Emma Smith, My Story

We went and saw a very good movie on Monday night. It actually made me stop and think about things that I had not previously thought of before. It is not very often that a movie can move me to do that. I would recommend it and I would certainly view it again. Here is a link to the site where you can view the movie trailer and receive more information. http://www.emmasmithmovie.com/

Gold and Bronze Medals

Last week we visited with my brother Andy. He was showing off his medals that he won at his last Special Olympics a month ago. He told me that this is his 22nd year of competition. The medals he won were for participation in the Shot Put (is that spelled right?) and the 100 meter dash. He enjoys training for the different events and loves to stay overnight at the different venues around the state. You can imagine the amount of medals that he has accumulated after participating in both summer and winter olympics for the past 22 years. We are proud of him and all of his accomplishments.

Strike!

Ok, I should have taken my camera and gotten a picture of the cute little dance that Elijah did each time he did well at this first time of him bowling. Well, it was Joshua's first time as well. My only excuse is that I haven't bowled for about 15 years and I didn't get to have the bumper guards up when I was rolling the ball like the boys did. Hence, the many gutter balls on the score card. The boys loved it! We will definitely will have to do this again. The rest of the family was gone to Cub Scout camp and Girls camp. They probably would have beaten my score too if they had been there. (ha ha)

A gopher named Murray

Today we found that we had an unwelcome guest...a gopher. He was eating/killing some of the plants that we have been babying for the past two years and he was extremely close to our fruit tree. We managed to see his handiwork soon after he had begun. After several hours of him teasing us, Brad suggested we call him Murray after the Caddyshack reference. Not too long after we named him, he was caught in our trap and we are now rid of him. We are just hoping that his friends and relatives haven't come to set up a homestead with him.

Free Slurpees Anyone?

Today is 7/11/08 so of course we had to go and get free slurpees at 7-11. Boy did they taste great on such a hot day.