Ruthi said the cutest thing today. Brandi was at Wal-Mart waiting for new tires to get put on the Hyundai, and I called and asked that since she was in Wentzville would she mind picking up some White Castles on her way back in for us here at the office. She asked Ruthi what she… [Read more…]
June 26, 2008
I could hit a golf ball a long way, and straight too. Now? Not so much. We had a goofy idea to take the youth to the local driving range on Wednesday night and try to show our stuff. The girls were good sports and we all had a pretty great time. Here’s one particular… [Read more…]
June 24, 2008
My friend and boss, Pastor Ryan Akers has a personal blog site he uses to make church announcements, share devotionals, and post thoughts on church matters as well as controversial items. He recently received an email from a beloved parishioner about hymns in our service to which he crafted a lengthy reply. If you’re feeling… [Read more…]
June 24, 2008
I just officiated my 8th wedding this past Saturday! It was a memorable one too, probably the best I’ve ever been to and the best I’ve done. It was a wedding for two dear friends of mine. The bride I have known since she was 3 and the groom since he was about thirteen or… [Read more…]
June 19, 2008
We can hardly believe that our baby girl is 2 years old! What an amazing addition and blessing to our family she has been. She is getting more fun, more inquisitive, more talkative, more rambunctious, and more beautiful every day! This past Sunday, while celebrating Father’s Day, we also got to celebrate Ruthi’s 2nd Birthday!… [Read more…]
June 18, 2008
I don’t know if any of you out there are into podcasts at all, but since the inception of podcasts a few years ago (If you don’t know what a podcast is, click HERE for the total rundown), I have enjoyed tracking different interests and videos and episodes of sort. I recently came across these… [Read more…]
June 12, 2008
I love wings. That might in fact be quite an understatement. Anyway, we recently had a Buffalo Wild Wings open just down the road from us in early April. I made a post a couple months ago about how Brandi and I waited in line at the opening and were able to each get 52… [Read more…]
June 10, 2008
We had a belated birthday celebration for Eric at Emily and James’ house last night and Ruthi got a chance to play with the twins, Emerson and Stella, which she ALWAYS looks forward to. Anyway, Ruthi decided she wanted to test her reading skills on Stella and I managed to get a picture with the… [Read more…]
June 10, 2008
Still looking for a reason to move to Missouri? I thought so! Thought this was interesting on Yahoo’s front page this morning. The funny thing though? Is there really that much of a difference once you’re paying over 3.50 a gallon? Click HERE to see the whole story.
June 6, 2008
Totally ready to be finished, but we’ve still got a little ways to go with our move as we’re attempting to re-condition everything we move from the cottage (mini-parsonage) to the new (to us) townhouse. It’s a gradual process, but we did get our internet hooked up today and we also went and picked up… [Read more…]
June 27, 2008
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