Published on Friday, December 26, 2008 .
My kids are so sweet, and they come up with some of the funniest, cutest things to say. A few days ago, we were eating dinner and Emmry reached her hand over to me ( I was sitting next to her ) and said something.
“What did you say Sweetie?”
“You my bes fwiend, Daddy.”
YES! That’s awesome! Then she leaned over and gave me a one arm hug. Heart melter. I love it. She has told me that a couple more times since then, usually at dinner. Too sweet.
That ranks right up there with Caleb telling us and anyone who asks him what he wants to be when he grows up, “I want to be a Daddy.” Except for that one time when he said baseball player. Granted we were at a baseball game at the time.
When I ask him what kind of Daddy, “A big Daddy just like you.”
When I asked him why the other day, “So I can help people.” What people, “Kids.”
He also wants to hang around the house. I guess I’m hanging around a lot.
Also ranking high is “Daddy” being the first word 2 out of 3 kids have said. Ansley says it all the time now though.
I love being a Daddy!
Published on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 .
That’s right, AndroidTapp.com is giving away a brand new G1 phone to a randomly selected winner (me) in January. I’m pretty excited about Android and have been following it for quite a while now. I’m a HUGE fan of open source products and use a ton of them on my computers.
AndroidTapp.com reviews and showcases Android apps. They recently reviewed an app called Twidroid, probably one of the first apps I’ll get when I recieve my free G1! Seems to be a pretty good little Twitter app, but the name is a little lame. You can’t have it all…
Here’s to me getting a free G1 in January! You can follow this link to check out the contest for yourself: http://www.androidtapp.com/androidtapp-tmobile-g1-cell-phone-giveaway-promotion/
Published on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 .
Wow… it’s been a few days since my last update. Since then several things have happened…
Caleb had a birthday, Emmry had a birthday, and I got a job! I started working with an energy efficiency management firm this month. It’s going well so far and I’m excited about affecting change in the stewardship of our resources. Any way, I’m going to try and be better about updating in 2009. I’m excited about what God is going to do in our lives over the next year and I want to share it as it happens.
Published on Monday, November 10, 2008 .
Yesterday was a big day around here. 30 years have come and gone and I’m that much older and wiser. The funny thing is, I don’t feel like I’m 30. It didn’t come over as the milestone I’ve been picturing it to be.
It could be a lot of things really. It’s strange not being established in a career right now. I honestly hoped that I would still be playing football at this point but God has greater plans for our lives. He has taken us on an interesting trip that results in where we are today.
Today we are in a good place. We are blessed more that most of the world.
We live in a house.
We have two cars that run well.
I’m typing on an computer that is connected to the Internet.
We have running water and indoor plumbing.
We have dependable electricity and gas utilities.
We have multiple bibles.
I can type the name of Jesus in an email, write the name Jesus in this blog, and speak the name of Jesus Christ in public without fear of being arrested or beaten or both, maybe even killed.
I could make a list all day of the blessings we have. Simple blessing that we take for granted everyday. When I woke up this morning, I could see. I can walk and run, pick up my kids, talk with my friends. It’s the little things that we overlook. Money, jobs, college education; there is so much we cold be worrying about. Leave these for another day. Today I will seek the Lord’s face. I will trust and obey. I will surrender myself to His will and ask how I can be a part of what He is doing, not what can He do for me.
These words get me through times like we are going through now. Both personally and economically, and as a international community.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Mat 6:25-34)
Blessed are you O Lord, who clothes us and feeds us. You O Lord who love us more than all of creation to want relationship with us. Thank you Father for your mercy and your grace. You knew we would need it. Lord bless my next 30 years a fraction of the blessing I’ve already received and I will be a very blessed man.
Published on Sunday, October 19, 2008 .
My Mom stayed in the hospital all weekend. She sees the doctor tomorrow before she goes home. They say she had a blood clot that most likely started in her leg and made it’s way to her lungs. Apparently she did not have a CAT scan, just some tests to check her blood flow.
As far as I understand it, she’s going to be fine. I’m very thankful for all of the prayers and that she’ll be ok.
Take care of yourself Mom.