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Friday, September 26, 2008

Josiah's 1st Birthday Party..

So for allzz youzallzz that don't know.. Josiah is turning one on Tuesday, so we are going to be having a little shindig for him on Saturday the 27th [tomorrow].. All of you are welcome to come.. We will be at Enterprise park [close to the disc golf course, hopefully. We really won't know until we get there.] @ 2pm.. We are going to have two cornhole sets there [so there will be fun] as well as a pinata and some cake.. We are asking that you bring your own meat to cook, and a side to share if you can.. I don't really know what I am doing around a grill, so if someone would like to help me, that would be great. We are going to be getting there around 1:30pm or so.. It should be fun, and I am sure that Josiah will not forget if you don't show up.. See you there.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Josiah.. is walking.

Some of you know, but for those that don't.. Josiah is walking now. Here is a great video that my wife shot yesterday.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

free internet at Starbucks.

Ok, So I have told a few of you, but I wanted to let the rest know.. The other day I was at Starbucks talking with one of the Barista's there and they told me that if you register your Starbucks gift card you can get some free stuff.. And one of those things is free internet [there are limits, like I think it is only for two hours at a time, but hey.. So check it out.. www.starbucks.com.. All you have to do to keep it active is use your card once a month. Pretty sweet, I know it is helpful to me.. because I need to get out of my stuffy home office once in a while.

Monday, September 8, 2008

John & Nessa

I have kind of decided that I want to be able to shoot some family photos, engagement photos, maybe wedding photos, and the such.. for people that I know.. and also people that I can get to know..
I bought a camera a while back, and have been using it for different things here and there mostly for web stuff and personal family stuff.. But now I am venturing off into unknown territory.. I don't 100% know what I am doing yet, but I want to learn, and grow in this area [I also want to try and teach Bethany to do some shooting as well..] All that to say, if you are a family or an engaged couple, or just need pictures for something.. Please talk to me.. Like I said, at this point I am just growing and learning, so my rates are pretty negotiable..

So this past week I got a chance to take some pictures for John and Nessa.. They will be getting married this winter. It was fun taking their pictures, but it was really hot. If you look at the sweat beads on John's head you can see what I am talking about.. So I definitely learned a few things in this shoot:

1. Don't schedule a photo shoot in the middle of the day in the summer.
2. Don't shoot photos under the shade of the trees [it cast weird shadows, mostly uneven..]
3. Don't stand in the Sacramento river and shoot [the water is really, really cold]
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Here are some of my favorites from the shoot..

Let me know what you think..

Thursday, September 4, 2008

God is good.

Amen!. I could just write that for this blog and be done, but I will expound a bit more.. Although I can't really go into too much detail at this point, hopefully I will be able to soon.. but for now, for the privacy of the people involved, I will just say that God is doing some amazing things right now in my life. I have had a crazy couple of days, and I just wanted to stop and give a "shout out" [that was for you Nate] to God.. Thank you for allowing me to see and go through the stuff that you have me go through..

We are going to be planting a church soon, and we need some money and all other kinds of support.. There are a few of us leaders that have pretty much taken on the world in order to get this thing off the ground, so if you could just pray for us as a staff that would be awesome.. Also we have a group of people that we are calling the "launch team" [we couldn't find a better name, maybe the "blue team"..] that are really excited and willing to do anything to help. I just want to say thank you to all that are putting time and effort in to this.. I believe that this is what God has us on the earth for, planting churches and growing leaders.. I live to teach people how to worship, and these are we I believe two great ways.

We are starting a new series this week called "we love. we make disciples." that is what I want to do.. come hang out for the next few weeks and listen to what God is calling you to give your life to.