Here's a final batch of pictures from our honeymoon. These are from El Valle in Panama. It was beautiful!
2nd Birthday
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Part 4
Here's a final batch of pictures from our honeymoon. These are from El Valle in Panama. It was beautiful!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Book Contest!
Alright, everyone. I'm long overdue for an update. But first...
It's a book contest! I won Skizzer from Jill's contest and it was a quick, easy read. Now it's my turn to pass it along to someone else. Just leave a comment if you'd like to enter the drawing. I will pick a winner this Wednesday, August 27th, at 5:00 p.m. and put the book in the mail (or deliver it if you're local) on Thursday.
To learn more about how the book contest began, go here.
It's a book contest! I won Skizzer from Jill's contest and it was a quick, easy read. Now it's my turn to pass it along to someone else. Just leave a comment if you'd like to enter the drawing. I will pick a winner this Wednesday, August 27th, at 5:00 p.m. and put the book in the mail (or deliver it if you're local) on Thursday.
To learn more about how the book contest began, go here.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
part 2
These pictures all come from Isla San Jose, just off the coast of Panama on the Carribbean side.(Makes it seem like I know what I'm talking about, huh?)
shootin' the moon...in pictures (part 1)
Mark and I after dinner on our wedding night; downtown SA. The rest are from our walking tour in the historic part of Panama City on our honeymoon. Mark did most of the photography on the trip, and I've taken the liberty to edit a smidge. Go team!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
lions and tigers and bears!
I have to start this post by apologizing for the funky formatting. There are some battles I am just not cut out to fight! 
Things have been busy lately, even more so than the "busy" that makes up my new "norm." But now that Day Camp is over, I hope things will settle down a smidge.
We almost didn't get to go due to the threat of rain, but after checking and rechecking every radar map and forecast this side of the Rio Grande (literally), we made an 11th-hour decision to go ahead and try it out. I'm so glad we did, and that God graciously held off the rain till
after we'd had our fun.
A benefit to going to the zoo on a cloudy day is that most of the animals were out. I didn't get to see everything, but a few favorites included the tiger, kangaroos and their joeys (who I saw in June when they were still small enough to hang out in their pouches), and the elephant who ironically enough was being fed behind the big sign
that instructs folks not to feed him or her.
Things have been busy lately, even more so than the "busy" that makes up my new "norm." But now that Day Camp is over, I hope things will settle down a smidge.For your viewing pleasure, animals galore!
We almost didn't get to go due to the threat of rain, but after checking and rechecking every radar map and forecast this side of the Rio Grande (literally), we made an 11th-hour decision to go ahead and try it out. I'm so glad we did, and that God graciously held off the rain till
after we'd had our fun.A benefit to going to the zoo on a cloudy day is that most of the animals were out. I didn't get to see everything, but a few favorites included the tiger, kangaroos and their joeys (who I saw in June when they were still small enough to hang out in their pouches), and the elephant who ironically enough was being fed behind the big sign
that instructs folks not to feed him or her.Monday, July 07, 2008
Happy 4th on the 7th!
I hope y'all (which would be the grammatically correct way to spell it, in case you were wondering) had a wonderful long weekend!
Mark and I went down to the coast for a couple of days. Thanks to Roger and Beth for opening their home to us, and Laura and Colten for sharing a room so we could have Laura's. We had such a great time with everyone!
On Friday, Roger took us all out into the Corpus Christi bay on his boat...in the rain. I was concerned, but all turned out well. I joined my husband for a little wade fishing, which means we were standing out in the middle of the water rather than fishing off a pier or the coastline. (Yes, I was wearing my life jacket in 4-feet-deep water.) I couldn't do much fishing for a number of reasons, including the fact that I don't have a pole, so I opted to provide an exciting color commentary as Mark fished.
Perhaps this is why Mark finally gave me the pole, so I would be distracted from my distraction. And guess what. I CAUGHT A FISH!!! It wasn't a "keeper," but I didn't care. I caught a fish and reeled it in despite Mark's lefthanded reel. I'M AN AMBIDEXTROUS FISHER-WOMAN!!! (Okay...so this might be slight exaggeration but hey...it's my blog. I can exaggerate if I want to.)
The fish I caught was aptly named a lady fish (aka: skipjack, but I prefer the girly name). We didn't have a camera out there in the water and we didn't keep the fish, so I found a picture on the good ol' WWW for you to enjoy.
Hope yous guys (that's for you, Kim!) had a great 4th as well! Happy Birthday, America!
Mark and I went down to the coast for a couple of days. Thanks to Roger and Beth for opening their home to us, and Laura and Colten for sharing a room so we could have Laura's. We had such a great time with everyone!
On Friday, Roger took us all out into the Corpus Christi bay on his boat...in the rain. I was concerned, but all turned out well. I joined my husband for a little wade fishing, which means we were standing out in the middle of the water rather than fishing off a pier or the coastline. (Yes, I was wearing my life jacket in 4-feet-deep water.) I couldn't do much fishing for a number of reasons, including the fact that I don't have a pole, so I opted to provide an exciting color commentary as Mark fished.
Perhaps this is why Mark finally gave me the pole, so I would be distracted from my distraction. And guess what. I CAUGHT A FISH!!! It wasn't a "keeper," but I didn't care. I caught a fish and reeled it in despite Mark's lefthanded reel. I'M AN AMBIDEXTROUS FISHER-WOMAN!!! (Okay...so this might be slight exaggeration but hey...it's my blog. I can exaggerate if I want to.)
The fish I caught was aptly named a lady fish (aka: skipjack, but I prefer the girly name). We didn't have a camera out there in the water and we didn't keep the fish, so I found a picture on the good ol' WWW for you to enjoy.
Hope yous guys (that's for you, Kim!) had a great 4th as well! Happy Birthday, America!
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Pop Quiz
Do you spell it....
a) y'all -- a contraction of "you" and "all"
b) ya'll -- a contraction of "ya" and "all"
c) neither, because I don't live in Texas
a) y'all -- a contraction of "you" and "all"
b) ya'll -- a contraction of "ya" and "all"
c) neither, because I don't live in Texas
Friday, June 13, 2008
the long-awaited winner is....
Always look on the bright side!I don't know how long I've been using the phrase and meaning it, but I truly do. The older I get, the more I realize how many blessings can be wrapped up in the hard times and how many lessons can be learned through the struggle.
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