Christmas Traditions

What is your favorite Christmas holiday tradition? =D

I'll tell you mine! I love looking at Christmas lights around town with Starbucks Christmas drinks, waking up early Christmas morning, the tree all sparkling, to open presents with my family! I also love the excitement everyone has on Christmas, it's positively the best day of the year!

On this Day in History

Sunday, December 7th 1941 Pearl Harbor

"At 7:53 a.m., the first Japanese assault wave, with 51 'Val' dive bombers, 40 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 50 high level bombers and 43 'Zero' fighters, commences the attack with flight commander, Mitsuo Fuchida, sounding the battle cry: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!).

The Americans are taken completely by surprise. The first attack wave targets airfields and battleships. The second wave targets other ships and shipyard facilities. The air raid lasts until 9:45 a.m. Eight battleships are damaged, with five sunk. Three light cruisers, three destroyers and three smaller vessels are lost along with 188 aircraft. The Japanese lose 27 planes and five midget submarines which attempted to penetrate the inner harbor and launch torpedoes.

Escaping damage from the attack are the prime targets, the three U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers, Lexington, Enterprise and Saratoga, which were not in the port. Also escaping damage are the base fuel tanks.

The casualty list includes 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians killed, with 1,178 wounded. Included are 1,104 men aboard the Battleship USS Arizona killed after a 1,760-pound air bomb penetrated into the forward magazine causing catastrophic explosions."

(taken from historyplace.com)

Christmas Hymn

This is probably my favorite Christmas song =) I love the melody, the words, and how it gives such a beautiful image. It also reminds me to praise Him for coming to give His life for me.

What Child is This

What Child is this who, laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom Angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?

This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and Angels sing;
Haste, haste, to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.

Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.

Nails, spear shall pierce Him through,
The cross be borne for me, for you.
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.

So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh,
Come peasant, king to own Him;
The King of kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.

Raise, raise a song on high,
The virgin sings her lullaby.
Joy, joy for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.

What is your favorite Christmas song? =D

Fort Worth Alliance Airshow!

I really like this picture! It's a panoramic view but from a propeller!

The F-16 in flight

The Oracle biplane doing cool stunts never before performed by any other pilot

The P51 Mustang (it's a mustang, so I had to get a picture of it! =D )

The Mustang in flight

So this is the ever show stopping F-22 Raptor. It almost stole the show. It is surprisingly stealthy, fly backwards (which is unheard of for a plane this size), hover, max speed is Mach 1.8 (supercruise: Mach 1.5), and do many other incredible tactical maneuvers. It is a thing to behold, and a true beauty! It is very rare for the public to see it in actual flight.

The pilot came around really close to show that he had two live weapons mounted (small missiles), and show that it can carry two large bombs.

And here's the main event! The Blue Angles, with their F/A-18 Hornet jets. I love their shows, and you can tell they have a blast doing them!

So there you have it! =D

Today's the Day!

I start my new job today!!

Adventures outside

Annie is the proud owner of new froggy boots!

I love Wesley's expressions.. =D

We went to the park! Annie loves slides

=D Great day!

It's beginning to look a lot like...

...Autumn! Some of the trees are turning! =D

Photo fun!

I had fun taking pictures of my shadow this morning! =D