Here are some photos of our trip to Sacramento for Christmas. My mom, who is recovering from chemo/cancer is doing much better. It was great to spend some time with my family. Picture Gallery >

Last week my family returned to Seattle (we lived there nine years) and attended a conference at Mars Hill. The conference was called Reformission 2004. “The gospel has the power to transform lives, and indeed our culture. The goal of the Acts 29 Network is to plant churches that effectively reach the emerging generation. To accomplish this, young leaders need to be equipped with a solid theological understanding of the gospel. If our understanding of the gospel is weak, our proclamation and evangelism will be weak and fruitless. The Reformission conference will speak into areas of theological confusion prevalent today.” The most amazing part of the conference was hearing John Piper. That man blew me and a lot of people away. I hear they are going to put up his talks on the reformission.com site. I strongly encourage you to listen to these.

We also had an opportunity to hang with my brother. Picture Gallery >

Here are a few photos that were sent to us as Heather was caught by the paparazzi (photographer: Joy Thomas) while visiting Balboa park in San Diego, CA. Photo Gallery >

Here are a few images from a trip to the pumpkin patch. The images include Heather & Gideon, Joy & Lilly and Amy’s leg and Trinity. Image Gallery >

We just purchased a condo newly remodelled in 2004 in Mesa, AZ. This 1st floor, 2 bedroom unit has two large bedrooms, a queen bed-master, 1-double in 2nd bedroom, and a queen sized sofa-sleeper. Fully equipped for a perfect vacation including deluxe kitchen Exterior parking available for large vans/SUV’s. This location is handy to Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Gilbert and Chandler, AZ.

Walking distance to shopping and restaurants. Located near many of the areas top golf courses. It is only a drive into the beautiful Superstition Mountains to Canyon Lake where speed boat, kayak, and pontoon boat rentals are available. Perfect for honeymooners, snowbirds or baseball spring training fans. Condo is only blocks away from the Chicago Cubs training camp. Come and enjoy the sunshine state at its finest!

We are going to try to rent it to snowbirds and people visiting spring training. Go to http://rental.goodmanson.com

A trip to the beach, Heather golfs with friends and a home group meeting at our house. Image Gallery >

Here are some pictures of Gideon from April 2004. They include his first haircut (by Paige) and a trip to the beach. Photo Gallery >

Goodmanson.com is a site that will collect the writings, thoughts and interests of Drew Goodmanson. I hope that some of these ramblings and ideas are profitable for friends and families to join in and discuss. And most important we will also put pictures up of Gideon (always a family favorite).