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Family Vacation

We have been planning a trip to Disney World for months now and it is almost time. The 19th - 24th we will be enjoying the sweltering Disney sun. We are all very excited!!! This trip will mark the very first time both girls have been on an airplane, been to Disney World, and Florida for that matter. We will take lots of pictures and video!!!!

Saturday was "day one" of the hottest garage sale this summer. A day that began as a breezy overcast morning, turned sizzling hot by mid-day. Jordyn, Emily (Jordyn's best friend), and Jaiden operated a dying artifact, previously known as a Lemonade Stand. After raking in $3.50, lemonade and water were provide to our customers for free. Hundreds of visitors kept us hopping all day. Culling out the garage is our primary goal and we have made great strides in obtaining our objective.

Tomorrow, the last day, we hope to greatly reduce the superfluous, unneeded and otherwise unwanted. The forecasted temperature for tomorrow provides no relief for our buying public. Armed with free donuts, water, and smiles we will forge ahead into the perils the traditional family garage sale.

Missing You(s)

The girls are spending the week in Tejas with The Noffsingers (Sam and Diana) and Mary and I are already missing them. Now, on a more serious note we are basking in the quiet and solitude of adult freedom that we have grown unfamiliar with. It is strange to walk out of a kitchen and then return to find that absolutely nothing has changed. Absent are the random cups scattered about on the counters, curious crumbs on the kitchen table and mysterious spots on the tile floor. I have also forgotten what it was like to watch TV in the living room. Our living room doesn't see much living, well, that's not true, the living room "sees" a whole lot of living, passing by a mile a minute. I am not complaining because I would much rather not watch Hannah Montanna if I don't have too. All kidding aside, we miss them and the dust cloud of mess and the cacophony of noise that comes with them. Meanwhile we try to make it through this week .......... hmmmm how will we ever survive?

Father's Day

This past Sunday was Father's Day. a day that reminds me what a privilege it is to be just that, a father, a role model, and a leader. My girls are so incredibly important and on a day that is called Father's Day it couldn't be more apparent. The love and appreciation that my girls, all three of them feel and express for me are the fruits of my labor, my labor of love. Thank you for making this Father's Day so memorable.

Graduation!

Jaiden Marie Dare has graduated from Pre-K at Primrose. Mary and I were unaware of graduation festivities for Pre-K, but apparently these frequent ceremonies signifying salient milestone events are rapidly becoming annual occurrences (not dissimilar to fund raising). The champagne was flowing and the video cameras were rolling. Parents and grandparents were all a gush and jubilant with ooohhhs and awwwss.

The youngins sang several songs and the memorable evening culminated with a rebel-rousing rendition of "OKLAHOMA!"

CONGRATULATIONS, JAIDEN. You are ready for Kindergarten!!! We are so proud of you, kiddo.