Back from Vacation

September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’ve been on a family vacation to North Carolina’s Outer Banks the last week. You can see photos in our family section. I’ll get back to posting soon!

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, August 24th, 2007

August 24, 2007 | 2 Comments

Today my wife gave birth to our beautiful son, Daniel Evan. Photos are on the family photo album page.

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:13-17

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What’s in a Name?

July 13, 2007 | 5 Comments

I’ve not yet mentioned this on our blog, but our second baby, a son, is on the way. September 1.

His first name will mean “God is my judge.” His middle name will mean “God is gracious.”

The gospel in a name! Inspired by Exodus 34.

Exodus 34:6-7 6 The LORD passed before (Moses) and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty…

Although you won’t find his name in Exodus 34, I’m sure some of you will come up with it.

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Emily’s Vocabulary

June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Emily’s vocabulary seems to grow every day. Here are some of the words she currently knows and understands…

Shoe
Keys
Bear
Car
Baaah (sheep)
Woof (dog)
Hoo Hoo (Owl)
Fishy
Duck
Hi/Bye
Clock
Ball
Pool
Wee (Swing)
Balloon
Mommy/Daddy
Mama (llama)
Cookie
Pie
Cheese
Bird
Kitty
Bitz (Blankie)
Juice (Milk)
Beep
Baby

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A Great Ride

May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’m looking through some of my older files - here’s one of my favorites. This is video of a sledride at Jumonville Camp outside of Pittsburgh. It’s the biggest sledding hill I’ve ever seen. This video was taken in February 2005. When we went back in 2006 they said no one was aloud to sled on the hill anymore - something about a kid getting stuck in a tree at the bottom of the hill. Enjoy

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Cable TV

February 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

Today Lacey and I finally decided to get cable TV - at least I think that’s what we’ve decided. Currently, the one channel we pick up well is Cornerstone - a Christian channel. It is such an awful channel. Although there are a handful of decent programs, most are nowhere close to reflecting Biblical truth. Lacey saw a woman prophesying to someone on one show - the prophesying woman told this man that he was like the Indiana Jones of the spiritual world. She then compared another woman to a character in a Jodie Foster movie. Apparently the more movies you see the better able you are to prophesy.

Anyway, we decided the Christian channel is harmful to our faith. We don’t want our daughter growing up on that stuff.

OK, maybe that’s not the real reason - but we did decide to get cable. And no thorough scientific study which suggests that television raises the risk of bad eyesight, obesity, premature puberty and autism (among other things) is going to stop us.

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Bobblehead Parents

February 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’m experimenting - going through some old files trying to figure out how to post video. Alex sent me this one - brings back some great family memories of Nashville.

Posted by Aaron | Filed Under Family, Humor