John

Ok well not my Birthday yet. It is going to be busy on Monday (my Real Birthday) so we had it tonight. I got lots of good stuff. Teresa even bought me a GOOOOOOD cake. Blackforest. Yummy! Teresa got me a very nice watch with a cross on it and the new Mat Kearney CD "City of Black & White". The kids got me a few new signs, each with some play on words of Bible verses. So much good stuff. :D Happy Birthday to me!!

We started a new rewards system for the kids. It uses a Whiteboard with the kids names on it. When the obey they get a smiley, when they disobey they get a cloudy. Each smiley is worth .25 cents, each cloudy takes away the same amount. It is working so far. We will see how everything goes. :D

Posted in: on Friday, July 24, 2009 at at 6:59 PM 0 comments  

Ok maybe not black but I WAS red for a few days. How am I to keep my pastiness if I keep going into the sun?? :D My family took a trip to Turner Falls for four days and three nights. It was a lot of fun and a HUGE adventure with three children. We swam, made fires, swam some more, ate snow cones, and hiked to some really cool locations. We even got to see some wildlife along the way. (Some fish, crawfish, and even a small Armadillo.) The Armadillo scared the crap out of me for like 1.5 seconds before I realised what the heck it was. Then I just laughed. My wife and I spent a lot of time together and it was very enjoyable. I hope to be able to have a camping trip with her soon again. We all really enjoyed it. Even Judy really loved it. She never once complained about being hot or anything. Guess part of it was her Daddy was right there the whole time. :D

Posted in: on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at at 4:23 PM 4 comments