the book crawl

What a great Saturday! I went with a friend and we did an East Valley book crawl. We visited all the good books stores in Mesa, Tempe and Scottsdale. I love walking into book stores and seeing row after row of books. I like the way book store smell. I've been really surprised at the theological books we've run across- I got a great deal on a Hosea commentary this time through.

This was a while ago- but my sons got to drive a bulldozer. Man, I wish I would have been able to do that.

They've also been in excavators and dump trucks- I'm glad they like heavy equipment because I really do to. I've never been on anything as big or as cool as the excavator but I love operating big machinery. It's relaxing. I know that is probably cause I don't have to do it 60 hrs a week. I've spent considerable time on a largish tractor and find brush hogging acres of field a peaceful experience. This fascination with farm equipment and big machinery is surely because I grew up in the city and suburbia.

praise God for doctors

We made a trip to the hospital last night and they invited us to stay the night! How hospitable...
Seriously though - everything is fine. Baby and Vicki are healthy. The doctor said, "You need to lay around more and work less. Do not vacuum." What a prescription. I think Vicki has some sort of in with her doctors. The last example of this was when we were about to go camping as a family, we had a doctor's appointment and the doctor said, "You need to stay home and scrapbook." I'm just waiting for the day that some doctor tells me, "Kelley, the only thing that will fix this is fly fishing." Or, "You really need to get a new shotgun and go shoot some clays - that should clear these symptoms right up." I'm not holding my breath.

Thank you to all our friends who helped out, offered to help and have been praying. Thanks be to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who gives us peace and security in Christ.

theology of life

It is so easy to get distracted. So easy to get out of whack spiritually. So easy to get discouraged about the culture we are part of but can't seem to conquor. When this happens to Christians we end up bitter and antogonistic. There's a difference between diagnosing the gloom and being snippy about it. What we need is fellowship. More than a sense of community, rather, real communion in community. The answer to this is sitting down and listening. The answer is sitting down and eating with one another. We need to be part of one anothers lives in a way that is beyond the sense of belonging or community or anything like it. There must be participation in our life together. The Lord's Supper is this way. In this sacrament we get closer to what we need. We sit and listen to God's Word. We sit and eat at God's table and eat what He has to offer. We get close to one another and most importantly close to the Lord.

Wind Chimes

I've never had wind chimes before. Never even thought about being a wind chime owner. But now that I have them, I really like them. Thanks for the great birthday present Gigi. I was thinking that I wanted a fountain in the back so that when we sit out on the patio in the evenings we'd have some ambient noise- don't need a fountain now- just some wind.

swamp cooler

Yeah that's right- we've got a swamp cooler. It makes the desert spring very enjoyable. All that stuff that desert dwellers say about "It's a dry heat!", it's just something we tell ourselves to help get through the summer. Although I will say that 105 in the desert is better than 95 in the humid South. oh- and I love Craigslist- and wife who finds cool things on said list.

If you ask nice I'll post picture of the swamp cooler... It's a wonder to behold.

look out- the golf era has begun!