sick

blah
colds all round so lying up today

whitesox

win the world series in game four

international girl

skye's uk passport arrived today, bringing her collection up to two!

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top ten

some people are big on lists
i tend to have seasons of things
anyway here's my top ten list of things i'm grateful for today
(in no particular order)
living near the beach
85 degree weather in late october
a loving and forgiving God
a fantastic patient wife
a beautiful giggling baby girl
carte noire coffee (thanks auntie maggie!)

showers - hot ones when it's cold and cold ones when it's hot
telephones
sunsets
good friends to work, pray and play with

it's your birthday!

a very happy birthday to big bro laurence!
loads of love to you from the american kellys!

america's pastime

reaches it's climax in the world series which starts this weekend when the houston astros and the chicago whitesox square off to find the best baseball team

if you can get past the irony of a 'world' title where teams from only one nation compete, you'll be able to enjoy baseball for the spectacle it is
besides having a great mix of skill, explosive power and tension
for the girls it has muscular guys in tights
for the guy geeks it has stats by the bucket-load: era's, rbi's, ibb's
it has hope, underdogs (including both the houston astro's and the chicago whitesox!) whacking big dogs and, of course, the accompanying heartbeak of defeat
but mostly we've come to like baseball because it's a fun backdrop to a relaxed evening out

if only

growing hair was this easy!

pictures

for the first time in about five years we have pictures on the walls!
it's a very nice and homely feeling

guess what i did today!

i went to the aquarium with chriscelle, seannah, amy, jaedan, lizzie, gareth, daisy, lucy, mummy and daddy!

the end of the road

for the little ford escort we've been driving
(or 'pink panther' as it's sometimes known)
we finally scrapped it today
so it's back to being a one car family
all that's left is the license plate (or 'tag' as they call it here)

interesting article

i read a fascinating article entitled 'why are you taking a risk?' on the uk climbing site which i found provocative beyond climbing and relevant to the realms of faith and maturity - for sure this guy has some funny influences, but try reading 'faith' for 'risks' and 'flesh' for 'ego' and 'maturity' for 'learning and growth' and it opens up an interesting conversation. funny too is how seb seems to miss the point in his comment

happy birthday john

from the girls (and phil!!)

jon senior

it's been great having jon - he's a delightful guy and a fantastic house-guest but we're losing him today, because he's moving into the big house

old friends

had a lovely conversation and ‘catch up’ with tchad today
he and andrea sound like they’re doing great and lovin’ it in mascalucia, sicily
we thank God for them (check out tchad and andrea's blog here) and for skype

sleep

skye slept for eight hours straight last night
from 11.30pm through to 7.30am
God is good and Psalm 127 is true!!

happy birthday mummy!

me and daddy love you!

skye's got a new bed

and very nice it is too!
thanks mum and dad (richard and marion!)