Wishing all my family and friends a very very Blessed Christmas season!

Welcome friends and family to our newest addition! I named him ‘Hook’ after a  movie our kids loved and the fact that he has a patch on his eye like a pirate. Argghhhh Matey!

Yup,  that’s my girl! She loves the snow! How free to be happy just out enjoying nature hiking and taking in all the sights and smells after a fresh snow storm! They say a dog is like their master, hmmm… yes that’s me too!

 Words I invent! Snoak is my newest word I came up with after taking this picture.

Definition of Snoak= A Oak tree in a snow storm. 

Use= “I feel as strong as a snoak today.”  or  “This coat is so warm it feels snoaky.”

Have a snoak-filled day! PM

This is a local creek that comes out of the dam and flows through Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore. It was here that we spent many many days during the summer months fishing and catching snakes,crawdads, turtles and bull frogs. Often my good friend Tim and I would take a single man raft down it and make small fires to dry out our wet clothes. It seems a shame that kids these days don’t get to explore, build forts, and have access to such areas that have now become parks. Not that I’m against parks, I love them now. It’s just that I believe guys need to exercise their maleness discovering new territory! That’s why I enjoy taking young men camping and doing the stuff I used to do as a youth. PM

What do you get when you cross Paul Bunyan with 2,000,000 gallons of water?

Duh! Can’t you see? Lol!!

….is always brightest after the darkest hour. Light brings hope of reward, peace in anxiousness, truth in deception, and love where there was hatred. I’m basking in the light of this day, His glow, and His promises for His purposes. He is the Everlasting Father of Lights. The Prince of Peace. Wonderful Counselor. He holds all things together. Makes all things new. Redeems the helpless. He is my Everything. My Light for my path. My Light for my future. My Light of grace. He is sufficient to meet every need, fix any problem, fill any void, provide for any and every single poverty. He is Light.

“I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life.”  Jesus

This is what Christmas Lights are meant to represent. So when you see those sparkling beautiful colors this season, let them remind you of His unconditional love and grace he wants you to experience through Jesus Christ His only begotten Son. God’s Greatest Gift to us! Immanuel. God with Us.