We got this For MaKayla's Birthday I just forgot to put a review up here for it! A very good movie for kids and adults. Has a great lesson about responsibility and respecting those around you that have helped you in your life. The kids have watched it a bunch of times already. Would highly recommend it for your families. I've said this before, Pixar and Disney really know how to deliver when it comes to family entertainment. Good Christmas gift if you need a last minute filler for someone!!!A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
In Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
In Roger Clemens’ hands is worth $4.75 million.
It depends on whose hands it's in.
A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
In Andre Agassi’s hands is worth millions.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A rod in my hands will keep away an angry dog.
In Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.
It depends whose hands it's in.
A slingshot in my hands is a kid's toy.
In David's hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it's in.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
In Jesus’ hands they will feed thousands.
It depends whose hands it's in.
Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse.
In Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it's in.
As you see now, it depends whose hands it's in.
So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and your relationships in God's hands because...
It depends whose hands it's in.
This message is now in YOUR hands.
What will YOU do with it?
It Depends on WHOSE Hands it's in!
Thank you all for the gifts! We had a great weekend, starting with the gifts on Sat. Then we went to the Steak and Oyster feed with MaMaw, Papaw, and Great Grandma Walsh, while the kids stayed with Sara and Jeff. They took us there for my birthday, I like the steak and potatos and Tina likes the oysters and green beans. Then they have a raffle and we got 2 bottles of wine ,just like last year. We have to take a picture of the one bottle, it is huge!!! Then Sunday we had church and I put on the new shirt, tie and jacket! Hope everyone likes the pics, there will be more to come over the holiday!
Well that time of year again when 3 B-days in the Family come and Christmas is on the heal of it all, with Thanksgiving smashed in between. I hope no one skips over that like the retail people want us too. It is very important to give thanks to GOD for everything he has blessed us this year with. We have a ton to be thankful for. And we hope you enjoy these pics of MaKayla's B-day as much as we do. We had a Harvest Festival at our church on her birthday so it was very special for her!!! There was a bounce house, hay ride, face painting, cake walk, dart game, and many fun things that they loved. We really had a great time and wish more of you could have been there. Mamaw & Papaw came for a short while and we saved her Bible to give to her there! Thank you all for sending things for her and making this day special for her! 
We rented this over the weekend and thought it was pretty good. Not as good as the first one of course, but not many sequels are as good as the original movie. It's a movie alone the lines of the prince and the poper story. Where a prince and a poor man switched places and they looked the same, just had way different personalities. It had some funny parts in it, and MaKayla liked it along with the boys, but I don't think it will be one that we buy. But, it is hard to find a movie that is be clean forkids and that the whole family will enjoy. So, if your wanting to rent something and you want something like that this is right up that alley. Enjoy!!!
SCOTT ESTERLYWell that time of year again when Mom starts asking what we would like for Birthday's (fyi: MaKayla's is 11/10; 9 days before mine) and X-mas!!! I pasted on to her that we have a wish list on walmart.com. Most of that list is movies and in our growth right know we much rather be the ones to decide what movies we would get. So I've been putting cds on the list that we haven't found at the store. I also will put toy ideas up for the kids so keep and eye out for updates and maybe I'll post a blog here when we update the list!!!!
As for me I told Mom that the Xbox has been down since early this year not for any reason, but one day it just stopped working! So, I really would like to get that fixed by the end of this year. And with our focus on paying our debt off this year I really can not bring myself to drop $150 to get it fixed. But if any of you would like to contribute towards that to make it a smaller payment for me that would be a great gift!!!! Mainly because after I get it fixed I'll have a 30 day window to get insurance on the system (which I should have done in the beginning) and I believe that will be an additional $60 for 2 years of insurance. So, if something malfunctions again, in that time frame, then it will be covered!!!
We also put stuff in a Best To You catalog that we will have sent to you guys so watch your mailbox!!! Or you can look at the catalog by going to the site and looking at the Oct. 2006 book. www.besttoyou.com
I also sent you emails from christianbook.com that has veggie tales movies that we don't have yet. Those are always a good thing to get. Sky & Morgan would even like them. They teach good lessons in there short shows!!!!
We found a learning toy for MaKayla in the barn!! I can not find find it on Walmart.com so here is the list of books she has already and the link to get more if you want! She has: Blue's School, School Skill's, Ernie's Neighborhood!
We rented this and watched this last night! Wow, is what we have to say. What an incredible story and it's just the beginning! Goal 2: Living the dream is in theaters soon, and Goal 3 will not be long after! This story follows Santiago Munz's life from a young boy to getting to a pro team in England! He goes through quite the journey to make it, over coming obstacle after obstacle to just get a chance for someone to see something in him! He had many chances to quit and give up, but his belief in himself came out in others when he needed to be picked up again. I felt inspired by his story, because of my dream for our family and Primerica. I just need to keep going and soon I’ll break through my walls of doubt and score the winning GOAL!!!!!
We rented this over the long weekend and I much say that it was better then I expected! It had some real good teachings in it and you really don't need to be concerned with the language. I don't think there was any really foul words used at all. Which is amazing considering it is a true story from the New York area! I feel it would be real good film if you like positive inspirational stories, with good morals as a focus. We all enjoyed it. Now a days Tina and I are screening the movies before we watch them with the kids. So we saw this one twice and enjoyed watching the kids get something out of it!!!
We got to take a PA trip in June for Oma's 50th & Anthony's 10th Birthday's! We want to thank all of you for the fun we had. It was a busy trip and I don't think we got to see everyone we wanted to, but we got to talk with and spend time with 70-80 of our closes friends and family, and everyone had a hand in making it memorable! We had a lot of time with Mike & April as they were nice enough to have us stay with them for the entire trip. We were in and out visiting people everyday, and they were understanding enough to make us feel right at home doing what we wanted! We can not thank them enough for everything they did for us during our trip, we are truly blessed to have them in our lives as a brother & sister, Uncle & Aunt, and friends!!!! Great job on the house, and achieving Master Electrician (He got his license during our stay)!
It's been a while since I posted a review and now you get two at the sametime! I'll start with Superman. We saw it yesterday at 1:30pm, and everyone liked it. Special Effects were great, along with the storyline. It did have spots where it moved slow and the MaKayla lost interest, but all and all, it was good! Tina was not really into the idea of it, because she didn't like the previous Superman movies, but she liked this one!!!! Side note: keep your eyes open for the trailer of Spiderman 3 our if you have a fast enough internet connection check it out on Spiderman.com. 
Here it is our first pool! And what a challenge it has been. We are finally able to enjoy it after a few weeks of work. First I had just set it up right on the ground, without leveling it off. So, when it filled up it was oval shared. We took it down, wasting 2800 gal. of water. Then it took about a week of work to get the sand from back in the field and level it out. Once that was done we filled it up again and it was round. Then, we noticed that the ground on the other side of the pump (in the above pic) was wet and not drying. We figured we would just let it go for a while so the kids could swim in it! Then we had a chemical problem and I put to much of one of the chemicals in and made it unsafe to swim in. Tina fixed that mistake and then the pump quit on us. So we had to buy a new on, the pump in the pic above it a better one then the pump that came with the pool. Just this past weekend on Father's Day we figured we would fix the leak we had. So we emptied it again, patched up the hole and filled it back up, and it still leaks; AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!
We went to see this on Monday after getting Anthony's cast off, kind of like closer for us. We when to see the Wild the day he got them on and so I figured why not now that he got them off! It was great, Dreamworks really does a good job on keeping the parents and the kids into the movie! Very funny and a great message, but I would wait until the DVD comes out. We went to the movies for a different reason then just to see this movie. So, that's my short and sweet advice to you on this one. I don't little spoiling the movies for you, that's why I stay away from telling anything about it.
What a great movie!!!!! We were about to see this on Sunday afternoon and thought it was done very good!!! Though the movie as a whole has a dark atmosphere to it and some things happen that you wouldn't want, it still was very good. I have to revisit the comic books to refresh my memory on the Pheonix Saga, but off the top of my head it was pretty accurate! Definity glad we watched it on the big screen and would erge anyone on the fence to get the ticket and go!!!! I'm staying way from details about the movie so I don't spoil it for anyone. Just get to the theater and see it while you can!!! Oh, I will tell you that I think there will be more movies of the X-men to come!
We got a chance to see this on Monday after Anthony's Dr. appointment. A great movie for everyone! I thought it would be close to Madagascar, but I was wrong. Way better as far as the messages it sends out and animation, but about just as funny if not a little more!!!! It was a time we were able to spend together as a family and enjoy laughing together. We needed it because we have a tough 6 weeks ahead of us, with Ant being in walking casts! So, as far as a must see in the movie theater, it is not one of those movies! But, it is one that will have a spot in our collection as far as DVDs go!!! Next movie will most likely be X-men III as we are taking care of our finances and need to focus there right now. We will catch up to the movies we want to see once they hit the rental shelf!!!!
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Signing the son of actor Denzel Washington on Monday ensured the St. Louis Rams of making a splash the day after the NFL draft ended.
John David Washington, a 5-foot-10, 200-pound running back was among 10 undrafted players signed by the Rams. He played for Division II Morehouse College last year.
"This is all a good story," Rams coach Scott Linehan said. "I hope he's a good running back."
Washington had a school-record 1,198 yards with a 5.6-yard average and nine touchdowns, and added 10 receptions for 69 yards is senior year. He also ended his career as the school's single-game (242 yards) and career (3,699) leading rusher.
Washington led the conference in rushing last season, and was named national player of the week by D2Football.com last season.
Linehan said he didn't know about Washington's famous father until after the Rams became interested in him. Coincidentally, Linehan's brother-in-law, actor Jim Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, just finished a movie with Denzel Washington that is scheduled to come out in about a year.
Linehan joked that Denzel Washington and Caviezel might make a nice little "sideshow" at training camp.
"I hate to tell Jim, but I think most of them will be looking for Denzel's autograph," Linehan said. "But they should start with Jesus first."
We saw this movie on Sunday and thought it was pretty good. The kids stayed into it the whole time which means they liked it and it was good for the parents as well. Scat was a bigger part of the movie this time adding in a large part of the comic relief. Sid, Diego, and Manny were just as funny as the first movie and there were a few additions to the cast of this movie. Ellie played by Queen Latifah, Crash played by Seann William Scott, Eddie played by Josh Peck, and Fast Tony played by Jay Leno!!!! It's worth checking out in the theater especially if you save like us. We had two of the free kids tickets that come in the DVD's (Anastasia had one and the first Ice Age movie had the other one), so it saved us about $10. Some real funny parts to it and a good message as always! This one will be added to our collection when it hits the stores!!!! Also a great preview of a Tim McGraw film coming out soon called Flicka, where he plays a lead father of a family that owns a ranch and his daughter tries to catch a wild mustang on her own and then train it after her Dad (Tim) catches it and tells her to leave it alone!!! He is becoming quite the actor, for those of you that don't know he had a smaller role in Friday Night Lights, with Billy Bob Thorton. Enjoy the movie for those of you who check it out, and for those who want to wait, it would be worth buying in a few months!!!
This doesn't come to the movies until Feb. of 2007, but they give you enough to get you thinking about the movie!!! Mike this is for you, because I know how much of a fan you are or were of Ghost Rider. You were also a huge Punisher fan and they did that character proud with the most recent movie that came out about him!!! This movie has built the darkness surrounding Ghost Rider already with this photo, but you can see with the preview if you follow the links that they look to be staying turn to him as well!!!! Be patient though it could take some time to load, just click on the above photo!!!
“Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story” tells the story of a father who, for the love of his daughter, sacrifices almost everything to save the life of an injured racehorse and bring the promising filly back to her former glory. The film stars Kurt Russell (“Miracle”), Dakota Fanning (“War of the Worlds”) and Kris Kristofferson (“Lone Star”).
Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer are now being wasted on making other men’s fortunes.Sonador—called Sonya—was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack is suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner, who also happens to be Ben’s boss, Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben’s young daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. However, the true miracle might be that, in helping this injured horse, what they are actually healing is their own family.
Kristofferson stars as Ben Crane’s father, whose strained relationship with his son is bridged by their mutual hopes for Sonya. The main cast also includes Oscar® nominee Elisabeth Shue (“Leaving Las Vegas”), David Morse (“The Green Mile”), Freddy Rodriguez (HBO’s “Six Feet Under”), Luis Guzman (“Traffic”) and Oded Fehr (“The Mummy”).
We loved this movie, a great story on believing in what you can not see! Teaches you to go after your dream, even if you don't see it happening for you now, just go after it and along the way, if it is truly what God has planned for you, it will all happen for you. But, it starts with belief!!!
We were able to get this on Tuesday and we had a chance to watch it yesterday!!! We loved it!!! The kids watched it two times in a row, and I believe to catch everything as far as the hidden jokes you need to watch it more then once!!!! A great story for parents, not just kids!!! It touches on how we should believe our kids even tough we might not be able to understand what they are talking about all the time. We should stick together and always let them know we are behind then 100% of the time, not just when they do something special or whenever we feel like it, all the time!!! I would have loved to see it in the theater, but time hasn't been on our side now that Tina is working! Definitely a keeper and one we will watch over and over again! 
