rockin the suburbs...

last year at this time i was not in the suburbs. i was in mexico, relaxing on the beach, with perfect weather, and all the food and drink you could want. man i could really go for that right now! who is with me?

Love and Memories...

monday was my 1 year wedding anniversary. yes that's right people, i have been married for 1 whole year. it's weird to look back on because on one hand it seems to have flown by, but on the other, it has felt like an eternity. i was talking to my friend the other day and he said one of his favorite things about marriage is the history that you create together. i would have to agree and say that it's awesome to take time and remember the history you have made. missy and i definitely have a great deal of history together, especially over this past year. some of it was not so fun to remember, others were more beautiful that we could have ever imagined. it was awesome to remember and to see how far we have come.

my bros were over last night. we chilled and ate it up A&M style. we tried to play a competitive game of tiger woods however, my one friend had other ideas. he decided to download google earth (a program that lets you see almost any coordinates from space ) and then stalked everyone he ever knew via satellite. needless to say to tiger woods game was weak, but we got to see his grandpappy's car from space!!

i downloaded "the fray" yesterday. if you like coldplay and keane check them out. they have a pretty good sound. i haven't heard the whole album yet, but so far so good.

take it all...

i hate shopping, something about it just wears me out. i went to the mall today with my wife and it actually was much more enjoyable than i thought it would be (we got to eat mexican when we were done). i sat on a bench while she shopped for some clothes. while sitting i began watching one of those walk-by salespersons. you know the ones. they have a little stand and try to get you to buy stuff while you pass (i try not to make eye contact with them). the girl was young and was not having such a great time. she would be real friendly to people and say hi as they passed, and then every so often try to get out her speil to someone. no one accepted to hear more than the first sentence or two and you could tell she was getting frustrated. its like she was trying to smash every good thing about the product into a 10.4 second speech and then sell it to you. it really made me think. i wondered if we as Christians try to condense the God of the universe to a speil or maybe a church service? then do we try to sell it? does that work? i dunno. i do know that the salesperson i was watching got more positive responses when she was smiling and saying "hello" and not trying to sell or push anything at all. was she doing more for that product by saying hi?

by the way, i must admit i am completely sucked into the show "24" right now. Jack Bauer is not only taking over the terrorists, but also most of my evenings.

a year ago right now i was at the rehearsal dinner for my wedding. awesome memories and the best weekend of my life

I'll let Your amazing beauty, cover all of me...

it's been a beautiful week here. in the 70's, no humidity, just perfect weather. my wife missy said to me the other day how she really likes spring alot more than she used to. i do to. i love the renewing aspects of spring. it's kind of like nature restoring itself after the dead of winter. I think i love spring because it represents something personal for me. it has been a long and hard/deadly winter for missy and i, and we look forward to the full restoration in our own lives. we look forward to the birds singing again and the trees budding as they used to for us. it will happen, but only after we get through the winter. when it does we will appreciate the flowers that come so much more. the way we now appreciate spring.

oh yeah, another reason i love spring, baseball is back! go yanks!!

i got a voicemail the other day. i could instantly tell it was from someone between the ages of 2-4 years old. he was singing a song that i immediately recognized. i recognized it because i had wrote it and recorded it only two weeks before. it was my friends son who had been listening to the recording and the song got stuck in his head. he was walking around the house singing the chorus and they decided to have him call and sing it to me. it was too cool.

when all you've got to keep is strong...

ok so i haven't exactly been keeping up with this. to be quite honest i haven't even tried. oh well, here's to trying harder. anyway, last night i lead worship for a local young adult gathering, something i haven't done for quite a while. it was a great night. the band was tight, the set was great, but most importantly the group was engaged. it is an incredible time when a unified group of hearts and minds are all praising their God together. it's a time that i have missed for a while. a time i have missed leading people into for a while. its such a beautiful experience to be able to lead/facilitate, and i missed it so much. not so much for my own personal reasons, but more for the responsibility. i took it for granted, now i appreciate it so much more. because it's not about me at all. i'm thankful for second chances.