Hello world! Today is Saturday, and I am so glad to be off of work. We have been pretty slow in my department, so I have been learning some other skills around the plant such as Roto molding and out side seam in the composite area that I work. Roto is pretty cool. Not too bad. I hope everything else picks up for us. You can visit our company at www.legacypaddlesports.net I hope to be there for a while, but you never know with this kind of company. I do really enjoy working there seeing as how I like to do outdoorsey things. I am hoping to get another mountain bike soon and hopefully some more kayaks. I would like to try some white water this year. It has been @3-4 years since my last white water trip.
The boys are doing great. Only 2 more weeks before summer vacation! They are excited. We are excited and nervous about Ashton's new beginnings in Kindergarten. I think he will do fine with limited challenges. He is learning more and more everyday how to communicate better, he just has to work on his temper and how to control his anger. I love my kids so much. Harm is such a great mother and wife. I could not function without her. I am very well blessed. Some things that I have been working on are not being envious of others, not lusting for material things that can only temporarily bring happiness to me, being patient, and not being hateful when things don't go my way. These are hard for any guy, but by the grace of God, I am fulfilling my destiny by correcting my behavior, my actions, and my thoughts. He is the source of everything in our lives, and if we don't believe in that, then it is going to be hard for us to understand when he comes for us and we don't have these things anymore. We don't know the day or the hour, so we always have to be prepared. If we can trust him with everything, then we shouldn't have any worries. He is so good to us.
Amen.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Camping and Living
Well, our camping trip was totally awesome! We had such a good time, we didn't want to come back. I got to go fly fishing and caught 2 trout. Keep in mind that that is pretty good for me since I only fished for @2 hours total. The boys had a great time as well as their mom. They didn't want to stop, even as the sun went down. They were full of energy! They are amazing. Poor little Ash, he was playing in one of the streams on Saturday, and dropped a huge stone on his big toe!!! Ouch! The toe nail came clean off. But he has a high tolerance for pain and played on!! One of my brother in law and sister in law went with us with their 2 year old. Now I do slightly remember when the boys were that young and we tried camping, it was very demanding, but it wasn't too bad. I had reservations about having them to go with us, and honestly would have been more comfortable without them, but overall it was great. However, I believe it will just be the Abee's next time around. The weather was perfect as well.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
On Holiday
Well, the family and I are going on holiday! Our annual camping trip. I am really excited about getting outdoors again. Sam and Ash are super excited. Our birthday celebration went really well last weekend. If you remember from the last blog, we were concerned about how it would go. There was a CAKE, bubbles, lots of cool presents. I am thrilled.
We are also thinking of trying a new church finally. It is called Calvary Chapel. Hope it works out. I have felt here lately that I have not been close to God like I want to be. Not that church will do that, but it could help! Harmony and I are just really interested in getting involved with a loving group of people to hang with, pray with, and serve with. I feel a real need to be involved. God is so amazing and I love to share with other people, but sometimes I feel intimidated, sometimes I am just lazy, and sometimes, I feel out of place. But I still feel that need. I have a few friends at work that I like to talk to about this kind of stuff. They can relate. There is a real need for God in a lot of the peoples lives that I work with. But it is awkward at times to talk God, faith, and salvation. Maybe because I feel insecure about my own faith sometimes. But most of the time I am confident in it. This is something I am working on. I always seem to be working. I do know that God triumphs over my flaws and lays things out in plane English so that I can understand. It is up to me to catch it and grab on to it. I know that he loves me.
What God has been speaking in to my life here lately is to not struggle sooo much to try being good. He has made me good, and in that, I should listen to what he has for me to do. I could spend all of my life in ministry being very successful and prosperous, but miss the whole thing that God wanted me to do the whole time. Right now in my life, I am called to be a father to my young boys, and a husband to my smokin hot wife. I will just be patient and see what God wants me to do next. I still have a lot to learn though. My heart is in the right place most of the time. But, while I am working out all the kinks, I will certainly move forward with anything that called wants me to do. What I have learned is that if you wait until you have fixed all that is wrong with you, which only God can do that as well, you will never do what God wants you to do. He doesn't want you to wait, he wants your heart now! We will NEVER be perfect, but God loves us anyway. He wants us to live big lives, but that doesn't mean having a lot of money, or Fancy cars, or 60 inch plasma screens. He wants us to love, to give. Give up your self. Give up your possessions. Give up your wants, and let God move you. This doesn't mean to totally and literally give it away, it means to not focus, think, or lust over these things. They are not the source of your life, God is.
We are also thinking of trying a new church finally. It is called Calvary Chapel. Hope it works out. I have felt here lately that I have not been close to God like I want to be. Not that church will do that, but it could help! Harmony and I are just really interested in getting involved with a loving group of people to hang with, pray with, and serve with. I feel a real need to be involved. God is so amazing and I love to share with other people, but sometimes I feel intimidated, sometimes I am just lazy, and sometimes, I feel out of place. But I still feel that need. I have a few friends at work that I like to talk to about this kind of stuff. They can relate. There is a real need for God in a lot of the peoples lives that I work with. But it is awkward at times to talk God, faith, and salvation. Maybe because I feel insecure about my own faith sometimes. But most of the time I am confident in it. This is something I am working on. I always seem to be working. I do know that God triumphs over my flaws and lays things out in plane English so that I can understand. It is up to me to catch it and grab on to it. I know that he loves me.
What God has been speaking in to my life here lately is to not struggle sooo much to try being good. He has made me good, and in that, I should listen to what he has for me to do. I could spend all of my life in ministry being very successful and prosperous, but miss the whole thing that God wanted me to do the whole time. Right now in my life, I am called to be a father to my young boys, and a husband to my smokin hot wife. I will just be patient and see what God wants me to do next. I still have a lot to learn though. My heart is in the right place most of the time. But, while I am working out all the kinks, I will certainly move forward with anything that called wants me to do. What I have learned is that if you wait until you have fixed all that is wrong with you, which only God can do that as well, you will never do what God wants you to do. He doesn't want you to wait, he wants your heart now! We will NEVER be perfect, but God loves us anyway. He wants us to live big lives, but that doesn't mean having a lot of money, or Fancy cars, or 60 inch plasma screens. He wants us to love, to give. Give up your self. Give up your possessions. Give up your wants, and let God move you. This doesn't mean to totally and literally give it away, it means to not focus, think, or lust over these things. They are not the source of your life, God is.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Here We Are Again
Well, Wednesday was Ashton's birthday. He is now 5 years old. He is growing up way too fast. I love him and Sam soo much, they really are quite extraordinary. Both will be in school next year and we exited and nervous at the same time! We don't really know what to expect from Ash, since he is not quite up to date with his language and communication skills. He communicates pretty well, but not at a level of most at his age. However, with everything else, he ROCKS!! He knows about 20 or more sight words, he can write his name, ABC's, numbers up to 20, can count to forty(with little assistance), he can draw, cut out shapes, glue shapes. So that is awesome in my eyes. He is very imaginative, and creative. His brother is the same way, but he talks too much at times. So, we are just kind of wondering how well he will adapt to his new place at school. We pray for the best of course.
Jesus said to love all children no matter what. We are God's children and we don't always do as he wants us to. We don't always say what he wants us to say, we don't always think like he wants us to think, we don't always love like he wants us to love. But He ALWAYS loves us no matter what.
Jesus said to love all children no matter what. We are God's children and we don't always do as he wants us to. We don't always say what he wants us to say, we don't always think like he wants us to think, we don't always love like he wants us to love. But He ALWAYS loves us no matter what.
