Quotes of the Week

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others."
-- Audrey Hepburn

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
-- Voltaire

"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble."
-- Frank Tyger

Quotes of the Week

"Strive to increase order and discipline in your life. Discipline usually means doing the opposite of what you feel
like doing. The easy roads to discipline are setting deadlines; discovering and doing what you do best and what's
important and enjoyable to you; focusing on habits by replacing your bad habits and thought patterns, one-by-one, over time, with good habits and thought patterns."
-- Dave Kekich

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again."
-- Abraham Maslow

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
-- Rachel Carson

Jacob's Family Trip Comes To An End

Here are some more pictures of the family.

 

And this marks the end of Jacob's family's trip at our house. Fun times! Glad Ben could join us for the festivities! 

Stadium of Fire

Many months ago, way back when Glen and I thought we were going to be the only ones home over the 4th of July, we decided to buy tickets to Stadium of Fire. We also got a hotel close enough to the stadium that we could walk back and forth. That was a good idea before and it was a superb idea once again.

Even though plans changed with Jacob's family coming to town over the 4th and Ben coming home from Texas for the long weekend, Glen and I snuck (is that a word?) off by ourselves for an overnight getaway.

Because Glen is a member of the Cougar Club, we always get good tickets on the field a dozen or so rows from the stage.

It was quite relaxing sitting there--just the two of us--knowing that all the kids and grandkids were entertaining themselves at Jeff and Sarah's house eating a dutch oven meal, playing water games and going to see fireworks again. They were having fun. We were having fun!!

The program cover showing the guest performers.

Show starts with skydivers who always manage to land in the back half of the football field right on target.

Patti Austin was the narrator. She is somebody famous, but we don't know her.

 Cirque Du Soleil put on a performance.

I loved when the dancers were doing the slinky dance out on the field.

Carly Rae Jepsen did such a great job. She is a singer I didn't know much about, but after her performance, I really like her a lot now.

Kelly Clarkson is a singer I know even though I wasn't into American Idol the first season when she won. She did her whole performance wearing this fancy black dress and she was barefoot. I guess she likes singing better with no shoes on???

 The show ended with lots of fireworks.

We enjoyed our walk back to our hotel in the dark. It is a very nice way to avoid all the traffic. And we were in no rush to hurry home the next day because Jacob's family bounced back to Lagoon and took Ben with them.