Happy 60th Birthday!

I just finished watching my dad preach the evening message at a campmeeting in Indiana, and his words tonight reminded me of just a few of the reasons why I'm so blessed to be his daughter.

Happy Birthday, Dad. We love you and are forever grateful that you loved us enough to be the gentle, yet strong Godly father that you are.

Less Than a Month...

till kindergarten. If only time would slow down...

Update on Stephanie

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A Little Flashback...

Ryan and Evan are off to band camp in Indiana for the week. As I was trying to get their picture yesterday, they were reminding me that I needed to hit the road because they had to get to orientation.  
 

I was going through some photo albums, and found this from Easter 2006 -

Maybe 2002?

And just for fun...

Swimming in the Smoky Mountains!

So maybe I'm a little sentimental.  :-)  They are having fun and hopefully will excel tremendously in their instruments this week!

Happy Independence Day!!!

July 4th was a super relaxing day for us. Skies were overcast, and we had periods of gentle rainshowers. We enjoyed a fantastic lunch at my brother and sister-in-law's country home. Their house is so cozy and spacious!

Ryan and Evan "shooting" with Will.  He loves it when they
play with him, and he can wrestle for hours!

Eating on the deck...

Allison and Ruby

Later that evening, we met up again at the fireworks.  Lima has been rated the best July 4th fireworks show in the state of Ohio.  And we've learned that they don't cancel unless the rain is really coming down, so we prepared...

Alli and Suzie snackin' it up!

Growing boy!

Classic...lol

Classic x 10...lol!

I've given up on getting "good" pics.  The ones we'll enjoy in 20 years are the silly ones anyway, right?

Our beloved USA is really going through some difficult times right now, but we're still proud to be Americans, and we're not giving up on the land of the free!