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My kids were asked to be part of an IgniterMedia shoot a couple of months ago and of course, I jumped at the chance! Kailey (oldest child) was too old, but Emily and Nathan were the perfect age they were looking for. When we got there and were given the script, they weren’t easy lines. I was getting a little worried, but good thing they only had to repeat the lines back. Well, here’s the video that they made called “I’ll Need You Mom” for Mother’s Day:
Today, …
First game of the season and Emily got “Player of the Game!”
This season’s coach is pretty intense and knows his drills. I think Emily will improve a lot during this season. She’s pretty stoked tonight. Last season, we had the nicest coach, but not so good in coaching. Was thinking … do I want a nice and encouraging coach and have a losing season? Or an intense and intimidating coach with a winning season? How about a nice and encouraging coach AND a winning …
Yesterday, there was a school open house night where we go and visit the teachers and classrooms. We went to all of our kid’s classrooms. On each of their desks, they all had projects and drawings that we flipped through. I took a picture of one that caught my eye on Emily’s desk.
Someone who encourages me: Mom
My role model: Dad
Very cool. Except, when I asked Emily, “What a role model?” she said, “I don’t know.” Great.
Anyway, also on each of their desks …
My son (youngest) is 6 years old today. I got home late today and so I didn’t see him before he went to bed. So I went to his bed, woke him up, and took these pics. He’s back in bed now.
So, like father like son? Do we really look a like? Is he really my mini-me?
Happy Birthday, Nathan.
A test of delayed gratification. If he waits to eat the marshmallow before dad comes back, he will get two instead of one. Will he delay his immediate gratification for something more???
Ok, I need your help. My wife and I have a little wager going on here. We decided to have a little friendly contest on who would make the better pumpkin. So, we both got a pumpkin and our carving tools to see who could do a better job. The pictures are below and I won’t tell you who made which one until the voting is closed. They are shown in alphabetical order.
Please vote to settle this!
Which pumpkin do you like better? …
Emily is now 49″ tall and therefore can ride almost every adult roller coaster at Six Flags. In fact, to our surprise, when we stood in line for Titan (the largest ride every built by Six Flags), even Nathan (youngest child) qualified in height. So, we wait in a very short line only to find out that we would wait for another 15 mins for them to clean up some throw-up from the previous run. Nasty! And it happened to be the row that we were …
Today, I preach the first part of a sermon series called “Global.” In talking about God’s global heart for all the nations, I told an illustration of something that happened this week:
On Friday night, as our family was watching the Beijing Olympic opening ceremonies, I was reminded of God’s global heart. Besides the fact that it was one of the most incredible display of technology and humanity that I have seen in my lifetime, the kids and I were looking forward to seeing the different countries enter the …
Just got back from a week long vacation in the Northwest (Seattle/Portland). In some ways, it felt like a month, and in other ways, it felt like a couple of days. I’ve never done so much on a vacation:
- visited two national parks (north cascades and mt. rainier)
- walk on many nature trails and saw many foxes, deers and chipmunks
- touched snow at top of mountain
- touched the beach on the pacific ocean
- picked shelfish, mussels, and clams and touched starfish and sea cucumbers
- camping on the pacific …
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