A Promise for Tomorrow...

Yes, I have not been a good blogger lately. It's been days since my last post and even longer since my last picture update. I promise to get some pictures and other stuff up tomorrow.

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A Chance Encounter...

Last night, I was folding laundry and flipping through the channels on the TV. I like to have the TV on while I fold or iron clothes. I stopped on HBO. The movie Taking Chance was showing. I had seen it on the Tivo schedule a few times before, and I decided to watch it. Kevin Bacon stars as a marine who volunteers to escort the remains of PFC Chance Phelps to be interred. The stories of both the escort and the fallen hero have been documented on the internet and various news shows. http://www.chancephelps.org/ is a good place to start if you want more background.

This movie was incredibly touching, and I am glad I stopped to watch it. Layton watched the movie with Jay and me. At one point, I stepped into the kitchen. As I walked back into the den, I saw Layton standing in front of the TV saluting the casket as it was loaded onto an airplane. The silhouette of my three year old son saluting will forever be in my heart. Even at three, he was able to recognize the sentiment of the film.

I would strongly recommend this movie to anyone. Anyone.

Do Gooder....

Hadley is in the science club at school. For Valentine's day, the club stuffed backpacks with goodies for the clients of the Birdie Thornton Center. The top picture ( of the science club ) is from our local newspaper. The second picture is of Hadley (center) and two other students at her school. They were the winners of the annual environmental calendar contest. Their pictures were sent to Legacy to determine the winners from the whole state. A calendar will be made out of the winning pictures, and the profits go toward environmental conservation.

The Girls Taught Him...

In the photo posted with this entry, Layton is wearing a swimsuit from last year and a pajama top. The girls pull all of their clothes out and mix and match things to make crazy getups. Layton learned from the best. He got tired though and had to pass out. It's tough work playing really, really hard.

 

These are some more miscellaneous pictures from my computer.

 

 

 

 

Snow Girls...

The Jumping Continues...

Jumping...

Last weekend, we went to a friend's birthday party. It was at JumpZone. I had never been there before. It was really nice. Sadly, my dsl connection is crap right now, and this is the only picture I have been able to upload. I will try again later because I got some really, really good shots. I will also post some pictures from the snow. Ella loved it. Charsy loved it. She spent the night with us. They were the only two to play in it from our house. Anyway, more pics soon...