Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Summer Fun

Jackson's birthday is Monday. Of course that means Summer fun because he always has a party for his birthday. Not a regular birthday party; I'm talking parties everywhere. Why, you may ask. It's simple. His birthday is the day after the 4th of July! He always has fireworks and plenty of fun activities leading up to his birthday. Not to mention all of the people that have left over fireworks that shoot them on the 5th... to celebrate his birthday of course!

I hope to have some pics from the weekend of the fourth, but until then here are a few of the Summer thus far: 

 
  

Two shots of Jackson Diving!



 

 

 






As for the rest of Summer, bring it on!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Memorable Quotes

I obviously haven't found the time to blog during my move so I thought I'd just take a few moments to share some of my favorite quotes. Enjoy:

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes. ~Charles Swindoll

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. ~Sven Goran Eriksson

I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person. ~Rita Mero.

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them. ~Bill Russell

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry. ~unknown

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. ~Arnold Glasow

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway. ~Mary Kay Ash

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. ~James D. Miles

Finally, I couldn't find a quote that said this as I think about it but I've heard the principle before so I'll phrase it the way I want and claim it as my own!

People are not defined by their handling of the good times, rather it's how they conduct themselves during the difficult times that truly reveal their character. ~Michael Owings