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At Home With Jesus!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Independence Day weekend!
We had a wonderful "4th of July" weekend - and we packed a LOT into it!
(It actually started on Thursday the 3rd, as our town has their fireworks display then.)
Thursday afternoon we also met some friends at a local nature center. The area nature centers are having a summer program (as part of the "No Child Left Inside" movement) and they have a Passport to Nature. Every center we visit will earn one stamp/sticker, and if the children fill their passports, they earn a special pin.
Here we are at 1000 Islands Nature Center.
 Hiking with our friend along the river. Deer in the woods
That evening we went to the fireworks.
This year was really different...before the show, they passed out spectra-vision' glasses.
 They made the fireworks brilliant!
(Paul held his glasses in front of the camera and took some photos!)
 
We spent almost all of the 4th outdoors! 
In the morning we went strawberry picking!
We found a great little berry farm where we even got a wagon-ride out to the strawberry fields.
 Julie and Joe in search of the perfect berry.
 I think Katie ate more than she picked!
 Mom and Dad's berries! (We picked 15 lbs. !!!) And this is how Annabelle picks berries (on a 90 degree day!) 
 (She said she didn't want to hear the bees buzzing!)
We got pretty hot picking berries - so we figured we'd better go cool off at the beach!
We didn't get there until late afternoon, and so we had the place almost all to ourselves!
 We closed out the day with some sparklers in the back yard.
Annie loved them.... Katie wasn't so sure....
Saturday we decided to go to another beach, (our favorite,) Kusel Lake.
This beach was a little more crowded, but we still had fun:
swimming & playing in the sand,
 collecting shells,
 and chasing dragonflies
and Sunday.....was our day of rest!
I think God for our wonderful weekend!
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Tara 
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Monday, July 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Our weekend wasn't so good. Marissa left the house July 3 at about 11 AM and didn't come home until 4. When I couldn't find her I called and reported her as a runaway, crossing a line I never wanted to cross. I have always dealt with her as a person with a developmental disability. Involving law enforcement certainly admits that she has a behavior problem.