Coming Up Roses in 2009!

Last night my spur of the moment husband, who often dreams up ideas that are not even close to being on my radar, decided we should go to the Rose Parade. So, we packed a few snacks, got the wagon loaded up along with a few chairs, some hot water for hot chocolate, and headed to Pasadena to be five of the 1 million people in attendance. In typical Brian fashion, we landed a million dollar parking spot for free, that was not only close to the parade route, but miraculously close to the freeway on ramp for home. We walked a few short minutes and parked our seats right on a corner where a family, who had spent the night, was just waking up (folding up their sleeping bags left just enough room for the us to park our wagon).

Front row seats to the Rose Parade.

We had a blast! The bands were amazing!
The floats were unbelievable!

The stealth bomber was incredible!

And Cloris Leachman, the Grand Marshall, was silly!
Our plans for 2009 are to...
laugh more than we grumble
spend more time outside than inside
to put gutters on the house
to catch the squirrel in the backyard who chews on our hammock
to have more of Jesus and less of ourselves
and to
never forget to stop and smell the Roses!

Happy New Year to you!!