A Fine Day For Sailing

December 22, 2006 at 11:30 pm | In Fun Times, Memories | 11 Comments

Last Saturday after the Christmas Boat Parade we took the boat out for a little sailing and hopefully whale watching. Unfortunately I  guess we were a little early because we didn’t see any marine life this trip out. Oh well the sailing was a lot of fun though. Out of the 12 crew invited only Jake and Beca were brave enough to face the elements with us. Here is a little video I put together to give you a taste for what its like. Be gentle its my first time using iMovie and trying to post a video to the web.

Enjoy!

Christmas Boat Parade

December 21, 2006 at 11:13 am | In Fun Times, Memories | 9 Comments

Sailing SantaLast Friday Martina and I took 25 friends out on Cest La Vie, the biggest boat in our club, for a “3 hour tour.” It was our annual adventure on the bay for the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade.

OMG, I think every boat in Newport was out Friday night. It was chaos. Think 405 freeway, rush hour, no lines marking lanes and people parking in the middle of the road, at night. Yikes! However this year was the most stress-free for me because this boat has an electric anchor winch so I just parked us in the anchorage and we watched the parade from there. No worries. Except for the 40 foot cabin cruiser that nearly (missed us by 2 feet) backed into us.

Anyway, I’ve waited so long to post because I’ve been waiting patiently for my friend Daniel over at Snap Photography to post his pictures from the evening. Cruise over there and take a look. His photo’s are great!

We had a total of 27 people out of 31 invited on a 44 foot boat. I originally wanted to invite 40 but when I called the club and talked to the owner he really didn’t think that was too wise. He mumbled something about being really topheavy. I then got a vision of 40 people all rushing to the same side of the boat at once….oops. I’m glad I listened to him because with anymore people on board I think we would have been overcrowded. Not unsafe, just too many elbows and knees for the available cubic feet.

 I hope our club gets a 60 footer before next year! Either that or I’m gonna have to book more than one night, there are SO many more friends that I want to invite!

Legacy

December 14, 2006 at 12:26 pm | In Church, Family | 7 Comments

Lately I’ve begun to wonder about what kind of legacy I will leave my children. I suppose it comes with advancing years, or maybe it all started when Nathan suggested the word patriarch to describe my changing roll in the lives of my family. All I know is that I’ve begun to consider how the way I live my life today will manifest itself in my kid’s and their kids’ lives years from now.

 Neither Martina nor I were raised in Christian homes, so we had no guidance other than that which we gleaned from the Bible and Christian books. I think that guidance served us fairly well; so far the evidence suggests that we didn’t screw up our kids too badly. However, I’ve recently gained a glimpse into the powerful and positive influence Godly forbearers can be.

I went to a wedding recently where the bride and groom took time in the ceremony to have his grandfather come and serve them communion in what was a very private moment that we the guests were privileged to witness. This simple act spoke volumes to me that day. How awesome is it, that on this very important day in their lives, this young couple wanted his grandfather to participate in so meaningful a way. I also sorrowed that there was no corresponding person in my own life. And finally, I determined that I wanted to be that kind of man for my children and grandchildren. I very much want to build into the lives of our kids and our grand kids. How awesome to be able to provide them with a foundation of Biblical truths and wisdom that they can build their lives on.

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