Life is messy but God makes it beautiful
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2008
Lately, I have had the honor of praying for the health of more people than I would care to. Not that I don’t want to pray, but it is difficult to always know how to pray in these situations. Do you pray for healing? Do you pray for complete restoration? Because if you do, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2008
As far as parenting goes, I think I’ve broken most of the rules of “good parenting.” Come now, let’s check:
Rule #8: Don’t let your children sleep with you.
Broke this one with both children - still am- check.
Rule #17: Don’t give in to whining.
Yep, broke it - check.
Rule #32: Don’t let your children eat [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 17th, 2008
For dreaming with me…
For making me laugh, daily…
For holding me when I cry just because I need to…
For being the absolute best dad in the whole world…
For leading our family with humility, strength, and humor…
For financially supporting us in a job that you do with integrity and skill…
For praying for me…
For helping me pursue my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 11th, 2008
Ryan is helping me move my blog onto another server - this way my tags and categories will work and I will be better able to post things like slide shows and videos. However, not everything is working right now so please bear with me!
Hope you’re having a great week! We had a mini-vacation last [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 6th, 2008
This Sara Groves song has really been inspiring me lately….Oh Jesus, how I want to be one of them!!!
I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad
I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul
I see the young missionary and the angry spear
I see his family returning with no trace of fear
I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2008
I just watched the local 10 o’clock news.
The official high for today was 106. It was a record high.
At 10:18 pm, the temperature was still 92.
My bedroom is on the west side of the house. It is like 80 degrees in there.
Looks like I will sleep in the guest bed again, while Ryan sleeps with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2008
Last week, my mom and grandma came over from Enid (where my grandma lives) for the day. We decided to try to go someplace we had never been. So in 100 degree weather, we piled in the mini-van and traveled down Route 66 to Arcadia, USA! Our first stop, POPS. POPS opened last summer and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2008
One of the things I really like about my yard is that, through trial-and-error, we have planted things that bloom at various times of the season. It’s hard to get anything to flower in the heat of late July and into August. But I have found a few treasures that are heat-hardy and are perennials [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2008
Last week me and The Boys got creative! We actually did a version of this last summer, and they remembered it and asked to make one again. I first got the idea out of the Family Fun Magazine (it’s a good magazine - would recommend it for parents!). Basically, we made a cardboard track for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2008
With the third week in a row of temperature highs ranging from 98-102 (though Tuesday looks like a cool front is coming through - high of 93 that day!), I’m going to try to stop being cranky and post some stuff to tackle the heat. Because we have actually been doing some “cool” stuff recently, [...]