July 4th was the best! Katie organized a "Fun Run" in the morning. There were six of us at the tract for to run or run/walk. I am impressed she got the guys away from the Wimbledon match on TV. I am still sore today.

The kids continued on to a game of tennis. Back at the house they moved on to golf...We grilled some ribs, played some cards and two games of Trivial Pursuit.
We walked down to see the fireworks at Ida Lee Park. It was nice day!

Enjoy the show!!

A visitor!

We had a nice start to our July 4th weekend with an unexpected visitor! With an 8 hour layover from Switzerland to LA, Joseph got to spend a few hours with us!
John grilled some chicken and we all enjoyed a great evening on the deck. Joe shared some stories of the partical physics experiment in Cern. What an interesting time for him!The girls had not seen Joseph in about 8 years! It was fun to share a few hours. The standard group shot. Eileen - thanks for telling us about his flight!!
See you in September!

A wonderful day

Summer is here and a great holiday is coming soon. I am looking forward to spending the day enjoying family and being home!!! Hope you all have a wonderful 4th!

Happy Birthday to John!

So nice to celebrate another birthday. I get to have the kids come for dinner! Lauren brought her friend Tim. Chris and Katie had a busy weekend planned but started at our house. Eric was here between hockey games. We had steaks on the grill and corn on the cob - John's favorites. Of course the cake was "structurally sound" to John's point of view - chocolate on chocolate!
We enjoyed the day - John and I even took a walk along the Appalachian trail later. Hope you all enjoyed Memorial Day weekend!

Happy Mothers Day!

I hope you all enjoyed your children as much as I did mine today.
It is the best of life -- the joy of being a mom!
We took a hike at Sky Meadow Park.










After a full week of rain it was sunny, low 70's with a nice breeze.








The climb was steep!



After a few hurdles to get past - toppled trees and streams to cross - we made it back.


Look at the smiles on these faces!

Roller coaster

I've disappeared for good reason for a few months but I am back:) Small steps here...
I thought I would share this cartoon roller coaster showing the real estate market from the 1800's to 2006.

Extremes

In just a week we went from this:


to this:

AM Clouds / PM Sun

High 74°F Precip 10%

Amazing!