Happy Birthday, Carris!

Yesterday our niece Carris turned nine, and we are sending her birthday wishes! Carris lives in Seattle with the part of the family that visits every summer...and we love it! She has a very cool name ("grace" in Greek) and a cool nickname, Chi-Chi (or Cheech)...although I don't think she really likes being called that anymore. My favorite Carris story is that once in school (maybe for Valentine's Day?) the class had to draw a picture of a heart and tell something that they loved (or something like that). For Carris' picture she drew a picture of a real heart with four valves and veins and arteries going in and out of it. I just love that! What an original!