New pictures

Here are a few pictures I love of Betsy and Morgan from last year at Lost Antlers Ranch in Estes Park, Colorado...DW

'We Didn't Start the Fire’

Do you remember Billy Joel's song 'We Didn't Start the Fire’? Here it is, set to pictures --- a flashback of 50 years of history in less than 3 minutes! The images move quickly; you might have to watch this more than once. A friend shared this with me this morning and it is pretty cool...DW
Click here: http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html

Snow in North Carolina

As many know, I grew up in North Carolina until graduating from college and moving to Colorado. It snowed overnight in North Carolina. Many people are not aware that North Carolina gets snow, or for that fact, even have ski resorts. It is true, Charlotte will get 1 or 2 days of snow a year. The mountains will get many more. However, when it does snow in Charlotte, they are not as prepared for the snow as schools shut down at the hint of snow and basic needs are diminished in grocery stores. I have enjoyed reading accounts of the snow from old friends on Facebook today. Friends in NC; enjoy the snow and stay off the streets, ha. By the way, it will be 70 degrees in Denver today, pretty ironic...DW

Report card

Morgan has done something her dad was never able to do. She received straight A's on her report card yesterday. Morgan has maintained this for the whole year thus far. We are very proud parents and Morgan now has something she can hold over her daddy, ha! DW

What I do

I get a lot of questions on what I do, who I work for and what do they do. I am a manager of technical support for a Fortune 500 technology company. In the presentation attached it will help explain who Avnet is and what I do. If you have trouble viewing this I can email it to you..DW
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Blogger's Block

You have heard of writer's block well, I have had blogger's block in 09. As I was typing this I know what has been on my mind. I am looking forward to our small group meeting this Friday. We have been off for the holiday's, except for a few social events. I am really looking forward to seeing everyone again tomorrow. Below is a picture of our small group...DW

Facebook

So after a little pressure I finally joined Face book. Wow, was I surprised to connect with old friends so fast. To see old High School classmates and pictures of their families was really cool. I recommend it to anyone wanting to reconnect or network...DW

Happy New Year!!!

Wow, what a great time off. I am well rested and ready to see what God has in store for this year. I hope everyone has taken time to reflect on the good and bad of 2008. I recently read my sister-in law's (Stacy) blog and wanted to share a similar story. My youngest daughter Lucy is in preschool and I think she was a bit excited to go back to school. We were awoken at 3 in the morning by Lucy all dressed, pajamas folded and bed made ready to go to school. Betsy felt bad that she had to tell her it wasn't time yet and to go back to bed. Oh to be 4 and excited about school. It made me think that even though I knew I had a lot to catch up with at work I too, was excited to go back to work and thankful for my job...DW

Grandpa Grogg's visit

Grandpa Grogg spent Christmas with us. We had a great time and pray he has a safe trip back to Cincinnati tomorrow...DW

Here is a picture of the girls loving on Grandpa.

We got a Wii for Christmas and Grandpa got hooked. Here are a few pictures of Jim bowling. He holds the high score but Derek is determined to catch him, ha.

Strike!

Christmas morning

Here are a few pictures of the children enjoying their presents Christmas morning. Afterwards, Jim and the rest of us went to my parents in Estes to fellowship and celebrated Jesus birthday with Derek's family...DW

Lucy's little toe

Last week we were shoe shopping for Lucy. She had been complaining for a while that socks and shoes hurt her little toes. We assumed she was highly sensitive. After this last visit to find shoes that she likes I got extremely frustrated and told Betsy I was going to make a doctor appointment to rule out anything physically was wrong. I thought if the doctor told me nothing was wrong then I would be justified with my frustration and persistence to have Lucy wear what we bought her. I took her last Thursday to the doctor and they immediately noticed that her little toes were under lapping; we never noticed. Lucy was telling us the truth the whole time. After an examination and x-rays, Lucy has a few things affecting her toes. One is a tight Achilles tendon causing her toes to curl in and the other is under lapping little toes (from two bones over lapping) causing friction and rubbing. Shoes with wide toe boxes are what will help her for now but, we need to do stretching exercises to loosen her tendons and may need surgery to straighten her little toes. We are glad I took her in and caught this before she got older...DW

Ice Skating at the mall

Well here are the ice skating pictures. Morgan has been a few times before but this was Lucy's first time. She loved it and did not want to stop until she had to go to the bathroom. I guess we will wait and see if this leads to a hockey career, ha. They had a great time and it was a lot of fun...DW

1st day of Christmas break

I don't have any pictures today. I keep forgetting to bring the camera in to download the school Christmas party pictures from last week. Christmas vacation has officially started for Betsy and the kids. They are sleeping in right now which they should be on break. I am going to meet them at the mall for lunch and then I am taking the kids ice skating. This will be Lucy's first time so I will let you know how it went. Then it will be time to see Santa and hope their is not much of a line. Jim leaves Cincinnati today for our house. Pray for safe travels. We are all looking forward to his visit. Merry Christmas and I will try to post some pictures tomorrow...DW

School Christmas program

We went to the RMCA Christmas program last night. Morgan was singing with her 3rd grade class and Betsy's 4th grade class also participated.

Here is a picture of Lucy hoping it was almost time to go home. :) Lucy was actually a trooper and I was very proud of her. She will get to perform with the Kindergarten class next year...DW

This is the girls before the program began in their Christmas best!

Background

Today I felt like changing the background layout to match a winter mood. I liked the previous one but it reminded me of fall. I may change it again. Let me know what you think...DW