At its inception, my blog was about my life…engaged then married…in university then starting work…no kids…then kids.  My wife’s blog (which is not getting more daily hit then mine b/c she’s smarter, prettier and just generally better than me) focuses on our family, our life and everything in between.

In years past, I’ve walked the line between full-time ministry (still hate that term) and working in the corporate world.  That said, after much consideration, I have decided to change the focus of this blog.  What am I going to talk about?  Well…there’s not way I could possibly answer that now, as I am sure a year from now I’d be way off!  BUT, I can say this: the blog is going to focus on my life, but more in what I am learning and the stuff that I deal with on a regular basis.  Some of the topics I really want to dive into include: “Being Young.”  I get asked to often about what it’s like to Be so young and: Married, Have a Kid, Own a Business, etc.  My first response is always “Not easily,” giving God the glory for what He has done and continues to do in my life.  Pride is a tough thing when your young.  The world says “conquer me…then brag about it,” but God’s world says “die to self, live for eternity.”  WOW, is that not contradictory!  That said, I’m going to kick off the “new focus” with a series called “Being Young” in which I’m going to dive into different areas that I have experienced and what I have learned as a result (both the easy and hard way).

I hope that this new focus will better help me to get into words the lessons I learn daily, and hit the world of blogging from the perspective of a young entrepreneur that also loves Christ.

Then facebook.  I remember facebook.  You know, that social networking site for college students.  I used to have facebook.  Then my grandma and her friends got it.  And I left.

I jumped straight over to twitter.  About a year and a half ago, when it was still “some dumb micro blogging thing.”  Then CNN, Oprah…and you guessed it a few to many geriatrics jumped on board.  Well, I still haven’t abandoned ship, but am definitely on the ‘prowl‘ for what’s next.  Could it be THIS…maybe THIS….or even THIS?

Only Time…Will Tell.

Within seconds, my friend Kaj hit me back with a “I guess Loverboy was right.”  I did not make the connection.  But after Mr. Google reminded me, my afternoon is going to be spend rocking it 80’s style too…

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

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 ====>>

Maybe I’ll pass on the fake ‘n bake for now….

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!

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.

Happy Running!

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…

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!