Susan glanced toward the fire pit and chuckled. She tipped her head and Abby looked up. Luka and Chuck were sound asleep in their camp chairs with books open on their chests.

"NASCAR Trivia?" Susan read aloud. "What's that all about?" Abby shrugged.

"Got me. Weird things happen to him when he's on vacation," she said. "Suddenly he is all about stock car racing." Susan chuckled and sorted through the Scrabble letter tiles in front of her.

"We finished our letters for the baby," Susie said as she and Heather emerged from their tent. "Can someone take us to the hospital so we can see her again? Her social worker said we could."

"Not right this minute, sweetie, but soon," Susan replied absently.

"They let us name her, you know," Susie said.

"I did hear that somewhere," Susan said as she set her tiles up for a game. "What was it you two came up with?"

"Emilie Grace," Heather said.

"Ah…yes. That was it." Susie's eyes narrowed as she studied her aunt.

"I hope the parents she gets decide to keep it," Heather said.

"She's teasing us, Heather," Susie said. "They are both impossible when they get that game out. We'd better take Cosmo and Lauren to the playground for a while before THEY get corrupted…..or worse, totally forgotten about." Susie flashed a sarcastic grin toward Susan who just waved them away. Abby nodded and didn't take her eyes off her letters.

"Great idea bringing those two along," she said as the girls walked down the road toward the park playground with Cosmo on Susie's back and Lauren in Heather's arms.

"Yeah…" Susan mused as she laid the first word on the board.

"You know, this has been fun but I am not exactly sure that camping is going to be my..…thing. How about if we try something different next summer?"

"Luka wants to see the bridges of Madison County," Abby offered. Susan raised her head and grimaced.

"Why?" she asked. Abby shrugged.

"He's going through a Meryl Streep phase right now. He watched the movie a couple of weeks ago."

"Ah……" Susan glanced toward Luka and shook her head.

"How about one of those resort places in the Catskills?" she said. "You know where people go and stay for the summer…do talent shows..…get dance lessons from Patrick Swayze?" Abby laughed.

"Now that's a possibility," she nodded.

"But I don't know that I want to wait a whole year to do this again," Susan looked up at her. "Can't you come to Iowa for Christmas?"

"Luka wants to take us to Croatia for Christmas this year," Abby said.

"Christmas in Croatia?" Susan mused. "Ooooo..…Christmas in Croatia…..that sounds so pretty." Abby chuckled and exchanged some letter tiles. Susan glanced up at her.

"You know, Abby," she said carefully. "That might also be a good time to have a wedding." Abby dropped her tiles and looked up at her expectantly.

"Maggie will not get on a plane," she said. "Eric may be…busy…with Becca in December. Would you be able to come?" Susan laughed.

"Right….four tickets to Croatia? Please…" she said.

"What kind of wedding is that? Who would be there?" Abby shook her head.

"Luka would be there…..and Lauren," Susan said. "Hey…she could even be your flower girl. Can't you just see her in red velvet with a little bouquet of white roses?" Abby looked up thoughtfully.

"No….." she said. "Silver satin to match my dress and dusky pink roses…" Susan's eyes widened as she squealed softly.

"So you have thought about it!" she said.

"Once or twice," Abby nodded. "I'm just not sure that it's something we really need to do."

"You do," Susan said firmly.

"But why?" Abby said. "We love each other now. We are committed to one another. We live in the same place. We're raising a child together. What's a ring and a piece of paper going to change?"

"Absolutely nothing," Susan said, "…….and everything."

"But I'm not sure that I want things to change."

"If that were really true, you wouldn't be thinking about wedding dresses," Susan laughed.

"Chuny brought me picture of a dress she found in a magazine. She knew I had an aversion to the whole white dress thing," Abby explained.

"Good for Chuny!" Susan cheered. "Tell me about it."

"I think it's supposed to be an attendant's dress," Abby said. "It's a silver satin…more like a sheath….kind of drapes over the shoulders and is backless. Very pretty."

"Sounds perfect for….Christmas in Croatia," Susan laughed. "Think about it, Abby." Abby nodded and sighed as she looked over her letters.

"Do you have anything to work with?" she asked. Susan shook her head.

"Let's just quit and take the girls up to the hospital," she said. "Suddenly I have this urge to hold a baby again." Abby nodded and dumped her tiles back into the Scrabble game box. She looked up and frowned as she saw Susan smiling at her.

"What?" she said as she looked around.

"Nothing," she said. "Just picturing you as a bride in Croatia." Abby rolled her eyes.

"Let's go get the kids…." she said. The two of them got up from the picnic table and headed of together for the playground. When he was sure they were gone, Chuck opened on eye and looked at Luka.

"Did you hear that?" he asked, "Silver satin and….backless? Man…" Luka nodded quickly and bit his bottom lip.

"Meryl Streep?" Chuck said. Luka nodded sheepishly.