Fair Time!

If you happen to frequent the Williams County Fair, come see me. I will be working in a booth in the merchants building, and would love to have you stop by! :) I'll be there quite a bit this week, so it will either be a quick week or a very long week!

The Town Park

Our yard is now the town park, I think. The last few nights when we get home from work, there have been at least 10 kids playing in our big yard. It's crazy. I really don't mind, as long as they are respectful of us and don't leave trash, etc. For now, it's going well. :)
Ever since Eric got to know some of the boys from town, this one kid has a radar that senses the minute we get home. Every day within 15 minutes of us arriving home, he's outside on his bike wanting to hang with Eric. I don't mind much, but it would be ok if it didn't happen every night. Last night they were yelling at our open windows for Eric to come out and play. :) We eat outside on our porch frequently, and our neighbor girl has decided she can just come on the porch when we're out there. :) She's a cutie, but I felt a little like a fish in an aquarium with all the kids watching us eat.
I'm amazed at how kids behave these days. Eric and I are pretty sure that someone climbed his parents' fence to get into the pool area. The beach ball they have was outside the fence, and none of us know how it got there. I think Max and Karen are a little frustrated that when they allow the kids to use their yard for basketball, they suddenly think it's a free-for-all. Countless bottles and balls and shirts are just left in the driveway. One little girl was walking around town last night and stopped at their house and asked to use the rest room. She left quite a stinker! I don't think I could have ever done that as a kid!

A Camping We Will Go

This weekend is the third annual camping trip for Eric and I. Each year we go tent camping with three other couples (this year it will only be two) and rough it for the weekend. We're crossing our fingers for sunshine, since both previous years it has rained all weekend. We've changed the location from Pokagon to Mohican State Park, so maybe that will be good luck. We plan on canoeing and bike riding, that is, if we can figure out how to get our bikes strapped to the top of the Trailblazer. :)
It will be a bit bittersweet however. Mom and Dad planned a reception for my sister Julie and Mike for this weekend here in Ohio since quite a few people couldn't get out to San Diego. They will fly in on Friday and leave on Sunday, so Eric and I will miss them completely! What bad timing! It will be a little hard knowing that my whole family is together not a mile from my house and I won't get to be there with them.