Courageous Joy

Jared, our budding photographer, took this photo. We've had some great thunder storms the last couple of nights. We are hoping for a really big one later on in the night. We had "some" rain and some fireworks earlier on. We are still new enough to TX that we love to go outside and watch. Tonight we had a dark blue sky on one side - with a rainbow crossing it - and yellow/orange skies to the North.

The boys called today. Yippee. They had seen two grizzlies, numerous whales and eagles. They are enjoying being back in AK. They both report that Hoonah is pretty. I wonder if they are going to try to talk Mike into retiring there. They have begun building the parsonage for the Assembly of God church there. They were on their way to a 2nd of July parade...it seems the mayor is going to be out of town on the 4th. LOL

I spent the afternoon reading a bit in *Age of Opportunity* and *House*. Oh yes....I got three books from PBS yesterday. A Dana Stabenow mystery (worth a try) and *2* copies of The Excellent Wife. I listed one of the copies and already have a home to mail it to tomorrow. {G}

Zander was handful at church tonight. I suspect the "children's drink" that I let them make for him at The Chicken Farm yesterday. sigh. I really wonder how we are going to travel for a prolonged time with him and these food issues. I do o.k. if we are HOME and not out and about but I simply miss things when we are out. I have to train myself to be constantly vigilant....I can't relax my watch.