my cool things

in the spirit of Jacob, i will come up with my cool things list

10 cool places i have been (in no particular order)

1. Key West Florida
2. Excursion Inlet, Alaska
3. Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
4. St Marteens, Caribbean
5. Cemetery at Concord, MA
6. Freedom Trail, Boston MA
7. Lake Mary, Big Cottonwood Canyon
8. The Oval Office, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
9. Rainbow Bridge, Lake Powell
10.55ft below the surface, Buc Island, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands

10 cool movies

1. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
2. Second Hand Lions
3. Gods and Generals
4. Open Range
5. The Lord Of The Rings..(all of them)
6. I Am Legend
7.Spaceballs
8. Vertigo
9. Monty Python Holy Grail
10. U571

10 cool books i loved

1. The DaVinci code (Dan Brown)
2. Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
3 Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
4. Ray Church Prisoner of War (Story of Ray Curch)
5. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
6. Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
7. Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (Deepak Chopra)
8. Shadow Divers (Robert Kurson)
9. 1491 (Charles Mann)
10. Lone Survivor (The Story of Marcus Lutrell)

tell me if you like the look

ok, here is my new look for church. i like it. it is kind of 1940's meets 2008.

Cancun

Alright, this may seem weird, but we are blogging an opportunity for one lucky couple to travel with use to Cancun!! Deena and I have a deal for 7 days in Cancun Mexico, $300 per couple for the stay. we would still need to come up with air fare. Deena and I are going mostly to see the Mayan ruins (chichen Itza etc.) in the area and of course other warm weather activities. Deena's sister and brother-in-law were going to go, but now cannot. We were splitting the cost, so now we are looking for some fun family to travel with us if they can fit it in their schedule. Oct 12-19 of this year. Any serious takers please respond to the blog, or call us and let us know if you would like to travel with yon elder brother and his beautiful wife to the center of Mayan Civilization! the place we are staying has a kitchen so we can shop and eat cheeply if we wish, plus it has two seperate rooms in it. WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF FUN!! this offer is also good to you Mom and Dad if you wish!

Caleb's First Baseball Game

So this was Caleb's first baseball game (t-ball). he had fun. he is the oldest kid on his team and he is a little advanced for t-ball. however it is good for him because it is teaching him the basic rules and procedures. i think he was a little bored with it all but survived and said he had fun.

To my Mother

well, it is mothers day and i think it is fitting to say a few words to my mother.

you really started me on my love of learning. i remember being young and sitting at our countertop doing word puzzles, and it seems you always had some new activity book or library book for us to read. i learned so much before i ever went to school that elementary school was a breeze (and frankly way to easy for me). i already knew everything that was being taught, so i needed to keep from being bored, usually by being a clown. you certainly had less 'seasoning' in your hair at that time, but i am sure i put most of the 'salt' in your pepper. you have such a fun personality. all my friends really truly liked you. there were times when i couldn't understand that, but it dawned on my when i realized that we truly have similar personalities. if they liked me then it would make perfect sense that they would like you. the more i have grown up, the more i have realized that your not just a 'mom' figure for me but someone i truly love conversing with. i have developed a keen interest in you over the last 10 years or so and in that time you have become one of my very favorite persons in the entire world. you are so fun to talk to and i really enjoy our conversations..my kids just love you!! i really have a deja-vu experience when i come in to pick them up and see them at the table doing word puzzles and coloring. it is just like 25 years ago.

you truly are the greatest mom! i am so proud to be your son and announce to the world that i think you are the best!!

happy mothers day

josh