Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year everyone!

[Leo Nguyen]

The family has been so busy for the past few weeks, it's like a blur. However, it's time to slow down a bit of things in life, and spend the quality time with families and friends close and far, to reflect the passing year, enjoy each other's company, and celebrate the little precious time that we have.

From my family to yours, we wish you a very merry Christmas, and we pray that you have a splendid gathering, celebration, and safe journey on your travels. We pray that you will have a blessed New Year with great joy, health, fortune, and of course, the luck to land more monsters from the depths of the water, not only in quality, but also in quantity.

Thank you everyone for keeping me sane for the past year with your glorious catches. I will definitely browse through all the photos and discussions as soon as my crazy days of cooking, cleaning, and entertaining the guests come to a grinding halt. For now, I'll be dreaming about the mysteries of what being posted here at BBG as a way to keep myself sane.

[Jim Gronaw]

Same right back to you, Leo! We will be celebrating Christmas this year knowing that Lindas dad will only be with us for a little while as he has esophagal cancer, so we are trying to make this a special one for him.

Thanks for all your kind words and prayers, and thanks to all the faithfull BBG members who have given thoughts and prayers to me and my wife during this difficult year illness and surgeries.

Have a great Christmas and New Year too all!

[Jeffrey D. Abney]

Have a great holiday season with all your family and friends Leo.....BBG will be going strong in 2013!