The mouth

Right before this picture Moses had eaten 4 pacifiers and a turkey leg. Look at that mouth...amazing!

My black Friday purchase

I got Zeke a bell for his bike. $2.99 at Target. His other one broke. Can you believe 3 people died today trying to shop for something that no one will care about in 3 days like this bell. We live in a very confusing place.

It's official...

I'm a 530 area code guy!
It's been a year...I took the plunge.
No more 951...crazy.
It's gonna suck gettin' that old english Inland Empire tattoo removed from my stomach.
I'm a Reddin' boy...yeehaw!

It's a toss up...

Would I rather...
change cell phone carriers
Have someone pull out all my teeth with a pipe wrench or
Have some one kick me continually in the crotch for an hour
I truly can't decide
I got some crazy deal to switch to Sprint but it's sucking my will to live

Tears on my keyboard

Pray!

Alyssa spilled the beans

I found out what I'm getting for Christmas.
Not only can you get it at Walmart...but I hear it smells like a BBQ stain on a white t-shirt.
Is there really anyone in the world that would look at this ad and go out and purchase this stuff.
I apologize if you're wearin' some McGraw right now...smellin' like rose petals and cow patties!

Sabbath

Sorry it's been a while.
Today we got up and got a chance to say goodbye to the Dunlaps.
They came in last night on their way to Oregon...so good to catch up...way to short...can't wait till Christmas.
I got a nap that was amazing.
Bank, Walgreens, and Winco with kids...not so restful.
The entire population of Redding was in Winco today...crazy.
Worked out.
Put the kids down for nap...let the wife nap.
We have friends that are coming up today to check out Simpson for their daughter.
They are going to take our kids tonight and let Alyssa and I go on a date...amazing!
We're gonna go to dinner...come back...feed Moses...go back out.
That's the most alone time with the wife since the baby...can't wait.
Hope you get a day of rest this week.
Shalom

The living room

This is the new office / kids room / extra bedroom for friends and family with the help of an aero bed / sweet room for life groups.
This morning I had the life group leaders over to talk about the new year and I'm stoked.
So excited to be so closely connected to all of our groups.
I love to hear what God is doing.
I feel alive in a living room with leaders...it's in my DNA.
What makes you come alive?
This morning I had our life group leaders in

Back at it

The post Moses era has taken me away from my gym routine.
Today I returned.
I'm switching gyms.
I'm going to Fit One...it's right by my house.
Fitness 19 feels like its in Weaverville.
That doesn't help me go when I have a hard time convincing myself to go anyway.
Look for me when you're driving down Hartnell.
I'll be the obnoxious guy that is posing in the window.
Seriously...why the huge wall of windows facing the street?

Did someone steal my banner?

No idea what happened to it.
Can you view it because it looks like a big black box to me.

I wanna see the world through his eyes!

Almost caught up

Getting caught up on Heroes has been the thorn in my flesh.
Badly hacked versions of season 2 online.
Subtitles that took up half the screen in season 3.
We finally got to episode 5 and 6 in season 3 so we could watch it on nbc.com...priceless!
Creepy clown guy.
Mohender is mo-lamer
We're getting close.
I can almost enter conversations with people again.
Why is my life so lame.
I need a hobby or something.

Great moments in speaking

Sunday at the Stirring I was talking about the Green Elephant in the church and I started talking about how Alyssa and I use cloth diapers for the kids. The message was not about cloth diapers...trust me.
Anyways...I was talking about choices we've made and how I see it as worship, not brownie points.
I thought I said scraping poop out of my kids diapers has turned into worship for me, but Juan and Nate said they heard me clear as day say, "it's worship for me when I scrape poop out of the toilet!" I'm still convinced I didn't say this but they assure me that I did.
Amazing.
I have no idea why I was talking about poop and worship anyways.
I should probably stick closer to the script.
Oh...the joys of speaking to crowds of people!
I'll forever be the "scooping the poop out of the toilet worship guy!"
Brilliant.
Anyone else hear it?
I'm having Nate post the 7pm gathering for the podcast. I got my poop straight that time!

Patrick is my hero!!!

I now have wireless in my house. Patrick is awesome.
I'm blogging from my front room as I neglect my kids that are crying :)
It's been a great Sabbath so far...gotta go.

wireless, inlaws, projects, bond, environment

That's been my last few days...
Still no wireless in the house...hence the sparse blogs
Inlaws came in on Thursday night
We've been doin' projects like crazy...
Hanging and trimming door
Ceiling fan
Kitchen light
Blinds
Water line
Leaks
Grout
Gutters
Trim
Closets
Saw the new Bond flick last night...wow...two words...axe to the foot!
Bringin' the green elephant this weekend to wrap up the series.
That's my life.
Monday...wireless internet
After Monday...blogs are back!
Stick around.

You've officially been pimped...

Adam needed some love to tell the world that his blog has moved. Go give him a blog hi-five.
In exchange for blog love I'm getting some tech love in setting up my wireless connection.
We totally need to move back to a bartering society...that would be awesome.
The only problem is my skill set kind of sucks.
I could pray for you.
Sing you a song.
Teach you how to be mediocre in golf.
Preach at you.
Give you advice that doesn't work in raising kids.
Pick paint colors for your house.
Pimp your blog.
That's all I got!
I'd probably go hungry in that kind of society...bummer.
I need to get good at a hobby or something.
Would anyone trade goods and services with me? Whatcha got?

I have internet...

after a week of fighting with at&t and an hour and seventeen minutes on the phone with them tonight before life group...good times.
we only have one jack in the house that works and that's in the bedroom.
only problem...Moses sleeps in our room right now...hence the dark picture.
can anyone tell me how to use my wireless router? it would be amazing to get on the internet and be able to see the keyboard.
I promise to have a productive post soon...

Off to a retreat

Our staff is getting away for a couple days.
Can't wait.
Time with God.
Time to be refreshed.
Time with friends.
Sean's cookin'.
Should be sweet.
No blogs till Saturday.
Try to survive!

One of these things is not like the others...

It's a new day.
Thanks for the post Longbrake

Did you miss me?

I haven't seen the internet in 6 days.
In that time I have...
Packed up an entire house
Painted an entire house
Moved into a new house
Spoke at the Stirring about the political elephant in the church
Go listen to it here if you want. I know Hagquist is chompin' at the bit
We have a new president
I have 104 blogs to read
Pretty crazy 6 days.
It's good to be back!