Fourth of July

This is the second year that we went to the Schoolcraft 4th of July parade. This year, Grace really enjoyed the parade! It was fun to watch all the kids. Emma and Maddie had the most fun collecting all their candy.

Photography Class

I started taking a photography class at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts last Thursday. It's once a week on Thursday evenings for 8 wks. We have weekly assignments. Tonight at class, my instructor really liked a picture I had captured of Grace. So, I thought I'd post it. If I get any other good comments on future projects, I'll continue to pass them along.

5 Random Things

Stacey "tagged" me to list 5 random things about myself on our blog. So....here it goes in no particular order :)

1. Although my taste for color has changed over the years and I've gone through several "trendy" favorite colors, I would have to say that my favorite colors both to wear and decorate with at this current time are greens, browns and reds. Now, that's not to say that I still don't love pink, especially for Grace:):)

2. I have aspirations to travel the world......who knows if it will happen but the three places I'd love to visit are Hawaii, Italy and the Western US (Montana, Oregon, Utah, Dakotas etc.)

3. I enjoy photography and little arts and craft projects. I feel that this is my way to keep my left brain active when I spend most of my days primarily using my right brain. And lets face it......primarily right brained people tend to be more boring - those left brainers are much more interesting!!!

4. I'm a carb freak - bring on the cakes, cookies, breads, pastas, crackers, potatoes, fruits and veggies. Who needs protein?....the only way I really get protein is in my dairy food. Maybe that's why I'm always craving sweets. I've tried the whole "south beach" way of life....it didn't last unfortunately.

5. To be quite honest, if I could change one thing about my physical appearance, I would really like to be taller. I'm not talking giant status here....just like 5'4"-5'5". It's really hard to find clothes that fit when you're 5'1".

Okay....that's enough.

Amber - you're up!!

New Job

For some of my blog readers this may be "old news", but for others I wanted to pass along our latest "good news". Phil was recently named an Assistant Basketball Coach for WMU's Womens Basketball program. The team is under the new leadership of Coach Tasha McDowell who came to WMU from the University of Wisconsin. We are very excited for many reasons. Phil will now be coaching and recruiting amongst other things which makes him very happy. He is greatful to have been a part of Coach Hawkins staff as Director of Operations but is very excited about this wonderful opportunity to get back into coaching. You can read the press release from today at http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24388&SPID=1925&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=1477244

Landscaping

For the past two weekends, we've been working on our front yard. The landscaping was overgrown, underkept and needing some TLC. This has been something on the agenda since we moved in almost 2 years ago, but this was the first spring that we were able to get to it. Phil and I spent almost all weekend over Memorial Day and then this weekend finishing it up. We thought we'd pass on some pictures of the finished product. Now we've just got to figure out how to get grass to grow in our shady, dry front yard:)