Happy 5 month Birthday, Drew!!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
HOW POOR ARE WE??
One day a father, of a very wealthy family,
took his son on a trip to the country
with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm
of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from the trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great Dad!" "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered, " I saw we have one dog and they have four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden
and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden
and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard
and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on
and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us,
and they have friends to protect them." With this the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
What is one persons worthless object
Is another’s prize possession.
It is all based on one’s perspective.
Makes you wonder what would happen
If we all gave thanks to God
For all the bounty we have been provided by Him,
Instead of worrying about wanting more.
Too many times we forget what we do have
And concentrate on what we do not have.
Be thankful for all He has given each and
Every one of us, especially our family and friends.
Author unknown
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY
took his son on a trip to the country
with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm
of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from the trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great Dad!" "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered, " I saw we have one dog and they have four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden
and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden
and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard
and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on
and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us,
and they have friends to protect them." With this the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
What is one persons worthless object
Is another’s prize possession.
It is all based on one’s perspective.
Makes you wonder what would happen
If we all gave thanks to God
For all the bounty we have been provided by Him,
Instead of worrying about wanting more.
Too many times we forget what we do have
And concentrate on what we do not have.
Be thankful for all He has given each and
Every one of us, especially our family and friends.
Author unknown
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
Here's our newest Trick or Treater
Guess he's not too happy about this whole get up!
I'm feeling a little bloated over all those treats!!
Hope everyone has fun!!
GO RED DEVILS!!!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
A Final Honor
His final honor is in place
WHAT IS A VETERAN?
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye.
Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery adversity of
Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem.
You can't tell a vet just by looking.
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL.
He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.
He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor diesunrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You.
That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.
Two little words that mean a lot,
"THANK YOU".
"It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us thefreedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag."
Monday, October 20, 2008
Catch up time
Hi all, Time to catch up the last couple of months.
Lots of birthday celebrations
Lots of birthday celebrations
Jacinda and friends at a Sunday night celebration
Just some Sunday dinner shots....we are so blessed to have the chance to gather with siblings and kids, and their kids on Sunday nights. It may be a lot of work and kinda chaotic at times...but we do have some good laughs.
Guess, I'm going to have to do this a few at a time...all my pics are not loading.
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