Politics

Listening to the radio last week, I heard a talk about former Ambassador Andrew Young.  He is an ordained minister and was a colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the civil rights movement.  He said that is his political career he had four goals that he wanted to address in each of his decisions.

Feed the hungry
Heal the sick
Clothe the naked
Set at liberty those who are oppressed

He was the Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter administration.  When he first began, the elders of the Native American bands of New York came to him to remind him that he was not their ambassador.  They wanted to give him some advise from their ancestors, though.  They said, "When we make decisions we must think of the seventh generation yet unborn."  Young said that if politicians today began to think of the second generation yet unborn, they would get things a lot better than they are now.

I have just begun reading an abridged version of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.  Here is a quote from the Monseigneur Bienvenu.

"The faults of women, of children, of the feeble, the indigent, and the ignorant, are the fault of the husbands, the fathers, the strong, the rich and the wise."

Vids Party

The vids party originated at Brad's house as an excuse for Brad to be able to stay up late and play video games.  The recurring parties have been highlights for our boys.  This time around they went to Gregg's house.  As you can see it included some retro Nintendo, Wii and PS3.  According to Ben they were up until 12:30 AM.  What's better than hanging with your uncles playing vids and eating popcorn?

Popcorn Party

The boys went to Gregg's house last night for a vids (video games) party.  So the girls decided they'd have a movie night and watch Lady and the Tramp.  And what's a movie night without popcorn?  Once the baby comes and starts sleeping well, Lucy will move into Molly's bed full-time.  There are to be many more nights like this.

Caleb and cukes

Like last summer we have a bounty of cucumbers coming out of the garden.  Therefore, the kids have reopened the cuke stand at the side of the road.  The ones that we had were a little big so they dropped their price to $.25.  All of them were out there for a while yesterday but they soon began to drop like flies.  It was hot.  But Caleb, who has become the supervisor, was out the whole time.  When I got home at 5:00, he was still waving his sign, red faced as could be.  The other kids helped him get everything inside and he paid his workers according to the time that they worked.  It's fun to watch, especially because Caleb does such a great job with it and is so proud of his work.

Ben=Gregg

Amanda saw this picture of Ben last night and said he looked just like Gregg.

What up, Craig?!

Summer Sports Co-op

For the last three summers the kids have enjoyed a home school summer sports co-op. Every Thursday night we get together with a bunch of other families and play baseball and soccer. It's not very serious, but the kids have fun. Here are some shots from last night.

Countdown

We are now under two weeks until go time for the new baby.  We are excited and a bit overwhelmed at all we have to do to get ready.

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