There were 124 passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 when it left the Netherlands. There were 125 when it landed in Boston.

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Did 2008 seem long to you?

It was... we added a leap second this year.
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Happy New Year 2009

I wish you all a Happy New Year!

I have spent the last week of the year boogey boarding, swimming, getting massages, watching whales, and eating mountains of fresh guacamole at the Four Seasons in Mexico with family. That is also how I will start the first couple of days of the new year.

Gecko

My nephew Noah caught 6 geckos tonight.
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Bubble Wrap Calendar

My kids would pop the whole year the first day...

I would too.
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Ugly Is The New Cute

A is for Aardvark.

This is the new baby aardvark from the Detroit zoo.

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Mexico

We are on our way to Mexico for a week with my brother Dan and his family.
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Merry Christmas

The greatest gift given...

Annual Christmas Taco Truck Party

Well over 100 people gathered at my brother Jeff's house for the 5th annual Christmas taco truck party.
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Taco Truck Warm up

Getting warmed up for tonight.
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Slingplayer Mobile for Blackberry

Yes you can watch and control your home television's DVR from your Blackberry.
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It is nice to have my brother and his family visiting from NYC

If you are keeping score it is now 18 for the Duggars

Welcome Jordyn-Grace child #18 born to the proud parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. Mom and baby are resting and doing well.
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Recipe for Safe roads-18,000 Pounds of Garlic Salt

Tone Brothers Inc. donated 18,000 pounds of garlic salt to use on Iowa Roads.
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Rick Warren to give inaugural invocation

Rick Warren gets the nod to bow his head at inaugural ceremonies for Obama.
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iFart And Pull My Finger

Now available at the Apps store. for iPhones through iTunes. story

Bacon roll with cheese

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George W. Bush: Bible Not Literally True

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The back of Mount Rushmore

Sushi

A few of us had lunch with the Katinas before the show tonight. We ate at the sushi place in Turlock.

The Katinas sounded great and at the end of their set Joe presented a heart felt message. The shows were amazing and many responded to the Gospel.
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560 for Dinner

Jeff and I helped our friend Kevin, owner of Relish (catering) serve 560 people for a fund raising event for Emanuel Hospital. The main course was a filet mignon and Cuban style shredded beef on top of a potato cake and tomato pepper salsa.

It was a lot of fun and hard work.
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The Katinas

The Modesto Bee had a nice article on the Katinas in this mornings paper. You know they have 2 free shows at Monte Vista Chapel Monday the 8th at 6pm and at 8pm.

Marlaina Grace lost her first tooth

I had the assist.
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Turlock Downtown Christmas Parade

It was cold and a little foggy we had a blast!

Battle Wishbone

If you had turkey for Thanksgiving I hope you also had a wishbone fight. Marlaina and Jonah battled this year and I caught it all on video.

After further review by the official Marlaina was declared the winner.

An ipod shuffle can survive...

going through the washing machine (normal cycle, warm/cold, with similar colors) and then the dryer.

I did let it dry out for a 10 days before recharging it.

$.95 per gallon of unleaded at Safeway

Something we bought at Safeway triggered a $.70 discount per gallon. It cost me $15.84 to stuff my van's tank.

Feeding Others With Good Taste

Me, Kevin, Jeff and Raina 

I found some pictures on Monte Vista Chapel's Blog.

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