going to the gym

I am going to the gym later tonight. I am nervous. I feel like going to P.E. for the first time when I was in 7th grade. Ah, the joys of middle school P.E. My first locker room...smelly from the football team. One of my most embarrassing moments happened when I was in the locker room. I was stepping out of the shower and BAM! instant split. There I was in all of my preteen naked glory..."Get the coach!!" I yelled. Coach Young came with a little grin...covered me with a towel and helped me up.
I remember one year at P.E. trying to do a pull up with everyone watching. Everyone watching me grunt and struggle with no avail. It turned out to be a positive experience. I went to a Christian school and the Pastor of the church (President of the school) was there and he encouraged me and said in front of all the other guys that I tried...I gave it a good effort and he praised me for the effort.
I have always loved sports and I loved playing baseball. I have never been the greatest athlete. I have always been able to throw and catch very well...just not able to throw long distances. Tonight I begin a journey of going to the gym. I really want to lose some weight and gain some strength. I am praying that I keep it up and I don't do any splits in the locker room.

Snow is a comin'!

Snow is a comin' to Georgia. We gotta make sure we have milk and bread! I haven't blogged since last year. Time flies. This is probably the 8th blog to say how time flies!
The last few months have been rough. Through it all, God has been in control. Like I have to say that anyways. I'm thankful for a God who loves me no matter what. I'm trying to share Him with my kids, one in particular who is really struggling. This is all for now...I am going to go for now and sleep...waiting on the snow that is a comin'!

At least it hasn't been 6 months!

Wow....so much time has passed. The baby is one year old. That doesn't look right, but one years old doesn't either. We have 8 kids in the house and school is in full swing. I am so busy, it's hard to find a quiet moment to sit, think, and type. As I type the baby is crying...one of the kids is helping watch her. It's funny when all of the kids are at school. The baby will crawl around the halls hollering at everyone..."AAHHHHH". But nobody's coming! She loves the kids so much! And here are the boys...they were playing so nice...oh well...time to separate and let them spend some time apart from each other. Sometimes a little "togetherness" is a little too much.
I feel better now...I may have to blog a little more often! Even if noboby reads this thing!!!

So much time has passed....again!

Time...it has flown. Little Lily-Bug is 7 months old. Tonight she went to sleep between Robin and me. She looked at her hands in wonder...touching them and moving her little fingers. I am amazed daily by the little things she does. I am reminded of an old song by a group called The Choir named Wide Eyed Wonder. Here are the lyrics...
wide-eyed wonder girl starin' Into the sky, wonderin' why it's a good, great world but it turns around nevermind the ground look up high, stars above please don't cry, father's love hold on tight to his hand dream tonight, understand wide-eyed wonder girl starin' into the sky, wonderin' why it's a good, great world but it turns around nevermind the ground look up high, dancing bear please don't cry, daddy's prayer hold on tight to my hand dream tonight, wonderland wide-eyed wonder girl starin' into the sky, wonderin' why it's a good, great world but it turns, you'll see so hold on tight to me...

This Daddy is amazed at how much a little one can capture my heart. She is truly a gift from God. I am so humbled by the whole experience of having Lily. I am reminded daily of my love for her and my Heavenly Father's love for me. Thanks for letting me share a little bit tonight!

Way too long since last post!

Hello everyone....
It has been way too long since my last post. And so much has happened. I am a new Daddy to a beautiful baby girl. Crazy stuff is happening here at home. God is working on me and in me. I will have to somehow try to put it all in words. Sometimes words are so inadequate. I am running out the door right now to take one of my kids to the orthodontist. More later...

Time to blog again...

Man, I can't believe it's been so long since I have blogged. I am home from a three day training retreat and I think it may have been the best retreat I have been on. The speakers were awesome and the material was so easily absorbed. I feel really refreshed! I am reminded of how amazing God is and how He is my strength. I need to "re-center" my life and I feel I have some tools to do that. I come home ready to minister...to pull from the resources of my Heavenly Father and let Him overflow in the ministry He has called me to. "He will be faithful to do it..." I love that scripture.
I'm gonna run now....I am getting ready to "fill up". I am heading to New York with my father-in-law to go to a Yankees game at Yankee Stadium and then heading upstate to Cooperstown and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. I feel like a kid going to Disney World for the first time!

Forever and a day!

It's been forever and a day since my last entry. A lot has happened since I wrote last. One of my older kids is no longer living with us. One of our older kids from our first bunch of kids has come back to us and I am a granddad. We survived Florida and had a good time. School is back in full swing and we're busier than ever.
Through it all, I am reminded that God is good. It's been tough lately. Robin is hurting with kidney stones. She has kidney stones and lithotripsy will happen Monday. I am praying for the procedure to go smoothly and for a quick recovery. I hate to see her in pain.
Another tough thing we've been facing has been waiting. Robin and I are waiting for a baby. We're on a waiting list and it's been over a year. Waiting is so hard. We feel like it's never going to happen, but it will. We have to trust and wait.
If anyone reads this...please pray for us!