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Little Jacob Erron getting a little rest after a rough delivery. See more pics by clicking here.

Here is Tiffany (right) opening one of her many gifts on Sunday at her bridal shower. In the middle is her mom (Teresa) and on the left is her grandmother (Jimmie). I think they all enjoyed the shower.

For you guys who love to work on engines, take a look at this. This is the crankshaft of a ten cylinder diesel engine that is used in huge container ships. Each cylinder has a displacement of 111,143 cubic inches. This engines comes in 6 through 14 cylinder versions. The 14 cylinder version is 89 feet long and 44 feet high and produces 108,920 hp. It consumes 1,660 gallons of fuel per hour. By the way, each cylinder is 38 inches across. To learn more about this engine, click on the following link: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

This is one of those pictures you have to take a very close look at. What you see may be sharking!

The next time you make a turkey sandwich, you might want to make it a little more interesting like the one above.

These pictures are of the same place but taken during different seasons.
Be sure to read to the end...

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.

The second son said no, it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

Moral:

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.

Look very closely at this picture and then remember the brand name the next time you pick up a bag of salad in the store.