Archive for July 2009

While loading some pictures off of my camera, I came across some 4th of July photos that I had forgotten.  The 4th, to me, is a great holiday.  I’m going to be honest, I like the food part the most…….by far.

But parades, oh the parades.  It’s a great time to fill younger kids with too much sugar, for one.  But every year I spend a lot of time thinking about this awesome nation we live in, and I hope you do too.  Now, I DO live in the most beautiful part of it, but it’d be cool anywhere

Some parade shots:

Aren’t those some beautiful horses?

My personal favorite is the next photo:

Holding up the COVETED prize; a handful of “Bit-O-Honey”.

Hi Everyone,

Sorry about the lack of posts, we just get wrapped up in summer!

A couple weeks back a few of us decided that we should take a boat ride without an agenda; no plans to ski, fish, tube, windsurf….whatever.  Just sit and enjoy, that was the only plan.  After actually following through (can’t beleive we got through the whole boat ride without someone saying they wanted to ski or wakeboard), I decided that there is no reason this shouldn’t be done more often.  Never more have I appreciated the beauty of Houghton.  The bright sun shining off the unique architecture of the University, town, and the infamous lift bridge was very calming in a busy world. It relaxed me enough that I hardly took any pictures!

We started out by seeing this:

Then we cruised down by Tech:

Took a stroll by the ski hill:

And headed back toward the bridge!

It truly was a ton of fun.  Can’t wait to do it again.