It was 93 today! In all this heat Laura has been pressing rubber and getting ready for two shows that we are doing back to back. We will be at Novi in MI and Stampaway in Ohio. Check out our convention page on our web site at http://www.lasimppan.com/ to get a coupon for a discount for shopping in our booth at either of the conventions! Well the van is packed and we are almost ready to go! We have lots of new things and are excited about doing both of these shows.

I did some of my part of getting ready (cutting the rubber) outside. It is so nice to be able to spend some time in my yard enjoying all the flowers Bob has planted! Last year we were on the road most of the summer and I missed a lot of the blooms!

Here are a couple of photos of his flowers!

Where has the summer gone? I can't believe it is almost August! Bob and I did manage to get away for three days. We spent them in Maine. We mostly did exploring as the weather did not cooperate! It still was relaxing to get away from work for a few days! Laura and I spent the rest of the month trying to get ready for the Novi and Stampaway shows. We will be out in the mid West for two weeks so trying to press enough rubber and make enough of everything for two shows has taken us all of our off time. It will be nice to see some of you while we are traveling this summer. This is a picture of one of the light houses that Bob and I found when exploring. It has to be the smallest lighthouse I have ever seen, but I am sure it is not the smallest one out there! We also went to a light house museum and that was kewl! The other picture is a veiw from the hotel. Neat!