I was thankful for the 60 degree temp. How 'bout you?

Hello and happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family. As my last report noted; our digital camera met an untimely end. As a result I have no photos of Thanksgiving. I decided to draw this turkey because I didn't know how to draw the Lions making fools of themselves on national television. We had a nice day with Lauren's aunt and uncle Cerro (and Joe and Kelly). It was a delicious meal with minimal humiliation. Minimal humiliation? Have you ever eaten an entire meal while wearing reindeer antlers? After eating two days worth of food in 45 minutes and then lying on the couch with hand-on-belly for and hour, Lauren and I went home and decked our halls with Christmas decor. We finished the evening back at the Cerro's with a rousing game of Pop Culture Trivial Pursuit. Did you know that the king of hearts is the only king in a standard deck of playing cards without a mustache? Theresa and Angelo knew. Congratulations on your win and we thank you for your hospitality. I hope all of you reading this also had a relaxing and joyful day. With God’s love – k&l b.

Digital Jones' Locker

On a warm and cloudless Saturday in October, Lauren and I took a trip to the Atlantic coast. Our first stop was the town of Wilmington, NC. It is a cute town on the mouth of the Cape Fear River. It has a charming downtown with many shops and restaurants. On that Saturday there was also a farmer's market, an art fair, and a NCAA rowing regatta. The highlight was a visit to the Kilwin's fudge shop. I'm sure we'll visit again. In the afternoon we headed to Kure beach. It was there that a giant, salty, frothy wave climbed up the sand and engulfed our beach blanket and all of its contents including Lauren and our digital camera. Lauren, although wet, survived. The camera did not. This is one of the last pictures to be taken with that brave camera that captured memory after memory for nearly three years. Good bye camera.

Punching his way into the Cute Baby Hall of Fame

This is Elliot Kucharski, first born son of Brian and Danielle Kucharski. Danielle is one of Lauren's two sisters and Brian is Danielle's husband and one heck of a beer-brewing- brother-in-law. Elliot was born in April of 2005. That makes him 7 months old as of this writing. Elliot, Brian and Danielle, along with Lauren's parents, Dennis and Ruth, came down to North Carolina to visit on the last weekend of October. It was great to have our family down here wonderful to spend time with them again!

"What's the best price I can get on this?" and other questions that will drive a car salesman crazy.

This is a picture of me taken on my first day at work. That's right, I now sell cars. Like the shirt? I work at the Leith Clearance Center in Fayetteville, NC. www.leithfay.com

I work out of the Kia showroom. At Leith we also sell sell new Acura, Volvo, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, and Suzuki. There is also a large used car lot.

I wanted to find a job where I would recieve sales training and expirience, and there is no job like car sales for that. The job is very demanding and can be stressful, but I have learned a lot about sales and a lot about myself.