tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697486537563777672024-03-12T23:35:03.579-05:00Making MemoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-70189796780296871792010-03-29T10:30:00.003-05:002010-04-03T11:47:17.315-05:00Weekend with Tracy-<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uSlBGOoi_TV3OVPTWieOM2YGLqNn9M4DjOaTyJDP39DKqeqIxkGcTPPtnIcGsZQazueNSjyeY8LxK0AB7uE6WN6nyptRvnUf6sOR-Lf-UT5qWxEU_vzngqtekgjT4eKF9RKyrLFoLkU/s1600/photo2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uSlBGOoi_TV3OVPTWieOM2YGLqNn9M4DjOaTyJDP39DKqeqIxkGcTPPtnIcGsZQazueNSjyeY8LxK0AB7uE6WN6nyptRvnUf6sOR-Lf-UT5qWxEU_vzngqtekgjT4eKF9RKyrLFoLkU/s400/photo2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454080787256604498" /></a><br /><div>This past weekend Tracy and I were able to go fishing with a few good friends of ours. I love Tracy. You can't top a wife that fishes with her husband! Here is a picture of Tracy's very first fish caught on the Flats- Mr. Catfish</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzqIHJVbqwwA7Q4aS4zgx8qOfPB8sknFcy49kZlZZ1tcVPQ7CNUuoEyZjqkQ1Kl0D6wlzrw-n4MmlkRDLvTBmB1Az0jjfVoKKTcwoVTNGeynb8mTDdLsPXBMlksPLrG15377-jhFmJk4/s1600/IMG_0666.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzqIHJVbqwwA7Q4aS4zgx8qOfPB8sknFcy49kZlZZ1tcVPQ7CNUuoEyZjqkQ1Kl0D6wlzrw-n4MmlkRDLvTBmB1Az0jjfVoKKTcwoVTNGeynb8mTDdLsPXBMlksPLrG15377-jhFmJk4/s400/IMG_0666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454080778398460690" /></a>Our good friends Rachel and Sterling. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFYDj8VSWMCZMy71UVuoO2BpjlCCD8-cuLDmvvmaO6UfCk5LpMset1Ba6xCY9XCtCkW797443RVmZPwwtJxgGe-gMAlmvMgIWbvWFJaXit5UDJbehAWEOZvjWMbGkLZRFWBJnOEGDTDI/s1600/IMG_0664.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFYDj8VSWMCZMy71UVuoO2BpjlCCD8-cuLDmvvmaO6UfCk5LpMset1Ba6xCY9XCtCkW797443RVmZPwwtJxgGe-gMAlmvMgIWbvWFJaXit5UDJbehAWEOZvjWMbGkLZRFWBJnOEGDTDI/s400/IMG_0664.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454080775726838130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Myw1UTjhNkFUVf6BDZ8LrDTAryP74s2k9UKhdinftzFDAfWQbccVtUmxXvwAMqZrKdu2wWKBCZELXU2Pu7pUp9KH7SCjIKUD2-_d2Gyc_ZtxAE6XB8K_hDrHN0zd_lEBzvsbLneFe3Q/s1600/IMG_0660.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Myw1UTjhNkFUVf6BDZ8LrDTAryP74s2k9UKhdinftzFDAfWQbccVtUmxXvwAMqZrKdu2wWKBCZELXU2Pu7pUp9KH7SCjIKUD2-_d2Gyc_ZtxAE6XB8K_hDrHN0zd_lEBzvsbLneFe3Q/s400/IMG_0660.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454080766316521394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhCf6IhY8gVddFdIylBI2K0XQzqujBW0jZpMu4E_-iv8H4QN_RXIz-VKyXPU_ja5XqehFmAXL51idHf5zZM7VTmJyEaSVpT7Y2TKEEbommoSbKbUmQ4NRZdX-moe-nDweTgOj-y5sdhI/s1600/IMG_0658.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhCf6IhY8gVddFdIylBI2K0XQzqujBW0jZpMu4E_-iv8H4QN_RXIz-VKyXPU_ja5XqehFmAXL51idHf5zZM7VTmJyEaSVpT7Y2TKEEbommoSbKbUmQ4NRZdX-moe-nDweTgOj-y5sdhI/s400/IMG_0658.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454080756310221634" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Great times were had by all-</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-63019625608735266212010-03-16T11:30:00.010-05:002010-03-16T17:32:49.160-05:00Python Hunt in the Everglades<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuu72eCk212dWSr9Tp4qG6-asuU9xL2BFvFmRrkUmVriNG8PAz6zoLFQ7vqXPVNGE8vfaSPDGDUKwQ5MVyWLvSobAXBIBYwf5xRCmks-YZ-9ahsj3pZSB-5GAemcR7PzIFbxWZVOcBL4/s400/Everglades.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449335614191262386" /><div style="text-align: left;">What a trip! This past weekend I had the privilege of going on a Python/Anaconda 48 hour hunt in the Everglades with my cousin Josh, my Uncle Matt, and my brother-in-law John. Any trip with the 3 of them is awesomeness waiting happen.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnABQd6NYyySAidAcElXwZYl1yTJ1q3UD6smGGX_GYnegZcSFfoZo05ph74KygNHIFOq2SZs9LQsHOX1hWm_aEjUYiklu7O8fMzOPSflvLUPphB5T-Mhklwgv0OEfhWw1yl9-WK8N60SY/s400/Uncle+Matt,+John,+and+Josh+on+L67.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449340832865057234" /><div style="text-align: left;">This was the first ever "Reptiles of Concern" (Reticulated Pythons, Green Anacondas, Burmese Pythons, African Rock Pythons, Scrub Pythons, Nile Monitor Lizards) hunting season that Florida has done. The Florida Wildlife Commission hopes to stop the movement of these invasive species from moving north by opening up the hunting season. Here are a few photo's of the different snakes I listed above-</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBB90UHsWXpfnJrCQwHPdfVbHyMZ-oP8bP4WwsXXAPLX_scYgZfCVPLNyvqURb59IADbGigVa73ym-GbkCGeC5yupOjXYzi7ynzMJ-EAKNOHH_sYD2gtRCHLRTmzM8uqFLTD-zI1G66Q/s320/Burmese+Python.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449331481639767602" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuNHTJxvUcnI1V6_5FEY8Mne8fT1Y4sFLP6KJgBILQVHiaMMZ7R8AfXSpkwhID1q8EFbrRsNxx5ZJsV1rEl1SEdSNcxPBoamDuRirFNBQruxLrMf_hyTFZRmM341CUwmfEviYJGmgYkI/s320/African+Rock+Python.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449331470051197458" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2sbDnmCNavd74Ci2e9L37A7KKhFnW-YucE5J1isxhM5Om4vcX4kNP-Jpqeqd9eETyiVt2er3OIhYEa9KnKzDHB0tFX2vrzUCYC6GW_NRHt_NaGDaK5E4UsOlPrOxaoBmk44bghhnCvQ/s320/Nile+Monitor+Lizard.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449331465950208370" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBBes4zXKdnx-OwV4vdUndds5ESdeoVE3SAUvehYCmsmD16ZErO8qm5XQeImXNQHQOQ2JdRfyeJ8MNIKbJ9Ic2im9XKSVRfRTqGfapV4uzMRA2a983P-lWlVyww2jF0fooXLN7eWE7Nk/s320/Reticulated+Python.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449331449081006114" /><div style="text-align: left;">Josh and I may very well have been the first two people in the world to purchase the license for this. We were so on board. An opportunity to hunt down the worlds largest reptiles with a machete doesn't come along every day and we weren't about to miss out! It wasn't long before Uncle Matt and John were in as well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8W_o0CoZH7TZruyAv7Ht279oLSWrZLY1iT6IdAMF4jP3VomSSOkP7m8ropyGg50z9eXWWmqfiWFFqdu5gCY8qZ0HcciNjm5LhGNbNhOKlFFnjzE9kFc4QpW_qvNtQTj0vOla6xLZYcRs/s400/Python+Crew.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449335607460993778" />The Everglades are like another country. Almost 50 percent of the animals down there are invasive, meaning that this is not the country they are supposed to be living out in the wild. Even the fish down there in the locks are invasive. Check out this bird- I don't actually know if it's invasive but I do know it's crazy.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZME5A2J0Q3PADfiER6G-aN8KZnR9YxKUdAiJR6U1N0n7DaidlvxkCyJyoFGpmtMv-fjNI30UNz3NJeytU2VU8ou6bu_lvsyeliwha4WB5AXhsrIYN0ZJFNfqesp6eQdEX0Rz3oNaFn4s/s400/Crazy+Everglades+Bird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449335576786836370" /><div style="text-align: left;">We packed up my truck with all sorts of gear and weaponry and took off from Orlando at 2am Thursday morning. Why so early you ask? Our goal was to arrive in the Everglades right as the sun was coming up with the assumption that would be the perfect time to spot a giant snake trying to get into the morning sunlight to get warm. Had the sun come up that morning I'm sure we would have slayed them... Unfortunately, we did not kill any snakes. Nor did we catch any fish... We believe it was the ridiculous weather that foiled us and not a lack preparation, skill or determination on our part. It was cloudy with off and on rain showers the whole time and a steady 15-20 mph breeze. Not ideal snake hunting weather. Regardless, it was fantastic trip and company alone made it worth while. We are already looking forward to next year when the new season arrives.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy9ggnIy5SmWqh_9_-0jvHR-lQqziuTYb5CjhqWG4IGpODKQP4VYDaer4jujW786zLFmemTcFGt-sJb13UGX58h7My8F15jtuqqUGKy5OsNSD03j0OK_l-1WJgY5EjJr_FD7faZvvp4A/s400/John+and+Josh+in+the+Everglades.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449340803958573746" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Though we didn't ever find or see any pythons we did come across a bazillion gators. They were everywhere. I think if I was ever to hunt gators(which is definitely on my to do list) in a place where you are currently not allowed to hunt gators it would be here... on Levee 67 in the everglades.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQKpE1xLWl19eB0kA6t7CrDLwJRYnRmkvaNmGpb2N8dgdm4Lf_YpS_nMB1BoaCxIOoQzDwl_XLAyg_83WuOmm1YRmJWlmF5NJoCh4byBOa104Ci3SwJVxwahc5NQ33c6Xm-LbnahEXxY/s400/Gator+on+a+rock.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449270771282113522" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pceOworr8IhKn8xKJcG3wh0F8QwlSmOvWPfj0kZpys21x4BMIgL4LVFY_NFifVHquN5C6hM_-fudsRuExk-30eBl_R-7rjD_E1cbnRsmG6XAziHUFZCQrpIN7yxxd-Ok1r6ivhbgPo8/s400/Uncle+Matt+and+Gator.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449340824528432354" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPVT0ZGwD1hhSW3YUah9HTFB-BGpKajMpp_b-7dSkltpsBvU8HnQSyc1RIpySS0opT8mUKKk2tcg9TISS3LxlZDYDxvsUWJL0bnYkX-l3Bf8rJDqB3yCQTgvCHs5NLZQNNCaJKznITvc/s400/Gator.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449270780811895378" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AcY8GxdPAuK1WJG_6cIF-taG7k5LgfJE0LqH7CYfOFmXNR7HNDT-WGwrZRuSiHl4OBtzAYZEwfoTJta2i0JIkEdUeYMctFwKpDa1lfgx3pcsmV9CqiCnxuZc5NrZ1Nxu_PzNwQYdYR8/s400/Josh+in+the+Everglades.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449340810117848338" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdfjG8eOTmJrU0AYttxYbA_owprf1ZE7rmG7JAAde6eG7PWffmI74LfmKE4GzlDUazenZfalOoHPdFcUgoVxtbkyWipyUh78VchJ7DZc2cl1CVCePazAc5pvelU0n3suxqfBH1nGiqFM/s400/Gator+on+the+bank.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449270758556470978" /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyik3gn5e_1Tl5xNshlcTMqI5Qq-4E1ykmua6bKWaVrJzNTmzyWTMyBxGIpI0o8zZ11OMz1XNLv9tMbb47tAA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While we were hiking down one of the canals looking for snakes and gators we found this- A dead gator. I think it's safe to say this gator was taken out by an enormous python.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmqNPzwST3Dey3jFPcqr9SOV7apg1eN31bYO9fjlBySTZLJRV98Dmz9VGzVfTRax2du8aV_9Nwu6_7gIDnYOemijfG8ueFg8pcu7AsRpwKO4yj5zOZE836X9zVO17Vz7n4XfErT6aG-E/s400/Dead+Gator.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449340792407202786" /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">So of course we proceeded to pull it out and take pictures of it. Two things to note about the following video: John almost tossing his cookies from the stench after pulling it out and Uncle Matt posing with it towards the end. Both of which made me laugh really hard.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwOy5UsmPCS9ZcBnzav_b-PpGIHeJub-nfbQjXhKf3H1lbcF_FNYKqgAhmZ8sM_G4vxpgqdcJyWRj-s8rFbGg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuog3_HpS8Q3_YiXXCod7fUZrOJQE6sJXz9JKXvEXAYizf1a2WMjtDzFyo4asG84Nf_bZF3OnwIuhCc41BMo6449KtiVAujQOr8vsl4G0TWJaOI7kOTT8i61vjvxyU3_O36-RYJ7GluU/s400/Aaron+with+Gator.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449335593516965234" /><div style="text-align: left;">Such a rad trip! I highly recommend the experience to anyone that likes a good ol' fashion adventure-</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-1858814988478899712010-01-16T10:08:00.008-06:002010-01-16T10:39:38.674-06:00Colorado Trip<div><b>This past week Tracy and I were fortunate enough to take a ski trip with her family out in Breckenridge Colorado. It was fantastic! We went skiing and snowboarding for 4 days straight and then took a snowmobiling tour up a mountain to the Continental Divide on our last day. Here are a few pics of our trip-</b></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZQn2gqs5vHWwKKxsrvsrKygRgN-wwbK9YOli4PonYSgcpiqh1Xmn9S1mxsrhcTWHWOlmeMmF_IIuavw-1O_ol3ZgD3UEakY718qYyb_cgKSX6fL6Iyso0jtktivc5E4T1Ub8rbzXmRk/s400/IMG_2041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427371147276835410" /><div style="text-align: center;">Flying into Denver</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnJ7DfnfQDjd5vA8NagRmla3ZZViRtrknIs-5gOhmd_Ak5vD3sxuNwp1BLaaERFaVnQfUTvW80b1Cl43jiO_BPRHTAAytcFnLaqA-pUxOQW4XnsrgXGr3DGTH-OxycoycboFbDhZXSe0/s1600-h/IMG_2042.JPG"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnJ7DfnfQDjd5vA8NagRmla3ZZViRtrknIs-5gOhmd_Ak5vD3sxuNwp1BLaaERFaVnQfUTvW80b1Cl43jiO_BPRHTAAytcFnLaqA-pUxOQW4XnsrgXGr3DGTH-OxycoycboFbDhZXSe0/s1600-h/IMG_2042.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnJ7DfnfQDjd5vA8NagRmla3ZZViRtrknIs-5gOhmd_Ak5vD3sxuNwp1BLaaERFaVnQfUTvW80b1Cl43jiO_BPRHTAAytcFnLaqA-pUxOQW4XnsrgXGr3DGTH-OxycoycboFbDhZXSe0/s400/IMG_2042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372981266715746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Tracy and Carly on our flight</div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwLE3F5bG6lke-ERjz3zSaXdf4-ZEnbZRbzFdIEQ4kjJ8NNyldLIlwyb-sfYxqss0ufSVquZdZT1x3evdnQXG93S9UQYTCpklmYJA_boWiPgZmLecaohDyFWP-uv46l8f9tMKnPDmB3I/s400/IMG_2044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427371138842577810" /><div style="text-align: center;">Carly and Aaron </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6bnF8uX9p6uwsSKmHZKx1CdXDjoPklbyZxoIGltJOQO4Gb9l8f5NJ7Rxfya5U8NaDsWk99k10D2p-V4qepJZ0Pv89KcFKe0hsbn0mZBFeXyWjPtV8rVyx05WVIan9yj0lxFDl3NnvIY/s400/IMG_2048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427371136027835618" />Carly on the Slopes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFnfnagk2CAeTTbvZFO_50K_3bxxbOmGKCfhCZ8pD5xim284XnIB2EjyKv2l1lDBYNbUvQ9HN_3WG41Wj7llFY1SUrLPfF8UE_YYGoXGUbAbFVWxhgbMNtPAXSks-qeSIeAItZ7ndoZo/s400/IMG_2053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372970330971986" /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Aaron and Tracy on the slopes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; ">If you ever have a chance to take a snowmobiling trip in Breckenridge up the continental divide I suggest you take it. It was nonstop fun and the views were insane!</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizYg5r6jkrWkLn2GfvDS1MQHYndac8xbQ84Qn6DfNxp2kuQGosDNDCwgWV3m5mcEHktQbluNLFG5vqoQoiWubJjcfvRwyOe_0SlHJSBMFb56yyKlOVreLepCKx3ii2-upaDBuCBY4cX8/s1600-h/IMG_2066.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizYg5r6jkrWkLn2GfvDS1MQHYndac8xbQ84Qn6DfNxp2kuQGosDNDCwgWV3m5mcEHktQbluNLFG5vqoQoiWubJjcfvRwyOe_0SlHJSBMFb56yyKlOVreLepCKx3ii2-upaDBuCBY4cX8/s400/IMG_2066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372661608323106" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">If you can see the snow capped mountain way off in the distance directly above Tracy and her Dad, just over the crest of the mountain behind us.... that is Pike's Peak and is 90 miles away from us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TC1sAtviLsRLXuTGx3GxSVrDPEI_UhleS1S3rDeyxxpwDBbw4phBdTrOvkYE1QdDuA2zAzS-K1nHwewzHcNPSdXEl291sxgM5H8nIdxuT3r4DKNkWFsTbY37Q3_2zdhkF7nkzfRThP8/s1600-h/IMG_2068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TC1sAtviLsRLXuTGx3GxSVrDPEI_UhleS1S3rDeyxxpwDBbw4phBdTrOvkYE1QdDuA2zAzS-K1nHwewzHcNPSdXEl291sxgM5H8nIdxuT3r4DKNkWFsTbY37Q3_2zdhkF7nkzfRThP8/s400/IMG_2068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372658106886770" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom and Pop Frost</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiev_3AyyIwVRqSZKmS0APpvIYSpWxt10pYdmhUlkosIRDtOcotiPbM9JbB2zZMNT3_X9asm7gPK2lp0htdCQ3YjYyR9yuwzVLLwgA0G3xIAOUyAKWjtYTrMXuyMcV1qvId8iVYMO-GWY/s400/IMG_2062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427371122312704258" /><div style="text-align: center;">Tracy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5q8BVj-2vI82Z-rNZm5tijI48ip4KE0HpfdKX2XSJsTBmcotVOU7CNHhtYSFwSmQ_xINt-4sSsH8sgtPc661_SjvYNDW7ExllZsWltitoyjxikOShlNVfJaIWUsj8yRez5VQPuLSNKI/s1600-h/IMG_2069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5q8BVj-2vI82Z-rNZm5tijI48ip4KE0HpfdKX2XSJsTBmcotVOU7CNHhtYSFwSmQ_xINt-4sSsH8sgtPc661_SjvYNDW7ExllZsWltitoyjxikOShlNVfJaIWUsj8yRez5VQPuLSNKI/s400/IMG_2069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372656488810562" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Tracy and her Mom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUa8hfYIbUjIA340e_AlgLDGLQFlHijHRNAceTq1Fw8m6egvSZ-U-_UWbgSHPZAe7O5Yw2IlAd3JBch8N9Z16Oy6tsQuoIcoQC-i3TmQrzTgznRkE20A-v3pNN3IIGEefCpejeZqdQHk/s400/IMG_2078.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372644346407618" /><div style="text-align: center;">Tracy making snow angels on the Continental Divide</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiih_k73z8lQB0CdfM9OCjUstmqGlDCD_-hKd6sMGDfY68fwy-XGgz3cIxXBSaAHF00P9WMdcCcNE81LjYbDCbQ4Z9NAZpWjwKwk9QEa4yie3-2whK7ITQd97HVQIWSirfIg7t0ifO_lbY/s400/IMG_2058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427371126553641138" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Aaron pondering something...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0UWClGPH88_qBo0fHPDESrly0dqbClztXbueX7QBOtdk4RQcrnm7dfDLMbPgW9x3X1rjiEKywGzlXXWJffL2tIfWDhyphenhyphenBVgdbZE_uhEvK2cqEXmwM5Eg3a3U9WaiDOJeRjjTEuUvjPJY/s1600-h/IMG_2081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0UWClGPH88_qBo0fHPDESrly0dqbClztXbueX7QBOtdk4RQcrnm7dfDLMbPgW9x3X1rjiEKywGzlXXWJffL2tIfWDhyphenhyphenBVgdbZE_uhEvK2cqEXmwM5Eg3a3U9WaiDOJeRjjTEuUvjPJY/s400/IMG_2081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372640351925410" /></a></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-23821858040232853852009-12-14T17:32:00.013-06:002009-12-16T16:31:42.695-06:00The last two monthsI wish we had a better excuse for our sheer lack of blog updating. We really don't have an excuse at all. There was a period of time (from about October 18th until now....) when I just felt so guilty about not updating that I avoided it (I am sure there are some serious theological and psychological underpinnings there that refer to our relationship with God but I'll leave it at that).<div>So here we are, you and I, as you read our blog. Here's the update from the last two months:</div><div><br /></div><br /><div>Halloween with our <a href="http://www.summitconnect.org/">Summit</a> Connect Group!<br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt45RYBf48yf2uL63YNFc3wM_Dolsxj7e1a-Dcttw2SBJSzK6l8agQr7sbTnyjB2bXgVUbXh0ZMMz8Z-q4cnbuHWNPGdnQyW0twVqiaeStDqR8m4g7AATo3VooLwemDTLzWL4cmF8e_Q/s400/IMG_0281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415608791833038482" /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB1RTr93HCx9vo_SehOS0viTsZ3IlCWQ0YC3EMqZkt-ThuwGZLVttZbkukgxRAxbnw_pBdpNilDU8UcQriVcRhgqtUX4V9D97AeU_iqFm1RKieqV5BGsTdvmqA9lFbDn_12TZPqbVCm8/s1600-h/Aaron+Ryan+112709+1.jpg"></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB1RTr93HCx9vo_SehOS0viTsZ3IlCWQ0YC3EMqZkt-ThuwGZLVttZbkukgxRAxbnw_pBdpNilDU8UcQriVcRhgqtUX4V9D97AeU_iqFm1RKieqV5BGsTdvmqA9lFbDn_12TZPqbVCm8/s1600-h/Aaron+Ryan+112709+1.jpg"></a><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span><span></span></span><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Happy 6 months of marriage!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzlb2jOUSahyPnchQS69oqBTJ4Mqt1AaJC6io5C54gPrTN3DOPGINstTUfobRruuWvbku-3D3ut0rr8h6wAj90AzQifhn9WmOgZHLBwu4QQhg8eT7ufuB-DKOiRAKzaphyphenhyphenajtDN4fnoI/s400/IMG_2029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415609069985733250" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Putt-Putt with our Summit Connect Group!<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="text-align: left;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhMPKuEwwOQj4vwh-5GnHZvjTuN7Od69cpkDEHVOb1v9sODoEQHxJjxHJv7xlr9_i7XV4QwEkQpLAOWQ_9oO0LIjeJVqDBpK1Zal9QIuRAP6b3Ab5aKzQHgh_-HYe1gYTdwFW4-LGmWU/s400/IMG_0289.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415241210416792914" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreami25V5jVbPfDfW2E_VgkctOWmM5uupS5eQ1UbSKlvpRAnb1XKiAU8vHTRns9X-vM33vDjwPzTZK4GaYUy-v9ax9z4WoKu6w9ElYoym4JHDg_7CovvhPMcu0ZlJpdhk_XWYXBVMPns/s400/Keims+n+Beesons+w+BUCKS+112409+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415242560097243922" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB1RTr93HCx9vo_SehOS0viTsZ3IlCWQ0YC3EMqZkt-ThuwGZLVttZbkukgxRAxbnw_pBdpNilDU8UcQriVcRhgqtUX4V9D97AeU_iqFm1RKieqV5BGsTdvmqA9lFbDn_12TZPqbVCm8/s400/Aaron+Ryan+112709+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415242549216503202" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbUGnJs8kSV5LfEwjdj9rW0ljDB6ejxsrFJLe_1y4YXr7aD4pQjhuD0DsDtK-GG_Tt-BnLTy_XNh5sle2GA7PYseBD6JgFGE1xc8B4rNSMs1-QOFhDGR1L-4PcQA_biqopNaQaMDYymc/s400/RMBnSons++112709+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415242534247114882" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdhxaLAkgkTDSdNn1slGCZUSU2etv3mEyt8EVWfDfpasCSRI1bkQyLQEqld00XDSBnTH9BL7YKqMFw3UOBtknc1GmpRB3mR4GjI-TSJIZB7gXLzC2si2r5FVH4ELdPgttk2AEIU-H7eI/s400/AmberAngelaTracy+112709+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415242543279436130" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">above: Hunting (clay pigeons) with the Beeson Family</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">below: Aaron and little Ruby!</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMb3I4L9sEb9cxQk0yZKWcDM5CFJ4dGrKI1b-fa1w4ghiQJ5ks9h4W8WizhZFdMpjzK52rDNGZghru1jMksa1peVn7eJBJV2DcLLi2KG7yDNjmWuL19HyM_3CGId26abXQg6Z-5YRPZE/s400/AaronRubyPIANO+112609+4b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415241565646486994" /></div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-48361412462462379552009-10-17T20:39:00.010-05:002009-10-18T10:46:38.228-05:00Good Times, Strange Fish...<div>This morning, some of my best friends and I went out to mosquito lagoon to do some flats fishing. Despite the angry seas and 15mph winds we had an excellent day on the water. For the past decade I have made it a point to consider very carefully who I spend my time with. The guys in the picture below are at the top of my list. They lift me up and make me laugh. They encourage and challenge me to be a better man. And if all of that wasn't enough, they also go fishing with me. I can only hope to return to them the same.</div><div><div style="text-align: left; ">The only thing better than all of that is having a wife that genuinely encourages you to get out with the guys and go fishing every now and then. Just one of the many reasons I sure do love my wife.<br /><div>It was downright chilly when we started out this morning. I mean, really cold. When I left the house, I thought for sure my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">umbros</span> and t-shirt would be sufficient. I was wrong.</div><div>This is a photo of the guys around 7am on our way out to the honey hole:</div></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGfnmUYTVNFK8frj21_kwIv3KGpS1hFrXU0awz9j3yJtP4Wbx3aTkddsiicoa96EgL4QCxV9yt9icP5_EKrYHuBQdGEvEMJJSbMfwhVDWxyHi7XSKp-smcnPCsWkD-ibrnafmhfURQJY/s1600-h/IMG_2015.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGfnmUYTVNFK8frj21_kwIv3KGpS1hFrXU0awz9j3yJtP4Wbx3aTkddsiicoa96EgL4QCxV9yt9icP5_EKrYHuBQdGEvEMJJSbMfwhVDWxyHi7XSKp-smcnPCsWkD-ibrnafmhfURQJY/s400/IMG_2015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393763336760772866" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Around 11:30-12:00 the sun started peeking out and stuff started moving. I took a picture of the following fish because I have never before caught, seen, or heard of anyone catching a fish like this until today. Does anyone know what this is? We declared it to be some sort of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">devilish lizard</span> fish. To give you some perspective, the lure stuck in its filthy mouth is 5 inches long...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJ2peii7YK4VCSHaIfBLd7kDrv8AxnGm_546RfvCLlzTkDiagSDfSh7WwVHd2dAIldiC8U3UoRb1prW22pngbXxZyhlwFxqWXGlpg_ZIqea2wMgaReoNzOqBF-Hb32rrThbOQXKPWyAY/s400/IMG_0270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393759960509399714" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyb8eUwMhH7eluQ_MExTw5vldK7iq1F2AYyBNdDJssrsY1pVOI3owb99rKVyq1oSB12nad9YrgDM_WLsvYJ4H3rARWXBfyA5uI65bGUojo9Plp-PNNkjhbHhFscz_Dh_fMv7VzQJyjBQ/s1600-h/IMG_0272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyb8eUwMhH7eluQ_MExTw5vldK7iq1F2AYyBNdDJssrsY1pVOI3owb99rKVyq1oSB12nad9YrgDM_WLsvYJ4H3rARWXBfyA5uI65bGUojo9Plp-PNNkjhbHhFscz_Dh_fMv7VzQJyjBQ/s400/IMG_0272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393759978617725506" /></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhEwn-PZIZ5N5dmzoIZDNWSC4HWnjqGUFncyW28AMYc8MFoT3pTCD3aWRMiEnAGN613waBG1vOhdzcbh9TglKjL6RQA6KQnPvFC6_YH0krsnyJVXZzfnB9gWeTh_jsLZylpfDa4jhk1Y/s400/IMG_0271.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393759969376189602" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-82354843844894312102009-10-15T12:11:00.007-05:002009-10-16T10:19:41.002-05:00FINALLY!<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Oh glories of home ownership! For the past 4 months Tracy and I have been in a epic battle with our city in an effort to get a huge tree removed from our backyard that was leaning on the house. We knew when we bought the house that getting the tree removed was something we would have to do and fully intended to. Shortly after we closed we got a letter from our Insurance stating that we would be dropped if we didn't take care of the tree. "No Sweat" we thought. We'll just pull a permit and hire a guy to take it out. Unfortunately we live in hatersville and the city has all sorts of absurd rules enforced by local boards and small town government. I could share a list as long as my arm about all of the insane things they wanted from us but I'll just paraphrase. We battled with the "Tree Conservation Board" for the past 4 months to try and get the fee waved (Which was a donation to their board for $6000.00 not including the money it was cost to actually hire some guys to take the tree out and buy new ones.) After agreeing to replant 2 very specific trees they allowed us to remove our tree and not pay the donation. All in all, I'd say it was the worst display of small town-local government-authority mongering I have ever seen.</div><div style="text-align: left;">If you are ever in need of having one of your own trees cut down you should look into hiring <i>Todd's Tree Service. </i>They were fantastic-</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, here she is, coming down in all her glory.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before (Front View)</div></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbU8XVYpDc0bl6qFmW6KZNsUGk5Icgly10yeSCP15QiH-KlBgn22vZYfjv9-csG66Wi6AkjxZp3-WM9BLqTYGIUmTSzT89wnpdSEFIMqhT274d9NEkp4kDpcR0O2hrKMRPhSSjBk1ydo/s400/IMG_1998.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392880088144062610" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Before (back yard... Tree against Roof)</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7KzvU_xEA6AauCuoTEYVA1gDlh8v0CJtxxRBQsYw2NoOpcdUDtHnq0kIeFzAczCleyybxSRZQtup4YG-mcBa4wfrPeKslh31utO1oh4xf_hn0gAL5GdOJrZ-vtkTol4iZxQyWUkixwY/s400/IMG_1995.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392880075658784146" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">40% Done</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBQrr2YjudiIWF9joyzcq3N2B-n3cymG1s45mifbkonMhcq-DYWErB9sBfXdgVGPBm_pUVbbwzbZOpeKw2S5gjA2TQr0I_Y0AnRle1-dc3cAc-bU2FOldjE_GQWmnXDszTgoRcvXGSV8/s400/IMG_2002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392880097262855458" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Lumberjacks in action!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzCg27Ocq3RWwLIpuc6dYbg3c6nRO7KuRpFnmZevuI0BIKPja6humkO3upnwdmn45Olqd-MsOXzETHzV7pKGw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Down to the main trunk</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkuDcv_DZMCnQMylecle3z8MGwBJjxCyk_PDjyDEZYcZ0xkYnkqSEVHFUef7Zl1b1-2bpUXAgftiIpMO6UnuQ1fTwDXimFv51sGT6pJFBQVBphnEsMKnMmCevPlzq9xW7tL9fg_Z2r9k/s400/IMG_2008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392883013582320034" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Almost there</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3u4x4yrnpE9likPDv_MWg1_fPisZbHlriWD911sQMVfRom4cf5wz1BsXLqUIOFABAAUM6Bz4_BfiXY-SE6drLQBTNS05XvjJ48atbEaFDqERLG6g8C0fEPOJBAJBaeR5j5u5LFNX_zc/s400/IMG_2011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392880114479760034" /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">And now, after we close up the deck around the remaining trunk and we get a good table top we'll be good to go : )</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Z7PTcfXElnDq3AeDDo0EuRyJ2WlsVRe3WJ-ejj9yF4FzW4kQ-OW8u4IE_Q3Wx2NV6Y2Ve_UnrSx0I3XD6L4nvYvyVOgUNxpRzAaWVDYa9FVmXpQNF8HnuRFcGN1XUapgh04K7IwqKGo/s400/IMG_2012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392883025423862258" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-56091507970161800992009-09-10T20:41:00.003-05:002009-09-10T20:48:12.341-05:00Best Friends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hn_qwr-b764FjJBlfAfFfLyTau5dyNXSb1e_GZ5sGAMLYZJDY9QQ-3bBmA4_Q9gQdqXn15avc1ajpwa9xz-EG1xXGI78JdUYwrKcVA4hbiw6AZ3xD_4iEnSbUJOsWJB__2SXjB-4Lzs/s1600-h/at510.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hn_qwr-b764FjJBlfAfFfLyTau5dyNXSb1e_GZ5sGAMLYZJDY9QQ-3bBmA4_Q9gQdqXn15avc1ajpwa9xz-EG1xXGI78JdUYwrKcVA4hbiw6AZ3xD_4iEnSbUJOsWJB__2SXjB-4Lzs/s400/at510.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380020681962979650" /></a><br />Some people go through their entire lives without knowing intimate community. It's not how God intended for us to live. He intended for us to know and be known. To be vulnerable. To be honest. To know enough about someone that you can call them out when they're not being who they were designed to be. To know someone well enough to laugh at and not offend them. To know someone well enough to feel the freedom to cry in their arms. <div>I was looking through some of Aaron and I's wedding photos tonight I stopped on this particular picture for a while. These are the women to whom I owe much. They have held me while I cried, confronted me when I needed it (but never wanted it), and they have stood by me for many years. I hope that one day I can be as good a friend as they have been, and are, to me. These are the women who know me most deeply, and love me just the same.</div><div>Sometimes, many times, it's painful to have people that know you intimately. But it's worth it. These are the women that I love, and the friendships that I cherish. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-20298973755008411662009-09-02T11:00:00.003-05:002009-09-02T11:03:58.898-05:00Family Expansion.<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just found out my other Sister and Brother-in-law are going to have a baby! Yahoo! We are excited for them : ) </div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5CvvvwZC5RSwqFdyPXl2mna3b2Rivmu1-AxgNWQeo6oKBVpaPpdfIW3DkkJmLP-TD24UT39etNqlcFGGG48Pa1YA6xBo4mO10ICqJT_wGcKXbx6o_X8jI1TNxqyNUax3TAtH227px60/s400/IMG_0007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376901030163990946" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK86IRNKTB-d4X0A7iA31eBp06wgztd_7iqxuy5VXeTN-R1rOPXDAe8WUyvCAKxkyNNGUP_KO3y_7MxuOsAuDCp5zjBhG1TSwDPcQ_O_d4F8UlO4TU4U5sFqvOtp-NQGBUvGIb28uHpA/s1600-h/Amber's+Kayak+Shots+MONDAY+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK86IRNKTB-d4X0A7iA31eBp06wgztd_7iqxuy5VXeTN-R1rOPXDAe8WUyvCAKxkyNNGUP_KO3y_7MxuOsAuDCp5zjBhG1TSwDPcQ_O_d4F8UlO4TU4U5sFqvOtp-NQGBUvGIb28uHpA/s400/Amber's+Kayak+Shots+MONDAY+010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376901017362075538" /></a><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-209953746510488842009-08-31T14:03:00.004-05:002009-08-31T14:53:46.619-05:00Unmerited Grace.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8icOi3QC6Z74ymGGYn-JOdsMDVvblA0ntfIdj1xs9HfiJc2aa4C6IS6DwVy4NWn7jxj0iYlZkZ1xfMyfk2vIVSWbUQMQWgb7ZDX1tvtpuHEUEFilYPinWCPQG9wkkeHLrJURxZuqOIz8/s1600-h/IMG_1636.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8icOi3QC6Z74ymGGYn-JOdsMDVvblA0ntfIdj1xs9HfiJc2aa4C6IS6DwVy4NWn7jxj0iYlZkZ1xfMyfk2vIVSWbUQMQWgb7ZDX1tvtpuHEUEFilYPinWCPQG9wkkeHLrJURxZuqOIz8/s400/IMG_1636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376217057657957490" /></a><br />I have known my Dad, Mark Beeson for my whole life. And as I thought about that today it occurred to me that there are lot's of people who didn't get to experience that and it breaks my heart. Especially when I think about the countless life lessons Dad has poured into me for the past 27 years. The amazing journeys we've been on. The foundations he laid for almost every strong willed belief I have that makes me the man I am. The inspiration he is on a daily basis to change the world and "bring up there down here". How he taught me to function in society and though sometimes it felt like tough love when I got the, "If you can't control yourself, I will control you" line, I knew it was love nonetheless. I think about the times I no doubt disappointed him and he encouraged me and stood behind me regardless. Dad taught me how to hunt and fish and survive in the wild. I think about the infinite hours we've spent together literally in the same tree intentionally being quite and motionless. I think about walking behind my Dad through the forest for miles trying desperately to walk in his very footsteps for no other reason at all than to be like him and move like he moved. I see now how that flooded into every aspect of my life today and how grateful I am for his leadership in my life. I have seen first hand what it means to have your priorities right and live a life that honors God, your wife, and your family. I think about all the family dinners we've shared that restored my soul and how I'm already looking forward to the next time this could happen. The very thought of any of these things sends a thousand memories flooding instantly into my brain. <div>I wouldn't even begin to say that I understand or feel like I deserve the life I've been given. But I will say that I could not be more thankful for it. God's unmerited grace is astounding and I am blessed. My earthly Father and the God above are both amazing to me.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-86840442262557066032009-08-24T20:23:00.003-05:002009-08-24T20:28:48.789-05:00Hunting and Hunting Shows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AanW14X2ucv617Jr4zOB7VanVeRT-qpqZbSwLa3FeC1b8JvOvyams_73Ir2j4cLyW-5Rm60Rp_Gg9Qk4TnHHkcVsuYe6p8UA5eAr01HqRM6huTsjqrFWOHA2hYeOeF_0vcVPgQrNtYY/s1600-h/hunting-trophy.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AanW14X2ucv617Jr4zOB7VanVeRT-qpqZbSwLa3FeC1b8JvOvyams_73Ir2j4cLyW-5Rm60Rp_Gg9Qk4TnHHkcVsuYe6p8UA5eAr01HqRM6huTsjqrFWOHA2hYeOeF_0vcVPgQrNtYY/s400/hunting-trophy.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373706855973778578" /></a><br />My husband loves hunting. <div>I grew up in South Florida, very near the beach. </div><div>My dad and I went to baseball games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Aaron grew up in northern Indiana.</div><div>His dad took him hunting.</div><div>He loves hunting.</div><div>He also loves hunting shows.</div><div><br /></div><div>I never, ever, anticipated ever watching a hunting show.</div><div>But my husband loves hunting shows.</div><div>I love my husband.</div><div>Now I love (lets be honest, I just watch) hunting shows.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-11531156027532094692009-07-31T14:42:00.002-05:002009-07-31T14:45:54.510-05:00VBS at Summit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pouRLlc5_CJh6T1imGRVmzEj02w7SwfzJ5Rcz8RnGF2lAbiqFwF4zFixgK3NCiTPOb3G8cnax6SZ2d2_9OSg5Jv_tG-Wapc0V7y_igB8SrGRlXwl6RNnr-w8lqRfYsIqis_-1YFYoLo/s1600-h/113-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pouRLlc5_CJh6T1imGRVmzEj02w7SwfzJ5Rcz8RnGF2lAbiqFwF4zFixgK3NCiTPOb3G8cnax6SZ2d2_9OSg5Jv_tG-Wapc0V7y_igB8SrGRlXwl6RNnr-w8lqRfYsIqis_-1YFYoLo/s400/113-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364712821680717522" /></a><br />So this year was the first year ever that <a href="http://www.summitconnect.org/">Summit Church</a> held a Vacation Bible School. James and Amanda T. did an awesome job putting it together! You can check out all the gross, fun, and silly pictures on the <a href="http://www.summitconnect.org/blogs/base-camp">Base Camp blog</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-17818465244512058632009-07-03T11:14:00.004-05:002009-07-03T11:15:32.403-05:00Bound for TexasToday, Tracy and I jump on a jet and fly to Texas to be with the Frost family for the 4th! We are excited and looking forward to some down time. Pictures soon to follow.... : )Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-62090101309952925352009-06-21T08:51:00.017-05:002009-06-22T08:24:02.450-05:00Weekend in West Palm...<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This weekend Tracy and I had a few days to get away. So we picked up Carly (Tracy's Sister) and headed down to West Palm to spend a few days with the Frost Family. The following photo's are a documentation of the trip:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the way there Tracy started drinking "Her new favorite drink". Upon every sip she would burst into joy and make all sorts of noises of jubilee as if she was in a commercial...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptEsp-GKskPOsooYRUNBvAZHAZ6DThbISQqWzspcvM_UnCW7CZuUWZaLGHS6EWDFdu85Um2rcNnj8-UdC9zW5v3aUT2BgjDwvkVAwLhW_EZWRAKX0pqMtcUVFMq_Ov8SPiy5DpvF3P24/s400/IMG_1891.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349779537536450882" /><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">Friday, we went to the beach. Usually, the snorkeling down there is phenomenal however this time the water was a bit murky. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChJsPDskUD3hImHP08CmUyr9sDthKBIvcFhpranWIYtYBM7YzH-UC6CLBq-Yn8xO_mkBdo9VTwN4d0sks9NnrxmhJtpS1Et6-pZfHX2i_HOXZtchBqD4cyMXbCDDS0wjPdaGiLObTaU4/s400/IMG_1899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349780077123772818" /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">The only thing I saw while snorkeling was this big rock and a few super tiny fish...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvaF34caFyqjBGfujVE0BW1_UKSMBZX3xKgalxILNovIILyoBAbEUANi5EzAT6dFT1-cICdBVTMAPwLZSds_gYmYy-pQ-4mrDpk9SHMWD6dsA8MEayKPcKC1Ldrow1QeIONm1nBWwAE8/s400/IMG_1893.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349784239200449218" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Friday night we met up with a lot of good family and friends and went bowling. Tracy's parents smoked all of us. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuShUZ4LQPmMpihVI2Jg4sMDbo0vGaVkRYOb6o5vIvorjzOELfaHnSJu3FDN8uviaI7WTt3-RQOhyVtHqBYpU3xkYoZUGnL_cLWhXhDqbPCAGbuM-bdc6LFQpHiOBlpWEuIo20woWSetQ/s1600-h/5193_567988699503_57211975_33574246_8329969_n.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuShUZ4LQPmMpihVI2Jg4sMDbo0vGaVkRYOb6o5vIvorjzOELfaHnSJu3FDN8uviaI7WTt3-RQOhyVtHqBYpU3xkYoZUGnL_cLWhXhDqbPCAGbuM-bdc6LFQpHiOBlpWEuIo20woWSetQ/s400/5193_567988699503_57211975_33574246_8329969_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349785451905400514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaSFuADOojGFxe1U8EzZPnunI73lXh662H6MhFqMlFcG_weWNuxcgtZpV33J0JUgNI-NnBIJDvLmhe6cnhMrah4yy1CC1aaUUl4dS2e9v9M4LqI88twXuuJTszlxgyYxFbueUg5S7ZOI/s1600-h/5193_567988704493_57211975_33574247_1122083_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejIV4USKJh3BjxQrIczOpn8_AGXJXbVXa0_HAUviLDK00bcTHYkBeoVmkdhkP8AjhZPK5vFqlVT9SWk09GjC7QeX5CHreFk1T2_UcZDNZ5xbN7PSvjW2R4bazit1br0bCVbPENe6BKco/s400/5193_567988734433_57211975_33574253_6607855_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349785444739184866" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QHSC260AKJkw8FIXvVfGtCi9tIyobrKCQobhmASZz9wL8QPsd72JCbH61zjcZXoUHvcP5YfLtd82iVA41WhOGY-RfpxhjIspCWU-A680JwBBSDyog4zXX2uRKdi7SBO8tKj7otzHeF0/s1600-h/5193_567988739423_57211975_33574254_2413053_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QHSC260AKJkw8FIXvVfGtCi9tIyobrKCQobhmASZz9wL8QPsd72JCbH61zjcZXoUHvcP5YfLtd82iVA41WhOGY-RfpxhjIspCWU-A680JwBBSDyog4zXX2uRKdi7SBO8tKj7otzHeF0/s400/5193_567988739423_57211975_33574254_2413053_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349785226800795746" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8fe3drUocxfqLmuhBRMEk6J8SxI3kpvq2hczp0QeGoDE90h-G8xPYNZ_RvdX_hETPNSCfgdhmwIMVVFuPGITRaWqSMns-4R4-ouCBxduTrCjOnWlzZj3BjCjytJ6sB6mj9S5t4BX0SY/s1600-h/5193_567988744413_57211975_33574255_430657_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8fe3drUocxfqLmuhBRMEk6J8SxI3kpvq2hczp0QeGoDE90h-G8xPYNZ_RvdX_hETPNSCfgdhmwIMVVFuPGITRaWqSMns-4R4-ouCBxduTrCjOnWlzZj3BjCjytJ6sB6mj9S5t4BX0SY/s400/5193_567988744413_57211975_33574255_430657_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349784615152103026" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is Sammy. The Frost family pet. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyNVdp-XLL3EmujZ80Ru_wVqwm2Q6kNU6drWrCcowxWfHAELP3WKeWrHCJRLyLgCzm2Y9pLdCC8SROF668YDA-xv6Io3BWuYKGqIK7JQDVRpdmqLCzmAp37Wd2jDG-ibxNeHnD2xAKuw/s1600-h/IMG_1900.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyNVdp-XLL3EmujZ80Ru_wVqwm2Q6kNU6drWrCcowxWfHAELP3WKeWrHCJRLyLgCzm2Y9pLdCC8SROF668YDA-xv6Io3BWuYKGqIK7JQDVRpdmqLCzmAp37Wd2jDG-ibxNeHnD2xAKuw/s400/IMG_1900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349784506012913058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On Saturday we went to River Bend Park and took some kayaks up and down the river. </div></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtqGUpfAGs9DPEYJ4TBJa1oDOEE8hq5voAHktWPxzHb1bUORKV2DGSdimgOdCuDadoE06VKVuIJYdhB3OsMwHdqekMswNZG0hTknK4dvbaCeS4xmsBYlynQ9dmuYmIMTa2ZJ1KaMBL3Y/s400/IMG_1903.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349780584652700786" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG48qeRYI0XtC5SD8i7Pvk4i0iKxuJTumSjrOz-6KC8HH9aYH4NaDtnf_SjlygUhZCsVleMeGRZOXMUGcu02_lY92dRUwloabE35UsEb6weFux_P6ctSjRUesYIZfoeW2tZ2clv6AQzMg/s400/IMG_1907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349780962714862338" /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Along the way we came across this little 6 foot beauty- She was guarding her nest and wasn't particularly thrilled about me getting too close. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ26W6a3UK6vHAHS65UFJaYTU2YKU_PuJwnWgOUKcyBW8RzVIpKg6IA-B3jjElxGtPXc7PAVFKZq9ZR7qpKYrNLY7wJd7ixMGuVqp21lup2Yi22LWXqyOpiSIeAfTo9GhVmI0u4E9SN8/s400/IMG_1922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349781912140239810" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZqYf0twP042yqxQUzSDTKnAdxNWh6-NIQTmSLqnlPP8oDI86WH05u6bJQgxYs4N8xV3Jg9eqQLsifFXDMebx242HNA0TTQ-O1A9oR3TiebA5L7l9LH-1eRwjYIehySepIpas8CT6ndg/s1600-h/IMG_1918.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZqYf0twP042yqxQUzSDTKnAdxNWh6-NIQTmSLqnlPP8oDI86WH05u6bJQgxYs4N8xV3Jg9eqQLsifFXDMebx242HNA0TTQ-O1A9oR3TiebA5L7l9LH-1eRwjYIehySepIpas8CT6ndg/s400/IMG_1918.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349781403710835906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-38181520026005122102009-06-18T14:32:00.004-05:002009-06-18T14:53:18.985-05:00Florida Rain...<div>Captured this video when I got home from work. Just your everyday afternoon shower in Florida... </div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyZ85D_y3NqbnRiXdJT8r9YSPvmg-lB_PHDfqimeuOP9VmKXFlUs0lvicaBcgIfdPsnwFD7JmMSLbnKqJhE6g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-38560068564659694512009-06-16T22:56:00.004-05:002009-06-16T23:11:25.430-05:00Indiana thoughts.Tonight, Tracy and I had dinner with some really great people. After an extensive interview process these friends of ours are going to be heading up Summit's first multisite as the campus pastor! Great, great, Godly people. It was inspiring...<div>Interestingly enough, these fine folks hail from Indiana (my old stomping grounds). And that got me thinking about the fact that 9 out of 10 people I run into down here are originally from another state. No joke. I'm fairly confident that no one is actually born and raised in Florida... Everyone just migrates here... </div><div>And that got me thinking about my friends and family up in Indiana/Michigan. I am so thankful for them and can't wait to see everyone in a month or so (July 15th-18th). NAJAR (and wives) round up... </div><div><br /></div><div>Good times are a comin!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-74095390687586360312009-06-15T16:19:00.002-05:002009-06-15T20:00:19.776-05:00<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzeAkDt7I1NX1g8Hc33PlE7TX0yuueBmPXHcYksFcLfJW7x1wuQHXSn8a4WvJ3qCb0inPrpaPs4wXMruFutVg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>This is the spectacular video that captures none other than the <a href="http://www.summitconnect.org">Summi</a>t Staff and their first annual dodgeball tournament. You will notice me dodging nicely and Aaron getting hit in the face with a ball- he's a champ.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-41420744309284099042009-06-12T14:35:00.002-05:002009-06-12T14:38:39.383-05:00Little Ruby<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTys8_F8IaPF1FyiAgDZacW_im6PNGej47UqLSn6ryPjzggKaxPkEWoUjhVz-zw2oVuQoeQGnBfaHyPBXnxRYc4xcIrTUVkHo7futlVhkZMhtUzVoLqarAQdVp02rg7k8I5s_OJom8CJU/s1600-h/AmberRyanRuby+061009+1+B%26W.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTys8_F8IaPF1FyiAgDZacW_im6PNGej47UqLSn6ryPjzggKaxPkEWoUjhVz-zw2oVuQoeQGnBfaHyPBXnxRYc4xcIrTUVkHo7futlVhkZMhtUzVoLqarAQdVp02rg7k8I5s_OJom8CJU/s400/AmberRyanRuby+061009+1+B%26W.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346527821136263874" /></a><br />Aaron and I are officially Uncle Aaron and Aunt Tracy! We're so happy for <a href="http://www.ambercox.blogspot.com/">Amber</a> and Ryan and their new baby girl, Ruby. She's by far the cutest baby we've ever seen and can't wait to meet her in July.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-88072527413857249162009-05-19T17:52:00.008-05:002009-05-20T09:52:03.627-05:00Advice?<div>Let me tell you about my sleeping schedule- or lack there of... All my life I have approached sleeping as an activity option once I had run out of any other possible activities I could do; hanging out with friends, watching TV, or taking apart my furniture and putting it back together just because. I have never really required much sleep to function properly and so when I am faced with the option of sleeping or doing anything else, anything else usually wins out. There is just to much stuff I might miss out on if I go to sleep. (This is NOT a good way to secure a solid sleeping schedule.) More often than not I would end up totally backwards and have to forego a nights sleep, staying up for days on end until I was so tired sleep was the only thing on my mind. Then I would crash hard and reset my body clock. And for the most part, I honestly enjoyed this approach.</div><div>Tracy on the other hand is responsible and disciplined. She is one of those people that gets a solid 8 hours a night. I have always been fascinated with her ability to hit REM sleep as soon as she closes her eyes. And then once she gets into a comfortable position she stays there without moving all night... it amazes me!</div><div>We have now been married for almost 3 weeks and neither of us have really slept since then. We wake up every 10 to 15 minutes throughout the night and then fight to get back to sleep. We thought that maybe it was our new bed. Too firm? Could it be the fact that our AC broke while were on our honeymoon and our house was like Guantanamo Bay for the past week and a half? Just a stifling hot box... That too may have had something to do with it. Fortunately, that was finally fixed yesterday and I think it definitely helped. For some reason, whether consciously or subconsciously, we are unable to get used to the fact that there is someone else in our bed.</div><div>After talking to a few people about our situation it seems as though lot's of newlyweds go through the same thing. Does anyone have any good advice about how to break through to the sweet land of sleep? Let us know- We'll try anything : )</div><div>It may just take time. And if that's the case, we're in it for the long haul so I'll keep you posted down the road when we are not both zombies. </div><div>The chart below indicates that Tracy and I are somewhere in between a "Horse" and a "Goat" Booooooo...</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><table width="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" class="dataTbl" dir="ltr" style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-bottom: 14px; "><caption style=" font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Table 2. Representative Total Sleep Requirements for Various Species</span></caption><thead><tr><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="tgTable2Species" scope="col" style="width: 40%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Species</span></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Average Total Sleep Time (hours/day)</span></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">brown bat</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">19.9</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">python</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">18.0</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">owl monkey</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">17.0</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">human infant</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">16.0</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">tiger</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">15.8</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">squirrel</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">14.9</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">golden hamster</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">14.3</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">lion</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">13.5</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">gerbil</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">13.1</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">rat</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">12.6</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">cat</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">12.1</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">mouse</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">12.1</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">rabbit</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">11.4</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">jaguar</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">10.8</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">duck</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">10.8</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">dog</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">10.6</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">bottle-nosed dolphin</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">10.4</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">baboon</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">10.3</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">chimpanzee</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">9.7</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">guinea pig</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">9.4</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">human adolescent</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">9.0</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">human adult</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">8.0</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">pig</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">7.8</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">gray seal</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">6.2</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">goat</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">5.3</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">cow</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">3.9</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">sheep</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">3.8</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">elephant</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">3.5</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">donkey</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">3.1</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">horse</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">2.9</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">giraffe</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="TOP" class="center" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">1.9</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="TOP" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; vertical-align: top; font-size:12px;"><span class="source" style=" font-style: italic; font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Sources: References </span><a href="http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/references.htm#ref1" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">1</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">, </span><a href="http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/references.htm#ref5" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">5</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">, </span><a href="http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/references.htm#ref16" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">16</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">, and </span><a href="http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/references.htm#ref36" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">36</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">.<br /><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><br /></div><div>*Upon re-reading this I realize now that it may seem like I am unhappy to be sharing a bed with Tracy. That could not be farther from the truth. And truth be told, I would gladly forego sleep for the rest of my life if that meant I got to sleep in the same bed as her so if your advice was to sleep in different beds you are fired and forbidden to comment on this post...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-9671560497822039682009-05-19T17:39:00.003-05:002009-05-19T17:52:13.957-05:00It's raining...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-B11FxGiD5XQ4fxbiwq9Yi-Bwl-_NBi_3SXwIPAdi1dFjl7TJpBDhZTE6B6tn_k56ANQrp-TXIsUDmzT6Th-FVDoIPwvgH7TJSpfFZ8eKRuH0diproIBAM10HiR4RoiW0eI6kAYqRKw/s1600-h/wetgrass-300x300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-B11FxGiD5XQ4fxbiwq9Yi-Bwl-_NBi_3SXwIPAdi1dFjl7TJpBDhZTE6B6tn_k56ANQrp-TXIsUDmzT6Th-FVDoIPwvgH7TJSpfFZ8eKRuH0diproIBAM10HiR4RoiW0eI6kAYqRKw/s400/wetgrass-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337671376509441330" /></a><br /><div>Down here in Orlando we were on a 20+ day drought and then a couple days ago all that went out the window... According to weather.com we have had 4 to 6 inches of rain come down since Saturday and they are projecting another 3 to 6 inches by thursday. We are under a "flash flood" warning for now. The upside to this monsoon is the slim chance my dead lawn will be resurrected and I won't be making hay bails come Friday! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-11096721079574367442009-05-17T11:47:00.004-05:002009-05-17T11:55:34.938-05:00Discovery # 1I (aaron) have discovered that I am going to have to become a photographer. Since starting this blog I have become acutely aware of 2 things. 1.) I read two types of blogs- those that are written extremely well, and those that are full of pictures. 2.) I need a camera so I can fill mine with pictures... <div><br /></div><div>It only makes sense in my head that this is how everyone attempts to filter through the blog world. I've started at least 5 or so blogs that have been deleted shortly after finishing but prior to posting solely on the fact that I don't have a picture to back up the bad writing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thus, I will attempt to become a photographer so as to continue blogging. </div><div><br /></div><div>hum ho.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-73051837542958585742009-05-13T13:06:00.003-05:002009-05-13T13:10:19.005-05:00Pictures!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUT58vri515Y2-gzAPO51LcXjjgKmHi8n6gLw1P92LwXPo_cEYJmWZi0wknut3YKW2Z7z1XL0Q9otkt8gDLofSZ1nmas7LvDnxHh6r-aivEOu_RQwnFmjdr3WOtvsJs0lm3EXcUaHBe5s/s1600-h/at073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUT58vri515Y2-gzAPO51LcXjjgKmHi8n6gLw1P92LwXPo_cEYJmWZi0wknut3YKW2Z7z1XL0Q9otkt8gDLofSZ1nmas7LvDnxHh6r-aivEOu_RQwnFmjdr3WOtvsJs0lm3EXcUaHBe5s/s320/at073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335372386959585538" /></a><br />Our wedding photos are up on <a href="http://www.heatherahrens.com/blog/">Heathers Blog</a>! She did such a great job! Plus, she's a pretty fabulous person.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-669748653756377767.post-57282963591310315722009-05-12T14:39:00.003-05:002009-05-12T14:43:46.312-05:00BLOG WORLD.While on our honeymoon Tracy and I decided that we should start blogging. Though we didn't actually pick a specific date to launch, today seemed like the perfect day to begin. Unfortunately, my first blog is going to be extremely limited as I am still at work and have plenty of other things to do. You can bet your bottom dollar that we'll post some pretty stellar material as soon as possible! We've got stories for days and and are excited to share them with anyone who lends an ear. <div><br /></div><div>Aaaaaaaaaannnnd Go!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5