Two big boys

I love both these photos...

1) Max can't get enough of the solid food (is he a piglet or what?).
(Be sure to check out all the other cute photos on Shayla's blog.)2) Aki's cousin Aisea on his mission in the Philippines...a little like David and Goliath!

Weekend Report

Fourth of July • small town • 2 days • parade candy • heat • naps • non-stop food • derby • fireworks • lake • reading • friends

All About Me (flickr style)

The above mosaic represents my answers:
1. lindy 2. tacos 3. St. Johns High School 4. red 5. RDJ 6. horchata 7. fiji 8. texas sheet cake 9. mother 10. freedom 11. undisciplined 12. funaki

Here is how you can play too:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name. (kid version: favorite animal?)

Happy Independence Day

"O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!"

~"America the Beautiful"

(taken from Emily's blog)

Thinking of brother Brigham today doing who-knows-what in Iraq as we eat, eat, eat, and watch a parade and fireworks.

Brig's wife posted on their blog recently an excerpt from one of his emails (my SIL Heidi did this first, so thanks be to her for the idea):

"I'm just here to help out my guys and others around me, improve myself, and come home to you.

"I spoke a lot this week with two Iraqi interpreters that work with us. Hearing about how Iraq used to be under Saddam etc, and hearing about the situation they're in really gave me some perspective. They really need us, and most of them are given hope from the US being here. It inspires me, and I hope that in the end, we are successful in Iraq. It will be worth it, and ultimately will have been a Christlike act from one nation to another. I hope and pray that good triumphs!!"

We miss you. We are proud of you. We love you!