Thank You Grandma & Grandpa

We love the gifts of the handmade dresses. Thank you very much, they are beautiful!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you the Love, Peace, and Happiness that the true meaning of Christmas brings.

From All of Us in Alabama to all of you across the globe.

The Price Of Wine

I’m not much of a wine drinker, and I can’t begin to tell you what’s a good wine or a bad wine. Well, I could tell you a bad wine just doesn’t taste good in your mouth versus a good wine will taste smooth in your mouth. Okay, so I guess I can tell between a good and a bad wine.

But what I don’t understand is the price of the wine!

I had the opportunity to go to a great wine store today while in South Carolina. I had to purchase some wine bottles for Christmas gifts. They have all kinds of different wines, from different countries and different prices.

I was surprised when I saw a bottle of wine that cost $89 per bottle but was really shocked when I saw one that cost as high as $1799.00 . . . can you believe that?!

You can purchase 6 iPhone 4 with that money, or a MacBook Air and an iPhone and iPad all together, or 7 months of car payments to some . . . anyway it cost me nothing to take these pictures of very expensive wines!

Greeting Card From Mercedes

This is the coolest Christmas card from Mercedes. Okay, it is very secular, not religious at all, but at least it says “Merry Christmas”.

Story Of Father Miguel In Mount Sinai

As some of you may know Father Miguel led a group of pilgrimages to the Holy Land again this year and he shared with us his experienced when he went up to Mount Sinai.

Below is his story . . .

“I had to take several breaks on the way up. My meditation was on the way up while I was huffin' and puffin'; I was thinking that Moses got the Ten Commandments on the very mountain I hiked. It was on All Saints that we went there. When it was difficult going up, I offered my difficulty for reparation for my sins; then the Lord moved me to offer it for all my loved ones and all my spiritual children...for reparation for the times the Ten Commandments were violated. We took a bunch of photos being up there. Then, we came down. And at some point where there's a flat area, we offered Mass on Mt. Sinai with Mt Horeb on the background. That was the First Mass I've ever offered in the midst of several Muslims. At the end, we sang to Jesus Christ, our sovereign King; I was a little concern before I led it, but I figured they probably won't understand to martyr us...and after one full verse was sung, it was safe to continue the rest... ;-)”

Ready For The Winter

This is what we do in the South preparing for the hard winter (smile). Temperature is dropping today, so we might have a cold winter and with all these wood . . . we are ready for the winter.

I know our hard winter is nothing like the winter in Minnesota or Canada, but it’s cold enough for us.

I Just Have To

You know with the problems with TSA (Transportation Security Administration), you just have to laugh about it and stay away from flying. That would be the safest thing to do right now.

Now moving on to laughing at the TSA, here are some funny bumper stickers courtesy of Political Humor:

 

 

Red Is My Favorite Color

How do you know it’s a GREAT day in America?

1. When Pelosi becomes Former Speaker of the House.

2. When the whole nations looks red not because the deficit is so high, but because people starts to understand who Obama really is.

3. When you read headlines like: “Republicans vow to roll back Obama agenda”, or Gay Marriage Judges get boot in Iowa”, or my favorite, “Barrack against the wall!”

Congratulations to all the great conservative candidates across the USA.

Start packing Mr. President, you have two more years to stay in the White House, unless you want to leave early!

The Feast Of All Saints

Happy feast of All Saints to all!

This year our family is celebrating All Saints two days in a row, on Sunday and Monday.

On Sunday with the homeschool group and on Monday, on the actual Feast Day, we are celebrating it with the community in Hanceville. We skipped Halloween this year!

Children came dressed as their favorite Saints and they had to tell a short story about the Saints while the crowd guessed who the Saints are. Could you guess who our little saints are?

You probably will not be able to guess who Christiana is supposed to be . . . so I’ll give you a hint . . . She was born in Lourdes. Christiana didn’t want to wear the veil and she didn’t want to carry the bundle of woods that her sisters had collected . . . what do you expect . . . she is almost 2 years old.

Fun Friday: Job Hunt

I got this from Fr. Miguel and I thought I would share it . . .

1. My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory, but I got canned. Couldn't concentrate!

2. Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack, but just  couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe.

3. After that, I tried being a Tailor, but wasn't suited for it -- mainly because it was a sew-sew job.

4. Next, I tried working in a Muffler Factory, but that was too exhausting.

5. Then, tried being a Chef - figured it would add a little spice to my life, but just didn't have the thyme.

6. Next, I attempted being a Deli Worker, but any way I sliced it ... couldn't cut the mustard.

7. My best job was a Musician, but eventually found I wasn't noteworthy.

8. I studied a long time to become a Doctor, but
didn't have any patience.

9. Next, was a job in a Shoe Factory. Tried hard but just didn't fit in.

10. I became a Professional Fisherman, but discovered I couldn't live on my net income.

11. Managed to get a good job working for a Pool
Maintenance Company, but the work was just too draining.

12. So then I got a job in a Workout Center, but they said I  wasn't fit for the job.

13. After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a Historian - until I realized there was no future in it.

14. My last job was working in Starbucks, but had to quit because it was the same old grind.

15. SO, I TRIED Retirement AND FOUND I'M PERFECT FOR THE JOB!

Triumph Of The Holy Cross = Baby Boy

Today is a very powerful feast day in the Catholic Church, feast of the Triumph of the Cross. This is also a big day in our family, the day that we had our ultra sound and we found out that we are discontinuing the “girl” streak, our next baby will be a BOY!

The news came as a shock, a joyful shock because we don’t know how to raise a boy nor do we have any boy stuff (clothes, toys, etc.) But no need to worry because as usual, when God sends the little ones, He never includes any instructions with it, only graces! Please pray for us!

September Means New School Year

So, the month of August has came and gone. Where did the time go? Come to think of it, this whole year has been moving rather fast. It is now September, which means a new year for homeschooling. We are following the Northern school year, which starts the day after Labor Day.

Coby came up with some new ideas to reorganize the school room to be a little bit more user friendly. Bookshelf against the wall came from an idea she had found from another blog. I just made it a little bit better. The girls love sitting in front of the books and just picking out books and reading them.

Now our school room is very cozy and roomier and we are ready to start homeschooling.

Our Wind-Up Girls

The girls and I had fun creating this video using my iPhone 4 and iMovie. Enjoy!

Video: Inspiring Catholics to Vote 2010

Once again CatholicVote.org is mobilizing and getting ready to encourage all Catholics to vote this coming November. They did a similar video in 2008 (click here). 68 million Catholics in the United States, I just hope this time the Catholics in this country will have better conscience when voting then in 2008. This mid-term election is quite an important one for us, there are many issues at stakes but the most important ones are human life, our faith, family values, foundation of our country and freedom!

Let’s pray that God will guide all Catholics to vote the right conscience in November!

My Latest Favorite

I have no idea what ‘mi morena’ means, but this song sure have a very soothing beat (if you like Josh Groban that is). Anyone knows what it means?

Enjoy!

My Mid-Life Crisis Toy: Mercedes SLS

This is an amazing car  . . . and of course it is a Mercedes! I’m not sure if this is a real test or not, but it looks pretty good.

Wordless Wednesday

Christiana picking blueberries. . .

Vacation 2010

I created this video on my new iPhone 4. Very easy and simple to do. For those of you who owns an Apple Mac, you are probably familiar with the iMovie. Now you can get an app for iPhone 4 that can do the same thing, video editing right at the palm of your hand and the results will be in HD.

You can get the iMovie app at the app store.

Enjoy our Vacation 2010 video by clicking here (or click on the image below) and let me know what you think.http://gallery.me.com/msoeherman#100139/Vacation%202010&bgcolor=black

Fr Miguel On Life On The Rock – June 18

As some of you know Fr Miguel was in Rome along with 15,000 other Priests from around the world to be with our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to mark the end of the "Year of the Priest."

The first 11 minutes of Life on the Rock, Fr Miguel and Fr. Mark were sharing their experience while in Rome. Enjoy!

The following article taken from CNN.com: Priest gathering overshadowed by church sex scandal.

Image Courtesy of CNN.com

Are You Listening? (Awesome Video)

This is an awesome video! Must see it and get yourself ready for 2012. But let’s take care of the midterm election first which is this November 2010! We need the Catholic votes now for this November’s midterm election!

Good Bye Vacation . . . Until Next Time!

Great vacation this year and we are very grateful that we are able to take such vacation.

We are mostly very grateful to our friends especially the Hills family for allowing us to stay with them while visiting our old stomping grounds and visiting our close friends. Tim, Miki, Abby, Mary, Peter, John, Madeline, Matthew and Julie . . . you guys are the best and very dear to our hearts and you guys will always be in our prayers. Thank you, thank you and thank you for putting up with us for a week! You have a place to stay in Alabama if you ever make it down south to EWTN or anywhere down south.

. . . two weeks later . . . BP oil is still gushing out to the ocean, Barrack Obama is still the worst President than Jimmy Carter, and the liberals are still liberals . . . time didn’t stop but our family stop for each other and had a great vacation!

Thank you God!

Last Day At The Beach

Our vacation at the beach has ended, we ended with a very high note of fun activities!

First this beautiful sunrise from our hotel balcony.Second, we went to a children kite festival. It was a lot of fun, the girls got to color their own kites and had their faces painted.

We got to fly a kite and also tested some cool ‘power kite’ across the street from where the festival was. Very cool place to fly a kite, to learn to hang glide (which we didn’t do). The weather was perfect, it wasn’t sunny at all and the wind was maybe about 20 to 30 mph . . . I’m guessing!

After that we drove 6 hours to Charlotte North Carolina and spent the night and the next day as suggested by Fr. Miguel, we visited the Poor Clares Nuns. We had a lovely visit with the Sisters. Thank you Mother Dolores and all the Nuns for taking the time to visit with us. God bless all your work and you will be in our prayers!

Wordless Wednesday

At The Beach In North Carolina

We made it to the beach in North Carolina today, a city called Kitty Hawk. The 5 ½ drive was smooth and we only stopped once for half hour and got some ice cream at 7 Eleven. Four girls with ice cream in front of 7 Eleven, life is good!

We got to our hotel, checked in and went straight to the beach for a little wet . . . the water was sooooo cold . . . it must’ve been around 50º. . .  but it didn’t seemed to bother the girls at all.

After supper we went to catch some crabs for fun and we let them all go at the end. It was a good day, a lot of laughing and excitement.

First catch

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