Category Archives: Life

May 17 2012

sanity with dogs and kids…

Last week I wrote a blog about us getting our poodle snoopy back from my father-in-lawn.  Well, looks like I didn’t know what we were in for and I may have been a bit overly ambitious.  For the past week Erin and I have been trying to keep our sanity among the kids and dogs.   Judah still hasn’t gotten on a consistent sleep schedule which does make for the occasional middle of the night early mornings with out sleep.  Also, Maeven has been teething like crazy which makes for temperatures, crying, little sleep, and a pretty fussy little girl.  Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining about these joys of parenting, but they on their own would be enough to keep us busy and slightly tired.  Then there is our dogs…

Snoopy has just not adjusted well to life with us.  One of the great things about our boxer and schnauzer is that they are pretty independent, and when you don’t let them on the furniture they go find their own bed.  When you need to leave them outside in the yard for awhile they love to play and can stay out for a few hours.  Snoopy on the other hand cannot.  Inside is constant whimpering if he’s not held and outside he is so small he slips right out of the fence if we are not watching him.  And so there is just no way we can leave him out a by himself.  Also, out other two seem to get amped up and more whiney competing for extra attention.  So needless to say it doesn’t look as though the Snoopy experiment will work out and eventually he will be going back into the loving arms of my father-in-law.

He is actually a very good dog and is great with the little kids.  However, we are just realizing that we are a two dog family right now and can’t handle more than that.   When it comes down to it, our kids need more attention than a poodle.  That being said, I am thankful for how well our kids seem to love their pets and enjoy animals in general.   I can’t wait till they are able to take more ownership of the dogs and rather than there be a tug and pull of pets vs. kids, that we would be just a big happy family!

In the mean time, Erin and I are praying we make it sanely through all the kids growth issues and pet attention issues!

May 10 2012

teen lock-in chaperones needed…

This Friday night we will be holding our annual end of the school year teen lock-in at the Rec Center.   We are expecting between 100 to 130 kids to attend.   Currently we are running lower than normal on the number of chaperones that we have for the evening.   If you are college age or older and would like to volunteer to be a chaperone we would lov to have you join us.   This is a great time for you to get to know various teens in our community and build relationships with them that can lead to chances to share the Gospel!  Please let me know asap if you are able to join us!

Also, be praying for me as I will be giving the devotional to the students half way through the night.   This is a great opportunity for us to have a captive audience that includes many teens who don’t attend church.  Pray that I will clearly explain the Gospel for our unsaved students and that at the same time I might be able to challenge our Christian students to be bold in their faith.

Hope to see you at the Lock-IN!!!

May 9 2012

whew what a week so far…

This week has been a fast paced game of catch up for me here at the Rec Center.   On Friday I finished up the school year with my home school student and so this week I have been busy catching up on some office work, website stuff, and various other things that I had fallen behind on.   A high point was that on Monday night my student and his family came out and we had a mini-eighth grade graduation for him.  It was a really good night where all of us who helped with teaching this year were able to offer words of encouragement and challenge him to succeed in high school next year and most importantly to rely on God.

Yesterday, we also held a weekly meeting with our FCA students that are going to Leadership Camp this summer.  We are preparing to share about camp at both Bear Track Bible Church and Idamay Bible Church over the next couple of week to hopefully raise the needed funds for taking our students.   We also had a Bible study where we are going to be going through various character traits of a Christian Leader over the next few weeks.  Yesterday’s topic was Trust, and how we need to put our total trust in God and at the same time be the type of person others trust.   If you are interested in possibly sponsoring a student come out to one of our sharing services and here about camp and ask the students any questions you might have!

Today has been pretty much a snack bar day at the Rec Center making lots of food orders from morning throughout the afternoon.   We also had a small group of 2nd grade students come in from Owsley County to bowl.  I always like working with the younger kids and just seeing their excitement over hitting any number of pins, whether one or a strike!

Tomorrow promises to be another busy day, but ending with some major excitement.  Tomorrow night my bowling team will be bowling for the Men’s Bowling league championship.   Personally, I am just hoping I bowl well enough not to hurt my team!

Lot’s going on this week, but God has blessed with lots of opportunities to build relationships and share Christ.   Very thankful for the opportunity to sow seeds for God!

May 8 2012

snoopy’s coming home….

Last summer my wife and I got the cutest little poodle ever, a black and white parti we named Snoopy.  Our goal was to breed him for schnoodles with our mini-schnauzer Nixie.  However, the house we were living in at the time was too small to add a third dog and so my in-laws agreed to keep him until we could move into our new house.  Being the adorable and kid friendly dog that he is, they fell in love with him and his homecoming was pushed back until after Judah’s birth and then indefinitely.   Snoopy is so friendly and loves playing with Maeven and so I have really been wanting to get him back.  Today, my wife called and made my day by letting me know we get to bring him home this weekend.  Can’t wait for my little buddy’s return!