Megan makes a soccer cookie!

It's Kevin's birthday, so Megan got out the frosting and made a big
cookie Sue had baked into a soccer cookie! Good job, Megan!

Tommy in fight; starting to perk back up

Somehow Tommy got out of the house without us knowing it last week. When we got home he was standing on the driveway waiting for us. We noticed later that he had some cuts and a puncture wound on his neck; it looked as if a pit bull or similar dog had grabbed him by the neck in a fight. He seemed scared of everything, especially of going outside, and was laying down a lot.

After watching him lay around for a couple of days Sue took him to the vet and found out his wounds were filling with puss and blood. The vet drained the wounds and gave him a shot of penicillin (sp?).

Sue's been keeping the wounds clean and drained for the past few days, and he seems to be doing better. His tail is up again and doesn't seem so scared when we take him outside. Hopefully he'll heal up and be OK...

Happy Birthday, David!

I turned 41 today - woohoo! It was a good day, though long (I thought that meeting would never end!). My co-workers had cake for me (thanks, Suzanne!), and then I enjoyed an evening at ho,e with the family. What a great day!

We went to Six Flags today!

As our last hurrah before school starts Monday Sue and I took Jacob,
Megan, and Stephen to Six Flags today. We also took our friends Kara,
Courtney, and Andrew Smith. Megan, Stephen, and Andrew got in free
because they read for more than 600 minutes during the last school year,
and we took the others just because we love them :-) Sue rode the
Batman ride and I got to ride the Superman ride, with others in
between. It was a fun day!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today is our 18th wedding anniversary. We have had a great time
celebrating today and look forward to what the Lord has in store for us
in the future!

We had a great vacation!

We travelled to the great state of Alaska for our summer vacation this
year and had a great time! It was cool, the weather was great, and we
saw mountains, animals, and lots of countryside. I should have our
daily blog entries up by the end of the week and pictures shortly
thereafter. Check back soon...

7/3/05 - Alaska trip underway!

7/3/05 - We got off to good start - left the house at 8:00am for our
11:35am flight. Stephen and Kevin kept talking about the airplanes
"blasting off", and all the kids enjoyed the first plane ride to MSP.

The flight from MSP to Anchorage was long, but everyone did good. Kevin took a nap, everyone read and played Gameboys and we oooh'd and aah'd when we saw Alaska from 34,000 feet.

We made it to the motel just fine, found some ice cream nearby, then fell asleep while it was still light outside ( at 10:00pm!).