A Voice From the Past!

What a surprise! I just received an email from an old friend I've not talked to in 15 years! Wow. We were roommates at NCJC (not OVU), and OC, and shared an apartment immediately after graduation from college (for about two weeks, before I moved to grad school and left him with the bill! DOH!). Any of you who knew me in either of those times will know who I'm talking about, but just in case you can't put the pieces together...he is the "Man of La Mancha"! :) If you want his address, just let me know.

Superman is SUPER

Matthew and I saw Superman Returns last night. Wow, we really enjoyed it. It was just the way a superhero movie should be...good vs. evil, human drama, fantastic special effects, and a real plot that kept moving. It was a perfect father/son movie. It received two thumbs-up from us. Go see it. NOW!

Great 4th of July

I had one of the best 4th of July celebrations to date this year--despite the complete lack of patriotism. It's a tough year to be patriotic. With news of US Marines raping and killing innocent Iraqi's, hundreds of "enemy combatants" illegally (at least according to the US Supreme Court) held at Guantanamo Bay, President Bush's approval ratings in the tank, and Iran and North Korea demonstrating nuclear power as a self-defense from "pre-emptive regime change" by the US.

All that being said, we had an absolutely fantastic 4th of July here at PU. Zach Le was baptized, we had a wonderful family parade around the B-school, a cookout at the pool, dinner with friends, and fireworks over the ocean. All of that without leaving campus. Ever. Now that, is a nice 4th of July!

We're BAAACCCKKK...

Gheesh...what a long, wonderful vacation. We visited so much of the world in the past six weeks. What fun. One of the highlights was VBS in Bloomington. It was WONDERFUL to see our favorite people there.

Here are some photos.

Kites in the Middletown Park

We had a free day in MD between our Colonial trip and going to Indiana. So we went to the park in Middletown and flew kites. It was really a blast! Here's proof!

Paris Photo Album

Several people have mentioned that the links below do not include many pictures from our trip to Paris. So...here is an album completed devoted to the Gay Paris!

A GREAT Vacation!

We spent last week touring colonial America. We visited the American History Museum in DC, Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown Battlefield, and Historic Downtown Philadelphia. So much fun.

Here are some photos from the trip...
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Vacation Photos

Here are some photos from our first day at Mimi's and Baby Blake's first birthday party! Fun fun fun! Now we're back in the states and traveling around colonial America to reinforce some lessons about liberty, freedom, and the value of understanding history for interpreting the present.