Happy Birthday, Uncle Tom!

December 16, 2008--



Here's to my wonderful Uncle Tom (the glue that binds much of our family together) who is a half a century old today! May your next half century be as adventurous and blessed as your first half century. Lots of love to you and the fam down in the warm part of the country. Happy Birthday! (Uncle Tom is pictured above with his grandsons--thanks for the pic, Manda! Hope you don't mind...)~

The Living Christmas Tree

December 5, 2008--

My friend, Carrie, and my mom, Cheryl, came to town to go to the Living Christmas Tree production with me. The production was a wonderful mixture of all types of Christmas music (with a live symphony orchestra & choir) and the lighting and special effects surrounding the featured "tree" were outstanding. Carrie and Mom were non-stop entertainment from before the time the show even started through the time we concluded our night around midnight. The whole evening was so much fun, I haven't laughed that hard in...well, I don't know how long. Thank you guys for such a great time!~

Basketball!

December 3, 2008--

It was fun joining Steve and the rest of his coaching staff for the basketball game here in town. (We missed you, Lu & Jake!) The last few moments of the game were really intense but the home team came out on top.~