I'm not an avid weather watcher so I don't know if the warm weather is here to stay but! Wasn't today GORGEOUS!? Eli and I took the morning and headed to the beach. We made roads out of dried up reeds, houses out of dried up seaweed, cars out of seashells, and stop lights out of feathers. What a great day!
We need prayers! Mark and I are leading a 4-week Marriage course that kick off this weekend with a dinner & all day in-town retreat at Epworth on Saturday. We always tend to feel a little pressed down right before God moves! This is no exception!
We'll let you know how it goes!
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Los Angeles Baby!
Wow!! First, before I get started, I must say it is going to take me awhile to catch up on everyone's blogs! I surfed everyone's and got so excited that there is much to catch up with. Then, I got to KTB's. I am a little bit intimidated by her minute-by-minute recount of their ski trip. Not sure my trip to LA can be that detailed. But I can give you the broad strokes...and you will like it!
Ok...Wow!! LA. WOW! A couple of weeks ago, we got a phone call from a family who live on SSI and support The GP. They support a ministry in Hollywood - MovieGuide.org. They promote and reward movies that promote moral, family, and/or Christian values - movies that inspire and propel you to live better. Ted Baehr is the founder. So, they had their big awards ceremony last night. We flew out to LA on Sunday morning after dropping our kids off in ATL with our ol' faithfuls - the B-fields and MD. That night we checked into our hotel....The Beverly Wilshire!! Yep. Right at the end of Rodeo Drive. Yep. We spent 4 days hobnobbing with the rich and famous and I'm ashamed to admit that we were a bit intoxicated by it all.
Upon our arrival, we passed Bruce Willis exiting the same door we were entering. What a thrill. The next morning, Mark and I got up roamed around town in our little rented car - driving up into 'the hills' checking out hotspots. We got out and walked through the Kodak theater as they were hanging red drapes and spreading out the red carpet for the Oscars. We drove Mulholland Drive, saw the for-real-Brady Bunch house (apparrently an unspoken life-long dream for Mark), read all the handprints/footprints at the Mann's Chinese Theater, drove Sunset Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd, and of course, everyone was truly a 'buzz' about Britney's new do.
That afternoon, we met up with our crowd back at The Wilshire to head out to the Jay Leno show. While we waited, we watched Dixie Carter stroll through the lobby to lunch. We had just watched her the night before on DH. Wild. Jay Leno was Monday night's taping - the American Idol's fab 4 were there - Randy, Simon, Ryan and even Paula. Leno was funny - funnier than I thought. Tiki Barber was there and then some obscure local band from LA who has been on the radio recently. What fun!!!
The next day we toured Columbia/Sony Pictures. We got to see the Wheel of Fortune studio. Really tiny.. hate to disappoint all you WoF fans. Walked through lots of the sound studios where they make films - saw no famous people. We did see some big boat they are making for Brad Pitt's new movie. I don't think we were impressed.
But! Tuesday night was soooo fun!! The MovieGuide Awards. We met Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble, Shirley Jones (Partridge Family Mom), met the President of Disney, met Bill Bright's son from Campus Crusade, saw Bruce Willis' mom, met the husband/wife team that wrote CARS. We heard Brian Littrell sing 'Welcome Home' and another song.
The biggest thrill of the night for me was meeting Chris Gardner. He is the man that the movie 'Pursuit of Happyness' was written about. He was the most genuine and humble man we met all week. He won a special lifetime award.
We went to bed exhausted (in the Beverly Wilshire, did I mention that?) and woke up this morning to travel home to see our babies.
LA, like NY, was a great playground - a place I'd love to visit on more than one more occasion but definitely not a place I'd ever consider living. The streets were so clean in Beverly Hills that we thought we were at DisneyWorld.
Who knows what will become of the trip? We fell in love with this ministry and what they are doing in the movie market for good moral films. I'll blog another day about the stats he gave out during his presentation (definitely wouldn't be a funny blog, that day.)
I'm about to fall asleep. You probably are too after this long epilogue. monologue? mono-blog?
Ok...Wow!! LA. WOW! A couple of weeks ago, we got a phone call from a family who live on SSI and support The GP. They support a ministry in Hollywood - MovieGuide.org. They promote and reward movies that promote moral, family, and/or Christian values - movies that inspire and propel you to live better. Ted Baehr is the founder. So, they had their big awards ceremony last night. We flew out to LA on Sunday morning after dropping our kids off in ATL with our ol' faithfuls - the B-fields and MD. That night we checked into our hotel....The Beverly Wilshire!! Yep. Right at the end of Rodeo Drive. Yep. We spent 4 days hobnobbing with the rich and famous and I'm ashamed to admit that we were a bit intoxicated by it all.
Upon our arrival, we passed Bruce Willis exiting the same door we were entering. What a thrill. The next morning, Mark and I got up roamed around town in our little rented car - driving up into 'the hills' checking out hotspots. We got out and walked through the Kodak theater as they were hanging red drapes and spreading out the red carpet for the Oscars. We drove Mulholland Drive, saw the for-real-Brady Bunch house (apparrently an unspoken life-long dream for Mark), read all the handprints/footprints at the Mann's Chinese Theater, drove Sunset Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd, and of course, everyone was truly a 'buzz' about Britney's new do.
That afternoon, we met up with our crowd back at The Wilshire to head out to the Jay Leno show. While we waited, we watched Dixie Carter stroll through the lobby to lunch. We had just watched her the night before on DH. Wild. Jay Leno was Monday night's taping - the American Idol's fab 4 were there - Randy, Simon, Ryan and even Paula. Leno was funny - funnier than I thought. Tiki Barber was there and then some obscure local band from LA who has been on the radio recently. What fun!!!
The next day we toured Columbia/Sony Pictures. We got to see the Wheel of Fortune studio. Really tiny.. hate to disappoint all you WoF fans. Walked through lots of the sound studios where they make films - saw no famous people. We did see some big boat they are making for Brad Pitt's new movie. I don't think we were impressed.
But! Tuesday night was soooo fun!! The MovieGuide Awards. We met Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble, Shirley Jones (Partridge Family Mom), met the President of Disney, met Bill Bright's son from Campus Crusade, saw Bruce Willis' mom, met the husband/wife team that wrote CARS. We heard Brian Littrell sing 'Welcome Home' and another song.
The biggest thrill of the night for me was meeting Chris Gardner. He is the man that the movie 'Pursuit of Happyness' was written about. He was the most genuine and humble man we met all week. He won a special lifetime award.
We went to bed exhausted (in the Beverly Wilshire, did I mention that?) and woke up this morning to travel home to see our babies.
LA, like NY, was a great playground - a place I'd love to visit on more than one more occasion but definitely not a place I'd ever consider living. The streets were so clean in Beverly Hills that we thought we were at DisneyWorld.
Who knows what will become of the trip? We fell in love with this ministry and what they are doing in the movie market for good moral films. I'll blog another day about the stats he gave out during his presentation (definitely wouldn't be a funny blog, that day.)
I'm about to fall asleep. You probably are too after this long epilogue. monologue? mono-blog?
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
The Post Office
Got a call yesterday from Asa's school. Scared to pick up b/c I immediately imagined one of them had thrown up in the middle of their classroom, I answered. It was the director telling me they needed one more Mom to drive on the 'field trip' to the post office (which is all of 2 miles away from the school) today. So, this morning E & I go pick up some of the preschoolers for the big day at the post office. Asa's teacher has already pre-warned me on the playground yesterday afternoon that this is the worst trip they take. What does that mean?, I think to myself.
While it certainly wasn't the worst trip, the female postmaster (if you will) who paraded us around the bowels of our government's mail industry had a soft voice in a warehouse style building. We could barely hear her and she used words like 'carrier' for mail man...the 'LLV" for mail truck. She had kids tell them their address and she told them what route number they lived on. At one point in her discussion, our buddy Davis raises his hand and says, 'She's cutting!' Our kids had no idea what she was talking about.
It was a great hour.
After school today, I drove the kid's over to Jekyll Island to see Daddy's big party for tonight. I was also helping decorate tables. On the way there, we hear the song 'Take Me Out'. For all of you Guitar Hero novices, this is only one of the best songs on the game. For me anyway. I say Hey boys, listen to this!!. And they both yell Guitar Hero! Asa shouts from the back Crank it up, Mom! Seriously. He said that. Then, ALL 3 of us start playing our air guitars with fierce verocity. We want to win! Now, side note. I really was playing some of the for real notes in my head. I can be a little autistic that way.
When it was over, both boys said, 'I won!' Then they proceed to argue about what percent they played correctly. I got 40%! Well, I got 50%! Again, for all you novices... this is particularly important in the scoring of GH. Then, they want to know which other GH songs are 'in the radio'. They were sorely disappointed with the next selection.
There. That was a little funnier...I just needed some material.
Big plans tonight. The GP fundraiser... pray on, my friends.
While it certainly wasn't the worst trip, the female postmaster (if you will) who paraded us around the bowels of our government's mail industry had a soft voice in a warehouse style building. We could barely hear her and she used words like 'carrier' for mail man...the 'LLV" for mail truck. She had kids tell them their address and she told them what route number they lived on. At one point in her discussion, our buddy Davis raises his hand and says, 'She's cutting!' Our kids had no idea what she was talking about.
It was a great hour.
After school today, I drove the kid's over to Jekyll Island to see Daddy's big party for tonight. I was also helping decorate tables. On the way there, we hear the song 'Take Me Out'. For all of you Guitar Hero novices, this is only one of the best songs on the game. For me anyway. I say Hey boys, listen to this!!. And they both yell Guitar Hero! Asa shouts from the back Crank it up, Mom! Seriously. He said that. Then, ALL 3 of us start playing our air guitars with fierce verocity. We want to win! Now, side note. I really was playing some of the for real notes in my head. I can be a little autistic that way.
When it was over, both boys said, 'I won!' Then they proceed to argue about what percent they played correctly. I got 40%! Well, I got 50%! Again, for all you novices... this is particularly important in the scoring of GH. Then, they want to know which other GH songs are 'in the radio'. They were sorely disappointed with the next selection.
There. That was a little funnier...I just needed some material.
Big plans tonight. The GP fundraiser... pray on, my friends.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Where have I been?
I think I've had bloggers block.
Mark and I went on a wonderful leadership retreat with several other pastors this weekend. It was a much needed rest, prayer, and share time for us together and with a few other friends. Oh! It was our 11th anniversary while we were away!
We are getting ready for our big, community-wide event tomorrow night. Mark is still there working to audio check, put up lights, & practice skits. There will be around 700-800 folks there. Pray for a big fundraising!! Bobby Bowden is the guest speaker. It should be a great night!
THEN, we are gearing up for a big time in Los Angeles!!!!! We are going to the awards ceremony for the Christian Film and Television Commission. Details after we get back!!
The boys are doing great. Business is getting busy for 'hiring' season.
I'm having trouble being funny. Must still have bloggers block.
Mark and I went on a wonderful leadership retreat with several other pastors this weekend. It was a much needed rest, prayer, and share time for us together and with a few other friends. Oh! It was our 11th anniversary while we were away!
We are getting ready for our big, community-wide event tomorrow night. Mark is still there working to audio check, put up lights, & practice skits. There will be around 700-800 folks there. Pray for a big fundraising!! Bobby Bowden is the guest speaker. It should be a great night!
THEN, we are gearing up for a big time in Los Angeles!!!!! We are going to the awards ceremony for the Christian Film and Television Commission. Details after we get back!!
The boys are doing great. Business is getting busy for 'hiring' season.
I'm having trouble being funny. Must still have bloggers block.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Warm Weather & Bike Rides
You've waited long enough. It's time for another blog. It's alot like dating, you know. You don't want to call too many days in a row. They might think you really like them.
It finally warmed up here on the island. We're looking at sunny ol' 65* today! Met some friends at the park after I picked the boys up at school this afternoon. It's the best thing about living here. When it's a good day for the park, people just know and everyone shows up unnannounced at the park. I love spontaneous playdates!
KTB has prodded a story of Asa's version of rock, paper, scissors last week at the dinner table. He and I were playing a simple version (during dinner)- we had already played about 10 rounds - it was a pretty even score, but who was counting. In our house, you say, 'Rock, paper, scissors, shoot' and on 'shoot' you have to throw down your decision. Well, this time on shoot, Asa threw his arms in a wide span and said 'I win!" And I said 'What is that?" He said 'This is Jesus and he beats everything." He's right but who expected such philosophy in a game of chance?
We've been riding our bikes around the neighborhood this week. Asa has had a 20" bike for the past year that was too big for him really. We finally broke down and 'downsized' his bike to 18" for his Christmas present. Well, here we are 3-4 weeks after Christmas and he's now riding his 20" bike and 'given' Eli his new 18" bike. Now for those of you who these numbers mean nothing: The 18' bike comes up to Eli's neck. Now, I am well aware that we all realize how freakish both the boys can be when it comes to co-ordination. But you need to know that Eli can Flintstone- start this bike, ride without training wheels, AND STAND UP ON THE MIDDLE BAR while riding down the street. He casually says to Asa, "Hey! Look what I can do, try this!"
His next feat came when Asa decided in the middle of our bike ride that he needed to ride his 'new' 18" bike again. So, Eli hops on the 20" bike BY HIMSELF and rides down the street. It's as if the bike is being held still by an invisible something while he gets on and then he gets going. It's amazing really. THEN, to dismount this monstrosity he swings his legs over, lays on the seat with his head hanging on one side, legs on the other, hands still on the handlebars, STILL RIDING DOWN THE STREET, and leans in the direction of his feet and gently 'falls' on his feet. He never falls, nor does the bike. I really should get this on video.
Asa, of course, is equally talented in other athletic areas. But bike riding belongs to E.
Hope all is well. Glad I got to blog today. I feel connected. Maybe the longer we date, the less time I'll have to wait to do so.
It finally warmed up here on the island. We're looking at sunny ol' 65* today! Met some friends at the park after I picked the boys up at school this afternoon. It's the best thing about living here. When it's a good day for the park, people just know and everyone shows up unnannounced at the park. I love spontaneous playdates!
KTB has prodded a story of Asa's version of rock, paper, scissors last week at the dinner table. He and I were playing a simple version (during dinner)- we had already played about 10 rounds - it was a pretty even score, but who was counting. In our house, you say, 'Rock, paper, scissors, shoot' and on 'shoot' you have to throw down your decision. Well, this time on shoot, Asa threw his arms in a wide span and said 'I win!" And I said 'What is that?" He said 'This is Jesus and he beats everything." He's right but who expected such philosophy in a game of chance?
We've been riding our bikes around the neighborhood this week. Asa has had a 20" bike for the past year that was too big for him really. We finally broke down and 'downsized' his bike to 18" for his Christmas present. Well, here we are 3-4 weeks after Christmas and he's now riding his 20" bike and 'given' Eli his new 18" bike. Now for those of you who these numbers mean nothing: The 18' bike comes up to Eli's neck. Now, I am well aware that we all realize how freakish both the boys can be when it comes to co-ordination. But you need to know that Eli can Flintstone- start this bike, ride without training wheels, AND STAND UP ON THE MIDDLE BAR while riding down the street. He casually says to Asa, "Hey! Look what I can do, try this!"
His next feat came when Asa decided in the middle of our bike ride that he needed to ride his 'new' 18" bike again. So, Eli hops on the 20" bike BY HIMSELF and rides down the street. It's as if the bike is being held still by an invisible something while he gets on and then he gets going. It's amazing really. THEN, to dismount this monstrosity he swings his legs over, lays on the seat with his head hanging on one side, legs on the other, hands still on the handlebars, STILL RIDING DOWN THE STREET, and leans in the direction of his feet and gently 'falls' on his feet. He never falls, nor does the bike. I really should get this on video.
Asa, of course, is equally talented in other athletic areas. But bike riding belongs to E.
Hope all is well. Glad I got to blog today. I feel connected. Maybe the longer we date, the less time I'll have to wait to do so.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Culture of Funny
Ok - now I might be a little obsessed with the whole blog thing. I love being able to 'listen' to friends while miles away.
I've been taking great observation with many of the posts and found that I sorely miss the 'culture of funny' that is so obvious in our midst. I love that life can be light-hearted, that people don't take themselves too seriously, & that when a fun little jab is thrown, we are all secure enough in our relationships to know it is out of love. None of us want to be knocked out - but being pushed around a little is just plain funny. And you all are just plain funny.
When I was making a list of 'traits' for my husband long before I met my Mark, 'Christian', of course was at the top but following a close second was 'Funny'. I'm not even really sure there were others. If there were, they paled in comparison. God was gracious enough to grant me all the extras I got!! Living among a culture of funny is just important.
Be thankful for the humor in your midst. That's my admonition for the day.
I've been taking great observation with many of the posts and found that I sorely miss the 'culture of funny' that is so obvious in our midst. I love that life can be light-hearted, that people don't take themselves too seriously, & that when a fun little jab is thrown, we are all secure enough in our relationships to know it is out of love. None of us want to be knocked out - but being pushed around a little is just plain funny. And you all are just plain funny.
When I was making a list of 'traits' for my husband long before I met my Mark, 'Christian', of course was at the top but following a close second was 'Funny'. I'm not even really sure there were others. If there were, they paled in comparison. God was gracious enough to grant me all the extras I got!! Living among a culture of funny is just important.
Be thankful for the humor in your midst. That's my admonition for the day.
Friday, February 2, 2007
First Blog Ever
Ok...so it's 11:34 and I've spent the past hour or so building my new blog spot. I couldn't quite do facebook or my space but somehow this seems ok.
So...KTB and Emily Smith are visiting for a long weekend - lots of Guitar Hero - I think I hit a mid-life crisis about time they pulled in the driveway. Last night, we dyed my hair blonde. Tonight, we dyed it even blonder. I mean, really blonde. A hint of strawberry blonde - hilarious.
That's all really. More to come.
So...KTB and Emily Smith are visiting for a long weekend - lots of Guitar Hero - I think I hit a mid-life crisis about time they pulled in the driveway. Last night, we dyed my hair blonde. Tonight, we dyed it even blonder. I mean, really blonde. A hint of strawberry blonde - hilarious.
That's all really. More to come.
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