January is a jet!

It must be, as the month is FLYING by...There was a song some years back where the main line was "we sure could use a little good news today". This seems like a good time for someone to re-release it...
Autumn finishes basketball this weekend with the Jr High tournament, and then starts softball the following Monday. The West Orange CofC softball team is now 0-3, and we have been "run ruled" all three games. We have a recreational approach to a very competitive league :( We did have a good mens retreat last weekend and Pete and I had a lot of laughs as always. WO is hosting a big SuperBowl tailgate party on Sunday, complete with projection viewing, inside and outside. Plus, a punt, pass and kick contest.
I think I read on a Kyle Mitchell blog, where he was in a life is good moment, with a new Wilbur Smith book. It took me a while to get around to it, but I am now zipping through the full inventory of Mr Smith's novels. Kyle was right. And, while it worries my missionary pal David Carter, I have really enjoyed reading all the Nicholas Sparks books, even if they are of the Romance genre.
Cousin Tyler leased an apartment in Orlando, so my male bonding moments appear to be in the rear view.
Life is good, but We could sure use a little good new today.

Back...

Back to work, back to school, back to a routine. Great holidays for us as we snuck a trip up to Crestview in between Christmas and New Years. Time with Maw Maw and Paw Paw and some seafood on the beach. Then, Frank and Ouida came to town, as did Karen, Al and Oliver. We had a top notch wing cook out after Autumn's basketball game on Saturday. Frank rules the buffalo wings!

The Wii provided much laughter as everyone had the shot at boxing and bowling.

Last night the new West Orange team had our first church league softball game. It wasn't pretty, as we got the 10 run rule treatment...they put the old fat guy in left center field and that didn't go so well either. At least the Texas win over Ohio St was worth staying up late for!

:)

The Alpha entry

Well, a lot of folks send out Christmas cards or letters, but in this electronic age, we have decided to put a little blog together and point our friends and family to it. Lazy? perhaps, but you could just say we are so "tech savy" :)

So, this was the first Christmas that one of our immediate family was not with us! Even though Denton spent almost a year in Kenya, and a semester in Russia, it was not until his Korea adventure that we had to celebrate the big holiday without him. Thanks to Skype, we did talk to him several times and "see" him. Josh has been fun this week, as he takes a break from Florida State ( who just kicked Wisconsin's butt in the Champs Bowl). He is off to New Hampshire on Monday to visit his girlfriend. Autumn is 12 now, and teaching mom and dad all the Wii games, since Santa was good enough to bring it down our chimney. She is a good athlete, and a better girl, we really enjoy her. Sharon and I just keep truckin along, over 26 years now...We were able to spend Thanksgiving with my parents and Marty, Laurie, Christian and baby Anna, in a cabin in the Carolina mountains. We were also able to spend some time with the Bakers, Hubers and Lagos that week, so it was great!