This is my Dad. He is also my hero.
Actually, this was a game we played at a party at church. Each table had to race to blow up balloons, then fill each leg of a pair of panty hose. The end result was crazy looking reindeer antlers that must be place on a team member's head. The first team to accomplish this highly challenging feat, was the winner! We were laughing so hard at everyone, we almost never got calmed back down to move on to the next game!
My Cracker Barrel Tree! We found a bunch of cute ornaments at Cracker Barrel...that's mostly what's on here. We will add some of the family favorites, also, but I went the 'Designer Tree' direction this year.
I took these Monday night, thinking it was the moon and just two bright little stars! On the weather last night, John Gaughn talked about them and explained what they were...Planets! The one on the left is Venus and the one on the right is Jupiter. How cool is that! If only my lens was longer! Oh well, it's pretty amazing!
Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida.
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I lift mine eyes towards Heaven, from whence cometh my help
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Senator Barack Obama, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Ruth Harkin stand during the national anthem.Barack Hussein Obama's photo (that's his real name).....the article said he REFUSED TO NOT ONLY PUT HIS HAND ON HIS HEART DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT REFUSED TO SAY THE PLEDGE.....how in the world can a man like this expect to be our next Commander-in-Chief? Well, how the in the world can the American people be so blinded by this mans WORDS?
This is the group that made the recording. From left to right: Jennifer, Deborah, Carla, Emiley, Me, Dee. When the group first formed, it was Carla, Jennifer, Dee and myself. We later added Deborah & Emiley, so that we had 2 on each part.
When Jennifer, Deborah, and Emiley moved away, we were joined by
Elise, Donna & Melissa (back row)
Last year, Carla and Elise moved away, and Erin D. and Erin L. joined us. So here we are today, from left to right:
Donna, Erin D., Erin L., Melissa, Me, Dee
(The short one is Melissa's daughter, she was helping us warm up!)
This is their house
This is the house next door I wish I could buy! :-)
The neighborhood has tons of these! I just love big oaks! 
This was during the rehearsal for the inaugural concert of the Jacksonville Praise Orchestra. These are musicians from 12 different churches around town whose orchestra directors got together to form the Jacksonville Instrumental Directors Association. There will be 2 or 3 concerts a year. The next one will be held sometime the first quarter of next year.
Mr. Kirkland (lower right) patiently waiting on me to begin tuning up the orchestra....I think they call that "A Dollar waiting on a Dime"! Ha!
There is another house next to this one that has a bulkhead. Normally you see about 3 to 4 feet of it above the level of the water. Look at it now!
Now you see it....
Now you don't!
This is pretty much the coolest Mall I've ever seen...so far :-) The entire 'mall' part was covered completely by skylights. There is a carousel in the food court area, glass elevators and a giant American flag. It was pretty amazing.
