Stay Off the Sidewalks

So pretty much I'm currently failing as a blogger and I apologize greatly to my readers.  Life's been busy and unfortunately the blog is usually the first thing to go when I don't have time for everything.  

My warning is now a little late, but you can still take precaution if necessary. For your safety, I highly recommend in the immediate future to stay off all sidewalks within a 20 mile radius of Seventh Heaven because White Tornado is 16.

That aside, I would like a very Happy 16th Birthday to my big little brother.  Once upon a time, I remember when I was taller than you, but as you can see above those days are long gone.  As you continue to grow, as I'm sure you will, I wish you all the happiness.  You're a good guy and despite what you may think I think, I actually think you're a pretty cool kid.  I'm so happy for you and all of your accomplishments so far. Don't worry I won't embarrass you anymore since I already saw you turn enough shades of red when the Srs. decided to serenade you Friday night when I called.  Enjoy being able to drive yourself and be nice to Little Red.  

Happy Birthday buddy. 

Better Late Than Never

Again, my life has become insanely busy and yesterday was quite possibly the busiest day of my hectic week, so I'm a little late.  My deepest apologies to the birthday boy.   I figure it's okay though since he's spreading the celebration out over the next week and a half.  In all fairness, I did try to put something together yesterday, but it just wasn't finished when I ran out of time.

Today is a big day.  The big Red Bus gets to lose a car seat because one of it's frequent flyers is turning 8.  I'd like to wish a very happy birthday to my favorite little nerd.  Wii Man you never fail to bring a smile to my face with your great big welcoming hugs.  You are the only person I know who can talk about the Wii 24 hours a day and although it sometimes gets rather tiresome, it's okay because it makes you, you.  Believe it or not I've missed hearing all of your long drawn out stories and I'm looking forward to next week when I can hear them again.

8 is an exciting age and I hope you are able to embrace every second.  I hope your day yesterday and the upcoming parties are filled with lots of celebration, fun, and lots of Mario.

Convent Q & A

Sorry for the delay in posting, life has been very busy around here.  After returning from Thanksgiving on Saturday we helped decorate the house for Christmas.  It was an all day process that included most of the residents of our house and about 20 of the high school students.  On the plus side the house looks great and very ready for Christmas. Then since we were gone for two and a half days I had homework and stuff to catch up on. 

Our next round of questions again comes from the Mrs.

Question: Do you regret not getting the Jesus Homeboy tattoo? (There's still time, if you do)
Answer: I can't say that I do. I'll keep in mind that there's still time.

Question: Is the food good?
Answer: Yes.  We have a nice Peruvian lady who comes during the week and cooks our food since everyone is so busy, and she does a very nice job.  On weekends we get to taste a little more variety because whoever is cooking generally cooks food from the culture she grew up in.  You can tell that my family doesn't necessarily stick to any particular culture when it comes to food since the two times I've cooked once we had Italian and the other time we had Mexican....

Question: What has been the most outstanding/memorable/fulfilling experience you've had to date?
Answer: This is a hard one. We have been very blessed in the three months we have been here because we've gotten to see the Pope, a Sister from the General Council visited to give a workshop, and the former Rector Major of the Salesians came for the day.  We've also been to Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and New York City.  So I can't pick one.  The top on there are Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular and the National Catholic Youth Conference.  The Spectacular was absolutely spectacular.  I'm pretty sure my mouth was open the entire time. Definitely put me in the Christmas mood.  National Catholic Youth Conference was very reassuring in the need for my vocation.  While there we got to see so many young people absolutely on fire with their faith and then to crown it all, they had adoration one night. 25,000 people dead silent as they adore Jesus.  Absolutely beautiful.