The Story of the Linne-Laughlin Family!: July 2008

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Pioneer Weekend 2008 Fun!

Hi Everyone!

We took the girls (all four of them) and headed up to Ogden for some Pioneer Day fun! First, we went to Roosters Pub for some grub, then to the Union Station Train and Car Museum. Will filled out bellies with delicious Farr's ice cream at their original store and rounded out our great day at the Hill Airforce Base Aerospace Musuem. Lots of fun and seriously tired girls!!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Holt Ambassadors

Hi Everyone:

Our family has signed up to be Holt International Ambassadors, helping to spread the word of love through adoption in our community. We are excited about directing our energy to help other children, like our Lucy and Abbie, find their forever families through education. Wish us well!

Love, Tracie

Friday, July 11, 2008

Kiddos

Hi Everyone! I always seem to be busy with kids, dogs, rabbits, work, you name it! I can't believe I haven't posted anything at all since June 23rd! Nothing really exciting going on, just more cute pictures of the kiddos. Love to all! Tracie

A Profound Quote From my Friend Marry

QUOTE OF THE DAY: I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make a life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a person humanized or de-humanized.If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and together with Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival forms one of the three major Chinese holidays. Since the summer is a time when diseases most easily spread, Dragon Boat Festival began as an occasion for driving off evil spirits and pestilence and for finding peace in one's life. The festival was later enriched by the legend of the patriot Chu Yuan. Dragon Boat Festival is highlighted by the dragon boat races, in which competing teams drive their boats forward rowing to the rhythm of pounding drums. This lively and colorful tradition has continued unbroken for centuries to the present day. The festival's significance as a time for warding off evil and disease is symbolized by a number of customary practices such as hanging calamus and moxa on the front door, and pasting up pictures of Chung Kuei (a nemesis of evil spirits). Adults drink hsiung huang wine and children are given fragrant sachets, both of which are said to possess qualities for preventing evil and bringing peace.