Rowan is 3

Playing with party toys

We had a very busy week last week with Rowan turning 3 on Thursday and Brooke and I celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary on Friday. To be honest, it's been a pretty busy summer with everything going on around the Stables and our preparation for Lincoln's arrival at the end of September. Haven't been keeping up with the blog much, that's for sure!

The party on Sunday was a great time. The weather was nice, but a bit windy. We had a great Toy Story cupcake cake that everyone loved and the hot dogs and snacks idea worked out well. Rowan loved it.

Here's a collection of items I've gathered over the last few weeks.

Check out the new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. A very impressive monument. The official unveiling was to be Sunday, the 48th anniversary of MLK's I Have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Hurricane Irene has thrown a wrench in those plans and it's been postponed indefinitely. [Washington Post & NOAA]

The Redskins are one of a handful of teams installing renewable energy sources at their stadiums. Seems like a pretty good idea to me. [Washington Post]

Yoda shirt from Disney

I guess it has been a while since the last update! I saved this article from when the heat wave was stuck over central US most of the summer. It was a very hot July, the hottest in recorded history here in Fort Wayne and the 5th driest month ever. The grass suffered.

When the LA freeway was closed a few weeks back, a small group of people wanted to mark the occasion with a dinner...on the highway. [LA Times]

Cities are taking back old rail line areas and making them into urban parks and walking trails. One in particular is High Line park on Manhattan. [NY Times]

Hiking the Appalachian Trail in record time. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

A cure for cancer? This gene therapy has worked to destroy leukemia cells...that's a good start. [Fox News]

Earthquake warnings from the animals at the National Zoo. They had a bit of a head start on this week's temblor. [Washington Post]

Have a great weekend!

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