Update

I haven't updated in quite some time but here is a little update on what's been going on:

1) We went on a little vacation to Santa Cruz to get away and visit Bobby, Rachel and Caleb (their son). It was a great time. I got in a little surfing, played softball (struck out and homered in consecutive at-bats...consistent), went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, lots of laying around, and even more ice cream eatin'. Amazingly enough, I managed to lose 10 pounds while I was there.

2) There is now a BBQ restaurant in our neck of the woods here in Eastlake. It's Smokin' Sams and it's really good!!! Much better than Armadillo Willy's, Rachel. Anyway, we went there this past week and we're hitting it up again Sunday after church with Steve.

3) Back to the vacations...actually, this is not completely a vacation. Work is allowing me to go observe private recreational sports leagues in Denver. Luck has it, our friends, Adam and Amy Haslett, live in the Denver area and we're going to spend some time with them (plenty, since we are staying with them for 7 days) and their family. I'm going to spend just about every night there checking out dodgeball, kickball, softball, basketball, football, and tennis leagues around Denver area. But the rest of the time, I'm planning on spending time with the family going to the Children's Museum, taking a tour of Invesco Field (I may have to spit on the field the Broncos play on), going to see a Rockies game (against the Giants so I'll doubly piss off people there wearing my Padres hat), checking out mountain passes, and taking a drive up to Golden to visit the Coors Brewery and taking a tour there (can you say "Free Beer?").

4) Finally, Noah is growing up soooooo fast. Tonight, we were at a church-wide bible study and before the study started, we were rehearsing the music and Noah was sitting in his car seat. Mikaela, our Pastor John's daughter, started looking into the seat, along with Ryan. Noah just started smiling and laughing. He loves interacting with people and I'm pretty sure he's going to be a big flirt. He'll definitely be fighting with Ryan for the girls later on in life.

That's pretty much it for now (other than the fire in the canyon behind work, or the lady who was part of a dog show that we rent to at work who ran into someone with her car and then told the cops that she had a gun in her car and then got thrown in jail). Other than that, nothing else going on.

Happy Birthday

I want to wish my beautiful wife a happy birthday and thank her for being such a great wife and wonderful mother.

Life is Fragile

This past week, I got a call from one of my employees who was working at one of our softball fields. He told me that a player collapsed and there was an ambulance and firefighter trying to revive him. About 30 minutes later, my scorekeeper called me back and told me he didn't make it. The EMTs just covered him up in the middle of the field and waited for the medical examiner to show up.

Megan put it perfect in saying "I'm sure that is not how he expected his day to end up."

The next day I talked with the scorekeeper again and he told me the guy was bragging before the game that he had only missed one game in the past 15 years and that was last week for his daughter's graduation.

It's amazing (actually quite scary and sad) that any minute can be your last. He apparently was a skinny, not so old guy (52 years old) who was active. Yet he appeared to have a massive heart attack. I've been putting off thinking about this, but I think I need to start REALLY living how I want to live my life. I spend way too much time on the computer, way too much time watching TV, and not enough time playing with Ryan, Noah, and Megan. I don't want to be lazy sitting around. I want to work out; run; play sports; travel. I want to tell people about my faith. I want to start up conversations with strangers. I want to teach Noah and Ryan how to throw a spiral. I want to hike with Megan to the top of Mt Whitney. I want to have too many people over at our house just because we have too many friends.

Anyway, sorry for the rant but sometimes, situations put your entire life in perspective.

Leadin' Worship

This guy, Steve, is our worship leader. Steve gets to take a vacation maybe once a year. That time is now. This is where I step in and try to make sure worship is not horrible. I will be leading worship this weekend at Rancho Vista Church. Please pray for me this week that I can be at least one step above horrible and that I don't detract from the only reason why I am up on stage in the first place.

Thank you for those of you that will!!!