A Spectrum

Christmas was so busy this year and we were only home for Christmas eve evening and Christmas day. We had to drive home Christmas night. Yet we managed to fit in a birthday celebration, christmas eve service, christmas day service, my mom's family, tom's family, and my dad's family celebrations. I am still not sure how we pulled that one off. I think I want to have kids just so I have an excuse to miss some of them....;) My cousin Todd was back from North Dakota though, I hadn't seen him since before my wedding. The best part was the gift we got my brother. It was a replica of the leg lamp from A Christmas Story. It was awesome. It came in a box labeled FRAGILE and with a Major Award Certificate. It was perfect. We set it up in our front window and my mom said that cars stop and drive back to look at it. ;) (Read as: One car has done this which is amazing given the non-traffic on our road). Check out how the lamp came to be in the window below!

Tom and Kyle both wore black shoes, black socks, khaki pants, a black sweater, and the EXACT same leather coat. Scary...

Success is not life. Fame is not life. Money is not life. Even a perfect family is not life. An abundant life is the ability to experience God's love, power, and forgiveness in the midst of what the world throws at us in our so-called "life."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence,
and toughness multiplies toughness
in a descending spiral of destruction."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

You have to check out this commercial. It's amazing!


Honda Ad

Nap


What I wouldn't give to be able to nap...

This boggles my mind. Poor kitten only lived one day. They named him cyclops.

create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

It's possible that I have been to West Virginia since I have visited that states around it but I don't remember, and the only one I may be lying about is Arkansas but I think we went through there on a family vacation, maybe... hmm.

Dreamworks

Click on "Productions" and "Flushed Away."

How can you go wrong with Wolverine, Miss Marianne, Gandalf, Gollum, and Slartibartfast?

Too bad Kate Winslet hasn't really done any fantasy? That would really fit in better.. Maybe Princess Sarah from a Kid in King Arthur's court, but that's pushing it... ;p

I was looking through random blogs and found the nerd score thing below and someone else who had a post title da bears... scary.

My brother bought a new trivial pursuit game for our family. Somehow we are going to have to squeeze in a game over Christmas. Our old one was from 1980. The box was torn, the game board was torn. I am sure some of the pies/cheeses are missing. One of the game pieces has teeth marks on it courtesy of our dog Rutledge and the USSR is a frequent answer to questions. Don't even get me started on the entertainment category. (Pre 1980, Kyle and I weren't even born yet) Anyway, looking forward to new trivial pursuits. ;)

Ah, one win away from a division title. Grossman is apparently healthy, props to Orton for keeping us alive. And we play the Packers on Christmas. Beautiful.

My dad's side is coming over at 5 and the game starts at 4, they'll just have to talk to me during commercials I guess... ;)

Check out this freakin' awesome webquest!

DaVinci Code Webquest

Click on "Make the Quest."

It takes a while, so be prepared. But, it's so worth it. And if you haven't read the book, it doesn't give away anything. However, at one point you do need the book in order to answer one of the riddles...(email me if you want and I'll give you that answer).

I enjoyed the book immensely. I would recommend it. As for its controversial nature, it's a novel, get over it. Watch out world, I am in a blunt and opinionated mood today...

For a much better telling of the story behind this picture than my story would be, go here.