Pro-life message through an unlikely medium.

I hate hip-hop. Nevertheless, I'm glad my friend Ben found this great video. It's made by Nick Cannon (Mariah Carey's husband) and appears to be the story of his own mother's difficult decision. Check it out, as they say in hip-hop land.

The boys playing soccer

This is for far away family who want to see the boys in action. Really, if you're not family, don't feel obligated to click. Or if you do, remember I won't know you pressed the stop button after 90 seconds. This is a really long clip, but it starts with one of Josh's MANY goals of last week's game. (The camera work is not great because, well, I'm a pretty lousy camera-operator, and because I was having to swivel back and forth between the fields the boys were on and try to watch Lauren at the same time.) So far this season, I would guess Josh averages about 8-10 goals per game. Ethan has scored only one goal so far (but it was the first of the season!), but he has really improved in getting to the ball and had quite a few assists last week. Okay, having pasted this clip, I'm now not sure it's the right one. Since it took about 6 years to upload to youtube, it's the one we're keeping here for now. Enjoy . . . who knows what's on this one!

Also, I swear I don't sound like that in real life. Not even close.

Uh-oh, you're in for it now

I have succesfully figured out this video linking thing, so I apologize in advance. It's been awhile since the PA grandparents have seen any videos of their only grandchildren. Too bad their son didn't marry someone who could manage to mail them a dvd every once in a while, sheesh! So, here are a few videos:

This one is from our beach trip in May - Josh and Lesey the first time they realized they could "swim" in the ocean. Before this, they were just jumping and splashing. Granted, they a had to revert to dog-paddling, but hey, the waves were pretty decent.



This one starts out fuzzy and odd for some reason (can't imagine why considering the mad skills of the camera-operator), but then it's Ethan lying (laying?) in the surf. He was a bit timid about getting out into the water - this trip was in May, and he mastered swimming in a pool toward the end of June. He's super cute, though. :)



And, lastly, here's Lauren jumping in the holes the boys dug. Since she could not have been less interested in the water, this is the best I could get.

Lauren's tribute to American Idol

This is my first attempt to post a video. It's from about a month ago. Lauren was playing around with my guitar, so I decided to get the video camera out. About a minute or so into it, she randomly began singing about David Cook! Yes, we watch American Idol and are not ashamed to admit it. (Btw, please ignore the disasterous bedroom in which she is being filmed. If I could somehow edit out the mess that was in the boys' room that day, I would. *Head hung in shame*)