Young Eagles take FLIGHT

Eight is GREAT!

COS turned 8 this month and to celebrate
she planned the whole day with her family.

Like Mommy, like darling lil' daughter.
:)

Here are some pictorial highlights.

Summer Celebrations, Part 2

Amanda & David's neighbor put on a private
fireworks display over his lake on their acreage
for his own family - and theirs!
It was MAGNIFICENT!!!

A fun-filled 4th with our family in East Texas
wouldn't be complete without a small town parade!
Here are some highlights:

After lunch, we went on our first
geocaching experience, which
led us down this fabulous country road...
straight to a cemetery!

Amanda discovered the cache in a tree!

After the Erickson's neighbor's fireworks
display, we went back to the cabin to
shoot off some of our own -
and a LOT of sparklers -
with the little kids.
GREAT memories!

You can really sense the movement in this one,
with a car driving by (we shot them off in the road),
Dad, G'pa and JSS readying the next firecracker
and COS dancing around with her sparkler.

This was as the last firecracker was fading -
what a serendipitous moment I happened to catch
when JSS turned to give his Dad a Hi-5!
I LOVE it!!

Shooting poppers off the cabin's porch the next day...

...as we enjoyed some cold watermelon
and out of this world company!