The Fourth of July

Big Finishers


Big Thumbs Up


Wild Men

The Fourth of July began with Carolyn running the Peachtree road race with her friend Anne. It truly is an event more than a race. How many "races" do you know that have over 55,000 runners and include beer and Krispy Kreme donuts along the way? (This of course, does not imply that Carolyn partook of either!) After the race, the family went to Shoal lake for some boating with friends. Lesson learned for the day was, "Do not kite higher than you are willing to fall". Confused? Let me sum up. When you see a new contraption called the tube kite, run away! It has the potential to hurl you up to 30 feet in the air while being pulled by the boat at 45 mph. Carolyn, being the smallest to try it and therefore the one to fly the highest, had a nasty near death experience as the tube flipped hurling her toward the water from 20 feet in the air . After the numbness and neck pain went away, she managed to enjoy the rest of the day though. We had a blast watching the kids on the regular tubes and even Kate was yelling, "hit it" and "faster". Although the kite tube has been banned from our household, we are all for skiing and tubing again soon.