The camera that is, and thought I’d post a few pics with some updates.

For some reason Elisha really likes to strike a pose flexing but if you talk about just how large those “Muscles” are he gets rather upset and grunts loudly! It’s scary just how much of myself I’m seeing in this little guy it’s scary and amazing all at the same time.

I think helping Coach little league might be one of the greatest decisions I’ve ever made in my life. I absolutely love the fact that I’m getting to spend more time with Tre. (playing 3rd base in this pic) It’s had it’s moments that we’ll leave alone for now, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Tre’s turning into a pretty good ball player and definitely makes the game more interesting.

I took this pic on Saturday which turned out to be one of the funnest days I think I’ve ever shared with my wife or anyone for that matter. Man I love this lady!

It’s been awhile since my last post & hopefully I’ll be finishing up the new design soon. In fact there is a series of posts that should be coming live soon that I think you’ll enjoy. But, in the mean time I saw this and laughed. At first I thought maybe it was just the day I had yesterday that made me laugh at this. But after watching it again I’ve come to this conclusion: It Was Just Funny! In fact when I first saw it someone poked their head into my office and accused me of liking country music. Which I suppose that it’s time for a confession “I actually don’t mind country music”.

So in the mean time…

I just read this and thought that I would throw this out there in light of Easter (emphasis mine):

14 The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
the one-of-a-kind glory,
like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
true from start to finish. 15 John pointed him out and called, “This is the One! The One I told you was coming after me but in fact was ahead of me. He has always been ahead of me, has always had the first word.” John 1 (MSG)

I think it’s time that we bring Jesus back to the neighborhood! So lets go ahead and start humming our favorite theme song “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood” and be Jesus in our communities again.

WOW! It’s Been awhile again since I’ve ventured here to my home on the net. Things have been really busy lately. With Elisha now done with wrestling for the year we’re down to just Little League for Tre (4 nights a week). Tre tried out for The Minors (8-10) & got drafted by the Reds and had his 1st game last night as the starting left fielder. He seemed pretty nervous being his 1st game and all but he made a couple good plays and I think now that the nerves are gone he’ll step right in like he does in practice. He also got his first taste of UMPS! with a called strike that was over his head he got a little upset (we’ll have to work on that). Here are some pics of the action:

So Valentines Day came again and I’m reminded of that fat little guy with wings that shot me in the booty with that arrow. Correction, I actually believe that he had to shoot my wife since she’s so easy to love, but enough with the sappy stuff. This year we decided to do things a little different. You see I believe that we need to bless our brides on Valentines Day however, just as Evan Courtney said earlier via twitter:

“Valentine’s Day is only for the chumps that haven’t done anything for the last 364 days. So they try and make up for it.”

So I try to do things throughout the year to honor her (and not just when I get in trouble either). So on sunday I bought my wife some flowers, not roses, just a colorful bouquet of fresh smelling goodness. I hadn’t even thought about the fact that Cupids day was lurking just around the corner. But riddle me this batman, does anyone else notice that things get a little ridiculous around valentines day. Yeah I know call me a cheap skate but for the bouquet I got on Sunday was $7.99 today that same bouquet was $39.99. Sometimes I think we become so used to the way consumerism works that we don’t even realize or notice the drastic measures they take to get our money. I digress, the reason for this post is simple my wife came home tonight to what I thought was a pretty nice dinner. Some pasta salad and Apple Almond Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with a glass of her favorite Apple Cranberry Sparkling Cider. Tomorrow morning she’ll wake to the breakfast me and the boys will prepare. French Toast, Freshly Stirred (they’re 8 & 6 that’s the closest we’ll get to squeezed) orange juice, Sausage and Hash browns. Not to mention the Anointing of the french press that will be thoroughly enjoyed.

As I was purchasing the ingredients for the Valentines Feast i noticed some candy bars being scanned. You see my boys felt it necessary to throw some candy bars in the mix when I wasn’t looking. When questioned they said “but it’s mom’s favorite“. So needless to say that along with the kit kats they threw in for themselves they made the cut. After putting away the groceries, I had a chance to catch up on some of the blog posts still sitting in my reader when I read an amazing post by the creative guru Brad Ruggles when my kids so the accompanying video. That’s when our Valentines Day gift got interesting. Moved by the idea that every 15 seconds a kid dies from not having clean drinking water, resulting in over 6,000 kids a day they decided that they’d like to donate in their mom’s name. So off to the bank we went where they each withdrew some money out of there accounts. So mom gets home to candles, dinner and an e-card saying that the boys donated in her name and that some kids are gonna get clean drinking water for the next 20 years. Needless to say Mom was moved to tears and I couldn’t be prouder…

Got any gift ideas for Valentine’s Day? We do. from Angel Mission on Vimeo.