A perfect day for sledding

A three minute drive from our home is Scioto Park, also known as Leather Lips Park. In the summer it's a great place to picnic or have a party under shelter beside the river. In the winter the parks and recreation employees place straw bales up the center and at the bottom of a large hill used for sledding. I went home a little early today so I could take the kids. The conditions were perfect: not too many people, the snow was well packed and it wasn't too cold. Enjoy the video of Rachel and I hitting a big bump.

Snow in Texas

Melissa's long time friend and matron of honor Melanie with her husband Lee Coleman live in Waxahachie, Texas and just got dumped with 14 inches of snow! This is the kind of place with no snow plows or even a plan of how to get rid of it. Why have a plan when it's now over 50 degrees there now. Mr. Sun will take care of it. Here's a pic. of one of their daughters in the front yard.


Lee is the Family Pastor at The Avenue Church in Waxahachie and is a hoot to be with when we visit. Many things in our ministry lives have been similar over the last 15 years, but some of his stories are way better than mine:-)

Labeling all past posts

I've been blogging now since June '08 but only recently began "labeling" the posts under a general topic category. It should have been something I did all along. My bad. so I wanted to give the few of you who are subscribers a heads up that you may be sent a whole lot'a posts as I begin the labeling process.

Perfect day to build a snow fort

Yesterday and early this morning it snowed somewhere between 8-10 inches. Being a lazy Saturday and after sleeping in, having breakfast with my girls and playing a little Wii, Rachel and I decided to build ourselves a snow fort. The snow was perfect for packing and I got out my shovel and began digging. I couldn't have done it without Rachel's help b/c she held up the back of a sled while I dumped snow where the walls and roof were to go. I remember when I was five years old my dad and I (mainly my dad:-) built a snow fort similar to an igloo. This one as you can see is more like a cave. You can't see it, but we used a square Pyrex brownie dish to make a window in one of the side walls.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Tomorrow we start our three week series, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". We will talk about a woman's greatest need - "Love" and a man's greatest need - "Respect". Ephesians 5:33 commands that men are to love their wife as they love themselves and that women are to respect their husbands.