Winters Haven

Monday, May 19, 2008

William Pitt the Younger

"Where law ends, tyranny begins."

~William Pitt the Younger~

William Pitt the Younger who lived from 1759-1806 is an interesting man and the youngest-ever Prime Minister of England, at the age of twenty-four. He is the often overlooked life long friend of William Wilberforce whom he befriended while attending Cambridge.

He was educated at home until he was fourteen when he went to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge and graduated at the age of seventeen and was called to the Bar in 1780. At Pembroke Hall he became ill and his doctors prescribed a bottle of port wine each day which caused him to become an alcoholic and created in him a taste for drink that would eventually kill him at the age of forty-seven.

Here are some of our favorite quotes by him . . .

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." (In a speech on November 18, 1783)

“Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.”

If You Lie . . .

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

~Abraham Lincoln~

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself as a liar.
~Mark Twain~

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
~Aesop~

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Pictures From Last Evening

We had some nice friends over and enjoyed eating and talking for awhile . . .

Jenny
- you know those kind of pictures where you smile because you were caught?

Christy on her 17th birthday

Cacey

Friday, May 16, 2008

Somone Turned Seventeen Today

Everyone told me that I had to do my own birthday post so I am very sad...( not really:)

So here's to me, I am seventeen-years-old today...
I am having my party tomorrow and hopefully we will remember to take pictures.

([We]) Jenny and Cacey will add things later . . :)

Monday, May 12, 2008

Miniature Golfing In Roseville

We went golfing last week one evening and it was incredibly fun and relaxing. The air was cool and summery and we did not hurry or or have the pressure to get any thing done.

Who is this???

Cacey and Joy feeling like they are in dolly-land

Cacey profile . . .

Cacey and Jenny

Clark after a hard shoot with the golf club

Jenny and Cacey

Cacey and Jenny

Christy

Joy, Christy, Cacey and Jenny, (The four oldest girls)

looking inside the fascinating doll house!

Mom and Clark in front of the Miniature Castle

Cacey next to the tower

Cacey

Joy, Mom and Christy

Cacey

Christy

Cacey and Mom

Cacey Christy, and Jenny in front of one of the castle towers

Jenny and Joy

Cacey

Jenny

Christy

Cacey

Joy

Christy and Jen

Clark

Joy

Jill

again...

Christy

Jill and Clark

Christy

Joy, Jill and Mom

Jenny (behind Joy) Joy and Jill

Jenny

Jill and Clark

Jenny

The Castle - we played miniature golf in the courtyard

Clark, Cacey and Jill

Friday, May 9, 2008

Pictures coming soon

We are going to get some pics up here soon that show a little of what we've been doing lately. We took way to many pictures when we went miniature golfing the other night, so you can expect a nice long post on that...maybe some other pictures on other stuff too... if we get around to it. Just stick around, we'll get some interesting stuff up here!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

We didn't forget

That yesterday was Katie's very first birthday!

We wish we could have been there to celebrate with her, but since we missed out on that pleasure we are going to do a long and detailed post on her birthday party pictures that her mommy very sweetly sent us.