Happy Birthday, Kevin!

Our youngest child turned 9 today - woohoo! He's getting big, stretching out as he grows and getting more mature. He's such a good boy! He is in 3rd grade, loves Cub Scouts and martial arts, and is very excited to have gotten such good presents from his family. He was very happy to get a Nintendo DS and a couple of games for it, and loves the action figures and gift card that he got. He really enjoyed the creamy pie that Sue made for him, too (his request). Go, K-man!

Good time in Helen with family

We had a good time in Helen, GA, this past weekend. Sue and I enjoyed tubing down the Chattahoochee River last month that we wanted to bring the kids up and do it with them. We stayed at the Helendorf Inn again, which was very nice, and then walked around the town before we went tubing. Of course the kids went way too fast and Sue and I dragged along (my fault, not hers :-) but it was fun anyways. It was great to have Jacob with us, too. Now that he's 18 we know that he won't do as much with us as he used to, but we still love to have him around. It was a good time!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

My dad celebrates his birthday today! He is 72 years old today and doing great! We love you, Pop!

First week of school down

We had a good first week, with lots of activities. Kevin started karate, Megan is enjoying band, Stephen is waiting for soccer to start, and Jacob is enjoying the car we helped him buy (even though he still doesn't have a job). We had a great initial Cub Scout meeting for our leaders, and Sue surprised me with an early birthday cake at the end of the meeting! Ah, life is good...

Happy Anniversary to us

We are celebrating 23 years of marital bliss!  Woohoo! 

Fun July 4th

As much as we wanted to go out we opted to stay home and relax for the 4th of July celebration.  We had a fire and fireworks on the driveway; we figured since Stephen and Megan were both sick this was better than going to one of the local fireworks displays.  Jacob as out with his girlfriend, so we felt a little incomplete.  Hope you celebrated oyr country's independance in your own special way :-)

Summer off to a good start

Well, Jacob has graduated high school, Sue made it back from her mission trip to Nicaragua, Megan is still down there for another week, Stephen and Kevin are in a science day camp this week, and I'm having fun working 4 evening shifts again this week during thunderstorm season. Woohoo! Looks like this is going to be a great and busy summer :-)