Cody

  This week we’ve been watching Cody, my Grandma’s 2-pound Maltese puppy.

  Today would be his two-month birthday, so he’s still very small and obviously very cute .

Week Goes to the Dogs!

Megan with the dogs in her lap

This week we watched my Aunt & Uncle’s Italian greyhounds while they were out of town.  Italian greyhounds look really neat-they’re very tall and thin, but much smaller that regular greyhounds and their long legs make them look like fawns.  My aunt and uncle breed them.

   What was really funny is how much like a pack the dogs were.  They absolutely couldn’t stand to be separated for any amount of time and they would almost always do everything at the same time.  Fall asleep in the kennel, wake up, look at something-they’d do it in pack synchronization.

The greyhounds names are Bella, Israel, Jasmine, and Eve.  I had wanted to do a good ole’ fox hunt while we had all of these hounds laying around, but my wish never came true.  View halloo!

Playing in the River

   We (or really “they) drove down to a park today where we used to spend a lot of our time playing throughout the summer with the Marler family.  Megan was with us and she and Noah had a good time digging up clay. 

 

 

 

Noah with clay in his hand…

Benjamin fished in the cool, clear water

…Benjamin with a fish in his hand…

 

….but I am the most daring-Andrew with a mouse in his hand.”

  I can’t vouch for the fact that they all had fun, I stayed home today and got a lot of work done-plus I am pretty good at taking out the dog.  But just to show you I’ve had my fair share of river water fun here’s a picture of us and the Marler family at St. Francis State Park in 2005.

Fireworks on 4th of July

Video of Finale

  We met up with Jo & Megan at the park and got a great view of the fireworks show.

 

The crowds with the band playing “Getting in the Mood”

Wagon rides…waiting for the show to begin

   I like 4th of July and everything, but I guess I can’t see what firing Chinese-made fireworks has to do with Independence Day.  My cruel, practical mind thinks that If we’re doing anything, we’re just celebrating our dependence upon China by increasing our trade deficit.  Most of the time I can just save these thoughts for the rest of the year and have a good time with friends and family-and also remember our nation’s founders and their ideas of liberty.

 

Going home

7/4/11

Six Flags with Friends Part 1

   Today we went to Six Flags again with Megan, Grandma & Glenn and we had a great day at the park that did bring beautiful, cool weather and did not bring people!  We were able to ride a lot of roller coasters because there were virtually no lines and you could ride the coaster multiple times.  At the end of the day I had ridden 18 rides and 4 of them I had never been on before.

Below are few videos, photos and stories from a few of the rides that we rode.

 

 

Sky Screamer

This ride opened just a few weeks ago [scary] and is basically a really tall swing that lifts you 236ft into the air and spins you around.  There was a bar that went over the seat and a seat belt, but other than that you’re just hanging by chains with an amazing view of the entire park and some stiff breezes upon your face. 

 

Pandemonium

Another fairly new ride that spins in circles as you fly along the track.  Benjamin doesn’t like spinning so only Megan Noah and I are in this photo.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Freeze

   We rode this for the first time with the suggestion of my Grandma (who loves this ride by the way) and I think it is the most intense I have ever been on.  It is an electromagnetic ride that shoots you 0-70 in four seconds and shoots you up over 22 stories into the air…then falls back down and goes through the rest of the track backwards!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Log Flume

A classic ride that I really enjoy.  No, you don’t get too wet on this ride, but….

 

Thunder River

…you do get wet on this one. Just take a look at Glenn.  He got so wet the first time that he had nothing to lose and rode it again!

Megan put on “Mama Lisa’s” raincoat to warm up after getting so wet.

Similar Photo Shoot in 2008…

   We took photos at Bee Tree Park in October of ‘08 and so below are some photos from this year’s photo shoot next to photos from the photo shoot two years ago.

Hmm…I have grown in 2 1/2 years!

  The lighting and the foliage were a lot more colorful the first time in 2008

I wonder if Benjamin prefers standing on a wall so he can look down on everyone else

Same wall

Looks like our sister slipped in for a picture

  

   A few things about these two photo shoots can be similarr, but some photos can never be taken again.

Ken Wong