Happy birthday, Kevin!

Our youngest is 10 years old today - woohoo! No more single-digit children, which is a new feeling for us. Kevin is doing great in school, and has even joined the Legos Robotics club there. He is doing well in karate, and is just fun to be around. I'm looking forward to all that he will accomplish in the future!

High school football season

We enjoyed going to the game tonight to see the band play at halftime. It was hot and muggy but good to see Megan leading her clarinets and having a good time with her friends. The boys had fun cheering and going down to play beside the stands, and it was good to see Sue walking up the bleachers after being gone for a week. Jacob is out practicing with the GSU band at the Georgia Dome, and I'm getting ready to work tomorrow. Life us good!

Blue car, yellow bathroom, a lots of fun!

We bought a used Kia Spectra this week in an attempt to save some money on gas.  With it wavering between $3.50 and $3.79 per gallon we have been spending lots of money just to go back and forth to our jobs, so we are hoping that this little car wi get great gas mileage and save us money.

It was funny, though - Sue said the only color car she didn't want was silver, but all the used cars we cod find in our price range were silver!  This one is rebuilt, and we got a good enough deal that we had enough left to paint it.  Sue picked an electric blue and it looks sharp!

She also decided to paint our master bathroom this week.  She picked a bright yellow, and after she was done painting she was afraid I would freak out because it is so bright.  My initial reaction was "What the ..." but otherwise I'm fine with it.

The kids are back in school already, and Jacob is done with the summer semester and is eager for the fall semester to start.  He'll be taking 17 hours, but some of that is marching band again and the rest of his classes look OK.

Hope things are good with you! 

It's our 24th wedding anniversary!

Sue and I decided to celebrate our anniversary in a different way this year - we went whitewater rafting. It was a lot of fun despite me being a little nervous about the whole thing. Our guide Paul was great, and enjoyed having just the two of us in the boat with him. Beautiful weather, scenery, fast class 3 and 4 rapids, and Sue even swam through one of the rapids (under our guide's supervision :-) Lots of fun!

Great trip to VT

We had a good time camping in and visiting family in Vermont this past week. It was a lot of fun seeing Herb and Bev Hodge and all their family. We got to go on a hike with Dick, Carol, and Marvin, which led to a great view of the town of Fairlee. Many thanks to all of our cousins that helped make our visit to Vermont great!

Mission trip went well, family is having fun summer

Sue and Megan made it back from Nicaragua just fine after spending two weeks down there on a mission trip. They had a great time, made some good connections, and are ready to go back! Stephen is off at summer camp with the Boy Scouts, Kevin is having fun at VBS with one of his friends, Jacob is doing well in college, and I continue to work through the weather with all those airplanes. What a fun summer!

Happy birthday, Jacob!

My first-born is 19 years old today!  He's doing well in school,  working, and having fun.  Good job, Jacob!