I'm baaaaaaack

A lot to write that should of been written months ago. I am encouraged by those who actually look for the new posts. For those who have, (Johnny, Kroek), "aww dude, sorry."

Let's just put first things first. Me. Yeah. I've been putting me first quite a bit lately. At least I feel like I have. My wife...she is amazing. She just going and going with a whiny 17 month old hanging on her leg. And me? Move over Houdini, here comes "Hoffini" the King of escape artists. To my office..to the hardware store...to the bank...out for lunch.... anywhere I can escape the whiners, the needers, the wanters, the clingers, etc... O.K...I know if my wife reads this she would think I was being too hard on myself. Well, I hope she thinks that. No. It doesn't matter what others think. The Lord is the one who taps me on the shoulder of my heart and says, "Hey, buddy. Your missing out." He did that tonight. Lord have mercy.

On to other things. Here are the highlights from the last 4 1/2 months.

1. Tales from the Christmas Tree Lot went over very well. We had a sold out crowd and people seemed ecstatic as they left. One interesting fact about the event was we had people come that have lived within a 5 mile radius of Camp that have never set foot on the property before! The Gospel was clearly given amongst trappings of Charles Schultz and Dr. Seuss.

2. My family flew with me to Texas for a 2 week adventure in the middle of February! I was asked to speak and lead worship for 2 Father/Son Retreats that were held at Frontier Camp in Grapeland, TX. What an amazing blessing that was.

3. Some other friends and I planned a Valentines Banquet/Outreach for our community which was hosted my our local church. It started with Bobby Darin and ended with The 3 Stooges. Go figure.

4. Myself and a friend/co-worker were able to have dinner with another friend that I hadn't seen in about 9 years. That was cool.

5. Leah is walking and saying words we can't understand

6. We have a dog. Black Lab. Named Betty. Any songs come to mind?

7. I met with a guy in the twin cities that may be interested in recording my next CD. Now it's a matter of songs and money. Maybe I should write a song about money.

8. I took my oldest son, David, to the eye doctor for his first ever eye exam.
"Now, David, cover your left eye and read the bottom row."

"Egellbaqerjeffedd..."

"No, just say the letters.

"Oh. E G L B Q R....."


Well, that's enough for now. I need to stop because I'm typing in bed and my toddler daughter is about to awaken. I can't be up with the light on if that happens because she will see me and want to stay up and then no one will be able to sleep.

I guess then I'll just blame President Bush.