Post #100

Well, I have reached 100 posts….A pretty cool thing for me but I could have reached this goal a long time ago but for some reason w/ life and things that just took up my time I stopped posting.

Interesting, to be so close to 100 but falling short. I could have finished early but I delayed…

Which brings me to what I am working on this week in my world. Child Dedications….In raising your kid do you fall short sometimes? Do you miss the goal by just a little? What small thing could you have done to help them reach that next achievement?

Me?!? It’s my job?!?

Of course…. My kids are my responsibility and I have to actively pursue raising them for greatness each day. I can’t let up or give up because the enemy and the “world” wants them to fail or succumb to its ways. For analogy purposes a football team is always looking for ways to score a touchdown… Carefully looking for creases to slip through, dissecting weaknesses and exposing ways to where you can succeed, defend and reach your goal.

That’s what we need to do as parents. Rise up and protect your children, defend them, and more importantly equip them for success! Please make the choice to pray for them and devote time to lay them at the feet of Jesus. Allowing Him to use you and those around you to help properly raise your kid.

Now in our child dedication meeting next Monday I am going to have the privilege and honor to talk to some parents about this and 5 other great points to help them with the first crucial steps of raising there kiddo.

So i end with this….. Don’t delay, don’t miss your goal by a small step, don’t let “life” get in the way of raising your kids and no matter what….. Have a blast doing it!

Knock off the dust

Well it’s time to knock the dust off the ol blog and get back to what’s flowing through my head, what I see amusing, what’s going in the world in a House Full of Ladies…

Let me just update you all with what has happened in the past 12 months…. If I can remember it all of course.

-Brooklyn is now 5, reading a ton and in kindergarten… And dominating all the previous.
-Bailee is hilarious and is just amazing me daily… She still has all her skin and allergy issues. Nothing new there.
-Sheena and I have accomplished our 7 years of marriage and are looking forward to the next 100 years for sure.
-I got a new job, kinda. I am now at LifeChurch.tv in Yukon! Loving it there and love what God is doing through his people for sure! Got a team I love and will fight for!

Why do I choose today to knock of the dust on the ol blog? Because within 24 hours my life changes a little more…. My brother is flying in and asking his Soul mate to marry him! I am elated for him and looking forward to having Mandy-Mack as a sis-in-law!

Blog…..welcome back.

AT&T Cable or Cox Cable?

Currently we use Cox as our Internet and Cable provider and looking to switch to AT&T….We are not sure but both offer lots of advantages and disadvantages….

What you think? What do you prefer?

Like Stop Motion?

Love this Video….I Have no idea how long it took to make!

Different Perspective….

This past Tuesday we took our birthday girl, Brooklyn, to the zoo.  Had a great time and we brought a friend of ours, Mandy, and this is what she saw.  It’s not the norm but I love the perspective.

Mandy’s Blog

First Fish!

Pics will be floating around soon so keep your eyes peeled!

Yep, Yesterday Brooklyn caught her very own Fish!  I was so proud of her!  She cast it out about 30 feet (no lie….She’s that good and she’s only 3!)  Reeled it in just a little and once she had that bobber go down she set that hook and reeled in a whopping 6-7 inch fish!  Was it a Perch?  Nope….A CATFISH!!!  I was so proud of her!  Bout brought me to tears!

What made me so proud of her was not that she did i t all by herself or anything but the fact that she practiced for so long!  She would have her practice lure on and she would cast, and cast, and cast till she got the hang of it.  She would probably do this for about 3-4 weeks now….  I truly think she is the best soon to be 4 year old caster in the state!  So it was great to tell her that all that practice paid off and she came out with a reward!  a 6-7 inch Catfish!

She was so patient, and wanted to bait the hook, cast, wait for the fish, and reel it in….But of course didn’t want to “pet” the fish.  I am fine with that for now….But soon enough she’ll be my little helper and taking care of her sissy and her mommy.

Working on the car…

Well….Here’s a pic of Dad and I working on the car…..It’s progress at least.

Still working on it.  As you can see my pop got his tattoos on his arms that he’s been wanting and I finally got that belly I have been working on….

I’m mario?

Last week in KONNECT, our discipleship program for kids here at our church, we had costume night!  It was a blast!  Each month we have a theme night and we do various things.  Crazy Hair Night, Glow in the dark party, pj night, etc….. Good times.  I dressed up as Mario and my good friend Red Dawg (our Emcee) dressed up as a Bandito!

There were two kids who actually dressed up as us!  Hilarious!  Rightly named as Mini Edge and lil’ Red Dawg.  We had 4 overall winners that night Mini Edge won and 3 other costumes, A cowboy, Nancy Drew and a Mail Carrier.  Good creativity juices flowing that night!  I didn’t know why lil’ Red Dawg didnt make it on stage but he had an excellent chance on sweeping the competition!

Well below are some pics for your enjoyment……

Enjoy.

I’m smarter than a dumb bird……..

Well a couple days ago we were watching a reality show on the discovery channel that is non-typical to what I am used to but it kept my interest so we watched it….It was called “Verminators“.  It is a show that is based off of that people have bug/animal/pest problems and they come out and take care of buisiness. Well this particular episode of Verminators the big issue was Pigeons in the Attic.  They found a hole and began to nest and live in the attic of this big 2 story Duplex.  Well, apparently the pigeons have been living there for many years.  There was POOP all over the place, dead pigeons, babies, eggs…..It was bad and very gross.  That show has kinda kept in my head for a couple weeks now……..

……………well yesterday (i don’t know the exact terminology) our overhang on our roof has vents on the underside that keep the circulation going in our attic…..on one of the mesh vents have gone bad and a hole has somehow been punched through.  I didnt think of it much but Sheena said, “we better cover that before a bird flys in there.”  I said, “I’ll get it tomorrow. A bird won’t find that hole and make a nest or anything this quick.”

HA

Well this morning I pull up into our driveway and see a huge fat pigeon sitting on our gutter in front of the hole!

You can imagine what flys through my mind!

As I step closer a bird flys out of the hole!

What tha!

Well I run in and tell Sheena that she’s right and there is a bird trying live up in our attic….Of course she says the common words…”I told you!”  So I drop what I got and go up in the attic to try to plug the hole.  As I am up there I realize I can’t reach the hole so I go BACK down into the garage and try to assess the situation a little better and figure out how I can plug that hole! 

After a short deliberation we decide to do a temporary fix and fill it with a piece of cardboard.  But before I put the cardoard piece in i go ahead and rip off the entire piece of bad mesh.  When I pull down the mesh and feel around I pull down tons of pine needles, leaves, twigs and various goodies.  CRAP!  Luckily, I tore it down before a full blown nest was developed.

I stepped away after blocking everything off and cleaning everything out and I watch to see what tries to fly back in there and complete it’s nest. 

I waited….

and waited….

and waited….

for like 1 minute and then I saw a black bird with twigs in mouth try to fly up into the attic!  SUCCESS!  It tried a couple times but failed! 

Just be careful what you watch on TV….It may just happen to you…..unless you are smarter than a dumb bird.

Weekend getaway

Okay I think this weekend I will actually be able to get away!  A couple months ago our family tried to go down to Ada and visit our best friends, well on the way down my wife was feeling queezy and it progressively got worse.  Well a short 3 hours in Ada later we turned around and headed back to Edmond……Blah….A waste of a trip for sure it felt like.  At least 3 hours with our friends is better than NONE!

This past friday I got another chance to go down to Ada and actually speak at his Church.  It was an absolute blast and evey time I go down there I miss them more and more.  As I was down there they all asked this series or questions….

“Hey Justin! Where’s Sheena at?  Where’s the girls?”  “There still in Edmond they couldn’t make it tonight.”  “Oh…..Okay…. How you doing?”

They LOVE my family!  But I ain’t bitter! 

Well this weekend I am going to get to go back down and spend a full friday night, All day Saturday and All day Sunday!

It is going to be a blast and I look forward to the good times!