Do You See The Glory?

I always thought Fonzi was so cool, especially with how he could just bang things with his fist and turn on lights or juke boxes, or break tables, or unlock things.  But I was wondering… if the Fonz lived in our day, how would he manage dealing with computers.  Can you imagine the Fonz updating [...]

Who do you think has more experience on dieting?  A skinny guy or a fat guy?  OK, but let’s not kid ourselves - experience does not equal mastery, right?  Kind of like the guy that has a LOT of experience with the 5th grade.  It doesn’t exactly make him a 5th grade genius.  But I’ll [...]

I just recently determined that I needed a new computer for our home/business.  I’ve always hated all the marketing software and junk they put on new computers (like Dell, HP and Gateway).  I don’t want all that that on my computer.  And often times, when you buy from them, they use proprietary components so that [...]

Our clothes dryer stopped heating a couple days ago.  A few years ago, I would have just called a repairman, but for some reason, I’ve been feeling very handy lately, so I decided to tackle it myself.  The first place I went to learn how to fix a dryer was, of course, the Internet.  I [...]

Have you ever wondered where cashews come from?  Or maybe why you never see a cashew inside it’s shell like other typical nuts?  Well here’s why.  Cashews grow on a cashew fruit tree.  The Cashew tree actually produces both fruit and a nut.  Here’s a picture of a cashew fruit with the nut inside the [...]

The Building Campaign
Our church is in the middle of a building campaign.  You know what what means, lots of talk about money and finances.  While I know its not a very popular topic, I don’t mind it too much.  It’s a topic that Beth and I embrace and try to really seek what God is [...]

I’ve realized recently that I am a rare entity and becoming more rare each year.  I’m on the endangered species list.  I am one of few Christian parents that still believes in Santa.  I would not be surprised if we start seeing Santa clauses (not Claus, but clause) in church doctrinal statements saying something like [...]

“Same Kind of Different As Me” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
A friend gave my wife this book, and they both suggested I read it.  I didn’t really want to, and don’t have much time to sit and read, so they gave me the audiobook version.  I listened to it whlie driving to work.  Once [...]

Gramm, our 9-month old, had some turkey today. You would never have known it was turkey by looking at it, or probably tasting it either. Here’s a short clip showing what he thought about eating turkey on his first ever Thanksgiving.

Here’s a video clip Beth took at Jaxon’s most recent TaeKwon-Do class. They were bandanna sparring, which is where they have a bandanna tucked into their belt behind them, and they try to grab the other person’s bandanna. It’s pretty funny. You can tell Jaxon just loves this stuff. The kid [...]

Nate Huss is a fairly new artist that is getting some recognition here in November for his promotion of National Adoption Month. You see, Nate was adopted himself, along with 7 other adopted brothers and sisters. The 23-year old Huss said in a recent interview:
I’m thankful to God and to a biological mother [...]

Our family did something this past Saturday that we’ve never done before.  All four of us took a family outing to the Mall.  Of course Beth and I have been to mall many times, and Jaxon has been a few times.  Actually, it’s been a long time since I’ve been to the mall.  I think [...]

Now and Laters - For those of you that enjoyed “Now & Later’s” as a kid, have you tried any of today’s Now & Laters?  If you have, you will understand why I suggest they drop the “Later” from their name and just call them “Nows”.  They used to be very hard candy that lasted [...]

I created a couple of caricatures from one of the on-line sites for both Beth and me.  You can choose from a bunch of different features to create the most accurate caricatures possible.  I think both of these are pretty good representations.  It was fun.  As you can see, I married way over my head.

Jaxon began taking TaeKwon-Do this week.  He’s only been to two classes, but so far he loves it.  Here’s a few pictures of the class.  Some are not so clear becuase I’m taking them indoors with a moving subject.  You can click on the pictures to enlarge them.  The first one is when they were [...]

Last Saturday, we went and visited the Campfire Creek Therapeutic Riding Center, run by Emily Oliver.  They minister to children who have special needs.  As we’ve found out on Saturday and through talking with them, horses can be very therapeutic.  It’s a very interesting ministry.  I got in contact with them through some friends, the [...]

You might find it hard to believe, but I do have more in common with Tony Romo than just good looks, mad skills, and having to deal with man crushes and chicks digging me.  We have both recently broken the pinky finger on our throwing hands.  This is very problematic for both of us, considering [...]

It’s time to teach Jaxon to tie his own shoes, so as I usually do, I did a little research on the internet for tips on teaching kids how to tie shoelaces.  What I found was quite amazing.  First, I had no idea how many different ways there were to tie your shoes.  I would [...]

Jaxon, my 5 year old, wore out his old bicycle, so we went to the bike store last weekend to look for him a new bike.  I tried to get him to get this one, setting out in front of the store, but he wasn’t too keen on it.  So we went inside to see [...]

I’ve never done this before, and it probably won’t be the last time, but here’s a link to a post in another blog that I’ve found to be very entertaining.  For those of you that have spent many years in church, I think you will too.  The blog is titled, “Stuff Christians Like”.  I’ve also [...]