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My Kids Are Stars!

KSC — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:14:47 +0000

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, I found out that they made another version, very similar called “I’ll Need You” and included it in their new IgniterVideos Volume 8 and guess who’s on the front cover of the DVD? Yep, that’s my Emily! This video also has a clip of Nathan and Emily, except it doesn’t start and end with my kids. Maybe that’s why I like the first one better? =)

Well, both are done very professionally and emphasize an important theme that our kids need us, especially in their earlier years. And we have this video for my kids to show their friends and tell them that they are famous … but more importantly, Kathy and I have this video to remind us that our kids need us to point them to Christ, when no one else will.

I’ll Need You Video:

Lord, thank you for entrusting these children into our care. And even more than they need us, help us to teach them that they need You!

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Emily got Player of the Game!

KSC — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:29:03 +0000

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 season?

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A Role Model?

KSC — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:55:44 +0000

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 were journals that they were to write in each day. As I started looking through them and saw what things they were writing in it, I kinda got caught off-guard. They wrote the things that they did at home and what mommy and daddy did or didn’t let them do. And I was thinking, man, they remember EVERYTHING! And they are writing everything down! I better be careful or else they might write something bad about me!

Then it hit me … that’s what God was telling the Israelites to do. To impress on their children the ways of God and write them on the tablet of their hearts. I really need to be that role model for my children by living out God’s ways in me so that it impresses upon their hearts … because they remember EVERYTHING. And so, when they are writing in their journals, that they would write what has been written on their hearts.

God, teach me to be a godly parent to my children as you model perfect Fatherhood for me.

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Mini-Me?

KSC — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:44:06 +0000

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.

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Christmas Tree Setup from 2007

KSC — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:09:38 +0000

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A Marshmallow Experiment – Delayed Gratification

KSC — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:05:11 +0000

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???

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First Pumpkin Carving Family Contest

KSC — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:51:00 +0000

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!

(Leave a comment to let us know you voted too!)

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Emily’s First Adult Roller Coaster

KSC — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:23:20 +0000

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 waiting in! So, we decided to change rows. Kailey (oldest daughter) decided that she would not be riding this ride. The two younger kids, who barely qualified in height by 1″ and .5″, were gungho about getting to ride. So, I first take Emily (2nd child) on her first adult roller coaster. All I have to say is a picture is worth a thousand words:

Zoomed in (you can click on it to see even bigger):

Emily was petrified and as you can see, holding on to dear life. But she was a champ. When we were finished and rolling in to the stop, all Emily was yelling was, “Are you serious? Are you serious?” Didn’t know what she was saying. Maybe she was delusional? I said, “Serious about what?” She said, “Are you serious that Nathan is gonna ride this?”

We came to a stop and I looked at my wife who was waiting to go on with Nathan and had to exercise some godly wisdom and say, “No way … there is no way he is going!” She agreed and handed him over to me. Whew, that was a close one!

We were there from opening to the close of the park and had a great time, although I’m exhausted. But I will have the memories through this picture (although that’s the last pic that you will see my arm and leg = expensive!). My wife said that whenever she is sad or upset during the day, she will look at this picture and it will bring a smile to her face.

I hope that it does that for you.

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A Global Heart

KSC — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:22:34 +0000

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 stadium with their respective flags. And just like we are all conditioned to do, the first thing you do is you want to see the country that represents you. Kailey was looking for Korea and Emily was looking for USA. But Nathan, well, he was looking for Texas. We tried to teach him that Texas wasn’t a country, but I guess I would have a tough time trying to teach that to some of you Texans about that fact. Just when he finally understood, the country of Georgia comes on, and all my kids are now confused. So, anyway, as they sat there, country after country, trying to pronounce these country names, they were getting restless. They were looking for their countries. I’m sure you did the same.

The other thing I noticed on TV is that there were Chinese women dressed in white that were dancing and cheering for every country to welcome them to the games, and by the end, I could see that they were getting tired and their smiles were more like fake smiles. This was made obvious when, of course, China was announced.

Well, after both USA and South Korea had passed, I told the kids to go to bed, but Kailey insisted to go to bed right after seeing the country of Mongolia. You see, her two best friends moved to Mongolia about 7-8 months ago because their parents became missionaries there. And since then, she has been emailing with them, choosing to do school reports on Mongolia, and praying for them every night. And when we were talking about the possibility of USA playing against Korea, who they would cheer for, they were torn but used the reason that they live in US to cheer for USA. But, when I asked what they would do if they played against Mongolia, Kailey blurted out that she would cheer for Mongolia.

I took away something that night. Because my daughter’s heart was becoming more like God’s heart … a global heart. Not looking out for and cheering for her own country, but for another. I wondered as I was watching the Chinese women cheerleaders getting tired with fake smiles, if God got tired that night. Or I wondered if He had a genuine smile on His face for each and every country.

We need to have that global heart of God.

To watch the whole sermon, check it out here.

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A Vacation to Remember!

KSC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:17 +0000

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 w/campfire for smores and hotdogs
- tourist stuff in seattle (i.e. space needle)
- visited tillamook cheese factory and had sample cheese and ice cream
- ate at my favorite sushi place twice and ate a LOT of sushi
- ate clam chowder at the famous mo’s on the beach
- played golf with my dad, mom (first time playing with her!), and brother-in-law
- took over 400 pics on my Nikon d40x
- sold my dad’s Nikon d40x for him on craigslist
- installed a window air conditioning unit for the upstairs
- fixed my grandfather’s computer and created an email address for him (he’s 91!)
- drove on two minivans over 600 miles each between two states
- watched kung fu panda with 6 kids

Whew! Can’t believe we did that much in 7 days … it was a blast. It will go down in the history books as a “money’s worth” vacation. It was great to spend time with grandparents, parents, sister’s family, and even family time for us. And if I ever forget, I can always look back at all the pics I took. Here’s some below:

Thank you, God, for your wonderful creation that we were able to enjoy. But, even more than the mountains and nature, thank you for creating the people in my life that I can enjoy life with. Praise You, God, for my family!

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