Thursday, October 1, 2009

Yellowstone -

Yellowstone in September is beautiful!

We spent the first night in Montana, then reserved a spot in Pebble Creek in the Lamar Valley. We hoped to see some wolves but didn't even hear them. We saw Elk, Deer, Antelope, Coyote, Moose, chipmunks... that's the alive stuff. The dead stuff far out numbered the breathing. Skunk, deer, raccoon, rabbits galore, coyote, antelope and so much more.

Saw the mud volcano and Old Faithful. Stayed at Lewis Lake on our way to Teton National Park. The Teton's are beautiful! Lots of fires. Drove 1500 miles! Stopped at Sierra Trading Post on the way home for some great deals. www.sierratradingpost.com

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Friday, August 28, 2009

Happy FREE Birthday!

Who ever knew there was so much free food to be had?

Call me what you want, frugal, dork, I just like free food!

Beka and I signed up for a few places that give free food for birthday's and for signing up for their email lists, and below are our favorites. If you want to go crazy, just search google for free birthday meal.

Most require you to buy an entree or two to get something free, but those are not what I would define as the "best" ones. So below are absolutely free ones. Also, I'm not as big a fan of desert as real food, so I didn't list or sign up for all the places giving free deserts on birthdays.
  • Qdoba - Free chips and salsa for signing up
  • Benihana - $30 birthday meal! WOW!
  • Red Robin - the famous free birthday burger!
  • Famous Dave's - Free desert or appetizer for signing up
  • TGI Friday's - free appetizer for signing up
  • bd's Mongolian Grill - free birthday meal, coupon for signing up
These ones are cool, but have to buy something
  • Noodles & Company, buy 1 get 1 free
  • Maggiano's - $10 off $30 birthday coupon and coupon for signing up
  • Ruby Tuesday - buy one get one free
Happy eating!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Monday - The Best Day of the Week!


Got up early and made 4 meals in 40 minutes! Tried out the crock pot for the second time with Marci's Mexican Chicken Corn Chowder - hope it tastes good. It's been simmering all day and can't wait to dish it up. It is dinner for the next couple days!

Josiah whipped up a mean and delicious home fries and eggs breakfast and put together pesto tortellini and veggie salad for lunch. We discovered that tortellini is quite good if you overcook the noodles in the microwave to crispiness!

On another note, the Quote of the week is:
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. His response was a question: 'Where do you want to go?' 'I don't know,' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the cat, 'it doesn't matter.'
Having direction is so important!

Lessons to learn from the wise Cheshire cat (with some help from other devos):

Believing in God's revealed truth. Driving in the dark, we rely on the car's headlights to illuminate the way we are going. In a similar way, God has promised to light the way as we proceed on our daily journey of work and living. "I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Psalm 119:104-105).

Trusting in God's direction. Just as we place our confidence in the direction of a GPS system, we must trust in direction God provides, even if we do not understand it. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Thursday, August 20, 2009

We're married!

Thanks to all who made it to our wedding celebration, and to all you sent notes and gifts! It was a great celebration. Special thanks to those of you who made it happen and helped out. We also had a great time on our honey moon, in Alaska (not Hawaii! Hope no one had money on it)

Rebekah and I are now enjoying getting into the flow of life together, coming to work together, enjoying NOT having to drive to different ends of the city every night.

Learning how to serve my wife is not only extremely fulfilling, but also very humbling and challenging. Humbling to realize how far from a great servant I am, and challenging to rise to the occasion. Eph 5:22-27

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Monday, May 11, 2009

We're engaged!

Rebekah and I got engaged on May 9th, 2009! After a long hike up Green Mountain in Boulder, around the Flatirons, we settled on a good rock (now dubbed Ring Rock) for a picnic lunch. After munching, Beka reached in the pack for desert and found the ring box. After I opened the empty box, I found the ring where Maria had hid it in another box in my pack. Thanks, Maria, for keeping it interesting!

Tentatively we have set the date for July 18th. View photos from the day here.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Reporting for Duty - Part 2

Last time, we talked about identity - and how important it is to search out some of the unique gifts, talents and circumstances you have been placed with and in so you can be closer to knowing what the Playwright is doing with your character.

This time, we'll talk about our Commander.

Have you ever known you were right, and then later realized you were wrong? How could you be so wrong when you were SO RIGHT? When you are wrong, but think you are right, it totally dictates HOW you act and behave and believe.

For example, after I had lived in my house for 3+ years, I got a statement from the energy company saying (in my own words) "By the way, we never sent you a bill, statement or anything to indicate you owed us money, but this whole time you have been racking up a debt and now owe us $3000+ for energy used. And it is past due. Here's a bill."

My world view was I was paying those charges to someone else - the city. If you asked, I would have bet the bill on it. Ah, but our world views are often tainted by misinformation, misunderstanding, misguidance, misnomers and other mis's.

Now that I had a correct view, I knew I would be shelling out more dough every month for utilities. But at least I had a correct view and wasn't going to go for another few years (or worse, for the rest of my life) only to realize I was living with the wrong information, and then be plowed over by a semi of life revealing how WRONG I was and how I wasted or misused my life.

Here it is, the one thing to remember from this post:

It is vital, paramount, essential, it is one of the most important things in life, to have a correct view of God, who He is and who He isn't.

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When you have a right view of God, you start developing a right view of everything else! Yourself, your mission, how God works, the world, the things happening in the world, faith, surrender, love, service, family, friends and everything else that is important.

How do you let him use you to accomplish His purposes? Watch for where God is working, then join him there.

How do you get to know him more? Spend unhurried time with Him

(By the way, the energy company was gracious and we worked it out so I didn't have to pay the full balance)

Friday, March 13, 2009

Some hymns... old school, new style...


Between Two Worlds blog posted about some great hymns being made available for no charge.
Here's a cool project:
Page CXVI is a project started with the idea of making hymns accessible and known again.They are some of the richest, most meaningful, and moving pieces of music ever written.
For a limited time, you can download them for no charge!