the first of the firsts.

Here is a short video of Josiah crawling.. There is a longer one on the youtube site..

We are going to be heading down to Del Mar for Spirit West Coast this week, for the Myriad.. I hope that Josiah is ok in the car for 7-8hrs.. Please pray.. We should have lots of stories for you.. keep looking back..

much.

during the service Sunday night I wrote this short simple poem.. we were talking about; Justice, Charity, Oppression, and Salvation.. to give you a reference..

Much
i have much
i have some..

i need much
i need some..

i waste much
i waste none..

i eat much
i eat none..

Poll: What ways can you think to cut back in order to help fight for those who can't..?

we need a new car.

So on Wednesday of last week, Bethany and I went to Applebee's.. and as we left our car ['96 volkswagon Jetta] the alarm went out for no reason. We thought nothing of it, because we had been having lots of problems with the electrical parts of this car [door locks, windows and air bags, not working. It also needs a new clutch]..

Then yesterday we had this guy over for dinner, my wife is an amazing cook.. After dinner I got this great idea to go out and get some ice cream, actually a chocolate milk shake. Bethany suggested Loard's Ice Cream over off of Athens, but it was closed.. So we headed to a place we knew would be open, Baskin Robins.

Let me just say, I really don't like ice cream that much, because when I lived in Ohio I had a friend that worked at an amazing ice cream shop called "Graeters" Oprah mentioned it as one of her favorite ice creams. Anyhoo.. you know how it is when friends work at a place like that, I had so much ice cream that I kind of lost interest in it..

Ok back to the story.. when we left Baskin Robins I unlocked the doors like normal, and Bethany open one of them and the alarm went off.. I then ran across to the other side to quickly disable the alarm. We then tried it again.. it didn't work.. and again, and again.. I tried to see if there was a fuse that I could pull, nothing. I tried starting the car with the door open, and that didn't work.. At this point we were kind of stuck.. There was nothing we could do. Then a thought popped into my head, "what if we tried starting the car while the key in the passenger side door was in the unlocked position.?" Voila, it worked, but to be sure I had to ask this guy to key the key in the whole way home.. Thanks again, by the way..

I got home and called anyone I knew about the car, and I got about the same response.. I called the dealership, and they said that I need to have it towed in [to Chico], and that it would cost about $360 to get it fixed..

So we are still going to be calling repair shops around town, but we have to wait until Monday.

We had been talking about needing a new car anyway [probably not a volkswagon], so this is, I guess, a forced issue now.. We don't have the money, and we are not very experienced in buying/selling cars, so if you have any advice, we would love to hear it..

Please pray, and if you could help out with a ride here/there that would be great.

Thanks for reading.

B-T-W.. The picture of the car is not really our car, but I thought that it captured the point of this blog.

myriad site.

Some of you know, others have wondered.. what have I been doing this last few weeks/months.. Well, I have been working on this, and I think that the first stage is complete.. Thanks to some help from some people..


Go check out the page, and tell me what you think..

Also don't forget to comment on the Myriad's blog.. Encourage them, laugh at/with them, or just say hi..

Poll: If you had more free time, what would you do with it.?

Cool video.

So.. I just watched this really cool video on this guys blog.. If you have a second check it out.. Oh the title of the song is, "Easy/Lucky/Free".. by Bright Eyes.

a daddy moment.

Ok. So last night was really hard for some reason.. Josiah, [if you don't know who this is, you must be new, but you can see pictures and read stories, either on this blog, or my wife's].. was a little sick and possibly cutting more teeth.. So he was a little cranky. Bethany had to get up quite a few more times than normal, and was really tired.. After a few minutes of silence, Josiah started screaming and wouldn't let up.. Bethany, really frustrated, said "just leave him, he will fall asleep".. I couldn't really listen to him cry much longer, so i decided to get up and take him into the living room where I would just let him fall asleep on me.. and that is exactly what he did..

I was just sitting on the couch holding my son and watching him sleep, and even though my neck was a little sore from looking down at him, I really just had a moment with my son.. I just looked at his little feet, and hands [he sleeps with his hands next to his face]..

So this blog is for the Father's out there.. Spend time with your kids.. Enjoy what God has given us.. Kids grow up fast and we shouldn't miss a moment with them.. Keep being great fathers..

And mom's we love the way that you take care of our kids, and how much you love and spend time with them.. Please don't stop!. But again, relish the moments that you have with them..

Thanks,

What are some great moments that you have had with your kids.?

film.

This is the film from Erase the Dark.. A music, art and film festival that we put together to raise money for a school in our community.. I waited to post it because I wasn't sure if we were going to show it on a Sunday night, we still might.. So enjoy.