Hail

We knew we were moving to snow, but one thing that has been a surprise is HAIL! It has hailed 4 times in the past two weeks. One of those times, Thomas was playing basketball outside at a park while Juli went to Target. When Thomas called Juli to tell her it was about to rain, she checked-out right away. However, before she got outside, it was hailing really bad. She was so concerned about Thomas that she ran in the hail (OUCH) with her groceries to the car, drove in the hail, and picked up Thomas who was standing under a port-a-potty roof at the park. It was an adventurous afternoon! After that storm, we tried to get video and pictures for you. The video here is of slow hail, but hopefully the pictures show you how crazy it gets!

This was a picture of hail piling up at our sliding glass door. We emailed it to our local news, and it was shown on TV minutes later (picture of our TV below; ignore the date - my camera was wrong) during the weather report.... see our names?

Thomas got a handful of the hail after the storm has stopped. We should have made a snow-cone with it!

Micah's Graduation

As I mentioned in an earlier post this month, Thomas and I took a quick trip to Orlando for a day to surprise Micah (Juli's brother) at his High School Graduation. Here are the pictures and videos from June 3, 2009....

Thomas and I showing that we were actually there at Micah's graduation ceremony. The nine fingers were for Class of 2009!

This video is of Micah actually graduating (Micah David Waits)

Picture of Micah's face: the shock he had when he saw us there.

This video is of Micah's full reaction to our surprise. After the first 30 seconds, the "videographer" didn't know the camera was still on, so you can stop the video then.

Us with the proud graduate from Apopka High School.

Even though the trip was so short, we really had a fun day! To top it all off, we got to see our 18 month old nephew, Jacob (below). We can't wait to visit again soon: Juli goes July 8-12 and we both come July 18-26!

Juli's 3-point shot

I couldn't make a 3-pointer when I played basketball in high school. Now that Thomas and I have been casually playing basketball at a park, I can do this!!! Haha, Thomas took a video so you would believe me. We finally have internet at home, so I'll try to post more photos, video, and info about us soon!!

Jacob Videos!

Last Tuesday, Thomas and I took a quick trip to Orlando. We got in about 11pm Orlando time Tuesday night, and we were back at the airport at 5pm on Wednesday to fly home. It was a really fast trip with 11 hours of traveling, but it was worth it to surprise Micah (and my dad) at his High School Graduation. Video and pictures of that surprise will be added here soon, but here are a few short videos that we took of our time with Jacob. He is a cutie!!! Thank you Angela and Adam for taking us to and from the airport, letting us stay with you, and adjusting Jacob's schedule for us to spend the most time with him. We can't wait to come again and stay longer!!

Happy Anniversary...

Happy Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa Hobby!!

52 years is an amazing example of selfless love and devotion! Thank you for that, and we miss you soooo much! We love you, Thomas and Juli