! Ryan is probably the best thing that has happened to the Catholic Church since Shelly changed catholic.

Misc. Pictures

Hey everyone! How's your summer going? I thought I'd put up a couple pictures to show you. The first one is from when Alison, Mark, and my parents spent the night at our house on their way to Rhode Island and Carl's graduation. The second picture is from the few days that Todd and I spent at the beach with his family last week.

Everything is going great around here. It's been really busy! We're getting closer to being done unpacking, and we almost have everything ready for the baby. Childbirth classes start next week! Talk to you all soon!

Hannah