A day at the beach

Wouldn't it be nice if life was a day at the beach. Well, my family and I recently enjoyed a few wonderful days on the beach. We stayed at a hotel on the beach in Mytrle Beach, SC.

Dana and the kids went parasailing.

My little girl is following in her daddy's foot steps by enjoying surfing.

The little kids and the big kid enjoyed making a sand castle.

We also had fun taking turns being buried in the sand.

The hot days of summer

The summer season is winding down and the north pole of the earth is tilting farther away from the sun. However, the weather in S.C. is still hot like it is the middle of summer. Here is a picture of Ashlyn which reminds me that cooler temperatures should be on their way.

40th Birthday

Today I celebrate my 40th birthday. It is hard to believe that I am 40. In many ways, I still feel like a kid with so much to learn and so much to do.

Typically, people see forty years old as the beginning of middle age. Some people see forty as a time when one feels a sense of loss, the loss of being young with a fear of becoming old. As for me, I see this as the beginning of a wonderful time, a time of celebration of gain and a time to look back on past accomplishments and forward to those things which I hope to accomplish.

I am going to do something different today on my birthday. I will give my wife and kids each a gift. That should be fun.

Dana put a large picture of me in the local newspaper with the caption - "lordy, lordy look who is forty." That was cool.