Friday, July 4, 2008

It was the 4th of July...

when I got up this morning..AND when I went to bed last night. I wish I wasn't so dumb so it wouldn't take me so long to figure stuff out. I guess the promising thing is...at least I do finally figure it out (well, some of it at least). I've been working on a new header and look for my blog and after hours of trudging (is that a real word?) along, I came up with this. Hope you like it.

We had plans for this evening. I went out to admire my beautiful crepe myrtle blossoms around the same time the afternoon brought a small summer thunder shower. I was beginning to wonder if our plans would come to pass, but they did. Every year a couple from our church hosts a friendly get-together and firework display. We always have such sweet fellowship with one another...the kids swimming, eating our Southern foods and best of all, watching the sky light up in the cool night air (and I got to meet Big Dan's new female friend for the first time tonight). Hope you had a safe and happy 4th!

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Oh, and it took me hours to figure out this slide show thingy, but it finally came together. Anybody have any suggestions for something different than Smilebox?

9 comments:

hsmomma said...

AWESOME slide show!!! You are not dumb--you are doing great! You haven't even been blogging that long! I told 'chickadee' that I felt fairly computer literate until I started blogging! :)

Glad to see you got some great 4th of July pictures. Mine were horrible. I didn't take any until nighttime of the fireworks and I don't know what was wrong but they were not good at all!!!

tondays said...

Love your new look. And the slide show is awesom!! It was fun to see a few faces I recognize! I can't wait to see you and chickadee at the reunion and everyone else! You two are definitely going to have to give me some blogging pointers! I need to learn how to add some of things you two are using!

Melissa Stover said...

that was great!

Nicole said...

You new blog looks wonderful. Before I read you post I thought you had one of those graphic artists do it or something. You did an incredible job, makes me want to change mine again, but I've forgotten everything. I'd have to learn how to do it all over again!

Anonymous said...

Hey...loved to slide show. It was good to see everyone. We missed you all. Hope you had a great 4th.

Anonymous said...

You must have high speed or a newer pc. Slide show was sloooow but nice. I feel like I'm handicapped (as in ridding the short bus) with my internet. As far as the new look, you did a good job however I don't have a uterus so it doesn't do anything for me ;)

Heidi Zawisza said...

OMG!! I am crying after watching your video. It reminds me of when I was little, and we would go to my Grandparents farm in Pennysylvania, and have HUGE family reunions outside just like what your pictures described. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your land....from what I can see it is MAGNIFICENT!
Anyways, thank you for reminding me of such awesome memories that I haven't thought about in a while!
Your family is beautiful, and it looks like it revolves around a lot of love!

Anonymous said...

The Blog looks great! And I look cross-eyed in the picture of me. Who knows what I was doing.

Emily

Aubs said...

I loved your slide show! One of these days i am going to find the time to figure out how to do some fun stuff on my blog!! Looks like you and your family enjoyed your holiday!! Reminds me of a good 'ole bbq back home in Texas!!