Our Bear Christmas Tree

Every year around this time, our bears leave us Christmas trees all over our back yard. It is such a lovely surprise....filled with red ornaments! You have to really watch where you step out here! Would hate for a Christmas tree to find the bottom of your shoe!...that could get ugly FAST!

Me on the cover of Forbes

We will miss you!

Dan & Beth Holland....What Can I say? We enjoyed lunch yesterday....eating burgers & fries with friends after church don’t get much better than that!

My blessing for you comes from Numbers. It is the blessing Aaron, the high priest, blessed his people with. I ain’t no high priest, by any stretch, but here goes:

“May the Lord bless you and keep you; May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; AND May the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace!”

Climbing Mt. Sinai will always be a high light for me personally, but doing it with you guys makes it so much more special. I can remember Beth and I were worn clean out, could barely breathe, but we finally made it to the summit, just in time for the sun to crest over the mountains. Joe & Dan beat us up there, of course. Dan was like a dad gum billy goat. What a sight. A holy mountain....watching the sun rise....with life long friends.....are you kidding me?....How great was that?

It will be exciting to watch your next mountain climb. You are so prepared. You got your boots, your scarfs, your jacket....you are ready for take off. So go do great things for the Lord! We love you guys!

Nothing like a bear hug!

Laura Jo helping me with Christmas cookies!

I have been busy making Christmas cookies. But today I got an added bonus when Laura Jo came over to help in the sampling department....I mean, somebody's gotta do it!