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July 2008
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the All-Star Tee Ball teams and participants on the South Portico Wednesday, July 16, 2008, following a double-header at the White House with pitting Eastern U.S. against Central U.S. and Southern U.S. against Western U.S.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the All-Star Tee Ball teams and participants on the South Portico Wednesday, July 16, 2008, following a double-header at the White House with pitting Eastern U.S. against Central U.S. and Southern U.S. against Western U.S.
Mrs. Laura Bush waves at children as she walks the aisles of the Hokkaido Marche, a farmer's market in Makkari Village, on Hoikkaido, Japan, Tuesday, July 8, 2008, during a G-8 Spouses Program. Makkari, a village of 2,323 people, is known especially for its lilies and its potatoes. Mrs. Laura Bush tastes a sampling of the food at the Hokkaido Marche farmer's market in Makkari Village Tuesday, July 8, 2008, as part of the G-8 Spouses Program. The small village on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido is known for its lilies and its potatoes, and the market, organized especially for the occasion of the G-8 Summit, showcased locally grown produce.
Mrs. Laura Bush and spouses of G-8 leaders pause for the family photo Tuesday, July 8, 2008, during their visit to the village of Makkari on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. From left are: Mrs. Margarida Uva Barosso, Mrs. Laureen Harper, Mrs. Kiyoko Fukuda, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Sarah Brown and Mrs. Svetlana Medvedeva. With Mt. Yoteizan as a backdrop, the G-8 Spouses pause Tuesday, July 8, 2008, for their family photo in the village of Makkari on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Mrs. Bush participates in a discussion with Junior 8 (J8) members and other G-8 spouses during her visit to the Toyako Town Visitors Center Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Hokkaido, Japan. Mrs. Bush is joined by from left, Mrs. Sarah Brown, spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mrs. Svetlana Medvedev, spouse of the President of Russia, Mrs. Kiyoko Fukuda, spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan, and Mrs. Laureen Harper, spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada. Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a discussion with Junior 8 (J8) members during her visit to the Lake Toya Visitors Center Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Hokkaido, Japan.
Mrs. Laura Bush stands with Ms. Natsumi Kagawa, age 11, after planting a tree at the Toyako New Mount Showa Memorial Park Wednesday, July 8, 2008, during a tree planting ceremony in Hokkaido, Japan. Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by other G-8 spouses, plants a tree at the Toyako New Mount Showa Memorial Park during tree planting ceremony Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Hokkaido, Japan. Joining Mrs. Bush from left are Mrs. Sarah Brown, spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mrs. Svetlana Medvedev, spouse of the President of Russia, Mrs. Laureen Harper, spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada, Mrs. Kiyoko Fukuda, spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan, and Ms. Harumi Takahashi, Governor of Hokkaido.
Mrs. Laura Bush, accompanied by Mrs. Kiyoko Fukuda, spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan, left, is greeted as she arrives to the Toyako New Mount Showa Memorial Park for a ceremonial tree planting ceremony with other G-8 spouses Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Hokkaido, Japan. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush meet with reporters Sunday, July 13, 2008 upon their arrival back to the White House, to express their sadness on the death of former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow.
Mrs. Laura Bush poses with the winners of the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards at the White House on July 14, 2008. The awards are given in various disciplines such as communications, architecture, landscape, product, interior, fashion and people's design as well as in lifetime achievement, corporate achievement, special jury commendation. They awards are a tool to increase national awareness of design by promoting excellence, innovation and lasting achievement. The award program was first launched in 2000 at the White House as an official project of the White House Millennium Council. Mrs. Laura Bush welcomes attendees of the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards on July 14, 2008 in the White House East Room. The awards are given in various disciplines such as communications, architecture, landscape, product, interior, fashion and people's design as well as in lifetime achievement, corporate achievement, special jury commendation. They awards are a tool to increase national awareness of design by promoting excellence, innovation and lasting achievement. The award program was first launched in 2000 at the White House as an official project of the White House Millennium Council.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the All-Star Tee Ball teams and participants on the South Portico Wednesday, July 16, 2008, following a double-header at the White House with pitting Eastern U.S. against Central U.S. and Southern U.S. against Western U.S. Mrs. Laura Bush shows her enthusiasm for the spirited game of tee ball as young All-Star players from across the United States gather to play on the White House South Lawn on July 16, 2008. President George W. Bush watched the game a few seats away on a bleachers set up for the event for the young players.
Mrs. Laura Bush addresses 5,400 participants on Monday, July 28, 2008 at the Fifth Annual Reading First National Conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.

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