Summer Solstice

I can't believe this is summer solstice weekend.....already.

21 hrs, 49 min, 15 sec of daylight today (6/19). This is a bitter-sweet weekend for me. There's lots of daylight, but I know that on Tuesday we'll start losing daylight. Even though it will be a gradual process, it's still a little sad.

I can't see any daylight in the garage (remember Dave and I are sleeping in the garage while the Martinson's are living with us). I haven't had any success yet, but I'm trying to think of a way to let some daylight in the garage. Any ideas, anyone?????

Tonight is the Midnight Sun Run - a 10k race starting at 10:00 p.m. I haven't participated in several years and Dave isn't running this year. Jami and Matt are walking and I'm dropping them off and picking them up. I'll probably hang around to watch the start of the race. It IS a beautiful sight seeing the "sea of people" running and walking by. Hope the sun keeps shining.

Monday night is the Solstice baseball game that starts at 10:30 p.m.....played with no lights. Thanks to Phil Barker and Phyllis Wright, Dave & I have tickets to attend. I've lived here 33 years and have never attended a game, let alone the Midnight Sun Game. This may be the beginning of something new for me.

Happy Summer Solstice to everyone and Happy Father's Day to my Dad, to Dave, Geoff, Matt and all you Father's.

Week's Review

Weather: Rainy with thunderstorms

New favorite iTouch game: Line Up 2

New favorite M&M's: Coconut

Latest Movie I viewed (rented on iTunes and watched on the Mac): The Spy Next Door (Funny)

Latest purchase: Microwave (our old one died).

VBS: Last Monday through Wednesday I helped with Vacation Bible School at LifePoint. I helped teach the 3 and 4 year's old.......4 little girls in my class each evening. They were so cute and could say "Zacchaeus" as good as I could. It was amazing how they could help tell the story and how well they could recite the memory verses. VBS is always so FUN, but very tiring.

Anniversary celebrated: Geoff (son) and Nicole celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary on June 7th. Hard to believe they've been married that long.

10th Birthday: On Thursday (6/10) our oldest grandson Andrew celebrated his 10th birthday. He's into double digits already. His favorite gifts were a PSP GO, a bean bag and gift cards for PSP games. It was fun celebrating with him.

The New House: The Martinson's house is taking shape. Exterior and interior walls are standing on the first floor. Today they're getting things ready to start putting joists and decking on the second floor. Hopefully the rain will hold off.....

Scrapbooking: I scrapbooked with friends Friday night. Actually I did a LITTLE digital scrapping, some knitting and mainly had fun hanging out with friends.

Births: My cousin Paulette's daughter (on my Mom's side) had a baby boy on June 4th.....Colton James Giles - born in Ohio.

Deaths: I just found out that my cousin, John Strike (on my Dad's side), passed away on May 1st from complications from a surgery he had April 4th. I think he was about 10 years older than me.

Favorite Bible verse this week: Zeph 3:17

God is with you.

He is mighty to save.

He will delight in you.

He will quiet you with His love.

He will rejoice over you with singing.