new things

Here is my grandfather in his 1963 jeep that he got from the Army. we had a family drive in it the other day when we went to Yakima. The three kids, mom and i and gramps... i love the farm.
Here is a picture of myself on the top of Mt. Rainier, this was an endeavor, many hours of footstep after footstep... so amazing, the view the day, the experience... breath taking and something that should be done in a lifetime... maybe i need to do another?

This girl of mine is going to be nothing but trouble some day!

Great Photos

My son Toby told me a story tonight about this boy and this girl who fell in love and got married. My wife must be filling his head with crazy talk. He told me that the boy was playing frisbee and he jumped over a side walk and into the bushes and caught the frisbee. Then a girl walked by and saw this and decided to marry him.

Christianity

last night around 10:30pm as i lay in bed i was discussing Jesus with my wife... we were talking about who made up the rules that to be in relationship with Jesus we needed to go to church every sunday of our entire lives? it was a good conversation that in the end only left my head wondering about these things. here i am at work this morning and i have a chance to pencil down some thoughts on this. no one reads this blog except maybe my wife, so i guess i'll just be as candid as possible, and if i offend some imaginary readers, sorry get over it....

to be a christian all i need to do is accept God's love and believe that Jesus over came death. that is right, he once died, "a brutal death" hey isn't all death pretty brutal, on everyone else except the one dying? but moving along, he rose from the ground 3 days later, that is pretty cool stuff... Jesus did miracle and the such, he drank wine, he laughed, he worked with wood as a carpenter, and he taught people about a bigger more powerful way to love people... now i believe in Him, because it only makes sense to me, that God would work this way...

the relationship part is what confuses me... i try to have a great relationship with my wife, she loves me regardless and i love her regarless, but everyday is different, different moods, different circumstances, it is all strange how this thing works out... but our relationship is ever changing, it is human to human and it is my most important relationship on this earth...


- how am i to have an ever growing relationship with Jesus? if i model it after my wifes, it is going to change every single day... i am confused if anyone has a suggestion let me know... but really, why would i want to get in the boring habit of reading my bible every morning at 5 am? i would get really tired of wendy if i only kissed her at 5 am everyday, or if we only had sex on wednesday nights at 8:47pm for 7.5 minutes... i think we need to change up things, to keep things fresh and it is probably the same with Jesus...

i don't know, only thoughts on paper for my imaginary friends of the web, out there who aren't reading my thoughts...

cheers and peace, hoodlems....

Toby is almost faster than Uncle Jeff

a new favorite quote....

"inbread Pentecostal christian land rapping whores..." my friend said this today... it made me smile...

Solid???

so we do this college age group on tuesday nights and last night was a great night! we had a young girl come in and sing and do some worship for us. Absolutely amazing, she has a great voice and you could really feel the presence of God.
then as it was ending, we had a guest that has been staying in our home bring some new thoughts to the table. He point blank asked the question, "what do you do to have a better relationship with God" a great question... the responses where the usual Christian answers... "spend more time reading the Bible" "I need to find a good church" "need to pray more" It was almost as though you could have guessed the answers. Then our friend said something profound... "there is nothing we can do to have a better relationship with God" profound, but so amazingly right on. We are loved by God no matter what, we can kick him and spit on him and try to walk away but we are caught in His bear hug of love. we can do nothing to have a better relationship with him! we can think we need it, but there is nothing we can do! He only loves us. Jesus hung out with hookers and we judge our Christian friends... what business is it of our, shouldn't we just love them....

i don't know where i am going with this, but i thought i would share the thought. nothing i can do but accept god's love to be in a great relationship with him... relationships... i love it!!

My Wife

It occured to me the other night as I as looking at my wife, that she is plain and simply one of the best looking woman around. It is more than here good looks that created this for me. When it comes to loving me, she has a talent that is God given, I can be an ass sometimes, often times I am extremely selfish and she still chooses to love me everyday.
then you take the fact that she is an accomplished mother of 3 children. Our 4 year old has been testing the water this week, it has been a challenge. Our 2 year old is beginning to grow and learn more and more, it seems just the other day i looked over and she was starting to be all grown up. And this leaves us Parker, our 7 month old. Last night he partook in spaghetti for the 1st time, it was adorable!

My wife gives and gives and gives. I don't know how i scored such an amazing woman, she love the Lord, she loves me. the issues of the past are the things she wants to conquer today! There are no unturned leaves with her! She is deeply concerned about relationships and success in them. I love that about her.

I say thank you Jesus for giving my a life partner that is perfect!!!