New Year's Eve

Grace and I had a quiet evening together; took in a movie and welcomed a year that promises to be special for both of us... for all the same reasons!

The picture was sent from Montana by my brother Steve... things were obviously a lot more festive celebrating grandbaby Lydia's first New Year!
(pictured with her mom/my niece Chelsea Craw)

Tuesday, December 28th

...the gathering at my sister Susie's on Christmas Day:

Christmas Day Activity

Christmas morning at Grace's...

Christmas Eve

Our first Kynast-Baxley tree complete with ornaments from both of our families; next Christmas we'll be one!
The photos on the left are from Kara's cell phone with the message:
"Dinner at Olive Garden :-)" (with Grandma and Gumpa Laurie)

Kara's with us!

...and she was for a day; this was taken Thursday morning (in Grace's driveway) as she and her brother loaded up to spend a couple of days with their Gainesville grands...

Tuesday, December 21st

Grace, Tim and I got to have lunch with my dear friends Francisco and Marysol Zamora from Nicaragua... the oldest two of their three sons now live in Jax; she has been the Guidance Counselor at NCA since the day I started there in '96!

Monday, December 20th

Tim made the 7-hour drive without incident...
A couple more pictures from last weekend:The original "Five Guys"...... with Mary Kate Jagoda...

Jordan & Taylor Bell's Wedding

Tim and some of his closest friends from ACA had this picture taken at yesterday's wedding of two of their Class of 2009 classmates:L2R:Seth Barker, TK, Philip Richardson, Mary Kate Jagoda, Eric Shuman, David Denton, Harrison Best. Plans are for Tim to drive to Florida Monday morning...

Dinner with the Price's

We've been looking for an opportunity to go to dinner with Chris and Christy... He's the missions pastor at our church, and the one we've asked to perform our wedding ceremony June 19th here in Jax!The foursome after a couple of hours of fellowship and a delicious meal at Cantina Laredo...

Christmas Break!!

Made it through the first semester! Grace and I celebrated by trying the grilled triggerfish (see image) at The Fish Company on Atlantic Beach... not much to look at, but absolutely delicious the way it was prepared tonight!

Will's One-Act

The man has talent! Will played the lead in I Am Herbert ...Stanton's entry in our district's Thespian competition... here's a peek at the star in action:

Sunday, December 5th

Gorgeous day in Northeast Florida... may be the last for a while; weather forecasts call for freezing temperatures overnight for the rest of this week!

Saturday, December 4th

Grace's old A/C unit finally gave up the ghost... after looking at a bunch of options, we went with Cool-R-Us, a business owned and operated by Albanians!

A Birthday and an Anniversary

Big day at "the Rah's"... sister Susie celebrates another year of wedded bliss, while her son Jason catches back up to his cousin Kara! (birthdays are 16 days apart)