Why I Love My Wife (among The …

This woman the lord gave me just loves to be with Jesus. There is nothing better in life than to seek the lord and to be satisfied with where He takes us.

We are getting ready to shoot a wedding and looking quite forward to it. Looks like we might even have some light rain. You would think it a bad thing, but I like the idea of shooting a wedding with a little rain.

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Weddings and shows

colleen is shooting a wedding this afternoon and them shortly afterward we will be heading over to see the homer hiccolm and the rocket boys cd release show. Mainly because colleen wants to shoot it. She just got her new lens, and wow it is huge. It is supposed to do much better with lower light stuations. It is so great to watch her do something that she loves to do, not to mention that she is getting quite good at it.

I am coming off being sick for a couple days, so I still feel a bit light headed and sometimes congested, i am just hanging out and waiting until we can go get some dinner! It is amazon how much you want to eat when your body is healing itself.

In other events, our best friend david has been moved out to cali for about two weeks now, and needless to say, I miss him. Not that we won't visit and vice versa, but having him close by was always something to count on. I think he is doing well there though, it is definitely where the lord directed him so I know he will do well.

wow

ya, i know i haven't posted in forever. but things have just been psycho busy.

this was my reading this morning. wow, talk about how often we do this thing.

"For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek Him; but His power and His wrath is against all them that forsake Him." --Ezra 8:22 A convoy on many accounts would have been desirable for the pilgrim band, but a holy shame-facedness would not allow Ezra to seek one. He feared lest the heathen king should think his professions of faith in God to be mere hypocrisy, or imagine that the God of Israel was not able to preserve His own worshippers. He could not bring his mind to lean on an arm of flesh in a matter so evidently of the Lord, and therefore the caravan set out with no visible protection, guarded by Him who is the sword and shield of His people. It is to be feared that few believers feel this holy jealousy for God; even those who in a measure walk by faith, occasionally mar the lustre of their life by craving aid from man. It is a most blessed thing to have no props and no buttresses, but to stand upright on the Rock of Ages, upheld by the Lord alone. Would any believers seek state endowments for their Church, if they remembered that the Lord is dishonoured by their asking Caesar's aid? as if the Lord could not supply the needs of His own cause! Should we run so hastily to friends and relations for assistance, if we remembered that the Lord is magnified by our implicit reliance upon His solitary arm? My soul, wait thou only upon God. "But," says one, "are not means to be used?" Assuredly they are; but our fault seldom lies in their neglect: far more frequently it springs out of foolishly believing in them instead of believing in God. Few run too far in neglecting the creature's arm; but very many sin greatly in making too much of it. Learn, dear reader, to glorify the Lord by leaving means untried, if by using them thou wouldst dishonour the name of the Lord.

the beach

We went to the beach today, and it was fan-freakin-tastic! We got to play frisbee in the water and swim a bit. Colleen read her book and baked her skin (which looks hotter than you could ever imagine!), and i hung out with david and "topher" who's name is actually christopher, but her does sometimes go by the shorter nickname "topher". The beach was gorgeous, and the water wasn't too terribly cold. There is somethings so completely calming about getting to just lay on the beach and listen to the water as you read a book.

Speaking of books, i am now starting the fourth harry potter book and as always it is very engrossing. so each moment i get away from everything else i manage to read a bit

tonight we had a hang out by the chimenea (sp?) and cook smores evening. We got to spend time with the guys we're staying with (nate, "topher", and stephen) who are awesome guys. These are the type of guys i would hang out with anyways, so it has been great to just chill out with cool people. Plus nate makes a really crazy fire in the chimenea! I really can't wait to get home and get back to the studio though.

waiting in line

We are waiting in line for tatsu, a ride at six flags magic mountain.
this should proove to be the longest wait of the day. Roller coasters are quite interesing. Though i am nearly done with the third harry potter book. I was really close to the end and just got to the twist at the end of the book when we had to take off walking to the park. I have gotten to the point where i really enjoy these books. The last books that I really enjoyed like this were the narnia books by cs lewis.

The day started wonderfully, with spudnuts. I have never had potato donuts before but they were spectacular! I think surely we need to get some of that action going in amarillo.

Ok so here we are a few hours later and I feel like a complete looser. I really don't understand why, but with each ride we went on the worse I started to feel. More than a few times I had to pray to keep from giving everyone else a shower they didn't want. Poor colleen just wanted me to ride all these rides with her and have fun but I finally just had to quit. I still can't get rid of the almost vertigo/queezy feeling in my head and stomach.

The whole thing is quite embarrasing actually. I am really glad that David is here so Colleen has someone to ride with. Still I am really struggling with feeling like an out of shape old disappontment ( largely in myself, not to mention to my wife ). So I am gladly waiting and trying to let my stomach settle while they ride the next big ride. Unfortunately, the iPhone has had some heavy use and only has about 10% battery left, which means I will be left truly to my own devices when it inevitably does die.

In the meantime, I am quite comfortable listening to the fairly decent speaker inthe iPhone playing my calmest playlist. On a side note the guy that was going to teach us to surf had a schedule change and had to cancel on us. I was really looking forward to learning, but there will be a next time.

I have thoroughly enjoyed California, though the one prevailing theme seems to be that I have to get back on tour. Tour was the time that I did things like this, crashing on peoples floors and not having a real plan but just going, it is when I feel closest with the lord and the most alive. I know full well that i am not to let circumstances alter or dictate my state with the lord. The feeling of whT t was the we did on the road, and the taste that some of the similar activities gives my heart just makes me remember feeling alive like that and I don't think I can handle not being there again. I really feel that the wilderness is a good place and it is of the lord, but we arent meant to stay there.

starbucks raised prices

so i am sitting in the doctors office with my grandparents. The news is on and some entirely clueless fox news correspondant while reporting on starbucks raising prices said that in some taste tests mcdonalds coffee actually beat starbucks.


right

why do alarms suck so bad

alarms never wake me up. unless i haven't heard them much before. The one i've been using for the past year or so failed me this morning. As my lovely wife and i were laying in bed, i half remember getting up early in the morning to go to the bathroom or something, but the next thing i remember is waking up at 8 when i had somewhere to be at 9. No big deal right, except the place i had to be was an hour away. Blah. This whole "getting out of bed in the morning" thing is getting on my last nerve.

I think the whole thing started a few nights ago when we decided to stay up til 5 am reading the new harry potter book. Well, actually she read the new one, and i started the first one. Don't tell me, i know i am a bit behind. But i finished the first one just a few hours after she got done with the last one, both of these events happened about 18 hours after we got the books in the first place. So that kinda threw off our sleep schedule. I guess i'm still reeling from that, which might mean that i'm getting old. Of course Colleen and czech are at home right now in bed, catching up on their sleep.

I really enjoyed the first harry potter book. It made me remember how much i love to read, and to imagine the fantastic worlds that writers like that come up with. I have been thinking quite a bit lately about how much i need to read and take time to just sit in quiet. Oddly enough, reading things like that really help me to quiet my spirit, which has been harder to do lately with all the busyness going on work wise and life wise.