June 18, 2012
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There is just something about noise and boys, and rockets and Dads. The little boys and the big “boys” and the girls too, had a lot of fun on Father’s Day at our house setting off rockets and listening to the whistle and the scream and running for cover when the “rockets” decided to land near by spraying water all over. What fun! And what a gorgeous warm day for rockets and water! Doyle was inspired to set off rockets when Jonathan our five year old grandson decided he was going to fly to the moon (after watching too much of a Wallace & Grommit video we have). Well, he “flew to the moon” with his Dad and brother this past week and Doyle wanted to encourage the boys with more moon ideas, hence the rockets. Our friends Bil and Jody told us how to do the rockets (they are both teachers and do them every year) and provided the supplies and expertise on Sunday. Both Jonathan and Daniel totally loved the rockets and being able to pull the string to set off the rocket. There were a few duds, but most of the rockets were launched and flown quite successfully (over the house, in the pond and in the back pasture; where Stoney, our horse, wasn’t near as excited to see it come as we were!).After a wonderful lunch, the big guys helped Doyle put the pergola back up. It’s so great having friends (16 came for dinner) who will help with a pergola raising when asked to, but I guess there wasn’t much they could do, seeing they had just eaten a delicious Italian meal!
We enjoyed having Theoden and his wife Katie and little girl Eowyn join our group. They are living with Pete and Heather for the summer while Theoden is an intern where Peter works. We are all hoping it will end up in a permanent job next summer after Theoden graduates.
