He Had A Dream...

Today many of us are enjoying a day off from work or school...Me, I'm enjoying a day off at Nana and Pawpaw's house. (It's my very best favorite getaway place!) But what exactly are we enjoying this day off for, I wonder???

Well, because I'm like my Mommy and I love to research, I dug up some information on today. Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. Dr. King was a baptist minister and one of the main leaders of the American Civil rights movement. He fought many years for people of all races and colors to have equality, and Dr. King was eventually assassinated on this quest.

Dr. King had a dream, and it was a beautiful dream. His 1963 speech is here in its entirety. Please, take a moment to experience Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream Speech".

Martin Luther King Jr. - I have a dream

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Love and I-Have-A-Dream-It's-About-Never-Wearing-Shoes-Again,

Benjamin G. Ross

Look out Michael Buble!!!

'Cause I'm already practicing my piano skills! Soon I'll know the words to all your songs (Mom plays them constantly) and I'll be able to croon better than anyone!




Love and Call-Me-Irresistible,

Benjamin G. Ross

Rewind to the "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Part...

Okay, I know that Christmas is so last year, but I wanted to share my pictures from the ho-ho-ho season. This will probably be lengthy, so get yourself some coffee (Paw-Paw!) and get off your feet (Nana!)...=0)~

First, there are pictures from the Christmas party at Uncle Jason's church. Here's Aunt Laney, Uncle Jason, and Riley-Cate. Aren't they pretty?!

I tried, or rather Mom and Dad tried, to watch the Christmas presentation with me, but I was just too busy to sit still, so I went into the playroom to burn off some steam...

There were lots of pretty girls at the party...

But I was only interested in the food!!! (Which was shoved into my mouth at an ALARMING rate!!!)

Next we had an early suprise Christmas party for my Aunt Angel. I slept through this party, but I still wanted you all to see how cute she is!

We decided to go down to Jefferson to ride on the Rail of Lights. It's this old steam train that goes around all the neat decorated places in Jefferson. We had lots of fun!




And then there was the Downtown Baptist Church Christmas party...
Here's Riley-Cate getting her gift from Santa...

I think Paw-Paw should get a DNA test!!! Just kidding, this was Riley-Cate's new dolly!!

Here's me with Santa. I'm pretty sure his beard wasn't too real, some of it came off in my hand when I yanked on it!!

All of this partying wore me out...so much that I actually fell asleep while Paw-Paw was holding me!!





My cousin Lori had a cookie baking party at her house, but seeing as how I'm not a pastry chef, I mostly just looked cute...cause that's what I'm really good at!!



And FINALLY we arrive at Christmas day. We stayed at my Nana's house because that's where Santa goes. I unwrapped a couple of presents and helped Riley-Cate with hers too!
I got a tractor that really runs...

And Riley-Cate got a pink four-wheeler, and she left me in the dust!!! =0)


Here's me with some of my other Christmas presents...
I got a baby grand piano...and this baby thinks it's pretty darn grand!!!

I also got a shiny red wagon from my Meme and some alphabet blocks from my Uncle Josh. I love to watch people build block towers...


But I REALLY love to knock them down!!!

Here's me cruising with my new Mickey in my super cool trike ride-on from Nana and Paw-Paw...Whoo!!

And last but not least, here's me opening my present from Granny Cindy and Great Uncle Richard...


It's this really neat hippo I can ride on. It has blocks that I can roll the hippo over and he REALLY eats them!!

I fell off after that last picture, but don't worry...I got right back in the saddle!

So there we are, Christmas of 2007, I hope you all enjoyed these pictures as much as I did making them. Now I'm off for some more robitussin to stave off this cold of mine!!

Love and Jingle-Jingle-Jingle,

Benjamin G. Ross