Our trusty Kia Sedona minivan was struck from behind last week while Linda was driving the girls to their different activities.  Fortunately, nobody was injured and a great friend stopped to help get the Anna on to her  appointed destination.  After several days of insurance talks and body shop estimates, the Kia was delivered today for repair.  The tailgate is inoperable and will need replaced.

The bumper is also broken.  The bumper stickers survived; however, they will likely not make it back home.  Remember, this is Linda’s car – I’m sure she’ll find replacement stickers.

It was a nice surprise to arrive home to find a shiny, new Nissan Altima in the garage – but it’s only a rental.

That is Linda in the picture.  Her mother was using her new Christmas present to convert slides into digital images and sent along the picture to remind Linda of just how cute she was.

Not only was she cute, but I think it’s important to note that she enjoyed camping at one time.

Happy Birthday to a wonderful friend, wife, and mother!  

We love you so very much.

Linda and I enjoy dancing – we don’t get to do it very often, but we do enjoy it.  Most opportunities are provided at weddings; sometimes we can dance at parties or dinners.  Sometimes we get silly and dance in the kitchen.

I love holding Linda close and dancing along to slow songs.  Every time we dance to slow songs, I close my eyes and think back to dancing on our wedding day.

Finally, there are few things more fun than dancing like a fool and singing along loudly with songs from the 70s and 80s.  Man, that brings me back to carefree days of middle school and high school.

In the immortal words of Kenny Loggins:

Loose, footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise
Pull me offa my knees
Jack, get back
C’mon before we crack
Lose your blues
Everybody cut footloose