Merry CHRISTmas

God bless you this CHRISTmas 2008!


We have talked with our sons Andy & Tyler today and what a blessing to have two of the greatest son's in the world! Andy will spend the day with the St. Louis Faasens', my brother Jim & Kathy's family. Tyler & Tracy tell us that Teya is now saying Dada. They will spend the day with Tracy's folks Greg & Elizabeth in Chicago. Teya is so cute in the Xmas suit that Barb Horne sent her. Thanks to Elizabeth for the attached picture card.


We have been pleasantly surprised with the arrival of Loli (Jenny's mom) here in south Texas Tuesday. She will spend the next several months with us here living in our RV. Jenny & Loli are now busy in the kitchen with Turkey, taters, pies. etc. Oh boy, almost time to tie on the feed-bag.

Now for the good news. We had a wonderful CHRISTmas eve communion service last night at Cornerstone and then some great food with family and friends.

It's 85* here and I think a nap at the pool this afternoon after some tennis in our future.

May God bless you and yours this season as you welcome Him into your home and heart.

Trip to Falcon Dam

Yesterday a group from our community (Tip-O-Texas) took a Motor Cycle trip west to Falcon Dam. Our round trip mileage was in the 200 range as we took some very cool back roads on the way out. We crossed the dam into Mexico to Nueva Ciudad Guerrero for lunch at La Fuente's. Very hot (85*+) and sunny all day. A great day riding with no problems!

Jenny crossing Falcon dam with the lake in the back ground.

Salt water fishing at Laguna Madre

I recently had my first salt water fishing trip to Laguna Madre with my buddy Larry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Madre

This was the maiden voyage of Larry's new salt water boat. We had a fun day and even brought home a few fish. Larry landed the big one which took about 25 minutes to land. Just north of 15lbs. The great thing about salt water is, you NEVER know what you will pull in. I caught a sting ray and Larry caught crabs. (ha,ha)

Cornerstone remodel

Jenny & I attend a really great church here in the Rio Grande Valley. check us out: http://www.cornerstonechurchrgv.com/
Over the past several weeks we have worked hard to take our facility and our relationship with the Lord to the next level. Well, Phase 1 is complete as we head into the CHRISTmas season and a great new series "CHRISTmas in HD".

Thanks to some very talented and hard working people. One aspect of the remodel was adding an arced stage, here are the before and after pictures:

BEFORE

AFTER

Biking Bentsen State Park

Bentsen State Park is a very cool park right on the Rio Grande River in Misson Texas. We recently had a nice group load up the bikes and after breakfast headed down to tour the park and visit the wildlife. You can check out the park at: http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/mission/

We did see a lot of wildlife including this little friend. Also, the river is very high as Mexico has had floods recently.