Engaged!!!

Congratulations, Jeremy and Amy!!!

We're all thrilled!

Miscellaneous Literature

Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature (Thor Heyerdahl)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
A Severe Mercy (Sheldon Vanauken)
I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers (Tim Madigan)
How Now Shall We Live? [series] (Charles Colson) ::: The Christian in Today's Culture ::: Science and Evolution ::: The Problem of Evil ::: Lies that go Unchallenged in Popular Culture
Mind Siege (Tim Lahaye)
The Stealing of America (John W. Whitehead)
Orthodoxy (G.K. Chesterton)
The Evangelist: The Worldwide Impact of Billy Graham (Lewis A. Drummond)
Disappointment With God (Philip Yancey)
Soul Survivor (Philip Yancey)
Freedom of Simplicity (Richard Foster)
Who You Are When No One's Looking (Bill Hybels)
Dangerous Wonder (Michael Yaconelli)
Wild at Heart (John Eldridge)
Captivating (John and Stasi Eldridge)
Epic (John Eldridge)
Life on the Edge (Dr. James Dobson)
Boundaries in Marriage (Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend)
Becoming One (Joe Beam)
Love for a Lifetime (Dr. James Dobson)

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion

Farmer Giles of Ham
Roverandom
Smith of Wootten Major
Tree and Leaf ("On Fairy Stories" and "Leaf by Niggle")

C.S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia
The Four Loves
A Grief Observed
The Great Divorce
Mere Christianity
The Problem of Pain
The Screwtape Letters
Surprised by Joy

Till We Have Faces

Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength

Films

This list only contains films that I OWN...

Pre-1950's

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Casablanca (1943)
Citizen Kane (1941)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rope (1948)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1950's

Alice in Wonderland (1951)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955)
It Should Happen to You (1954)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955)
North by Northwest (1959)
Oklahoma (1955)
The Pajama Game (1957)
Peter Pan (1953)
Rear Window (1954)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Vertigo (1958)
White Christmas (1954)

1960's

Charade (1963)
Hello Dolly (1969)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Pollyanna (1960)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
The Sound of Music (1965)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
West Side Story (1961)

1970's

American Graffiti (1973)
The Black Stallion (1979)
Jaws (1975)
Peter Pan (1973)
Rocky (1976)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Superman (1978)

1980's

Annie (1981)
Back to the Future (1985)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Hoosiers (1986)
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade (1989)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Milo and Otis (1989)
Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
UHF (1989)

1990's

Aladdin (1992)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Contact (1997)
Father of the Bride (1991)
Hook (1991)
I.Q. (1994)
The Matrix (1999)
October Sky (1999)
Phenomenon (1996)
Rudy (1993)
The Sandlot (1993)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
The Straight Story (1999)
The Truman Show (1998)

2000's

Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Gladiator (2000)
I Am Sam (2001)
Lord of the Rings (2001-03)
Monsters, Inc (2001)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
The Nativity Story (2006)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
The Rookie (2002)
The Village (2005)

10 Years!

My sister Jaime got married to Joe on this day in 1997. They now have 2 boys, Cole (6) and Chase (3), and a black lab named Lucy. Pictures of these wonderful people will be added sometime soon. Happy Anniversary you two!!!

37 years of marriage!

Best parents ever! Thank you so much for your great example. Happy Anniversary!

Family

Jeremy, Mom, me, Jaime, at parents' house in Port Orchard. Sorry for the blur-factor.

Dad, whilst working on the new Narrows bridge in the Spring. Very cool!

More pictures to follow. I wasn't able to finish this post, because I ran out of time at the library!