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Caiaphas:


Caiphas was appointed High-Priest of the Jews by the Roman procurator Valerius Gratus, the predecessor of Pontius Pilate, about A.D. 18 (Ant., XVIII, ii, 2), and removed from that office by the procurator Vitellius, shortly after he took charge of affairs in Palestine, A.D. 36 (Ant., XVIII, iv, 3). During this period the famous Annas, father-in-law of Caiphas (John 18:13), who had been high-priest from A.D. 6 to 15, continued to exercise a controlling influence over Jewish affairs, as he did when his own sons held the position. This explains the rather puzzling expression of Luke 3:2, epi archiereos Anna kai Kaiapha (under the high-priest Annas and Caiphas; cf. Acts 4:6). Caiphas was certainly the only official high-priest at the time St. Luke refers to, at the beginning of the public life of Christ; but Annas still had his former title and a good deal of his former authority. The role assigned him in the trial of Christ, in John 18, points to the same continued influence. In the measures taken by the Jewish authorities to do away with Jesus, Caiphas certainly had the most discreditable part. After the raising of Lazarus, the priests and Pharisees held council to determine what was to be done in view of the manifest signs of the Prophet of Nazarus and what they were pleased to consider the danger resulting to the country. The words of Caiphas, the high-priest of that year, are reported by St. John: "You know nothing. Neither do you consider that it is expedient to you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not" (11:49-50). They show a disdain for others, and a determination to get rid of this man who was displeasing to him, without any consideration of the justice of his cause. But while we may see in the declaration of Caiphas the manifestation of very unworthy sentiments, we are warned by St. John that it was prophetical. The high-priest expressed in a striking way the meaning of the sufferings of the Man-God (John 11:51-52), though he could not have realized the full import of those mysterious words. The death of Jesus being resolved upon, the most unscrupulous means were employed in order to bring it about, and Caiphas is chiefly to blame. The meeting determined upon by the princes of the priests and the elders of the people, "that by subtlety they might apprehend Jesus", was held in the house of Caiphas (Matthew 26:3-5). The hill south of Jerusalem where this house is said by tradition to have stood is called the "Hill of Evil Counsel". As high-priest, Caiphas was the official head of the Sanhedrin, and consequently responsible for the travesty of a trial to which Christ was submitted by the Jewish authorities, before they handed Him over to Pilate and stirred up the people to demand his death.

"Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king."

So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.

Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

Luke 23

The Conversation between Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate

“Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”

-John 19: 10-19

Pilate talks to Jesus Christ

Christ before Pilate

Reference:


http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12083c.htm

The tendency, already discernible in the canonical Gospels, to lay stress on the efforts of Pilate to acquit Christ, and thus pass as lenient a judgment as possible upon his crime, goes further in the apocryphal Gospels and led in later years to the claim that he actually became a Christian. The Abyssinian Church reckons him as a saint, and assigns 25 June to him and to Claudia Procula, his wife. The belief that she became a Christian goes back to the second century, and may be found in Origen (Hom., in Mat., xxxv). The Greek Church assigns her a feast on 27 October. Tertullian and Justin Martyr both speak of a report on the Crucifixion (not extant) sent in by Pilate to Tiberius, from which idea a large amount of apocryphal literature originated. Some of these were Christian in origin (Gospel of Nicodemus), others came from the heathen, but these have all perished.

His rule was brought to an end through trouble which arose in Samaria. An imposter had given out that it was in his power to discover the sacred vessels which, as he alleged, had been hidden by Moses on Mount Gerizim, whither armed Samaritans came in large numbers. Pilate seems to have thought the whole affair was a blind, covering some other more important design, for he hurried forces to attack them, and many were slain. They appealed to Vitellius, who was at that time legate in Syria, saying that nothing political had been intended, and complaining of Pilate's whole administration. He was summoned to Rome to answer their charges, but before he could reach the city the Emperor Tiberius had died.

That is the last we know of Pilate from authentic sources, but legend has been busy with his name. He is said by Eusebius (Church History II.7), on the authority of earlier writers, whom he does not name, to have fallen into great misfortunes under Caligula, and eventually to have committed suicide. Other details come from less respectable sources. His body, says the "Mors Pilati", was thrown into the Tiber, but the waters were so disturbed by evil spirits that the body was taken to Vienne and sunk in the Rhône, where a monument, called Pilate's tomb, is still to be seen. As the same thing occurred there, it was again removed and sunk in the lake at Lausanne. Its final disposition was in a deep and lonely mountain tarn, which, according to later tradition, was on a mountain, still called Pilatus, close to Lucerne. The real origin of this name is, however, to be sought in the cap of cloud which often covers the mountain, and serves as a barometer to the inhabitants of Lucerne. The are many other legends about Pilate in the folklore of Germany, but none of them have the slightest authority.

Biography:

After the deposition of the eldest son of Herod, Archelaus (who had succeeded his father as ethnarch), Judea was placed under the rule of a Roman procurator. Pilate, who was the fifth, succeeding Valerius Gratus in A.D. 26, had greater authority than most procurators under the empire, for in addition to the ordinary duty of financial administration, he had supreme power judicially. His unusually long period of office (A.D. 26-36) covers the whole of the active ministry both of St. John the Baptist and of Jesus Christ.

As procurator Pilate was necessarily of equestrian rank, but beyond that we know little of his family or origin. Some have thought that he was only a freedman, deriving his name from pileus (the cap of freed slaves) but for this there seems to be no adequate evidence, and it is unlikely that a freedman would attain to a post of such importance. The Pontii were a Samnite gens. Pilate owed his appointment to the influence of Sejanus. The official residence of the procurators was the palace of Herod at Cæsarea; where there was a military force of about 3,000 soldiers. These soldiers came up to Jerusalem at the time of the feasts, when the city was full of strangers, and there was greater danger of disturbances, hence it was that Pilate had come to Jerusalem at the time of the Crucifixion. His name will be forever covered with infamy because of the part which he took in this matter, though at the time it appeared to him of small importance.

Pilate is a type of the worldly man, knowing the right and anxious to do it so far as it can be done without personal sacrifice of any kind, but yielding easily to pressure from those whose interest it is that he should act otherwise. He would gladly have acquitted Christ, and even made serious efforts in that direction, but gave way at once when his own position was threatened.

The other events of his rule are not of very great importance. Philo (Ad Gaium, 38) speaks of him as inflexible, merciless, and obstinate. The Jews hated him and his administration, for he was not only very severe, but showed little consideration for their susceptibilities. Some standards bearing the image of Tiberius, which had been set up by him in Jerusalem, caused an outbreak which would have ended in a massacre had not Pilate given way. At a later date Tiberius ordered him to remove certain gilt shields, which he had set up in Jerusalem in spite of the remonstrances of the people. The incident mentioned in St. Luke 13:1, of the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate mingled with the sacrifices, is not elsewhere referred to, but is quite in keeping with other authentic events of his rule. He was, therefore, anxious that no further hostile reports should be sent to the emperor concerning him.

Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate is known to have been a Roman governor of Judaea from about A.D. 26-36, which is a long tenure for a post that normally lasted only 1-3 years. Maier uses this observation to support his concept of Pilate as a less than awful prefect (Praefectus Iudaeae). Pilate was recalled after he was said to have slaughtered thousands of Samaritan pilgrims (one of the four incidents of maladministration). Pilate's fate would have been decided under Caligula, since Tiberius died before Pilate reached Rome. We don't really know what happened to Pontius Pilate -- other than that he was not reinstated in Judaea. Maier thinks Caligula used the same clemency he used for others accused under Tiberius of treason, although popular versions of what happened to Pilate are that he was sent into exile and committed suicide or that he committed suicide and his body was tossed in the Tiber. Maier says Eusebius (4th century) and Orosius (5th century) are the earliest sources for the idea that Pontius Pilate took his own life. Philo, who was a contemporary of Pontius Pilate, does not mention a punishment under Caligula or suicide.

Nong Virgil,

How far is this place from Dublin?

Quote from: vrglguapo on July 03, 2012, 03:10:39 AM
The Cliff of Antrim ,Northern Ireland..

It's truly majestic !

Trail View at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

The mountain ranges of Cody, Wyoming

Cody, Wyoming

Quote from: vrglguapo on July 03, 2012, 03:04:13 AM
The River Liffey of Dublin City..

How very beautiful, I like how the colors are able to mesh together in this one. It's almost like a rainbow-effect.

Good job on the light to dark contrast !

Quote from: vrglguapo on July 07, 2012, 02:31:04 AM
Baclayon church.

Beautiful.

even so, it is best for the patient, who is afflicted with dengue, to go to the nearest hospital to have platelet transfusion rather than to risk further systemic complications.

interesting, i just read into this right now. apparently, the tawa tawa leaves, if boiled in hot water, have the ability to strengthen the blood platelets, the megakaryocytes, of the body. the tawa tawa leaves don't fight dengue, per se, however, it reduces the systemic effects of dengue by preventing the excessive lysis of platelets.

tawa tawa leaves help in the symptomatic alleviation , diay. interesting pod.

in the philippines, a herbal remedy for dengue is tawa tawa. i don't know the medicinal reason for its use, pero, i know that people suspected of having dengue usually drink it.

Quote from: islander on July 09, 2012, 12:50:03 AM
so apple juice is unproven, lorenz? 

dengue is caused by a virus, the treatment we give is to reduce the symptoms, while we allow the body to fight the virus.
applejuice is rich in vitamins that may help in the boosting of the immune system, pero, the direct link of apple juice fighting the virus is unsupported.

but if the kids like to drink it, i-hatag na lang.

When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
And dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes

When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly

And dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh

La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"

This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ZWlDks0nQ#ws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvT5V1GC_5E#ws

Quote from: islander on July 09, 2012, 12:32:34 AM
as for the 4s as the most potent weapon against dengue, what does "indiscriminate fogging" mean? 

there's also much going around, verbally and in the internet highway, about the potency of apple juice against dengue.  if ever, it is not mentioned in any way by the doctor.  how true is this, by the way?  just the same, i play safe by insisting that the kids take apple juice.     

The best preventative , Isles, is making sure the kids are wearing long attire, and use insect/bug spray to ward off mosquitoes.

Quote from: islander on July 09, 2012, 12:32:34 AM
as for the 4s as the most potent weapon against dengue, what does "indiscriminate fogging" mean? 

 

Indiscriminate fogging refers to the spraying of insecticide in habitats of mosquitoes; tho this tactic has been implemented , there should be a control in its use. The use of fogging actually creates super mosquitoes who are resistant to the sprays. Other effects of excessive fogging is the destruction of predators of the mosquitoes per se bats, frogs, sparrows and other predatory insects. The sprays can also be lethal to humans if ever the sprays are inhaled or get into the water systems because these sprays have pyrethrins and malathion, which can cause muscular as well as respiratory problems.

The physician, as quoted in this article, was referring to the limited use of fogging and abstaining from excessive fogging, which has the propensity of causing negative side effects to the overall human population, considering the close proximity of the mosquito habitat to that of human living settings.

Yet there is one more cursed than them all,
that canker-worm, that monster, jealousy,
which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall,
turning all love's delight to misery,
through fear of losing his felicity.
Ah, gods! that ever ye that monster placed
In gentle love, that all his joys defaced!

-Spenser

Beware of jealousy,
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.

-Shakespeare

Give me health and a day, and I will make ridiculous the pomp of emperors.

-Emerson

A man who is always forgetting his best intentions, may be said to be a thoroughfare of good resolutions.

-Mrs. Jameson

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.

-Dr. Johnson

They that know no evil will suspect none.

-Ben Johnson

There is no courage, but in innocence,
No constancy, but in an honest cause.

-Southern

Quote from: chicogon on July 07, 2012, 11:37:15 PM
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new.  ~Rajneesh

Mothers are also sacrificial. She will do everything in her power for the provision of needs for her family; her children and her husband. A mother's love is pure love.

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Acts 20:35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TcDHrkQYg#

There was a time where I had a patient, a terminal patient, who was on life support, end-stage organ failure na. His wife, children had come to say good bye to him. This man could not talk, but did have his eyes open and was crying when his kids and wife were there saying their good byes. His family took turns saying their last goodbye to their father. And when it was his youngest child's turn, after that, the patient closed his eyes, and then he passed on.

I was there in that room when he passed. His soul was strong that the marker boards in the nursing station fell down. Kusug kaayo iyang espirito, before it was taken back home to God.

And yes, I did feel a presence that left that room. Tinuod gajod, nga og mamatay na ang tawo, mo gawas ang spirit sa lawas...

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

-Titus 2:11

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on June 28, 2012, 09:45:46 PM

Sharks

Shark meat is very delicious, lami ni i gam-on og tinola.
Shark meat is also rich in omega 3,6 fatty acids; good for the heart ning shark meat.

Quote from: philippines on July 08, 2012, 07:03:17 AM
How is man saved? 
"By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God"(Eph. 2:.

"Are you saved?" asks the Fundamentalist. The Catholic should reply: "As the Bible says, I am already saved (Rom. 8:24, Eph. 2:5â€"8), but I’m also being saved (1 Cor. 1:18, 2 Cor. 2:15, Phil. 2:12), and I have the hope that I will be saved (Rom. 5:9â€"10, 1 Cor. 3:12â€"15). Like the apostle Paul I am working out my salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), with hopeful confidence in the promises of Christ (Rom. 5:2, 2 Tim. 2:11â€"13)."


GOD BLESS !

As what St. James wrote , "Faith without works is dead...." (James 2: 20).

Quote from: philippines on July 08, 2012, 07:14:49 AM
Have  our good deeds anything to do with our salvation?
"Not of works, lest any man  should boast"(Eph. 2:9)

Read Ephesians Chapter 2 , and you will see the following :

1. Yes, it is through God's Grace Alone, which confers salvation to the believer in Christ
2. It is prescribed already that we follow the foot steps of Christ, and to manifest a living faith, through works.
3. God expects it already !


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Ephesians Chapter 2 verses 3-10

3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions â€"it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith â€"and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of Godâ€" 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Quote from: philippines on July 08, 2012, 07:14:49 AM
Have  our good deeds anything to do with our salvation?
"Not of works, lest any man  should boast"(Eph. 2:9)

Please, Philippines, read the entire verses in Ephesians Chapter 2.

Please, don't give this to a hudyo og muslim, ma suko sila ani...

An excellent piece, thanks for imparting your advice to all of us, Mr. Jobs.

Keeps mankind sweet by action: without that
The world would be a filthy settled mud.

-Crown

If people are able to put down their differences, their subtleties, then there is no reason why harmony cannot manifest afterwards.

Quote from: chicogon on July 07, 2012, 10:33:03 PM
That's what I heard from so many who visited that way... makalaway maminaw 

Guapo gajod kaajo ang drive didto, Fr. I really recommend for you to visit that place someday.

Thanks for sharing these quotes, Fr. Roel.

Quote from: chicogon on July 07, 2012, 10:54:58 PM
Are you home now? I mean, back in the Windy City?

Hi Fr. Roel,

Yes, I'm now back home here in Chicago. Gimingaw na pod ko sa ahoang ginikanan og ahoang duhang igsoong laki, si Don Rico og si Andre Nicholas. Na lipay pod ko when they were here and when we all went to Yellowstone.

It's good to also be back here in TB again.

Quote from: chicogon on July 07, 2012, 11:21:23 PM
Poverty is the reward of idleness (Dutch Proverb)

Nice.

Quote from: chicogon on July 07, 2012, 11:35:13 PM
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe. - Thomas Carlyle

And when one finds one's true calling, do it with all your heart and all your soul.

Quote from: enadespinosa on July 08, 2012, 01:37:05 AM
bai,mao ba nang lugara guishooting ang Yogi Bear...

oo mao ni ang lugar'a, bai.

A mother's love is the closest a child can get to seeing God's love in the physical life.

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8

he he he how cute !

When love is there is no labor, and if there be labor, that labor is loved.

-Austin

Quote from: chicogon on July 07, 2012, 10:40:48 PM
There are a billion people in China.  It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people.  Think of it.  More than a BILLION people.  That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.  ~A. Whitney Brown, The Big Picture

Excellent quote !

Be wise,
Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise.

-Massinger

Our humanity were a poor thing were it not for the divinity which stirs within us.

-Bacon

The sufficiency of my merit is to known that my merit is not sufficient.

-Augustine

Highest when it stoops
Lowest before the holy throne; throws down
Its crown abased; forgets itself, admires,
And breathes ador'ing praise.

-Pollok

he he he! Hi Fr. Roel ! Missed talking to you!

Absence of occupation is not rest
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

-Cowper

Idleness travels very slowly, and poverty soon overtakes her.

-Hunter

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ill that they feel, to others; people with little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

-Epictetus

It is better to have nothing to do , than to be doing nothing.

-Attilus

Quote from: islander on July 04, 2012, 09:44:18 PM

ha ha , a cute doggie. truly!

Quote from: islander on July 07, 2012, 01:45:41 AM

I Has Found Jesus

he he he, evangelistang iring ni siya, maayo ni kai na blessed na intawn ang iring.

he he he, asa man ahoang babycakes beh?

When I was in Yellowstone, seeing the uninterrupted beauty of these primordial forests gave me a sense of connectivity with the Creator God who Rules the Universe and Gives Life to All Things. The sense of serenity consumes oneself when one is in this place, surrounded with utter natural beauty , which is testament to the insurmountable intelligence and authorship of the Lord God.

The sunsets there (Yellowstone) were absolutely breathtaking. It brought me to tears. Truly, God is Great, to Him belong all Honor, Glory and Praise.

Sunset in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Quote from: Bambi on July 05, 2012, 12:10:41 AM
Very impressive! I was here from that point of view...climbing over 500 steps. Rome I'll be back then!

I want to visit that place someday !

Dili ni maayo , it's good to share one's self and one's love with another person.

The manner of giving, shews the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.

-Lavater

The bitter clamor of two eager tongues.

-Shakespeare.

Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us, even in our pains.

-Colton

Why, Ha, 'tis my vocation.
'Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.

-Shakespeare.

A mother is a mother still,
The holiest thing alive.

-Coleridge

Daghan kaayo sa Yellowstone National Park, dili 'Jellystone National Park'.

Fathers alone a father's heart can known
What secret tides of still enjoyment flow
When brothers love, but if their hate succeeds,
They wage the war, but 'tis the father bleeds.

-Young

Our acts our angels are, or good or ill,
Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

-John Fletcher

The best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

-Wordsworth

Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude

-Sallust

Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.

-Horace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JV74i4yvcA#

Lucino Family Portrait

Andre Nicholas, Stephen, and Don Rico

Andre Nicholas, Don Rico, Stephen, etc.

Don Rico and Stephen.

Uncle Steve, Stephen, Bishop Gallante, Auntie Beth, Dad, and Mom

Stephen, Bishop Gallante, and Don Rico (who was acting as Stephen's sponsor)

Congratulations to my cousin, Stephen, for completing his Rite of Catholic Confirmation. May God bless you always, Stephen ! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKSYgOGtos#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLiVwpv89s#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmvsGvUHDl8#

Quote from: islander on July 07, 2012, 12:49:15 PM
glad to hear from you again, lorenz.

this is a very cute photo.  i can't help but feel the fun as well just by looking at it.

he he, i requested my siblings to do a silly pose , and they decided to do this instead, lol. It was actually cold in Yellowstone National Park. The temperature in Chicago was at 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 centigrade), while in Yellowstone it was some 55 degrees Fahrenheit (12 centigrade) in the morning and some 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 centigrade) in the evening !

Bugnaw gajod ! You can actually see that there were still some snow on the mountain tops. Quite a sight during the middle of July.

Isles,

I wish i could have taken you with us during our drive across America. You would have loved the scenary-- from flat grasslands, to rolling prairie lands, to the rocky mountain landscape, to the evergreens of northwestern Wyoming.

We were able to also visit towns such as Sundance (named after the Sundance Kid), Buffalo (named after the famous Buffalo Bill), and other historically accurate towns.

I also relished the time I had with my father, driving with him and acting as his co pilot and he likewise when I took control of the wheel-- was quite endearing for me. T'was reminiscent of the days of my youth when my parents used to take us kids to family trips that usually entailed long drives.

I've taken a lot of pictures of our drive; I will post more when I get enough time.

he he he i like her