It's been a while ... again

So much has happened since our last excuse for a post, the most memorable being our

4th of July festivities:

We spent the morning hanging out in Ashland enjoying the parade. It was Emma and my first 4th of July parade experience and what an experience it was! We saw everyone from Jesus, to scantly clad fairies, to the LDS missionaries singing "Called to Serve" - oh how I love Ashland! The rest of the day was spent with family and friends. We had lunch at the Eagar's and then drove up to Grants Pass to enjoy a BBQ diner and games with family friends.

Golfing:

Saturday morning was spent golfing. It was actually kind of a cool morning because every year here in the valley they put on an air-balloon show/event that begins really early in the morning. The balloons start landing around 8 or 9 am anywhere they can find an open field, or in our case an open fairway. As we made the turn we watched a huge air balloon come in for a landing on the fifth fairway - it made our morning, and our back nine :)

Emma:

She is growing up so fast! The fourth of July saw her get her first two teeth. They seemed to come out of nowhere! So now every time she smiles or laughs (which is quite a bit) we can see her two little pearly whites sticking out.

We've also been taking advantage of the good weather that we've been enjoying by encouraging Emma's new found love for water. We took her to the local kids water park for family home evening a couple of weeks back and she really enjoyed splashing around in the fountains. We hope that this is a life-long love for water and not just a mere interest derived out of curiosity. We also bought her a "big girl bath tub" which she has really taken to. It's really just a large inflatable duck that holds water and quacks when you squeeze it's beak - the quacking being Emma's favourite part of her bath time now.

More 4th of July activities:

This past Sunday we visited our good friends the Hales for a belated 4th of July BBQ. It was a pleasant afternoon so we had dinner out on their deck complete with steak, potato salad and home-made strawberry ice-cream!

Employment changes:

So I've finally quit my job at the golf club. We decided that the extra income and free golf was not worth the extra time away from home. I don't know why it took us so long to come to this apparently obvious conclusion, I guess we're just a little slow? Also, I've now officially been hired on with the company that I've been temping with for the past few months. Although they've only committed to take me on for an indefinite amount of time, it's still one step closer to getting a good job in a place where those don't come around too often.

Well, on that note I think we'll say good-bye for now.

Till next time ...