Happy New Year!

As the sun sets on 2011, wishing you all the best in 2012!

Fun in the snow

Some videos playing ball in the snow at sandy beach and the ball park.

Covered in snow again

And more expected over the next week or so...

Weather for Juneau, AK

33°F | °C

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Wind: E at 14 mph

Humidity: 82%

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Christmas weather

After the mostly rainy morning, it snowed this afternoon and was so pretty...

And then the sun came out and lit up the mountains...

Christmas Day in Juneau

It's a clear-ish day at noon on Christmas Day in Juneau.  It rained all morning, sometimes with snow mixed in.  36 degrees.  I love the little cloud in the middle of this picture!
Warm Christmas greetings from Alaska!

Mary Did You Know?

Have to share one of my favorite Christmas songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPHIK9ann8

Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.

The blind will see, the deaf will hear and the dead will live again.
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the lamb.

Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding is the great I am.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas greetings from Juneau, Alaska!!  As we celebrate the day that God came down to earth to be born in human form - fully man and fully God - may we truly be awed by His mercy and grace, and sacrifice.  And be filled with His love, joy and peace. 
Please enjoy this tribute from the Yupiq village of Quinhagak in Alaska.  As the post says on youtube.com from their teacher, "this video was intended for an audience of about 200 (it is now over 1.2 million).  The 5th grade kids worked very hard on this project. They put in 10 hours of work shooting all the scenes (on a weekend nonetheless!!) I am very proud of them!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyviyF-N23A

Happy Birthday, Jesus!!

Matthew 1:18-25

New International Version (NIV)

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

 ¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about^[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet^[b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.  ²⁰ But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^[c] because he will save his people from their sins.”
 ²² All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[d] (which means “God with us”).
 ²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵ But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.