I woke up this morning thinking about all the people I saw this last week. I have so many memories and so many snapshots of people in my head. (like we all do) I think each one of my family members probably has an entire house worth of memories in my head somewhere. I was thinking about people I hadn’t seen in along time, and I was only getting a couple of memories. Then all of a sudden I had the image in my head of a Pillar that had a bunch of pictures on it and I could walk around it and look at the picture memories. (trust me this sounds cooler to me than when i actually think about it)

I just think it would be cool to have the ability to do that with our minds. Course I cant even keep my house organized for more than a day, and its right in front of me. I dont even know how my brain works, let alone keep it organized. But I do love the memories.

Well, I made it home. It was a clean sweep, i was in and out with no damages or complaints. I flew into portland and felt pretty good, it was raining though. (no big deal)

I took the max all the way from PDX to Tigard. I’ve always wanted to try that. Some people really dont like public transit but I think the light rain is really cool. I went strait through downtown and through the tunnel. I’ve heard that Portland is one of the top cities when it comes to Public transit and I’ll agree with that. If your ever in Portland you should try it out.

Day 5 was another day of just sitting around and doing a lot of nothing. It was awsome.

All the kids and everyone but me and my parents and one niece went to boreal for skiing. I didnt go because I didnt want to get hurt, maybe next time. From what I heard they all got up there and then most of the kids just wanted to go home because they didnt want to take the class. In the end they just did it anyway and they all had a blast. Joel came out this morning pulling himself down the hallway, dragging his legs, because he said his legs hurt to baddly to walk. I laughed, he looked like a big worm making his way to the kitchen.

We had spegetti, played taboo (good game) and then hung out for a while. I was in bed for after a while. 10:30, im pansy.

Not much happened on day 4, I spent most of it sleeping. My usual sleep schedule has been tossed out the window and stepped on by the dogs, so taking a nap was the best thing I could have done.

The thought of having my own kids has never really been a big ‘no’. Im good with kids and know i could handle the screaming and yelling. But!, handling the screaming and yelling is a developed skill that takes time. My skills are totally undeveloped, leaving me with the idea that when i was a kid I had to play outside all the time, no matter what. Im sure thats how it was, because I was never aloud to iritate my uncles or my parents or grandparents.

Yeah right.

My applause to those of you out there with young ones. Someday I’ll develop the ability to be able to talk on the phone with my insane boy standing next to me.

We had our present opening yesterday with all the nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters, parents and grandparents. It was a mad house of toys wrapping paper, toys in the air and laughing. I really like to see someone open a present when its something they really like. After presents and dessert the adults (the older kids) all went down to the Foothills bowl and had some fun for about an hour. I may have broke a hundred, maybe a 104 i think.

Christmas day was much like other we have here, but we didnt open presents yet. We are waiting on my younger sister and her husband. (Joy & Brian) They’ll be down from Reno around 2 this afternoon. Basically we just had Christmas Dinner yesterday. It seems like were taking a whole day to do all the little things that you would normally do on just Christmas. Oh, and my dad is running a bed and breakfast here in the mornings with Bacon and Eggs as the menu.

Our usual head count around here is running about 10 that sleep here at the house. Norman is the only one that didnt get a chance to come home. Our total head count tonight (brothers sister grandparents, & all the kids) 23/24. Another 5 years and I think we’ll be at full copacity.

I spent most of today with my cousin Jesse playing frisbee golf. We went to Condon Park in GrassValley, and then we had some lunch and went to the Auburn course. (where i proceeded to suck) We had a good time. It’s been along time since I played so it really wasnt that bad for how long its been. Other wise I was with the fam eating pizza and playing Apple to Apples. (good game I recommend it to everyone, 3 thumbs up)

Im heading back to Auburn for the next week to see Family and Friends. I probably visit about two or 3 times a year so its not a huge visit. One thing about going home for christmas at my parents house is the amount of family that are there. It will be fun, a little loud but fun.

The digital world doesn’t really exist at my parents house, and I only say that because they are too far off the grid to get a good internet connection. if you think about it, when was the last time you used a dialup connection? I’ll make due.

this last pic that i found was an eye catcher for me. if your from auburn it’ll get you too.

I read two posts this morning. Bush - Still the reason for the Season? and Brody - Pray like you Mean it.

Individually they don’t mention this topic, but after reading them and some of the comments the only thing that came to mind was “Christianity without Christ”. In the back of my head I really think there is a block of verses that talks about this, but just can not find it. (if you do let me know)
The point here is that I understand the need for a good relationship with Christ, but I dont like all the blubber that pops in my head when I think about it. ‘i am a critical hypocrite who is hyper-sensitive to people that are tripping over themselves in public about Jesus and God’. Why? I think i might have been like that when i was younger.

• This sounds retarded, but I think it’s true.

If I could switch the title around in my head I might live a fuller life.

For the Record I am not saying that Bush Or Brody are “Christianity without Christ”. I think these two guys have a good handle on what it means to have a relationship without blubbering in the streets.

yesterday afternoon i had this thought of a new layout, and i just couldnt help myself. it was challenging and kinda fun. the only thing I feel needs current attention is my header image. I always find that to be the hardest thing to get just right. Im too freaking picky.

Im really going to try my hardest to leave this layout alone. that should leave me with plenty of time to check out what everyone else is doing.

later