Happy 18th Chaz

Chaz celebrated his birthday a week or so ago. He and Kaitlin made his favorite Chocolate Revel bars and he spent the evening doing some mysterious teenage things with friends. He is still on the hunt for work and, I hope at least, is pondering what to do with the rest of his life. Meanwhile he works around the house a few hours a day to earn his keep.


Injury Free 4th of July

We enjoyed a fun holiday at my parents house. We always love their home town parade that goes one way and then comes back the other way. You'll never find a better collection of wild grandmas on four wheelers and princesses on ridding lawnmowers. Our favorite this year was a float with two motorcycles and a little spotted donkey. The airplane candy drop went off without a hitch, no bleeding or anything (read about last year's adventures here). Jared even caught one. We wrapped the day up with a picnic with my family and my Aunt Edith from Canada and two of my cousins. In the evening we shot of fireworks with the neighbors. With the change in the fireworks laws our sky was alive with aerial fireworks. It was like living in middle of a fireworks show.