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Sunday, September 26, 2010

This is Kirtland Play

Every summer our Stake puts on a play that is called This is Kirtland. It is about the church history in Kirtland. People from our stake audition for the play and ward members direct it and make costumes for it. Two people who were not members of the church were baptized during their involvement with this play this summer. I'd be happy to share their stories if anyone is interested! We took a day out of our summer to help mend costumes. The kids came with me. Claudia Harrington was the mastermind behind the costumes this year!

4th of July

We had a ward breakfast where the kids rode bikes and ate food and I decorated all the kids faces with face paint.

We got together with some friends for dinner...

We had our own fireworks show in the backyard that the kids enjoyed...

and they were really loud...

Then we went and watched the city's fireworks show.

Dave had the 5th of July off of work and we spent the entire day at the Lake...seriously I think we got back at 1 in the morning--it was SO FUN! Fairport Harbor had another fireworks show that we sat maybe 20 feet from. It was so cool.

Water Sports

I have an intense love for all things that involve water, so naturally I have to pass that on to my kids. I've mentioned in a previous post that the kids took a kayaking class and canoe class and I didn't get pictures of it, but they also took a jet skiing class. It was such a fun summer on the lake! Here is a group shot from one of their classes.

Summertime (I have some catching up to do)

Another thing we did this summer was go to the free day at the Natural History Museum. My kids love that museum. They love to climb on the dinosaur outside, they love to stand on the earthquake zone. They love to look in the Planetarium. Here are some pics from the summer...

They loved watching the animal show and even got to pet one of the animals!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Sailing Ships Festival

This was another fun summer event. H-O-T! But definitely fun. We went on a tour of a bunch of ships that were docked in Lake Erie.

Trevor got picked as a volunteer for the Pirate show

Rolling Ridge Farm....totally not going in order with these posts

We went to the coolest "zoo" this summer. It was an Amish Farm that had all of these animals that would come right up to our little wagon and take food out of the buckets we were holding. One example....

all the kids got a turn driving the wagon

Such a cute shot! Paige and ej

The whole group

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Can't forget Father's Day 2010

I'm taking the time now to post pictures that I failed to before. One of those posts include the cute pictures we took on Father's day. So, pretty much the kids adore Dave. It's a fact. I've come to terms with the fact that once the kids hit age 4 mom is no longer cool and dad is the favorite. Here is the proof...

NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ