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Secret Map to the City of Lights

A bunch of you are looking for the neighborhood I posted about last night!  It's a development called Blackhawk Bluff, off Girvin Road.  Check the map here.

Post some comments if ya dig it!

Mele Kalikimaka

  Merry CHRISTmas!!  Decorating the tree just keeps getting easier and easier.  This year, all I had to do was drag in the tree, throw on some lights, and let the Girlies have at it!  Of course, Carrie had to come along behind the mayhem and straighten up a bit. :)

We are a real-tree family.  Always have been; always will be. No matter how life-like and cost-effective the fake trees may become!

After this, we threw down some awesome Christmas cookies!  We cut some time out of this tradition by purchasing pre-made dough.  Something had to give, and it wasn't gonna be the tree!

What traditions do you have around Christmas that you are dogged about?

Wyatt Jazz Brunch

Stay in your jammies late on Saturday morning, select Pat Methany or Coltrane on your iTunes, sit down at the table with the whole fam, and you're ready for Saturday Jazz Brunch:

Here's the response it elicits at the Wyatts':

Wyatt Superpowers

Hannah & Rana have decided that all Wyatts have superpowers.  Sineage has been posted in each of our dojos throughout our home.   I thought I would share them with you...see if you can guess the superpower from the pictures, before reading the titles below!

Mommy and Daddy:

 

"Bountiful Beading Power", and "Tremendous Tickle Power", respectively.

Hannah:

 

"Supreme Sister Punching Power"

Rana:

 

"Potent Pillowfighting Power"

And finally, Taiga, our golden retriever:

She posesses the dreaded "Ultimate Stinking Power."  WORD.

Vacay with my RIB!

 

Just got back from an awesome cruise with my Wifey!  We had some sweet chill time, ate like royalty, and the Girls (who stayed at home) got a good report from Papa and Muka.  Praise the LORD!!

This was the 2008 installment of our annual marriage retreat.  We love these times of refreshing and firing up the stoke of our marriage!

We only had this one incident where we donned our lifejackets and bungeed from the lido deck. 

Urban Legend?  You decide!

First Day of School, Part Deux!!

Hannah & Rana are headed back to school, for the second time in a week!

Thanks to a visit from Tropical Storm Fay, School lasted all of two days, then the kids were off Wednesday, Thursday and Friday while the storm passed.  We got tons of rain, but no worries.

Hannah started 2nd grade, and Rana started K4.  They are so stoked.  Mommy and Daddy are so stoked, too! :)

We are so fired up to have our kids at Beaches Chapel School.  The teachers there love Jesus, and it shows in our kids' lives.  It's a blessing to be able have them there to learn, not just reading and writing, but what it means to be a follower of Jesus from such a young age!

John Wyatt, Jr's Mission Blog!

My Dad, John Wyatt, Jr., is in Guatemala with Discovery Church on a mission trip right now!  That's Dad in the team pic, seated, wearing the cap.  I am so stoked about how God has been moving in his life.  It's so amazingly cool to see how God has touched my Dad's heart in the past few years.  GO JESUS!!

Follow the Guatemala team's blog here: www.jwjr.wordpress.com

ALSO in the field this week... our AWESOME team from Celebration, the Thurbers' 20-30 group.  They are in San Jose, Costa Rica!!  Follow them online at the Celebration mission blog: www.fromthefield.wordpress.com!

11

Today, May 24th, is our 11-year anniversary. Carrie was a child bride and I was a cradle robber. (See picture!)

Carrie and I met when she was 18, fresh out of Orange Park High.  I was 23.  I had some mileage.  But, man, it was love at first sight.  She had this big, beautiful smile that would light up the room (again, see picture.)  I was in love and ready to lay down my life for her before I even knew how old she was!

In talking to a friend the other day, we came up with a simple praise report.  In 11 years together, we've never experienced a "hiccup" in our relationship.  Praise the Lord! 

We've never gone to bed angry.  We've learned how to speak each other's love languages with patience. We've learned how to serve one another daily. 

We've been building each other up and never tearing each other down for 11 years straight.  Imagine the workplace sign: "no accidents or injuries for 11 years".  We owe it all to God.  He has shown us the way, through the Scriptures.  Without Him, we've got no game.

She's still got that big, beautiful smile that lights up the room.

So, thank you, Carrie.  And thank you to our families for your support and love.  To our mentors and supporters, thank you.  Thank you to our church families for your encouragement and examples.  And thank you, Jesus for your blessing from Proverbs 5:

"May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth."

Will do, Lord!

Stop the Spread: Zambia

Our great friend, Elizabeth Hopkins, is in Zambia for a month with Stop the Spread.  They are teaching AIDS awareness classes in Zambian schools, as well as spreading the Gospel through different doors the Holy Spirit opens up as they go! AWESOME!

Check out her blog from the field, here!

Check out this amazing video to find out more about Zambia, AIDS, and Stop the Spread:

Carrie's Birthday

What up, it's my sweet wifey's BIRTHDAY!  AWWW YEAH!

The festivities began at Carrie's Mom's house on Sunday afternoon, with our monthly family chow and chill sesh.

We hit the town last night on a hot date.  Dinner and a movie.  Carabba's and Baby Mama.  Both a thumbs up, but Carabba's was the highlight.  Can't beat Chicken Bryan, Carrie's favorite!  Thanks, Debs and Dennis for hosting the kids for the night!  WORD!

Had a super cake and surprise at church tonight...thanks to all of you who helped make it happen and stopped by or sent love!!  Thanks, Megan Harper, for the off-da-chain homemade cake!  You ROCK!!

I love you, Carrie! Thanks for another great year of YOU! ;)