Thanks to those who seved and died for us!

We salute those who have served in the military. We thank those who lost their lives in order for us to have the freedom that we have today.









Ken set off some NC legal fireworks... the kids sat on a blanket in the front yard eating their corn on the cob. Got them to look at me for a quick minute, while Ken was lighting another one.





Alyssa, Alannah, and Christopher loved them, didn't mind the noise, but Damien for some odd reason, is the only one that hates the noise makes. I went to grab my camera from the truck, and Ken set off a NC legal whistler, and boy, Damien screamed cause I was not with him. You can tell he had some fear in his face in the picture.





I don't have the best camera in the world, but I love how these came out. You can actually see the works part of them. I love the streams of color coming out of the big flash.


It may look a little shaky, but it's weird, that one was taken without a flash. I wanted to get some of the color in it. And the one that used a flash, was steady. Go figure.


Ken mowed the lawn, as I took the kids up to Rex. Jay's brother had a stroke, and we went to see him. He can not use his right side, and can not talk. But he is making improvements, on Sunday he was on feeding tubes, Monday he was able to swallow some food and keep it down. He has therapy every morning at 9am. (if you read this, say a little prayer for him.)


While we were at Rex, I took the kids to the Special Care Nursery. One nurse that was working that day, remembered Christopher. She loved the fact that we came up to see them, and was amazed at how big he's gotten.


Then we came home, jumped on the trampoline while Ken was grilling steak, hamburgers, hot dogs and corn. The corn tastes so much better when we cook it on the grill as opposed to boiling it in a pan.


Hope everyone else had a safe and happy memorial day.