The kids

Hey here is a little picture of the girls at a recent easter egg hunt. They keep growing no matter what we feed them it's amazing!

I got nothing

I feel like I should write something just because I want to keep being somewhat consistent with updating this thing. But I'm not sure I have much to report. I just got back from Trail West which is YL's family camp up in Buena Vista, CO. I was up there for a training about the summer. The whole family is going to be spending the month of June at this camp. I'm going to be the summer staff coordinator for the month of June. Basically I'm in charge of shepharding and encouraging the college kids that come and volunteer a month of their summer to help us run some of the program at this camp. Two folks from McKinney are coming up, so that will be fun to have some familiar faces from the past along with us for the summer. But other than that news I don't have much. I run this half marathon in a little over a week and I'm totally not ready for it, so please pray for endurance and pain free running. Well gotta go!

My Butt hurts!

I thought I would stick with the same kid of theme! On Saturday I rode in my first bike race and rode 33 miles through the winding hills of Oklahoma in 40 degree cold windy weather. It was a lot of fun let me tell you! About mile 23 I kept asking myself what in the world I was doing out there. But thankfully I finished and will more than likely keep biking and do other races. Every time I have sat down since Saturday my butt keeps reminding me to never get on a bicycle seat again, but I kinda dumb. I have no idea how those Tour de France guys do it day in and day out! They are studs with a capital S.

On another note Kacey, Kally and I ran a 5k race that was associated with this bike race and had a lot of fun. Ab0ut at 1k Kacey is not doing to well and is having a little bit of a hard time, being the good father I am I try to encourage her. I say hey you can do this remember when you were 6 and we did the dino dash and it was a 5K! Well without missing a beat she looks up at me and say, "Yea dad but I'm not as young as I use to be". Mind you she is 8 now but I guess that is over the hill in her book. I just cracked up as well as all the other people around me, the good news is we finished the race and all that matters is that she got over the finish line before me. I guess she doesn't count the part of the race that I carried her on my shoulders. If I thought about it long enough I could probably come up with some sort of spiritual illustration to go with it, huh!!!!!

my leg's hurt

I'm training for another half-marathon here in OKC at the end of April and my leg's hurt. That's pretty normal I guess, but it makes me feel old! Especially when I'm walking around at night and my knees sound like they are fireworks going off with all the poping! Well I guess it happens to everyone. The good thing is that the runs are getting a little bit easier to complete, they are still hard, but I can tell my stamina is increasing, so I'm thankful for that. So hopefully this is motivation for all you slackers to get off your butts and do some exercise, because most everyone that reads this blog is younger than me. So take it from the old man, get moving. Congrats to Sarah Soule for Completing the LA Marathon, way to go girl. Maybe someday that will be me.......probably not!

Oh by the way, I got a new computer...hopefully this one won't walk away with someone else!

Glo Nite is tonight! It should be fun...have a happy day and don't eat too many bugs!

They won by the way

I forgot to update the news but they won state and it was awesome. The YL guys played great and every game was a nail biter. The state game came down to the last shot, the other team had a chance to win and one of the BMCHS guys blocked his shots it was great. The fights after the game weren't so cool, but the game was great. I took Kally with me and she loved it, she was a little scared at the end, but hopefully nothing that will scar her for the rest of her life.

On a sadder note the baseball coach at BMCHS died on friday during a game. He was coaching on the 3rd base line and fell over and had a heart attack and died right on the field. As you can imagine it has been pretty tramatic for the players and the school. He had been at the school for 30 years. So please pray for them if you remember it.

Semifinals

McGuinness is in the Semifinals in basketball, only one game away from going to State. A couple of guys on the team are YL guys, so it has been fun getting to know the other guys on the team and cheering for them. It's funny to see this 36 year old sitting in the student section cheering with a bunch of teenagers. People probably look at me like I'm a little crazy and they would probably be right. But I love it! I'll let you know how they do!

Gone with the Wind

Well yesterday pretty much sucked! My laptop got stolen out of my Kristen's van while it was parked in front of the elementary school. Who goes to elementary schools to steal stuff, what a loser. It was in a backpack, so someone probably thought, cool I can steal someone's books and make them cry, what a doofish! Well computers are great but when your whole life is on them it kinda sucks and when everything has been bookmarked it's hard to remember how to get places and what your login stuff in, it's just stinks. We have to cancel all our cards, change bank accounts, etc, because all of that stuff was on the computer. Not to mention all my work for the last year, I know your saying didn't you back up! Yes I did on a couple of those little USB thingys, but guess where they where? Yep, in the front of the backpack, so I don't have all that stuff either, so today I'm forced to use my brain again, I thought I was through with that stage of my life! So if you see anyone running around with a Toshiba notebook with Younglife stickers on it, steal it back for me! Hope your doing well..

You would think!

You would think me being 36 years old would mean that I could control myself and be a mature adult around teenagers. Well as was illustrated last night that is not the case. We were having a Chuck Norris theme night last night and were doing this game where the kids were doing push ups and then they had to do a push up and pick up a candy heart that is stuck in whip cream. Sounds great except when they saw us coming with the whip cream pie pans they got up because they thought we were going to pie them. Well everything was going fine, but I had both two pie pans filled with whipped cream in my hands and a kid standing right in front of me not paying attention! It was just too good to resist, so I just creamed this kid and then the chaos broke out and there was whipped cream flying all over the place. Now normally this would be just good fun but we do our clubs in peoples homes! So we are trashing this families play room and I was the one who started it. Well we finally get them calmed down and cleaned up a little and play our next game and end up breaking their ceiling fan glass cover.... And it just kept going downhill from there. The horrible thing is that before our meeting when I was meeting with our leaders I said we need to be careful tonight or this stuff with the whipped cream is going to turn into a big mess, so let's make sure that doesn't happen. Then what do I do, start the whole freaking whipped cream fight, what an idiot. You would think after 16 years of youth ministry I would have an ounce of control, but you would be wrong! Well we finally got the room cleaned up and I talked with the parents and they were more or less okay with the whole thing, but it was a great lesson for our leaders about how not to lead a club! It's bad when your main leader is the worst trouble maker! I need help!

I'm official

I'm officially hip now, but saying I'm hip probably shows how out of touch I really am. Well I bought and Ipod shuffle off of ebay the other day. Before that I was a virgin to ebay and to the shuffle world. But now I've entered into the ebay and ipod world. I know the shuffle is not as cool as a nano or a new video ipod, but I just wanted something that I could listen to while I run or ride my bike and I wanted something cheaper, so the shuffle is a good first start for me. So all of you can now be impressed by me, I know that you were before, but now you can be doubly pressed! I'm not sure that is a real saying or not, but it sounded good when I thought it!

Anyone can post and dizzy bats

Okay thanks to tiffany, I think, I've changed it so that anyone can post. So you don't have to have your on blog site anymore, sorry about that I didn't know it was set up that way. I'm still fairly new to this whole thing and I still don't' know how to use everything. I'm still trying to figure out how you link other people's blog to your own but no luck. So if someone wants to educate me you are more than welcome. Thanks for letting me know you read this, it makes me want to think of more stupid things to think about. You have created a monster!!!!!!!

I went to my first OKC Hornet's basketball game last night against the spurs and I got picked to do the dizzy bat spin on the count in the fourth quarter. I just want you to know that I made all youth workers proud, I make a complete fool of myself and the place was laughing their heads off it felt good. Oh by the way I won, after a few good falls!

You ever feel like this?

Sometimes it feels like no matter where you turn people are just stepping all over you. I don't really feel like this right now and I'm thankful for that, but I have in the past. The photo just reminded me to be thankful for where I'm at in my life right now. So I hope you aren't getting stepped on, but if you are know that the race does end and then someone comes along and picks you up and throws you in the trash. Hah... that's a nice thought isn't it.

I'll do better....yeh right

Well I've been pretty terrible of late keeping this thing up to date. Not that anyone besides Kevin actually reads it, but I'll try and be a little bit more consistant. We start club again tonight for the spring semester, so hope that all goes well. We are doing a theme this semester on "signs", a loose take off from the movie, actually very loosely. Tonight is tinfoil night so that should be fun and next week is greek night. Well have a great day and think too hard about any one thing!

Going to NFL!

Well it's time for the Longhorn nation to mourn. The reason for the national championship is heading the the NFL. Can't blame him, because you never know with just one hit taking all it away. It's hard to be mad at him, since he is the reason they won the first National title in 35 years, but it is sad. I will miss seeing him run pass, by, and through people in a texas uniform. Oklahoma fans are thanking the football gods for this one, now they have a chance again. I feel sorry for the quaterback that now has to start. Following Young will be no easy task. Well it was great while it lasted and I will enjoy seeing him in the NFL. I think I will pick him for my fanasty team! I had Vick this year and he did pretty well for me...I won the super bowl, and I think young is much better than Vick! Well the parties over, but life will go on. Good luck Vince!

Right Brained

I took a test today and it said I was 20% left brained and 80% right Brain! So basically I'm supposed to be this creative, flexible, go with the flow kinda person. That is so not me. I'm organized, predictable, like routines, my desk and office are always in tip top shape. I can tell you what I had for breakfast 4 years ago today, because I write everything down. I always follow directions and I never rock the boat. I am the most stable, well balanced person I know! Well I can always lie to myself, it is my blog and they say you can be anything you want on the internet right! If my wife reads this she might just tell me these pain drugs that I'm on are really affecting me than they should. I don't think I would like to be a drug addict, I don't really like the way drugs make me feel, in some ways I do, but I don't like the whole loopy, spacey way I'm seeing things these last few days. Oh well, I guess it's good that I don't want to be a drug addict, it kinda but a damper on being in ministry and being hooked on drugs or so I've heard! Well take care everyone and have a great weekend!

Go TEXAS!

Just showing a little state pride here. Hopefully I will be glad I put this up tomorrow. Some of you might recognize one of the guys in this picture!

Fires

What a way to start a new year! Yesterday fires were all over the Oklahoma City area. We had fires south of us, fires north of us, fires 2 miles away, all over the city little grass fires erupted and then turned into huge fires like the one you see here. Many people lost their homes and tons of ranches lost much of their grass that feeds their cattle. We are thankful for the safety of our home and friends but saddened for the many who have lost so much. Pray for those weary firefighters and for those who will be putting their lives back together this year.

Nothing new

Don't have much to say lately. Saw Must Love Dogs with my wife last night, and that was good. It's okay to see a chic flick as long as your with your chic isn't it? Well the in-laws are in town, so things are a little more tense around the house. They are great people, it just seems to make stuff a little bit more formal when they are around, does anyone else have that happen? Well hope each of you have a great new year.

Running out of Gas!

Literally. I was on my way to Colorado yesterday to help a friend up here with his ski groups and we were talking so much that I wasn't paying attention to the gas light. I finally look down and ask him how long does his truck run on low fuel, he says about 15-20 miles, so I say good cause we need to get some gas. Not 30 seconds later the truck stalls and we run out of gas in the middle of nowhere in Kansas! So I get out and start walking in the freezing cold toward a gas station. I'm hoping their is one a couple of miles up the road. Thankfully a trucker stopped and picked me up after awhile and the nearest gas station was 10 miles. He dropped me off and the manager at stuckey's let us borrow a gas can and drove me back the 10 miles to my friend mike, who was waiting with his truck. I felt really pretty stupid.

Now here is the real funny part..His wife ran out of gas that same morning and had called us and told us about it, and we were talking about it together and asking how can you not notice and run out of gas! Poetic Justice isn't it.

Holiday, Christmas, Season

Do all these people who are in an uproar over the malls and other places not putting up Merry Christmas signs just kinda make you sick?

I'm really not

I know it looks like I'm trying to grab this girl's butt, but I'm really not. The guy taking the picture told me to put my hands out like a picture frame and right before he snapped it, this girl stuck her butt right next to my hand. I know you're probably thinking, he sure is trying to explain this too much, well I found the picture humourous anyway.