Independence Day

There is one thing that Jay looks forward to each year on the fourth of July. . . . the F-16 flyover. The F-16s fly over the stadium at the beginning of the Stadium of Fire around 9pm. Every year, like clock work, Jay climbs to the top of David's roof and paces for almost an hour in great anticipation of witnessing this magical event. . . he doesn't want to miss a thing!

We were able to get a great picture of Jay doing just that this year. I'm so grateful that he's so easy to entertain. I was nervous about his climbing to the roof as he just turned 50 this year, but he escaped unscathed.

Our family had a wonderful time at David & Liz's house . . . it's so nice of them to have an open ended invitation for us to come. We had a shocking reality check this year when the kids cried and didn't want to get up so early for the balloons. . . . I think they're outgrowing it! We're probably going to have to mix it up next year by doing something different. . . . Here are some other pictures of our time this weekend: (~Em)




(this is from 2005 - all four boys - but it's our favorite)

Perfect Summer Home

We love our treehouse. Here Elijah sits by the fire pit in the middle of the summer. You can't see the top of the treehouse because the eighty foot pine tree hides most of it. Summers just don't last long enough. Jay

Warm Welcome

Blogging is something that I never thought we would be doing. I've heard others say how much they love doing it - even getting addicted to "blogging" - I didn't get it!! I sit here at midnight after having been working on our family blog for the last two hours. I can now say that I understand completely!

This is a great way to keep our family members and friends informed of our goings on without having to send personalized emails. Not that I don't enjoy the individuality of that, but we're getting busier and busier!!

I'm very excited to join the club, so to speak, and have felt such encouragement from friends and family to do so!! I'm sure that in no time at all, we will seem as cool as all of you out there who are reporting all of your fun things. . . . I can't wait!! ~Em