Wow, it’s been 4 months since I’ve posted anything! Surely we’ve been up to something.  Anything worth talking about here anyway. I guess I’ve been too busy to write and post pictures too.  A lot has transpired, like a new blog design.  I’m still working out the kinks, but I think I’m getting used to it. What do you think?

July – ooh, I went to Hawaii with my parents while Jon stayed home to work.  poor guy! I seem to have all the fun. I will post some pics from Hawaii one of these days… I must show off pics of my adorable, but large kawaii cousin Ezra (and some pics of other cutey cousins).  See Hawaii pics here.

August – I went canoeing with friends from church.  For those of you who know me, you know outdoorsy activities and I generally do not get along.  But I played well with others, and I didn’t fall in. though Jon did! I will get pics posted on this too… Oooh, business news, Blue Star was named Small Business of the Month for the Goshen Chamber.  That’s quite an accomplishment for us.

September – We went to Cedar Point with some friends.  I LOVE Cedar Point.  I do have pics from this event.  Click to see the gallery.  My new favorite ride is definitely the Maverick.  It was the last ride we got on at 10 pm and riding it in the dark made it so much more fun!  So sad Jon couldn’t enjoy it with me, as he doesn’t do twisty upside turns…  Family news: At the end of the month, Berkeley got 2 of his front teeth removed. It’s pretty sad when your old dog needs dental work.

As October has just ended, I will post about it separately.  For now, I will close this out.

It’s that time again…our BIG party of the year! We planned, and prepped, and worked, and slaved, and then had lots of FUN with those of our friends who could join us this year.
Here are some pics to highlight the day.
If you look real close, you can see the plane formation through the tree line…it’s the only pic that I took that you can actually tell the specks in the sky are planes.

While watching parts of the air show, I really missed having my dad around to tell me what each plane was. I’m sure he would have loved to see the fighter jet zooming over our backyard. maybe next year Dad?

Here’s a pic of Jon torturing Jim Dreier’s sons on the neighbor’s trampoline.

Later on, Landon decided to show the boys how not to light fireworks. His example does come in handy for those moments when safety is important. The boys learned to watch out for backfire and upper lips.

As always, we were pretty tired from all of the work involved into having 50 people at our house and from all the volleyball we played until dark. Looking forward to what next year’s party will be like…