Our Boat!!!

My grandparents Friends gave us a small paddle boat that they didn't use any more.
We had to clean it , scrape barnacles off , and put on a coat of bottom paint but it was worth it we got to ride in it for the first time yesterday and it was really fun. I'm the captain , Joshua is the helmsman, and Mike is a passenger. The boat is about 6'-8' long and about a' wide and is pretty easy to paddle once you get the hang of it, but the first time out of the slip we went in a lot of circles, but overall we had fun.

Mobile Christmas and Holiday Parade

Some of "our "people and Johnny Rotten the white German Shepard mix

The city of Mobile's float

SPCA dogs

Some of the SPCA's people and dogs in the parade

Some more of "our" dogs and people in the parade

One of the dance groups getting ready

The Davidson band getting ready for the parade

Me in the "Whisker Wagon"

Victoria in the "Whisker Wagon"

Victoria and Nautea the dog she walked in the parade

It's the most wonderful (and busy) time of the year!

Well I have been busy. I had my Christmas cantata on Sunday and have had to baby-sit my
siblings for my mom and dads Christmas parties. Well I am going to the Mobile annual "Christmas and Holiday Parade" tomorrow and hope to get some good pics. (I do solemnly pledge and promise to post my pictures if I get them) HAHAHOHO:) And I have a pet adoption tomorrow. SO I am and have been very busy but I will try to post more often.

Happy Holidays Happy Holidays Why Can't We Say Merry Christmas Any More???

Because "some one" might get offended. Isn't it ridicules every thing is about Christmas but
you can't say Merry Christmas EVERY THING is Happy Holidays, Holiday Parties, Holiday decor, ect. It makes me want to scream why can't we celebrate the REASON FOR THE SEASON, God's one and only son becoming human being born as a baby living a real life and then dying to save us from our sins. But alas hardly any one talks about THAT no it's Santa and Rudolph and Frosty and all the other caricatures and people saying Happy Holidays. Pardon my ranting but this gets under my skin and I hope it gets under yours to. I t has gotten so bad that some colleges are now forbidding students to decorate their dorms for Christmas, and have canceled their Christmas card competitions and other "Christmasy" things so that the invisible "someone" (that has not complained about any thing) will not get offended. Please try to say Merry Christmas when ever you can and maybe if enough of us do then we can show that people in general are not offended if somebody tells them to have a Merry Christmas. By the way Merry Christmas and through out all the shopping and parties, and other festivities try to remember The Reason For The Season.
I hope you all have a safe and blessed Christmas and New Year.