Merry Christmas Y'all,

But let us start. We wish you all a blessed Christmas and the greatest of New Years to come.

We are the product of everything that we have done, and everything that has happened to us. Push the frustration, traffic jams, insults of the daily events…push beyond, and rise above the entire scene. Soar as never before. This is your life, your's to achieve, gain, get, help, and bless others with your presence. We are repeating ourselves, but the word "Life" should be considered a verb, not a noun.

Be accountable ... but have fun.

Ours has been a busy year. With rodeos, traveling, camping, and simply resting we crammed in as much as we could with trips to Oklahoma City, Chicago, and Calgary, Canada, but not nearly as much as we plan to next year with trips to Phoenix, Las Vegas, Orlando, and Nashville.

This year Frank has started additional responsibilities as the webmaster for an International Rodeo Association. He continues to host various websites, and is thoroughly busy. He has failed to learn the word "No", and readily accepts more responsibility and work.

Tom is still at SAIC, which is going though its Initial Public Offering from a totally employee owned company. That shift is causing major growing pains within the structure, as you can imagine. Tom is debating with himself the same question all you have or will have when you reach his age. When does one retire? What are the drivers? How does one recognize the signals? If one is still working and having fun doing it, should they not still go to work? We hope Tom finally concludes what he wants to do when he grows up. He hasn't yet.

So far the Washington DC area has had two snowfalls and we are 12 days away from the start of winter as we write this letter. We will see if we get heavy snows this year. They can be fun, as long as the snow disappears in a day or so.

We hope this letter finds you happy and healthy.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years,

Tom & Frank

On to the Fun Stuff