The other night Emily, Haley and Jodi made christmas cookies! I had to keep Matt and Marc under control. - Here’s some pics!

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Sorry for lack of posts lately, there’s been so much going on that I haven’t had a lot of time. Couple of things, though…

I went out with Steve and Ellie to get some pictures done yesterday… unfortunately it was raining, but I think we still got some fun shots!

We also had our Christmas Party last night. I’ll be posting some great pics (HAHA BRIAN) in the next day or two… Obviously there will be a lot of Chistmas pics of the family coming too! Here are a few of the Steve and Ellie shots… check them out in the photo album!

I was delighted this morning to learn that the Japanese have done it again! Chuo Sangyo, a Japanese company is now offering this egg, toast and coffee maker that provides you with the ideal hot breakfast in just 10 minutes. How incredible!

It’s so incredible when you can have a conversation with someone you haven’t spoken with for 3 years and pick up just like you always had been in touch.

Kris Dietz, an old friend from my high school days and beyond called today and we talked for a while catching up on stuff.

The crazy thing is that he works with lions and tigers and other large cats!

Hopefully we’ll stay in touch a bit more than we have. I added Kris’ myspace page to my links.

As a side note, if you’re looking for any dart frogs, he breeds and sells them online here:

DendroidDarts.com

(Kris - I hope you don’t mind I ripped up one of the pics from your myspace site)

Rory Steve and I have been asked on numerous occasions for public relations pictures for magazines, newspapers, etc. We finally have them! You can click the picture below or click here to see the album… Once again thanks Joel and Rita Wiebner for taking the pictures!

In taking a look at Wiebner’s blog yesterday I learned that a guy I went to school with found out in July that he had cancer. With that news, he decided to start a t-shirt business called Endure. The shirts are all themed around enduring things in life and you can check them out here.When I read his story it almost made me laugh out loud (in joy)! I see people every day when they face adversity in their lives burry their head in the sand. It is so refreshing to learn that drive, motivation and dedication to life have not been flushed down the toilet by society.

Chad, your story is one that is both remarkable and exciting! I will order a shirt soon.

Please take a moment to read Chad’s story in the Lancaster Paper here.

Rory, Morgan, Reece and I went out for some pics the other day. Boy was it cold!!! Even though the kids were all bundled up, I think we got some good pics! Here are two, but you can see the whole photo album here by clicking here.