Cruisin'

Tom, Bella, and I made a couple of loops around Riverwood Golf Course this afternoon. The cross country skiing conditions were great, and we got a good workout. Now that the temps have warmed up, it's fun to be able to enjoy all this snow.

But we are looking forward to fun of a different and much warmer kind . . . we are going on a cruise! It's been in the works for a while, but we didn't know for sure until about ten days ago. We fly to Miami this Saturday, meet up with Doug and Jody Lester and their daughter and son-in-law, and then board the ship on Sunday for a western Caribbean cruise. We'll be stopping at Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. It will be a first for Tom and me, so we're pretty excited. Fun and sun - here we come! Watch for more blogging when we return.

Blog #70 (here's to many more!)

Hey Gang,

I'm just laying on the floor/my bed. Michael and I have finished our first half week of school. We're now taking "awake" naps at 860 Highland Avenue (my new home.) We are full of wonderful food from the McCluskey household. We are good friends with their son, John, and so we've eaten there nearly every sunday lunch for the past year or more. They call it "Family Lunch."

I've put up some posters that used to hang at the lake. One of my favorites is the Deer jumping over the moon:
I wish that I could go sledding at Grandma's house right now.

Jeff On The Mend

Jeff demonstrated additional thrills and spills last Thurs. at a ski meet. He hooked a ski on a slalom gate, fell and hit his knee badly. We didn't know if he had a fracture or torn ligaments until we got the good news from a doc at orthopedic urgent care. Just a bad bruise and lots of swelling.

The moon walk on crutches is coming along. He hopes to be back to dancing form by the weekend, but no skiing for a couple of weeks.

Stuntmen

Try hitting "pause" for amazement/amusement.

Grandpa's pride n joy

I love this picture of Keegan on Dave's workbench, so I got an enlargement for his office, Keegan got so excited when he saw it,one of his favorite things to do is play around on grandpas work bench.

father and son

This was my favorite shot taken during the weekend.

white Christmas

Prentice Landing Book List

I'm looking for some new books to read and wondering what my family recommends and I will compile a booklist. Hooray!
What was your favorite book of 2008? (you can put pre-2008 books as well)

Laura: The Red House by Sarah Messer

Carolyn: What's So Amazing about Grace? by Phillip Yancey

Jeff: 1984 by George Orwell

Happy New Year!