Enjoying Summer One Event At A Time

Here we go again!! Merrill entered his Boss Hoss in another car show and once again that boy won first place. He really enjoys doing this and it is nice to see him win. These are always fun events and it is a nice family affair type of thing. The kids have a great time looking at all the old cars and motorcycles and Roberta enjoys just hanging out and sitting in the shade....have she ever told you how much she hates the heat?? :o)

We also celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. WOW, that is an accomplishment in and of itself. It is hard to believe that in this day and age when marriage is about as disposable as anything else, we have managed to make it work in spite of all we have gone through as a family. Our life has been hard more times than not, but our love for each other has just grown stronger and our commitment greater than the day we made those vows. This year we did not have a sitter, so we did the next best thing, we bought the children's favorite expensive food, that they get about once very two years......clams and Roberta just cooked and cooked while they ate and ate. All together we put away 30 lbs of clams and much to Mordachi's total happiness there were none left. Just happy tummy's all around.

A day at the lake means different things to different people. For Merrill it meant a lot of blowing up the water toys and floaties. He brought a nice air compressor, but it was not fast enough and he could do it a lot faster this way. At least he kept the children happy. For the children it meant a lot of time in the water, having fun and enjoying their time there. It also meant a lot of trips to the bathroom :o)

For Joseph it meant a lot of sitting and just putting up with us all till the outing was done. He isn't admitting it to anyone, but he enjoyed his time outside and he also loved watching Mom move rather fast as he pulled things off of the table. He has been putting a lot of thought into how he can skip the next lake day and just stay home.