The Family Portrait
One of the greatest tricks I can perform is capturing our own family portrait every year. I planned it this Christmas since it may be the only time I will have all the kids and dogs in one room for a long time. It did take a number of takes but after throwing a few dog toys into the Christmas tree next to the camera and telling everyone to keep looking at the camera I think we got one I can use for the house.






The Worm was ready once I started setting up. It reminds me when I go into someones home and start setting up for a portrait session and begin moving chairs always one of the kids will sit in front like that is the the spot they will be.

Merry Christmas
We wish you the best for you and your family this holiday season. Merry Christmas. We have a connection with Santa. He came all the way to North Carolina for his official portrait.

Merry Christmas

THE VAN
I was glad to get my card back from a long stay in the shop because of a recall from GMC. After driving this van around for a week I started thinking about going to a few soccer games or maybe doing some car pooling just like back back in the old days. If you are in the market to buy a new car you should always think about the serves after the sale. You can't ask for a better dealer than Strickland Auto Group in Ahoskie, NC. I noticed a problem with my car on a Thursday and Charles Strickland had it picked up the next day and I was driving another care. In this business market this means so much.

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Aspen Colorado

This weekend has been an adventure visiting brother Tom in Aspen for his 60th birthday. The last leg of my flight from Denver to Aspen was a little different. When we left Denver I thought we were not gaining altitude so shortly after we took off this loud noise was coming from the right side of the plane. The wheels would stay in the down position and we lost hydraulics. The pilot came on and said we have to turn around to Denver because of a warning light. We flew by the tower so they could see if the gear was ok. After landing they had to come pull us to the gate since the plane's wheels could not turn and after an hour we switch planes. By the time we finished boarding the second plane most of us in the back seats knew each other very well. It was an exciting ride. The airlines did an awesome job taking care of all of us during what could have been a bad deal.
I had a chance to take a heart pumping walk pasted the closed road at the beginning of Independence Pass on the outside of Aspen. At almost 10,000 ft this sea level guy's heart was pumping strong. Be back on sea level Monday.