Melinda's brother Michael and sister-in-law Jill visited last weekend. Tour guide Jessica showed them all over the Opryland Hotel and then we stopped by the Mills to do a little shopping! Saturday evening, we went to a Seder Feast at church (these are usally done around Easter time) and enjoyed an evening filled with Biblical insight to the Jewish Passover and some really good food. Sunday night Jill and Melinda beat the guys at a game of spades. I'm fortunate to have sister-in-laws (all of them) that excel at cards!
Anna is home on her three week school break and is enjoying reading, swimming and watching a few of her favorite videos. Her favorite part of the week is going to the library where she can play on the computer, put puzzles together and pick out books to take home. It's like heaven on earth for her. She sends big hugs to everyone!
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Michael & Jill's visit to Franklin
Friday, September 16, 2005
Welcome to our blog!
Dear Family and Friends -
There are so many of you, and so few hours in the day. How will we ever keep you up to date with what is going on here in Tennessee? How can we get the same message to everyone at once without adding to the stress of normal life? Trust me when I say we have had great intentions of sending out Christmas newsletters. Then they turn into New Year newsletters. What about an Easter newsletter?! Better make that a Labor Day newsletter... What?! It's Christmas-time again? Better start the newsletter! And the cycle continues. I can even remember a few years where cards were actually made and/or addressed and they still never got out!
Enter Technology! "I know!", says Scott, the nerd. "Let's start a website! Everyone can come, and see pictures and find out what's going on, etc.! It'll be great!". Well, we've had Comcast for three years now, and although we have space with our names on it, alas, it too has gone the way of the newsletter.
What we need is a quick and easy way to create "snapshots" of our life so that people can see what's going on. Sometimes it's short. Sometimes its long. It has some pictures. If only there was some way for us to journal, and then give everyone access to that journal. "Wait!", Scott the nerd says. "That sounds an awful lot like blogging!". Melinda crinkles her nose. "What in the world is 'blogging'"?. "Oh! It's great", says Scott. "You can journal, and add pictures, and it can be short, or long. And people can come and visit and see what's going on in our lives!".
Hence - our blog! A place where it's "always wintertime"! (Get it?!) We can give some updates, and you can stop by at your leisure and catch up with us. You can also post comments, that way you we can interact with each other, too! A HUGE advantage over a website. What is our goal? Well, it will be short, or long. It will have some pictures. You get the idea. This will be a web log (Get it?!) of our lives and you can jump in at any time and see what's up. It's our elusive Christmas newsletter, but on a consistent basis. No tinsel necessary! ;)
What our blog is not... It's not profound (we aren't trying to impress anyone). It's not deep (hey it's our lives - this is as deep as it gets!). This is the mundane stuff we would talk about if we had the chance to sit around the table over a cup of coffee with nothing better to do than catch up. Better yet, if you lived next door (wouldn't that be wonderful?!) this is the stuff you would hear about every day.
We would love to hear from you! Post a comment and tell us what you think! We will try and update this as regularly as possible, so come back often.