nic’s tricks.

here is one of nic’s new things he learned.  I went into his room to get him up from his nap to find him doing this… BTW… if you don’t change a kid’s dirty diaper for a while… WHEW!!!!   

NO WAY… GRETCHEN HAS A BLOG!!!

so I never thought it would happen.  Gretchen Lee has a blog!  We’ve converted her!  check her blog out: www.lovetoloveit.wordpress.com

musings – philippians 1

so we are studying the book of philippians in the Bible for like 8 weeks.  We have read chapter one for like 14 days and I feel as if I have absorbed the info into the deepest parts of my brain and life.  One of the major things that I love about this chapter is the very first sentence.  Paul describes himself as a “slave” of God.  better… a “bond-slave”… a doulos {that is the greek word for it}.  Anyway… the imagery of a doulos is beautiful.  In BC days… if a master were to set a slave free… consider his debt paid in full… sometimes the slave would in turn commit his life back to the master in a lifetime of free service out of love for his master.  He would go over to the door post… the master would take a sharp peg… and he would pierce the servants ear and put a ring through it signifying that he was a doulos… a freed slave who returned for a life of loving service to his master.  That is what I want for my life.  I love the imagery! 

nic playing t-ball

well… here is the best thing ever… nic learned how to play t-ball.

Give me a U-C-L-A!!!

if any of you saw the game tonight… you’d have to agree with me: they seemed like a whole new team!  In fact… my bruins seemed like they were on a mission to prove the nay-sayers wrong… and boy did they ever.  My boy, Kevin Love… just DROWNED Xavier tonight.  can’t wait to see who they will battle in the Final Four!  yup… that’s right… 3 in a ROW people!  Go Bruins!

cinderella at the big dance.

Davidson… what else can you say?  This is why they call it march madness.  I mean… who would have ever thought that a little unknown school would knock out a Big East powerhouse, a big ten champ, and a tournament staple in Gonzaga???  I love it!  even though I didn’t pick any of this madness… I will keep watching.  Expect the unexpected… maybe they’ll knock of top ranked Kansas and half of the people around the USA will have their brackets jacked up?  GO UCLA!!!  We’ve got a tough one coming up!  Beat Xavier!

ticket to ride.

so j and gretchen came over and we all played our favorite game… ticket to ride… build trains… connect routes… etc… anyway… I scored a whopping… ready???  45 points in the first game… everyone else scored over 140.  terrible.

raising a “wild” boy – thought #2.

so, like i said in an earlier post… I’m reading this book… and I’m trying to learn early what it means to raise nic to be a REAL MAN.  so today I read about facing your enemies… It was awesome.  learning to be a warrior and fight against those things that would take you down a road of a passive life.  Sometimes… I’ve got to admit… the life of ease and passivity seem luring because… well… because I can be lazy @ times.  I have really been inspired lately by my wife, sarah.  As I am writing she is getting shots so that she can go in like a month on a mission trip to Haiti.  She felt as if she needed to be a little more risky with her faith… so she decided to go.  I am very proud of her.  Nic has a great mommy.  I want to raise him to have a cause to fight for… to live a risky faith… and am praying that he one day embraces that faith and uses it to change his world.  AWESOME! 

UC-LA.

I just thought they might need some extra cheering and encouragement from all the way in Indiana… since they’ve blown a 21 point lead and they are only up by 6 points.  GO BRUINS!

nic madness.

so guess what nic likes about basketball???  DUNK!