Man… Facebook is totally routing this website! I guess the nice part about Facebook is that it limits who sees whatever you are doing. Which, in this world of Internet goons and hacks, its nice to know there is some privacy. But, at the same time… I appreciate that this site is MINE and cannot be edited or sold as needed by some corporate bigwig!
I am adding a link to the right for updated Picasa photos. I was running low on picture space… So, I stared a new account. All pictures from July 2011 and up are on the new link.
Click on the link above to be taken to our heap of pictures from Sylvia and Jame’s wedding.
We were in Alton for the weekend as part of the celebration… Below is a link from our bike ride in Grafton Saturday morning. What a great trail! 13 miles and some nice little hills for the kids.
Written by Eric on Sunday, 11 of September , 2011 at 10:53 am
09.11.01
What can I say? I imagine that this is a day that we will keep in our mind for the rest of our lives.
I have always thought that my generation would never know anything that affected our country like the WW2 generation. They are a living example…. Events that change our world always seem to be in a text book, or a Hollywood production. I am 30, and my parents can not tell me stories of anything close to this caliber.
An event like today can make you take stock in what you have. People went to work today, and never came home. People hopped a flight, and never had a chance!
Wanna Help… Give Blood, Donate Money? That is great, but can any of us imagine a loved one being taken away by horrific violence? Nothing you can hold or spend is going to take the place of that kind of personal tragedy.
My flag pole is broke… But tomorrow, I will be working to get it back up. I will buy yellow ribbons, or whatever someone decides is a tribute. I am proud to live in this country… It is worth defending, and it is worth saying out loud.
Lastly: Lets hope that this is as bad as it can get. I would hate to think it can get worse, and make this seem forgettable.
It seemed kinda cheesy to talk about Sept 11 today…. But after listening to some coverage on NPR this morning… I feel the need to share my thoughts from that day.
Written by Eric on Sunday, 7 of August , 2011 at 10:55 pm
Tomorrow… August 8th… I supposedly will have high speed Internet access via an 8MB DSL connection. This will be the first time we have ever had REAL high speed Internet access at any home we have ever lived in.
I have had more than my fair share of broken promises and technical problems in the past… So, I am still not getting my hopes up!
This was a big day. Summer starts 5 days of camp away from the house. Ang is already freaking out. Aiden strangely is playing it cool. I am sure he will be missing her after a day or two.
We got back from our Northeastern roadtrip Friday night… More details on that as I decide to write it all down!
We did our family birthday party for Summer on Friday night.
Saturday we went to the Harry Potter movie at the drive in in Springfield. We were really wanting to stay for the double feature.. But it was scheduled for a midnight second show… There was no way we were gonna make that! Especially driving home from Springfield.
Before hitting that show… We stopped into this new store called Scheels. They have the biggest retail store I have ever seen in my life! The movie with us in the Ferris Wheel was taken there. We spent 2 hours and 200 bucks there.
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