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Monday, July 30, 2012

The Art Museum and Natural History Museum

June 11, 2012

ART MUSEUM

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The Cleveland Aquarium

I think they are pretending to be under the water and swimming in these pictures...maybe. :)

These are their "a shark is chasing me and I'm scared!" faces.

This was a total bust. I will not go again. It was SO HOT! And pretty lame. EXCEPT for the part that our friends were in. They were awesome!!! Anyone from Cleveland can put together a theme and create costumes to go along with it and then be in the parade. That is what makes it so unique and fun. Anne put together a group and it was really cute and it was fun to see them in the parade.

Waiting for the parade to start...

Lots of funnel cake. Yum. My favorite.

A jelly fish

A bird.

These are our friends from our ward. Their theme was family history. So fun!

Nana and Kaiden visit--first stop, Hinckley Lake

Oh man, I am so far behind on this "daily family life journal" blog. :) So much for the daily part of that.

June 8, 2012

My mom and nephew, Kaiden, came for a visit in June and we had SO MUCH FUN with them here. Kaiden is one of Trevor's best buds and they had a great time. The first day here I took everyone to Hinckley Lake. It doesn't disappoint. We were first taken to this lake many years ago by our friends, the Elmore's. We go at least once a year now. There are canoes and paddle boats and swimming.

We made Ashlyn into a sand mermaid.

These girls are just darling!

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

Monday, July 30, 2012

The Art Museum and Natural History Museum

The Cleveland Aquarium

Parade the Circle

Nana and Kaiden visit--first stop, Hinckley Lake