Thursday
Wednesday
Anna Marie Island - Sun and Sunset
Hi ... and Merry Christmas!
We are sitting right on the verge of Christmas Day, and I am pretty excited for tomorrow to come. Two of the gifts we got for Kaitlyn are absolutely astonishing - to me. I am thrilled to be giving them to her.
For me, this one gift has brought back some amazing memories from my own childhood Christmases.
- The year I got a red Schwinn road bike.
- The year I got the G.I. Joe Aircraft carrier
- The year we all got motorcycles
- The year I got my Oakland Raiders jacket
All of those things, engraved into the hard wiring of my memory. I am hoping this gift really knocks her off her tushie.
Anyhow ... I wanted to write and share a little bit of the sun and fun we've been having here in Florida, in preparation for this Christmas season.
This last weekend, we traveled out to Anna Marie Island for the first time. And, in fact, I had shot about 10 minutes of video that I was thrilled to capture and share with you all.
Unfortunately, when I got home, the camera ate the tape and then I broke it in 2 pieces trying to get it to play. So, alas ... I won't be sharing one single second of the video with you.
Instead, you get the pleasure of checking out some of our pictures of this gorgeous area.
I hope you enjoy. I was sorry to hear about the nasty weather in Oregon - although - to me it sounds like I would love it. Fresh powder in the mountains seems almost as wonderful as the warm, soft, white-sand beaches here in Florida.
Merry Christmas to everyone. May God truly Bless You and Your Families in this beautiful season in celebration of His Son!
Al
We are sitting right on the verge of Christmas Day, and I am pretty excited for tomorrow to come. Two of the gifts we got for Kaitlyn are absolutely astonishing - to me. I am thrilled to be giving them to her.
For me, this one gift has brought back some amazing memories from my own childhood Christmases.
- The year I got a red Schwinn road bike.
- The year I got the G.I. Joe Aircraft carrier
- The year we all got motorcycles
- The year I got my Oakland Raiders jacket
All of those things, engraved into the hard wiring of my memory. I am hoping this gift really knocks her off her tushie.
Anyhow ... I wanted to write and share a little bit of the sun and fun we've been having here in Florida, in preparation for this Christmas season.
This last weekend, we traveled out to Anna Marie Island for the first time. And, in fact, I had shot about 10 minutes of video that I was thrilled to capture and share with you all.
Unfortunately, when I got home, the camera ate the tape and then I broke it in 2 pieces trying to get it to play. So, alas ... I won't be sharing one single second of the video with you.
Instead, you get the pleasure of checking out some of our pictures of this gorgeous area.
I hope you enjoy. I was sorry to hear about the nasty weather in Oregon - although - to me it sounds like I would love it. Fresh powder in the mountains seems almost as wonderful as the warm, soft, white-sand beaches here in Florida.
Merry Christmas to everyone. May God truly Bless You and Your Families in this beautiful season in celebration of His Son!
Al
Business Woman ... On the Go!
I know it's Christmas Eve, and all, so I should be talking about Christmas-y things, but I wanted to share this little glimpse into our everyday lives here instead.
Keeley decided she wanted to see what life was like in the business world, so she dressed up as a business woman.
Here is the exquisite look she came up with:
She looks pretty snazzy - right?
Oh ... and Merry Christmas!
Al
Keeley decided she wanted to see what life was like in the business world, so she dressed up as a business woman.
Here is the exquisite look she came up with:
She looks pretty snazzy - right?
Oh ... and Merry Christmas!
Al
Sunday
HO-prah and 20/20 Bringing Hope to the World ... One Show at a Time
So ... I'm not a big fan of Oprah, or the News. And there are many reasons for this.
However, I just had to comment on this one ...
Here's the links:
Oprah Saves the World
20 20 - What Would You Do?
Basically, these are experiments in 'ethics'. Or, in other words, things that we, the people, should know are RIGHT AND WRONG.
In other words, Oprah and Twenty 20 are educating us on right and wrong here.
In fact ... there is going to be a WHOLE ENTIRE series of shows based on this concept. I just saw a commercial for it tonight.
There's just one problem ...
When right and wrong are constantly moving and changing, how do you know what is right or wrong?
In fact ... take a look at this Yahoo headline:
A court clears the way for a paralyzed woman to sue the person who came to her rescue.
Just maybe ... MAYBE ... California will re-write their laws to give more protection to Good Samaritans.
Re-FREAKING-diculous!
Now ... you tell me ... what is right and what is wrong? And if the lines are always changing ... then how can we know from one day to the next, where it sits?
OOPS ... I almost forgot ... The Media is going to lead the way.
YAY!
On the other hand, maybe the Bible has some more timeless ideas for us to live by?
However, I just had to comment on this one ...
Here's the links:
Oprah Saves the World
20 20 - What Would You Do?
Basically, these are experiments in 'ethics'. Or, in other words, things that we, the people, should know are RIGHT AND WRONG.
In other words, Oprah and Twenty 20 are educating us on right and wrong here.
In fact ... there is going to be a WHOLE ENTIRE series of shows based on this concept. I just saw a commercial for it tonight.
There's just one problem ...
When right and wrong are constantly moving and changing, how do you know what is right or wrong?
In fact ... take a look at this Yahoo headline:
A court clears the way for a paralyzed woman to sue the person who came to her rescue.
"You can't be careless when you're helping someone without consequence ...
I would have been better off if you had not helped me." ...
But instead you should let someone else help me.
"Many think this ruling flies in the face of human nature."
Just maybe ... MAYBE ... California will re-write their laws to give more protection to Good Samaritans.
Re-FREAKING-diculous!
Now ... you tell me ... what is right and what is wrong? And if the lines are always changing ... then how can we know from one day to the next, where it sits?
OOPS ... I almost forgot ... The Media is going to lead the way.
YAY!
On the other hand, maybe the Bible has some more timeless ideas for us to live by?
Saturday
One of Our Christmas Traditions
We don't have a whole lot of regular traditions that we do for Christmas.
But one thing Chris and I have done for both of the girls, is get them each a personalized Christmas ornament every year.
While it's not always easy to pick out a topic, or theme, that seems to signify their whole year - we try and match up one ornament to what happened in their life over that year.
Anyhow ... here is what we picked up for them last year:
I'm not sure the picture came out very clearly. If you can't tell what it is? It's a pop-up tent trailer - in honor of our 40 day cross country camping road trip we did last year. We picked these up at Bronner's - an online ornament retailer.
This year ... Webkinz!
Maybe we'll put up photos of them later, but there was really only 2 options we could go with this year ... Disney ... or Webkinz.
And when the girls saw the Webkinz ornaments, they were ALL OVER THEM.
Mostly, just wanted to share with you.
Love,
Al
But one thing Chris and I have done for both of the girls, is get them each a personalized Christmas ornament every year.
While it's not always easy to pick out a topic, or theme, that seems to signify their whole year - we try and match up one ornament to what happened in their life over that year.
Anyhow ... here is what we picked up for them last year:
I'm not sure the picture came out very clearly. If you can't tell what it is? It's a pop-up tent trailer - in honor of our 40 day cross country camping road trip we did last year. We picked these up at Bronner's - an online ornament retailer.
This year ... Webkinz!
Maybe we'll put up photos of them later, but there was really only 2 options we could go with this year ... Disney ... or Webkinz.
And when the girls saw the Webkinz ornaments, they were ALL OVER THEM.
Mostly, just wanted to share with you.
Love,
Al
Friday
Thermostat Says ...
I just checked the thermostat here in the house. It's 11 o'clock at night. I have the ceiling fan going full tilt.
Can you guess the temp?
78 degrees!
If you even think around here, you can break into a sweat.
NICE!
Well, I guess we won't be getting any snow this year. I guess Santa is gonna need to borrow a pickup truck, or something. And an Air Conditioner!
Al
Can you guess the temp?
78 degrees!
If you even think around here, you can break into a sweat.
NICE!
Well, I guess we won't be getting any snow this year. I guess Santa is gonna need to borrow a pickup truck, or something. And an Air Conditioner!
Al
Thursday
Christmas Spirit
We've all been getting in the Christmas Spirit around here.
I am totally excited about some of the gifts we got for the girls - one in particular is SO COOL - I want it.
Anyhow, it's neat having the girls around, they add a lot of excitement to the whole feeling of the season.
Here's a few shots of them getting into it:
You can see a LOT of Christy in this first shot. Notice the facial expression ... It's almost like looking at a younger version of Christy.
The fairy wings are a carry over from Keeley's birthday - a month ago. Yep ... Tinker Bell let us borrow some wings.
And ... I want to say thank you Jesus ... for giving us THE reason to celebrate.
Talk soon!
Al
I am totally excited about some of the gifts we got for the girls - one in particular is SO COOL - I want it.
Anyhow, it's neat having the girls around, they add a lot of excitement to the whole feeling of the season.
Here's a few shots of them getting into it:
You can see a LOT of Christy in this first shot. Notice the facial expression ... It's almost like looking at a younger version of Christy.
The fairy wings are a carry over from Keeley's birthday - a month ago. Yep ... Tinker Bell let us borrow some wings.
And ... I want to say thank you Jesus ... for giving us THE reason to celebrate.
Talk soon!
Al
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