Happy Birthday Mom!

It's a chilly one out there so bundle up before you go partying!
Have a great day mom! From your number one son...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I know it's been awhile...I can give you all kinds of excuses of me being too busy to write, but really it's just laziness. We have been busy but mainly it's my lack of enthusiasm to jump on the computer when I'm not at work. Winter is coming upon us and I'm sure I'll find time to write. No really, I said winter is upon us...just kidding...the weather people (trying to stay pc) said a wintry mix. That means rain and slush...the kind of weather that is only good for ruining carpets on Thanksgiving when the kids forget (I mean don't care) to take their shoes off when entering the house after hours in the wintry mix.
So today is the 1 year anniversary of my accident! I'll call it an accident yet others might call it a childish act...either way I'm celebrating the fact that I am walking and running without too much difficulty. My weekly soccer games cause me some pain, but I can't always tell if that's from my 'accident' or if it's just because i'm out of shape after not doing much for a year. I know it's all good..the pain that is. I have brand new ligaments and they are going to need some breaking in. After all, the ones they replaced had thousands of days skiing and equally as many days playing soccer, doing gymnastics and diving. I'm sure they were stretched and well broken in like an old shoe. It has been easy getting used to the new ligaments and hardware but it beats sitting around and complaining about it.

Okay, enough of my remenicing about my shot at becoming Tony Hawk and on to Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for this year. We are in a new house that we all love very much, Patty and I were married this year, Patty turned 21 and last but not least, the kids are doing great in school. I'd say that I couldn't be happier. And that just encompasses our little world. Outside of that, we are thankful that we have a great extended family. The Johnsons and the Skowronski's are our extended family of fun. We are looking forward to the coming months to spend good time with our family's during the holiday's and catching up on everyone's busy lives. The world is still a mess, yet we all still feel relatively safe. No thanks to George Bush. We are fortunate enough to live where we live and to have the opportunities that we are given. We are all thankful for that.

To our families and friends close and far, Happy Thanksgiving!
We are thankful to have all of you in our lives.