speaking of free. yesterday israel celebrated its freedom of 60 years. the politics behind the day - well i won't go there. but i did want to tell you about the celebrations of last night. we were at erin and kurtis' house - erin and i watching american idol, tim and kurtis studying. they live near the heart of downtown and we were able to hear the action from down the street. fireworks, plastic bats, and shaving cream. i know the last two things don't make much sense. but in israel on independence day they celebrate by spraying each other with shaving cream and hitting one another with large plastic bats (my childhood reference is the large blown-up bat my dad bought me at a mariner baseball game - thanks dad). perfect strangers attacking each other - one giant crazy fun fight. somethings about this country i will never understand. but when tim and i walked home, about around 11 - there were more people out than i have ever seen in the new city (at any time of the day - let alone at that late hour). crazy. crazy. i imagine the celebration continued long into the night.
erin and i had our own celebration. i had my first victory in a long time. last night we played settlers of catan. tim and kurtis had a bet on the line (of course) and erin and i were just playing to win. well it turned out that tim and kurtis tied as the greatest loser. their consequence - wear hats that erin and i made to their intertestamental final exam today which say "Our wives beat us!" oh the wonderful taste of victory. :)
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HA! Way to represent, ladies! Good luck on your finals, Tim! Actually you're probably already done, but I did say a prayer for you yesterday, so you were covered :)
We knew Kristi would be happy about American Idol! Congrats on Catan! I prayed for Tim's tests and even dreamed about you guys last night.
Love you! MomV
i love that you are a idol fan!! it is so nice to be able to keep in touch via the blogs :)i hope tims test went well!
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