When I woke up on Thursday, January 4, I noticed three new geocaches in my inbox. They were #4-6 of the "Camouflage Series" by Champro. Would it be possible to get another FTF or two? Or THREE? The notification had come in the night, just past midnight. It was now 9:00 am, so I had a good shot at being First To Find. I headed for #6 and #5 first, since they were harder, and in the same area. Six was a multi-stage cache, and both required some walking in steep terrain. Number four was over in Sunnidale Park.

The Clements family is excited to introduce John Floyd Locsin. On Christmas Eve Jennifer and I made a trip to the mall where we visted the World Vision booth and chose John Floyd to sponsor through the World Vision program.

John Floyd lives with his parents in a poor area of the Philippines. His father is self-employed but his earnings are barely enough to provide for his family. His mother stays at home caring for her family.

Here are some unedited uncensored scenes from the Clements family Christmas Eve dinner. Just click the "Read more..." link below. Merry Christmas!

On August 22, Jakob completed his Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 3 examination. The results are in, and he scored 87 -- First Class Honours!

The First Class Honours category applies to students who achieve scores of 80 to 89, so Jakob came in at the top end of the range, and just shy of the top category which is achieved by only 2% of students.