Route 66 Catoosa

Took these pics this past summer leaving Tulsa. I'm a history fan of Route 66.

SOONERS WIN

SOONERS WIN

Thanksgiving Pics Continue

Thanksgiving Pics

Family and Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. Good food and family time. Jack protected the turkey.

A Thanksgiving Story

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2005 BLOG

A Thanksgiving Story

I grew up in a Navy family moving all over the United States. A usual stay was about a year or two years as we traveled coast to coast during the 60’s and 70’s. It was a great experience growing up. We lived in San Diego, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Louisville, and Baltimore. We visited about every state and major city seeing the history of our great country.

A Thanksgiving memory that I will always cherish was one that started off very sad. My dad was overseas on several ships during the Vietnam War. Growing up, my mom and brothers and I had to lean and depend upon the local church family for the encouragement that we needed for the many lonely months that he would be gone. One Thanksgiving in San Diego was a very sad, but special, Thanksgiving that I will never forget. My dad had been stationed on the U.S. Long Beach and was deployed for about a 12-month period. My dad, along with several military men of the congregation, was going to be gone for Thanksgiving. We were all very sad and depressed that our fathers would not be home to celebrate Thanksgiving. Since several of us were in the same situation, we decided to have one big congregational Thanksgiving Dinner where we would come and support each other. What a special time that was. There were over 100 people sitting down and feasting at a table and thanking God for the blessings of the past year. Thanking God for a Christian Family that can support each other in times of trial, heart aches, and sad occasions, but also a time for praise to a God that blessed a group of His people on a special Thanksgiving Day in 1973.

The “L” Street Church in San Diego was a very special Church. It still holds great memories of that special Thanksgiving during my childhood. But with all those great memories of “L” Street, the Central Church, I believe, still has the most loving, caring and encouraging individuals that God could ever place in one Body.

This Thanksgiving, as you sit around your table thanking God for the blessings of the past year, thank God specifically for the members of the Central Church. I am thankful for each one of you and the significant part you play in making the Central Church a Church that practices their ABC’s Daily!

May God bless you and your family this Thanksgiving Season!

Thanksgiving

It's Turkey Time!

We will host Thanksgiving Dinner for my parents, Brian, Allison , Mike, Doreen and Emma. We wish Craig could be with us, but understand the holidays are a busy shopping time, especially in NYC.

OU Football

Will the Sooners beat the Cowboys?

New York City Trip Day 5

Day 5

I got up early and went to buy donuts. I decided to eat them in Lincoln Park watching the kids and teachers walk to school.

We said goodbye to Craig and got a taxi to LaGuardia.

The plane, of course, was three hours late.

We landed in KC around 5:30 p.m.

To end the trip, we ate at Arthur Bryants BBQ.

We made it to Columbus around 8:45. What a great 5 days enjoying Craig and our favorite American City! Craig, thanks for a great time. We love you and miss you.

New York City Trip Day 4

Day 4

Deb and I got up early to go get fresh bagels. We also met Craig for worship at Times Square Church. It was a great service with abut 3,000 people. Great worship.

After church we headed to one of my bucket list items.....a trip to Yankee Stadium. It was impressive. We had a quick lunch and headed to Times Square to purchase Broadway tickets to see Mamma Mia.

After getting the tickets, we went by the United Nations and walked back to Times Square to eat at Rays Pizza (the best in NYC) and bought vanilla cake at Magnolia Bakery (Deb got her favorite, fresh banana pudding)

Then the Broadway play, Mamma Mia. It was great!

After the play, about 11:00 p.m. we went by Papaya for hotdogs.

New York City Trip Day 3

Day 3

After donuts and bagels, we headed to Battery Park Lower Manhattan to buy tickets for the Statue of Liberty. After a 2 hour wait and a hot dog, we made it to Lady Liberty. It was fun. I was there about 36 years ago when Dad took the family to NYC on a Sunday afternoon when we lived in New Jersey.

We also toured Ellis Island.

After the trip back on the ferry, we headed to the east side to checkout Economy Candy and the meal of the trip, Katz's Deli. I ate the best pastrami sandwich in the history of mankind. It was a work of art. After a long walk through east Manhattan we decided to spend the evening at Times Square watching a movie. A movie in NYC is a special event. We watched Skyline at the Regal Theatre.

After pizza at Rays (the best in NYC), we headed home.