Thursday, July 05, 2007

4th of July

Stephen and I thought it would be fun to have a few friends over for a cookout yesterday, and then Stephen thought it would be fun to have our evening church service at the house around the campfire. It was a nice, relaxing time, and best of all - no rain like they predicted!!! The weather was perfect.


Sarah and I were both math majors and spent a lot of time together and became good friends...we have not really seen each other since we graduated, so it was a nice surprise when her and her husband, Steve, came up from Muncie for our cookout! I had fun catching up and hanging out with her again.

Other random pictures from the afternoon:


Here are some pictures from our cookout and church service around the fire last night:

Thanks to many of you that left comments on my post earlier this week, I now have lots of different ideas to try out with Titus...I was greatly encouraged!

Kind of on the same topic, Stephen's mom emailed me the suggestion that I should not compare the two kids...and that is exactly what I have been doing on here, even though that was never my intention. Probably my analytical mind (math major, remember :) ) trying to problem solve and voice the similarities and differences between the two - I am definitely not trying to say one is "better than" the other at all; I love both my kids!! I know that they are two unique individuals and I don't want to compare them so that they feel like they have to try to be like the other (or like other kids)...so I am going to work on that!



This picture was taken this morning before I left to take the kids to daycare (I can't believe I have been back at work a whole month now!!). It was adorable...Titus got down and said "hi" to Damaris and she was smiling right back at him, which he loved - he thought it was funny. He definitely loves his sister, and she likes it when he is around!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That last photo is so sweet! They look so much alike- especially those adorable noses.

I'm glad you guys had a nice fourth. The weather was terrible here. Luckily, we weren't planning on going out with my pre-eclampsia issues. We really appreciate your prayers!

Gene and Annie said...

Both Grace and Dax seem so proud of themselves when they can get thier little brother to smile! I bet Titus does love it! Our local fireworks got rescheduled because of the rain and now Gene won't be able to go which stinks. It's a good thing we already saw a few earlier this week! Glad you guys had a good time and good weather!!