wow, what a long stretch of time! never has it been so long - nearly 3 weeks you had to wait for this entry. i am sorry. really. the good news up front: the kids are allright, nothing happened, all good... but i have - of course! - a thousand excuses: garden season, bees keeping, vacation (at home, working around the house), grandparents visiting, cold (yes, we ALL caught one), preping the first official fundraising cake sale for the preemie association... but all this is over now. and to get back on your good side, here are a few new pretty pictures and from here on out the postings will be regular again, too, so you can stay on the inside... or, to say it in terminator's immortal words: "I'M BACK!"