heading out

i'm heading down to the baja 1k again this year. like last year, i find myself unemployed, so here i go.

before i leave, some things to get off my mind. while visiting with a good friend yesterday, it dawned on me that christmas has become so commercial i find it just a drudge anymore. never did decorate last year. the thought of hauling out all that stuff was just too much to handle. made for a VERY short cleanup. :-D

so this year it's going to be back to basics at this house. it is the year to really impress on the grandkids the true meaning of christmas. not the santa clause stuff, not the gift giving hullabaloo, it's about celebrating the birth of Christ.

and so this year we will look for ways to show them, teach them about what really matters. teach them it's about giving, not receiving, it's about celebrating that God sent His Son to us to save us from ourselves. and look at what we've done with it. but that's another story for another day.

i'm sharing a drawing my grandson did. he's got a heart of gold this one.



across the bottom are dad, victoria, mom, chris, austin, nana, wallace, buddah, brutus, shelby and bella.

the heart in the middle says "love evreone". it's no wonder kids are so special.