The Orchard

Our new favorite place is The Orchard Mall...it's a beautiful outside mall, just a little south of us (I posted about it before, when we had lunch with Ana & Kira there). The kids and I went to the library on Wednesday, with Kate, Lauren & Ryan and then down to the mall. Debbie, Grace & Maddie joined us and we hit Bath & Body Works (our favorite place--with all of it's smelly stuff and minty chapsticks) and then went to the water area, where David joined us too! Then David took our kids home and I did some clothes shopping and had lunch outside, at the Happy Sumo, a wonderful Japenese restaurant, with a shaded porch area that is lovely. I started reading Big Russ & Me, Tim Russert's book about his dad...I've already been reading the second one, with all of the letters from everyday people, about their dads...good stuff. I'm thankful my kids have such a wonderful Daddy!