Over the weekend Karen, her dog Clara, and I ventured up to Duluth for Grandma's Marathon. Karen was running, not me (thank God). Clara and I met her at mile markers 9, 16, and then at the finish line. I've never been to Duluth before, which now I can't believe because it's so close to the Cities and it's really beautiful. It was Karen's third marathon and she finished at her best time yet: 4 hours 5 minutes. She's run Twin Cities twice up till now--I ran it with her last year where we finished just shy of 5 and a half hours. She'll be doing the Chicago marathon this fall. I've been sticking with my 10-mile training so far, but I've only been able to run at the gym on the treadmill since it's been so hot outside.

As most of you know I've been ever-so-slowly easing my way into doing wedding cakes. I've decided to do one this year for Karen's former student teacher, Anna, and her fiance who are marrying this August. Anna is so sweet. We're getting together Saturday to talk about the style they're looking for. I'm excited-- maybe this winter I'll try doing cakes for a couple small weddings to keep building up my portfolio.

Todd just upgraded to a fancy new camera--his kitties are his models while he practices learning its features. Giza likes to ham it up for the camera and is more photogenic than Scooter--i know from my experience photographing Olive that black cats kinda show up in pictures looking like a black lump with two eyes. Todd's actually scheduled to do a photography show in St. Paul (at least i think it's in St. Paul) this fall with his coworker. I'll keep you posted with date/times.

Cheers to all & hope to see you soon.

love,
kristy