Okay…so I only have one, so that doesn’t count..but she is pretty cool (just don’t tell her I said so).
Today she got baptized. I’m very proud of her…Firstly it’s a step of obedience as a public declaration of her love for Jesus and secondly…(see firstly).
Some people say that she’s like a female version of me…I guess two things come to mind when I hear that.
1) Yikes. Not sure that’s a compliment to her as I barely look good as a dude…let alone a girl
2) Sweet. Cuz if I’m like her it means that I have lots of friends, am super fun to be around and am one of the most unpredictable people in the world!
Must be number one, because I have no friends and am as dull as the knife in my kitchen drawer.
Anyway, back to baptism. Emma inspires me to live out who God has called me to be, and I am SURE that I’m not the only one. This day has been a long time coming and is a declaration and commitment to live out who God has called HER to be…So Emma…keep it up.
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9
Seriously! Between the days getting killer short and the craziness of December…my body is sending my smoke signals and I keep writing it IOU’s for when I can get some more sleep.
I always bug Hailey for wanting to go to bed @ 9pm. It feels weird. It feels like we’re old people. Plus, when I look on my twitter when I get up in the morning, I see all these people tweeting until like 2am. I was 5 hours into my sleep by then. Worst part…they were up @ 6:30 before me too. How can people live on that amount of sleep? I’m a 7-8 hour minimum guy. And even than…10 is my hot zone.
I might get a tanning bed so I can sleep and get sunlight all at the same time. Would definitely either be brilliant or ridiculously stupid. Then again, I may end up looking like this ====>>
As much as I love unions, I had to post this (bazinga!).
But in all seriousness..in the craziness of the month of December…the hustle and bustle of everything that goes on, the old cliche “Let’s all just slow down and remember the reason for the season” rings in my ears. Cliche’s are funny. As overused as they are, they still remain true. It’s sad that because truly remembering the “reason for the season” is often to cliche to actually do. I find myself THINKING about it…but not DOING it. Whether it’s stopping to remember how a loving God sent His only Son to be a man and live on earth (Check THIS MESSAGE from last week at Harvest…SUPER powerful) or even just going over the past year and thinking of all the things that I have to be thankful for…we serve a loving and faithful God.
As you reflect on the “reason for the season” remember…being thankful is much more than just a cliche!
Saw this video from a friend on twitter. Like the originally of the beats and originality. That said….I may, or may not be a closet David Archuleta fan…please don’t judge me.
Most of my close friends know that I like to joke around. This can be seen in my post openly ripping my good friend Ryan HERE. I do truly joke because I care (I know that sounds lame, but it’s true!).
Ryan is running in a 5K Marathon to support the Salvation Army. Hailey and I always try to support the Salvation Army (especially around Christmas time). I would encourage you to do the same, and whether it is through supporting Ryan running or just donating directly, this is a great cause, and one very worthy of your financial support! HERE’S the link to Ryan’s post…and HERE’S the link to support him.
So here’s the thing, my e-buddy (literally, we met online…but not in a creepy way) Matt Zook is the commissioner of a Fantasy Football league. I have blogged about said league before. I figured rather than just taking his money directly ($22 USD entry fee) I figured would at least humor him by taking part.
We both have decent teams. 2 tough losses for me put me back in the standings a place or too…but THIS week we face each other.
Ever so clever…I received a DM on twitter today from Mr. Zook issuing me a Gentleman’s challenge. You can read the actual challenge HERE (mind the grammatical errors and word-ie sentences as he is from America…)
I replied right away to the post so his readers could see that I was not backing down, but couldn’t resist re-posting. Loser has to either:
1) Move to the winner’s country for 1 year.
2) Record a video of the winner’s National Anthem being sung.
Well Matty…MLS has great listings…better get house hunting.
P.S. Please ignore that his Yahoo-Character looks 1million times cooler than mine…
Usually, Hailey and I spend Thanksgiving weekend up at our cottage. Because of my trip to Dallas and my family visiting my brother out in California…we opted to stay home and just have a relaxed weekend just the 3 of us.
On Sunday afternoon we went to Chudleigh’s Apple Farm, It was COLD but good to get out of the house. Hailey blogged about it, and does a much better job covering details, but here’s a few great pics!
My time in Dallas was different than I expected. I left knowing that I would struggle with being away (missing Hailey and Stella, etc.), but expected that with the craziness of work, I would be able to keep busy enough to get through….well….it was tougher than I thought. I found every spare moment my heart would travel home and would then leave me distracted.
I’m sure that “leaving” becomes more manageable as you do it more, but never (hopefully) becomes easier.
All that said, my time in Dallas was great. Here’s a couple pics from my time there…
The “Old” Texas Stadium from the freeway
And last but not least…1 of 4 Delorean’s used in Back the Future…it was…SWEEET!
It was a great trip. Met a lot of great people, ate a lot of great food…Go Cowboys!
Okay…so I only have one, so that doesn’t count..but she is pretty cool (just don’t tell her I said so).
Seriously! Between the days getting killer short and the craziness of December…my body is sending my smoke signals and I keep writing it IOU’s for when I can get some more sleep.
As much as I love unions, I had to post this (
Most of my close friends know that I like to joke around. This can be seen in my post openly ripping my good friend Ryan HERE. I do truly joke because I care (I know that sounds lame, but it’s true!).
So here’s the thing, my e-buddy (literally, we met online…but not in a creepy way) Matt Zook is the commissioner of a Fantasy Football league. I have blogged about 
My time in Dallas was different than I expected. I left knowing that I would struggle with being away (missing Hailey and Stella, etc.), but expected that with the craziness of work, I would be able to keep busy enough to get through….well….it was tougher than I thought. I found every spare moment my heart would travel home and would then leave me distracted.
