Garrett Corners

Maybe “Vitales ‘N Da House!” is a better name. Carol’s brother, John, his wife, Tammy, and their family came down for a visit a short while back. We had a great time together. Carol & I were taking pictures that day & I decided that rather than posting the photos, I would make this 4 or 5 minute video (by the way, if anyone wants any of the scenes from the video, I have them in high quality jpgs.)

A good friend of mine from college, Doug Renalds, surely still a wizened & distinguished feller, once held a great party on or near the greatest of all holidays, Groundhog Day. He had some crazy name for it like the one I used above…all I remember was he used the word “gala” in it.

Flash forward 26 years to 2009. I’m not sure if Doug still celebrates a gala party around Groundhog Day, but Carol & I had the honor of being part of a celebration our church had, just days before G.H. Day in late January.

Our church celebrated the ten year anniversary of our Pastor, Judy West. She is a great lady who does great things in Christ for His people. She has surely blessed Carol & I; in fact, we might not be married if she had not been in our lives.
Everyone in the church dressed up & secretly met at a restaurant 30 miles away where the Pastor Judy believed she was going for a women’s conference. We all surprised her with feasting, song & testimonies of how she has blessed each of us & I was pleased as punch to be able to shout out how much she meant to me & Carol. Then we presented her with a photo book reflecting on her years being a part of this local body of Christ. The book was very well designed & laid out by our Senior Pastor, James Laero.
You can see the book free here at Pastor Judy’s site, powzoom.com

It is in an adobe .pdf format & you may either download it or save it.

P.S. Some sneaky photographer, Amy Myers (our buddy), snapped this shot of Carol & I together & dressed in our Sunday finest even though it was Saturday night…

P.S.S. In an ironic twist of fate that illustrates the power of the Groundhog, Carol and I live just about an hour away from the Punxsutawney, PA home of that most illustrious of groundhogs, Punxsutawney Phil!!