Quotes of the Week

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
-- Epictetus

"The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now."
-- Leo Babauta

"Figure out what you want. Focus on it. Find people who have achieved what you want and find out how they think and act, and then follow their lead."
-- Bill Harris

Quotes of the Week

I think what separates the superstar from the average ballplayer is the fact that he concentrates just a little bit more.
--Hank Aaron

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.
--Benjamin Franklin

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.
--Sir William Osler

Quotes of the Week

"I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not  on our circumstances."
-- Martha Washington

"Friends are the siblings God never gave us."
-- Mencius

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."
-- Margaret Thatcher

"A good friend is a connection to life -- a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world."
-- Lois Wyse

Short Visit From Klarissa and Newland

We had a little overnight treat. I guess we had two little overnight treats--Klarissa and Newland. They flew in for a short stay so Klarissa could get her fill of Cafe Rio and so she could go to a friend's bridal shower.

Ben helped her get her Cafe Rio fix the day she arrived and then we had Cafe Rio again the next day after she got home from the shower. We gave her two choices and she was the one who chose the repeat restaurant, so no one feel too sorry for her.

It looks like the rest of the group didn't mind her choice at all.

Except maybe Glen. He opted out of the Cafe Rio meal altogether.

Klarissa requested a cousins photo. It was mass pandemonium when I got there to take a photo.

I got one semi-decent pose with the mommies and their kiddos. Most of the cousins were not even looking at the camera.

Sarah had been successful just a little earlier in getting a snapshot of all the cousins sitting together on the bench. Spencer, Caroline, Eli, Newland, Carson and Brooke. Cute Cousins!!

So nice to see Newland hanging out with the rest of the gang. If only we knew what he was thinking...