Had a nice trip to Toledo. It was so nice to be able to leave Shawn in good hands & head to work, my haircut, errands, etc. & just have a break from him.

Went to the new members night at the Zoo. It was raining, pretty hard at times, so we walked around a bit & then decided to go & see the new baby elephant & then leave. The elephant was worth the trip - he was so cute!! Not a crowd, so we got to stand and watch him for as long as we wanted to.

Tim & I went to dinner & a movie Saturday night & left around 12:00 on Sunday. Overall, we had a good time.

Last night was National Night Out. Not sure how they call it national, as I had never heard about it before coming here, but it is a BIG deal in Grand Rapids. Basically, you are suppose to get together with all of your neighbors to build relationships for block watch's & crime free neighborhoods. The lady at the end of our street planned a cook-out where you bring your meat & a salad or dessert (one half of the street got a salad & the other half got a dessert assignment) and she provided the grill & plates. Tim thought it was sort of stupid & really didn't want to go, thinking no one would show up. Well...the entire street & their kids showed up. We have I think around 20 houses & probably 17 showed. It was a lot of fun & we met almost everyone. It went from 6-8, so it wasn't a long commitment. The weather was perfect & Tim had a good time!!

Our next door neighbors invited us over for dinner tomorrow night, but Tim has stuff going on at work, so we are going to do it when they get back from vacation.

Tim is going to Orlando at the end of September for a meeting. We are tossing around the idea of me meeting him there on Wednesday, when his meeting is over & staying there until Sunday. We would stay at Disney & see what has changed in 8 years. Mom has offered to come here & stay with Shawn & Dauber, so it all depends on if Tim can change the return time on his ticket & if his boss is okay with the plan.