26 July 2007

'Cause we're a Kissin' Cousins, and that makes it alright, alright.


Monday and Tuesday was the annual Cousin Camp. This event occurs when crazy Aunty Judy and elder aunty Jackie take all the little kiddies to the deep dark woods and we all "camp." It's great fun. My favorite part, of course, was the bacon. Other activities included crafts, hitting wood with other large pieces of wood, small plays, crafts, writing letters to missionaries, singing Kum-ba-yah, "hiking" around the deck, crafts, bacon, hunting for deer poop, fighting the allied forces, fixing all the "gates" in the forest, crafts, and did I mention bacon?
Click on the photo below to see more photos. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera handy to capture the bacon.
Cousin Camp 2007

23 July 2007

The Right Stuff


James says I rent strange movies. Yes, I often do. I update my Netflix queue in large quantities and then I don't look at it very often. I do, however, on occasion get a good one as a surprise. The movie of the weekend: The Right Stuff.
It chronicles the early space program from Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier, to Alan Shepard being the first man in space, to John Glenn orbitting the earth. It's meant to show more than just the most famous names and incorporate a lot of the more forgotten people, how they were involved, and how they were all inter-related to the whole story. Although it was really long and required two nights worth of viewing, it was a great movie.
Has anyone ever seen it? You should add it to your rental list if you haven't.
By the way, it also has a very interesting depiction of Lyndon Johnson and would be great for a history teacher to show clips from.