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Well, the time has come to say goodbye to Alaska.  We are excited to get home and see our dog (who we haven’t seen in like 10 days)!  We are excited to get back to our bed!  We are excited to get back to our beach and weather!

But, we are sad to see the end of vacation.  Sad to say goodbye to all of our family again (still haven’t convinced them all to become Californians yet).  Sad to see me get beat out of the Spades tournament yet again.  Sad that Jessi Girl won’t get to see her aunts, uncles and grandparents for a while.  Sad that I won’t get to see my brother for several months.  Sad that my wife and sisters won’t get to hang out and have girl time (whatever that really is).  Especially sad that I have to use Delta again.

It has been an amazing trip.  I think I have gotten to do everything I wanted to do (except for a few things that need a different time of year).  Alaska is beautiful and fun, but my family is way better.  I can’t wait until family vacation next year!  The location isn’t quite as pretty but it will be hot and there is a lake and boat involved!  I’ll have to teach the little one how to wakeboard (15 months old isn’t too early for wakeboarding is it?).

But for now it is back to our real lives.  We are flying back to Orange County today so please pray for safety and a happy baby (she doesn’t like the descending part).  Family, I love you all.  Thank you so much for another amazing vacation!  Mom and dad, thank you so  very much for everything.  We absolutely couldn’t have done this without you!  Love you guys!

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Well, since we are on vacation still and I have never had a golfing experience like I did a couple days ago, I thought I would share it all with you.  I wish I would have gotten better video of the whole round, but here are a few highlights from someone else’s camera.  Keep in mind that I’m a terrible golfer (I know I suck so I go to have fun), moose are huge, bears are fast, bears are strong, glacier water is cold, I’m a terrible golfer, and this was Moose Run Golf Course (Creek), which is listed as the #49 hardest course in the US (as well as the world’s northernmost 36 hole course).

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Our Alaskan vacation is nearing the end, but we are still staying in the “I Can See Russia From My House” state for a few more days.  So that means that today those of you at Kingsfield will be jamming with Colton again!  Today for me, though, offers a couple firsts.

In the morning we are hitting up the Big Wild Life Runs (giggle) 5K in downtown Anchorage.  I have never done a run (although we are gonna walk) like this before and I have never had the desire to do so.  But, for some reason my wife has a run like this on her Bucket List so we are gonna get it knocked out with a bunch of family!  Then after we have settled our Lance Armstrong (minus the bike) adrenalin down we will be heading out to Alyeska for our first night away from our 4 1/2 month old daughter.  It will be weird not having her around for that long and we will definitely miss her a lot, but it will be great to get some time away and to ourselves.  Doesn’t hurt that Alyeska is beautiful and we might get to touch a glacier.

So since I am gone again from the normal Sunday morning at church, here is a little bit of the expected soundtrack to my Alaskan Sunday.

All Manner Of Disney Songs (because that’s how my family rolls)
Spamalot (if my sister, Reagan, goes on the 5K with us)
Bon Jovi (pretty much a staple)
Foo Fighters (if we actually run some of the 5K)
John Mayer’s Album Battle Studies  (because that’s the only CD that’s been in my wife’s car for months now and I am not sure what a road trip would be without it now)

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So last week I started telling you about some changes that I have been planning on for a while.  For those of you that may have missed it, there has been some things that I have had on my heart for a long time.  I have been chewing on it for a long time but just always put it off as something to maybe do later.  Well, I finally decided that it was time to go for it and I am hoping that God will bless it and use it.

The other side of it was that the domain that I had decided on and was centering everything around was taken.  Someone in New York had taken one of the two best options and someone in Florida had the other.  Huge bummer!  Well, now for the update!  I have emailed back and forth with the guy in Florida and he has decided to let us have the domain!  That is huge!  I don’t have to come up with a whole new idea!

So now I wanna ask a favor from you all.  I know I haven’t told you much about what is to come, but I am really excited about it.  I know you don’t have details and I know that we don’t know this guy with the domain, but I wanna ask all of you to join in with me in praying for what is to come and that God will use it in ways that make my dreams for it look weak!  Also, pray that the guy in Florida would be blessed for being so gracious and willing!  Thank you all so much!  I can’t wait to unveil the thoughts and ideas for it all!

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