Since I last wrote there has been a lot of things that have transpired. The 4th of July was spent at the parade with the Beckers. They have a family outing every year and end up saving a spot for us. The children have so much fun. It was nice and cool under the trees that the Beckers reserved for the whole family. The kids loved the candy that was thrown to them. We had to keep that under control or we would have sugar rushes on our hands.
James had his 6th birthday and invited all of his friends over for a pool party. It was quite fun. They even got to throw water balloons at each other. They were the high point of the party.
They had a blast just filling up the balloons. I could not make them fast enough. Priscilla made cupcakes for the cake and James loved all of the gifts from his friends. James loves to be around his friends and hates for the time when they have to go home.One of his favorite gifts he got for his birthday was the Game Boy Color. He does not play it often, but he has it around him all the time. It is amazing to see how fast they grow up. Sometimes I think they grow up too fast.
Well it is a tradition at Novell to go to Lagoon every year during the summer. And this year was no exception. James could not contain himself when I told him that we would once again be going there. He talked about it all week long. So when the day finally arrived he was so excited we could not get driving soon enough.
We did not leave until about 3 in the afternoon, since we have kids that still need to take naps. We made it in time for the dinner that Novell provided. Then the fun began. This was Joshua's first ride at Lagoon, and boy was he excited to be on a boat in the water. Priscilla's sister, Julie, brought her kids and Julie got a great video clip of Joshua being very crazy in the boat. Let's just say he was very animated. It was quite hot and so we decided to go on Rattlesnake rapids. 
We waiting in line for quite a while and when we got to the front, Joshua was too short so I ended up taking him back to wait while, Priscilla, James, Alexanda, and Maddy went on the ride. Boy did they get wet at the end of the ride where there is a huge water fall.The kids could just not get enough of the rides and wanted to stay for ever.
Before we left, Julie and I went on wicked since Priscilla does not like the scary rides. So while we were waiting in line to do that she took care of all the kids.This past week was James' first day of school. Unfortunately I was not able to be here for it since I was in North Carolina fixing issues a customer was having with one of Novell's software products. Priscilla told me that he was so excited to be going once again. His new teacher is Mrs. Blackhurst. She will be having a baby soon so James will have a substitute for part of the first year. Hopefully I have caught you up on all of the happenings. Hope to write more soon.
