Hannah at the Office Window

Hannah came to the window of my home office while I was working the other day. She was so cute, I just had to stop for a few photos.

Best Bush Impersonator Ever!

Welcome JD Taylor to the World of Blogging

I hung out with JD today for a bit, and he showed me his new blog taylormadetimes.blogspot.com.

I knew it was only a matter of time.

Greg Melchin Annual BBQ

We attended Greg's annual BBQ on Saturday (see the flickr photo set here)-- held next to the Bow River at the Shriner's park. Basically the same thing as years past, but the attendance seems to grow each year. Several of the PC leadership candidates attended and spoke to the group.

Certainly the highlight for our family was the face painting. Grace and Matt had thier faces paited by a very talented face painter.

The Peacegiver

I recently re-read portions of "The Peacegiver" and was struck again by the depth of this statement,

"Being mistreated is the most important condition of mortality, for eternity depends on how we view those who mistreat us.”

Remarkable!

Appreciate What You Have

What if the popculation of the earth was reduced to 100 people (keeping the same demographics, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, culture etc...)? This brief slideshow attempts to answer this questions, and presents an interesting perspective along the way. Though I'm not big on the dramatic effect slideshows like this try to create, the information is interesting, and the final message, "appreciate what you have" is good.

Tuscany Ward Corn Bust and Chili Cook-off

We had a nice time at the 1^st Annual Tuscany Ward Corn Bust and Chili Cook-off today. It was an excellent day, and a very well attended event. There were lots of games for the kids, and of course who doesn't love corn on the cobb.



There was also a chili "cook-off" -- I'd guess about 20 people prepared entries, including Erin and I (that is, my contribution was to sign us up, Erin's contribution was to make the chili).



Richard Young performed a magic show, which was very well recieved by all the kids. My hat goes off to anyone who can hold the attention of 75 kids aged 2-18 for 40 minutes. The guy is simply amazing.



After the party, we came home and decided to meet the my folks and Erin's folks for some Dairy Queen. Matt brought his "purse" full of change and bougth pony rides on the mechanical pony for all the kids.

Big day tomorrow -- Gracie's first day of grade 1.