David and the boys made it back!

Stephen, Kevin, and David went on a Philmont hiking trek with David's brother Michael and his boys and a couple of other scouts.  It was an awesome experience for them, though a lot of hard work.  They hiked over 60 miles in the back country of northern New Mexico! Everyone made it back safe and healthy, which is good.  Be sure and ask them about their experience when you get a chance!

Good visit with Michael

My brother flew in to town for a meeting so we picked him up at the airport and took him to dinner! It was great to see him and hear about all their adventures out in OR. We dropped him off at his hotel and told him to have fun at his meeting tomorrow...

Good visit with Taylor

Taylor and her boyfriend Aaron came by for a visit this weekend (woohoo!), so we took them to stone Mountain so they could say they've been there and did most of the thing available. We did their "Sky Hike" rope course, which was a lot of fun - Kevin and Stephen even did the Super Challenge 3 stories up! It was lots of fun! We saw the 4D movie, rode the cable car to the top of the mountain, then walked down the mountainand rode the train back to where the van was parked. Our picnic lunch was delicious, and it was cool to be able to see our van from the top of the mountain. Taylor and Aaron seemed to enjoy it, and since we've got annual passes we're planning on going back several times this yea

Good visit with Michael and Claudia

We were glad to have Michael and Claudia at our house for the 4th of July. It was great to see and hear the boys playing together, and lots of fun to meet and hold our newest nephew Benjamin. We had fun hanging out at the house, eating burritos, making t-shirts (the ones we are wearing in the picture :-), and holding our own "showers of sparks" fireworks display for the 4th.

They left this morning to go down and spend the week with my parents and Claudia's mother. They head west to Oregon next month for Michael's new position as Plant Manager of the Kingsford Charcoal plant out there, so it may be a while before we see them again. Hopefully we'll be able to use the Internet to keep up with each other...

Fun at Stone Mountain

Michael and Claudia were going to come to our house first, but due to travelling with a baby they were running behind their timeline. We met them at Stone Mountain with food and drink and spent the afternoon and evening on the lawn waiting for the lasershow. The boys had fun playing with their Ben 10 and Pokemon stuff and then tossing the football. We enjoyed getting to meet our newest nephew and catching up with Michael and Claudia. It will probably be a while before we see them again since they move to Oregon next month. Oh, well - hope you have a great 4th of July. Remember that when you see fireworks you are seeing what we Americans like to do for fun :-)