Happy New Year!

Jane, April, Casey and Josey and Paul walking the beach in the Grand Caymans.

In Roatan they have zoo's where you can walk right in with the animals. He didn't want to turn around, so this is me and a monkey's tail - so soft, so cute to look at.. and so unnerving on your shoulder!

Casey went to stand next to Paul, and the bird landed right on his head - priceless shot!

Casey and I left on January first for the west Caribbean. The co-owners of Clear Satellite (Case, Paul and Mark) set up an incentive for their sales men last year and to our delight several hit the mark - requiring us to accompany them on a Cruise! There where 15 in the group, we spent two days at sea and one day in each of the following islands: Grand Cayman, Roatan, Belize, and Cozumel. We played in the sand, held the monkeys, kissed the stingrays and learned a little more about the world. It was wild being 9 days without kids, like an enormous date 24 hours a day - I loved it. And it was so very good to come home - there is something to that business of absence and fondness working so well together. I really missed my kids. And also,... I'm trying to think of a way to sing "God bless America" here - without sounding cheesy. It was so beautiful to see all those things, and also so apparent that this is a promised land. I'm so grateful for our home.