St John's RODEO!!

I haven't been to a Rodeo in a few years. A little different than the "West", but it was the group of friends that made it all worth while!!! And can you believe it!! It was freezing , here in St. Augustine. Kevin, honey, we got the same weather as VA... As always, pics do say everything...

The "Gang"

COLD

Northrop Grumman Guys

Teen Bulls...

BIG BULL

Yes, there was a Rodeo Clown...very important.

Cassie's B-DAY!!

Another Teenager is Born today...yes it's true. you can't stop it from occurring, so you must embrace it. And embrace it with every ounce of you Cassie. O.K. we all know the 'tude starts before you actually turn 13, but this child has been amazing, just like her older brothers. No attitude has ever formed. I am so proud to have her as my niece!! She's smart, real, true to her soul, and nice to everyone because she is so caring. That's what makes her so beautiful; how much she cares for life. Don't go too crazy trying to please everyone, Sweetie. It's a hard thing to try to do and still remain sane. Just ask your mom and I. Love you! My Birthday Wish for Cassie...live every moment with your spirit never broken and your faith never failing.

Things you want for others in 2009!!!

After my previous post of "New Year's Resolution", I realized that I have always wished greatness for others. I look for ways where I can add to the lives of wonderful friends that enhance my life and have embraced and valued each other. If you really know me, you also know that I can be very blunt with my "truths". It just comes from experience of communicating with my mom, so everyone else around me gets BLUNT.

This is one wish I want my dear friend Kevin S...

To get a new phone, so when we call, he can't blame our cell phones anymore because this is what I found when Abbie and I watched "The Women" at his place...How appropriate...HUH?!!!!

With Seriousness Kevin, Abbie completely supported this phone with complete awe of the "perfect neck cradling" incorporated in the engineering design!!!

New Year's Resolutions...

Last night my sister asked me what's my "New Year's Resolution" ? Funny thing is, I never really kept lists, so I never actually wrote down specific "to do" items for myself. I guess I told her that I will try to to the right thing all the time, may be even better than before, but is doing the right thing relative? There have been times I felt I was doing the right thing for the whole picture, but then I wasn't doing the right thing for each individuals complete needs. I know I can't make every single person happy or every single person may not even appreciate who I am, so I just told her I want to lose 10 pounds by March. Then I have 9 months to concentrate on something else...

Then it hit me while I was talking to her and she asked where's Mom and Dad...I can work on increasing my tolerance for next year's New Year's Eve for midnight, so this won't happen to me for a long, long while!!!!

There's Dad waking Mom up at 1.5 mins before midnight. She was ZONKED!! They both were fallin' out since 9:30 after we came home from fireworks on the beach!!

All-in-all, we all had a wonderful evening. They drove 12 hrs to be here w/me and Kevin and Kevin drove 10hrs to get here to enjoy the beach party!! Good thing all the festivities started at 4pm and done by 9:30...it was the perfect balance for this year's New Year's!!

I hope all your days for 2009 falls into the "perfect" balance!!!!