Connor's Dedication

On November 22, Connor Stephen Walls was dedicated to God at the Community Praise Center, Seventh-Day Adventist church.

Unfortunately, Dad was in the hospital with appendicitis. So Mom and Dad (and any other relatives who wish they were there), this video is for you... courtesy of Shelly's quick thinking to ask the video guys if they could make a copy. We had a little debate about whether to give this to you at Christmas...but thought you'd enjoy it more now.
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Now here are some still shots that I took from the balcony...
Here he is being held by the pastor, Josant Barrientos.






Unfortunately, the "wide angle" pictures are on Richard's camera, so you can't see the masses that filled the front of the church. There were easily 50 people.


Overall, I think everyone would agree Connor did great.

On a side note...
I had a great time visiting with family. I drove down Friday night so I'd be sure not to miss the morning's events. First words I heard after opening the front door were, "Hi, Unca Wyan." Talk about melting your heart... After the dedication enjoyed an amazing meal of homemade barbecue "meat"-balls, seasoned red potatoes, and corn...all topped off with blueberry pie. (Thanks Shelly!) Then spent the afternoon relaxing on the couch and watching the kids play. I hated to leave so soon, but I had to get home to work on school work. Less than 3 weeks and I'll be down with graduate school (12/12 is the last day.) Speaking of which, I better get back to a project that is due at midnight.

Three music lists that I created at Playlist.com. See the full post link for the playlists...


The Pop Out Player works the best. The embedded players below don't seem to be completely compatible with Blogger.

99 Johnny Cash Songs:

Another 21 Johnny Cash songs:

Various songs that Richard likes:

Happy Birthday

I'm a bit belated, but I thought I would share a few snapshots from my birthday last week. Cara-Lea planned a special surprise for me where she arranged for us to meet up with Richard, Shelly, Kaley, and Connor along with our friends Doug and Tonya Beardsley in Baltimore on Saturday, the 4th. Well, it was a surprise until I kept bringing up the topic of "Let's go to DC to see Connor" and she finally just had to spill the beans. Anyway, long story short, on my birthday, the 3rd, I knew we were going to Baltimore the next day, so for my birthday we just went out to eat at a place called the Thai Pepper.
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It was really good. Prettiest plate of food I've eaten in a while. Unfortunately, my nice camera was in the car so here are couple snapshots of us with my cell. Cara-Lea had tofu with green beans, and I had red curry tofu. It was quite entertaining trying to get rice eaten using just chopsticks...but we improved dramatically as the meal progressed.