((( SJ ))) Thanks for everything tonight...and thanks for the 'baby cam'. Beautiful.

Couple of screen caps (for anyone that missed baby cam)



And...hehehe

"Danged Paparazzi!!!" (hehehehe)

Thanks for the call.

He's so sweet laying there. Give him lots of smooches and hugs from Wobbie and I.

Baja-LOL

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{[SJ}}..thanks for posting updated photos of "our" baby - lol..he is just beautiful..

Real great work again for the party yesterday...

As said many times in the chat room, fantastic to see smiles and laughter from the kids.

Good morning!

Had a great time watching and chatting last night.

WUnderful job with the party!

I love grass roots efforts. Think that yesterday's party was the best!!!
Thanks for the screen capture baja. Wish I could have stayed around for live feed.

Can we have another party????? I just love parties.... I was a party girl b/4 I was a beach bunny, b/4 I become Surfmom.... still got the party gene LOL.... oh yes.... I'll watch the baby if your ever in my neighborhood - I could use a little milk burp on my shoulder -- He's quite a little prince SJ.....

Home!

I keep trying to come up with the right superlatives to describe my feelings about yesterday's party. None of them are quite right.

I'm so deeply grateful to be part of this loving, caring group of folks who have managed to accomplish so much so quickly. My heart and head are bursting with all sorts of thoughts, feelings, and emotions but I'll have to sort through them once I thaw out, lol. It was in the mid-70s all weekend in TX. It's -5 here right now (real temp, not wind chill) with 30mph wind gusts.

I'm so glad so many of you were able to be there via web cam. I didn't get to see much of the discussion but I could tell there were lots of people in the room. From the comments here and on Emmy's blog (who is simply WUnderful!) it sounds like you all had a good time at the party too.

I'm with surfmom -- parties are awesome, and this one was no exception.

Kudos to everyone who walked, contributed, planned, watched, or participated in any other way. It was ALL good!

Good Morning {{SJ and Family}}!
May all your Christmas surprises
be happy one!


Rays,Wobbie and Boys

{{IL}} It was WUnderful to put a face to a name.
Glad you made it home. Tried to talk the hubby to go north for Christmas but he says it's to COLD.

IL - I so enjoyed meeting you, working with you and wrangling with them lights that swag..
THANK YOU from everyone in Texas -
Wheres my coffee???????

I've been away from computers so I was only able to attend the party in my imagination.... and it sounds great!

Thinking of all the great people and efforts involved. Merry Christmas!

I had received several inquiries concerning the Christmas Party and Honor Walk, so here are preliminary figures, given to me from Portlight. Please note again that this is preliminary, the final tallies have not come in, but this should be fairly accurate.

Funds Received: $4200...which I think is closer now to $4500

Expenditures are (or will be) :

$2500 to Churches of Christ (Gifts for the children that Santa gave out)
$500 for the pre-paid Visa cards (these were given to adults at the party by drawing)
$250 for conference calls and other calls
$500 for crafts, etc
$150 DJ

....plus I expect a few extraneous bills to come in....any surplus will be sent to Churches of Christ

Quoting EmmyRose:
IL - I so enjoyed meeting you, working with you and wrangling with them lights that swag..
THANK YOU from everyone in Texas -
Wheres my coffee???????

heheheh! Those lights were a GREAT idea!!! But as with many of my great ideas... I hope the family who receives them are the patient type.

As to your coffee? It wasn't wet enough on the ground, I felt compelled to donate more moisture to the turf. Besides, caffeine isn't good for you at night, I was just thinking of your health and well-being. Yeah, that's it!

Quoting Raysfan70:
{{IL}} It was WUnderful to put a face to a name.
Glad you made it home. Tried to talk the hubby to go north for Christmas but he says it's to COLD.

hi Rays! I think hubby may have a valid point. Those 70 degree temps were kinda nice. But, Hold On... we're having a heat wave today. It's all the way up to 8 degrees on the way to 11. Maybe he'll reconsider!

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Have a VERY Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas, sj. May you, Hana, and little Michael have a wonderful, blessed day.

SJ...Wishing you and your family a joyous and blessed Christmas. God Bless

Merry Christmas SJ, Hanah and baby SJ!!
Thanks again for sharing your beautiful
baby on that Baby Cam!! He is so cute and
precious!! Have a wonderful, happy holiday!!
Kat

SJ, and Mrs SJ and Little SJ,

Wishing you all a wonderful and very Merry Christmas! This has been a remarkable year and I appreciate the part you played in making it all happen.

Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to all from England!

In late Februaruy of this year I was diagnosed with Stage 2 melanoma...it was a black spot about an inch long and a half inch wide on my lower left eyelid...

The first surgery (to remove the cancer) was in March, the week before my 49th birthday...the second (to begin rebuilding the eyelid) was later the same month...the final surgery (to finish the eyelid work) was in late August..two and a half weeks before Ike hit...

so...

I spent a good portion of this year dealing with facing fifty...fearing death...anger with God...questioning my faith....wondering if I'd spent too much of my life building my financial pile and not enough serving others...generally pondering some pretty deep issues...

suffice it to say: much of this year was spent in physical, spiritual, and emotional agony...

the reaction of this community after Ike (described in the guest blog Dr. Masters was kind enough to let me write) paid it all off for me...

my anger toward God was resolved....clarity of priorities became obvious...my faith was restored...and strengthened...

and I have this community to thank for it all....

Merry Christmas everybody

Wishing you and yours a wonderful grand Christmas

Gary

We hear the beating of wings over Bethlehem and a light that is not of the sun or of the stars shines in the midnight sky. Let the beauty of the story take away all narrowness, all thought of formal creeds. Let it be remembered as a story that has happened again and again, to men of many different races, that has been expressed through many religions, that has been called by many different names. Time and space and language lay no limitations upon human brotherhood.

~New York Times, 25 December 1937, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938, published by The H.W. Wilson Company, New York

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{[SJ}}...May you and your "family" have a most wonderful Christmas as you celebrate the birth of Michael and that of Jesus Christ..

Merry Christmas SJ and Family. Your first Christmas with Michael Thomas will be the first of many WUnderful ones, thanks for sharing him with us !!!

An Irish Christmas Blessing

The light of the Christmas star to you
The warmth of home and hearth to you
The cheer and good will of friends to you
The hope of a childlike heart to you
The joy of a thousand angels to you
The love of the Son and
God's peace to you.

Happy Christmas Friend!

SJ, I hope your Christmas was at least as much fun as this dog seems to be having in the snow in the video. ;P

It cracked me up! Enjoy!


...I gotta hand it to you, you've been terrific with all the Portlight efforts - simply, E X T R A O R D I N A R Y !!!




...great young man you've got there, too. I know your Christmas was quite special this year - many more to come, friend! ENJOY them all (they're fleeting)!

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{{sj}}..best wishes for a wonderful 2009!

Happy New Year to SJ, Hanna, and little SJ. Have a wonderful, happy, healthy 2009.