East Cooper Baptist Church Online

While Jenny and I were working in Charleston we worshiped at East Cooper Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant. The church's website is http://www.ecbconline.com . If you live in Charleston you have to visit at least once. The membership, sermons, and fellowship activities are absolutely amazing. Out of all of the wonderful parts of Charleston ECBC is what we miss the most. The primary reason I'm mentioning the website is because the sermons have recently been posted online. Follow the 'Resource' link then 'Sermons' to either stream the sermon or save it to your PC to listen to later.

Double Dog Days

We're watching out for a stray Basset Hound puppy
for a few days until we can find her a good home.
Here are a few pictures of Foster the Wonder-Dog
and Samantha the world's noisiest Basset.

Aussie-man in his Wal-Mart billabong...



Aussie rules... lots of dirt, not upright.



Samantha... acting a little more civilized.



Samantha putting on her 'adopt-me' face.

Wilmont House

Here's the latest one... I think we might actually move into it if all goes well.






This is the dining room...



Here are the built in bookcases and the entertainment
center over the fireplace in the great room. The enter-
tainment center doors are pocketed.



The windows out of the great room looking into the
back yard.



This is the breakfast room looking out towards the back
deck.



Looking into the keeping room through the kitchen.



Kitchen sink



Cooktop and pantry...



Rest of the kitchen...



Master bedroom looking into the back yard.



Looking into the master bath...



Garden tub and shower in the master bath...



Entry into the office...



Upstairs bathroom...

New House?

It looks like we might be building a new house in Lexington, SC. Several weeks ago we found a 1.2 acre wooded lot in Kelsey Glen that is everything that we were looking for. We will miss the convenience of living downtown Columbia and its hard to leave the Coleman Street house but its too small and requires more time to renovate than we have available. Here's the front elevation and floor plan of the house we're planning to build. If you like the style, you can find a lot more at www.allisonramseyarchitects.com . Another great website for house plans is www.southernclassicdesign.com .

Wild New Year's Eve Party Photos!

Here are a few shots from your New Year's Eve party. Pretty wild! These were take around 9:30 PM.

Jenny & Smokey



Foster



Kyra

What's Foster staring at?!?!

Sunset

Palm on the Beach

Here's a picture of one of the palms on the beach. Yes, this was the beach we went to. Yes, we took this photo...

View From Our Room

We got a great room again this trip. Here's a view of the beach from our patio.

Swept Away Breakfasts

Swept Away will bring your breakfast out to your patio in the morning if you request it. Jenny and I enjoyed Jamaican Jablum coffee with fruit and croissants every morning. Its a great way to start the day!

Jamaica - December 2005

Jenny and I went back to Jamaica this year to celebrate our 2nd anniversary. The weather was perfect all week and we had a long relaxing week. We went snorkeling almost every day and the food was great. We'll definitely be back. This first photo is a view of the resort (Couples Swept Away in Negril) near our room.

The West End of the Foothills Trail

Dad & Don @ Foothills Trail Sign

Jenny & Don @ Foothills Trail Sign

Don Setting Up Camp

The Chattooga River

Dad In Front of the Chattooga

King's Creek Falls

Jenny & Don - King's Creek Falls

Jenny, Dad and I went backpacking on the Foothills Trail this past weekend. We hiked 21 miles over three days and two nights.

Foster - Fall 2005

Temple in Taichung

This temple is in the middle of Taichung.

Flower In Taichung

I took a picture of this flower outside of a company I was visting in Taichung today.

Japanese battle armor

More pictures from Karatsu Castle

This is a view out of the castle.

Karatsu Castle in Saga Prefecture

We were able to do a little sightseeing on Saturday because we got the bulk of our business out of the way during the week. Our hosts from Toku were nice enough to spend their Saturday driving us to an old castle in the Saga Prefecture of Japan. It isn't a castle in the sense that we are accustomed to but it was used as a military stronghold for the local territory when Japan was a collection of feuding warlords. This particular castle is 600 years old but has been rebuilt since being damaged in WWII.

Festival Float in Fukuoka Japan

I'm on business in Fukuoka, Japan this week. In a few days the city will have their traditional festival where teams race around the city carrying these enormous floats that are ornately decorated and appear to be extremely heavy. This one is on display near my hotel, the Grand Hyatt.