Chris shared some wonderful changes taking place in his life through Christ.....

Laughter.......

...and love abounds!

God has us in a wonderful place with wonderful people at this time in our lives!!

Panthers 10 Eastmore 14....A REFLECTION....

It has been a great season......

...but last night....inspite of fearse play.....We got our butts kicked!

As Teddy Roosevelt once said......

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Let us all, "Strive to do the deeds!"

Congratulations for your efforts, Panthers!

Another Day At The Office.....

Today we had a visitor at Longaberger land..... Bernie QB'd the Miami Hurricanes to the National Championship his freshman year. He went on to play for the Browns, Cowboys and Dolphins....

....and now ..........

......he's making baskets for......

......Kelly Walker!

Sam's New Company...

Riding around the streets of Paris.....

....or the Swiss Alps.....

....wearing this garb which is on it's way to Malakoff France via Pleasant Chapel Rd.

Birthday Bash

Tonight was a mini birthday bash for Hailey (5) and Heather (20). The early part of the evening was spent with Zoe checking the parts to the Cadillac that Meg bought for Hailey on her birthday.

....while Addy did her homework......

.....and practiced her flute....

.......and then the two of them assembled the Caddy!

.......Heather's singing Nun card...

Hailey gets her cake....

.......and then....the PINK CADDY!

.......which Alyssa gets to drive through the front yard!

Will You Help This 88 Year Old Computer Guru???

For a while I have been helping Pat's dad get his new laptop up and running. He is now becoming semi prolific at emailing, surfing, and even skyping (Thanks Kevin B) Could Facebook be next???

He could however, use some practice! Would you take a moment and email him. If you ask about airplanes or railroading you will hit a subject of interest.....or....just get to know him! He's a great guy and gave the magic answer when I asked him if I could marry his daughter 41 years ago!

His email address is:

bnoengineer@roadrunner.com

Last Night's Regional Finals Playoff Game Vs the # 1 Division III team....

......started with 45 minutes of "lights out" football when the power went off leaving us "in the dark" on a 30 degree windy wet night!

....but once the Panthers kicked into gear.....including Erik Mitchell who gained 87 yards.......

....thee was plenty to cheer about as this picture shows. Actually...this random picture from the Advocate web sight includes my Longaberger friend Kelly Walker (lower left) and Pat's dad (hodded dude behind the raised arm. Seth and Meg were on hand as well!

....And So...the End Result....

.....Storm stormed for 115 yards......

........Grant Markert and the defense held a high powered offense in check.......

....and the Panthers were crowned regional champs again for the second year in a row. With only 4 teams left in the State we will play 12 and 1 Columbus Eastmore Academy Saturday night at 7 PM. for the State Semifinals. Anyone wanting tickets should contact me by Wednesday. Here are the brackets for the finals.