A Must See Video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZum_o-GAEI

This is an European analyst who correctly states that many European countries are trying to get out of government run healthcare because it is bankrupting their countries...

She also states that America is already HALF way toward Socialism with the government running Medicaid/Medicare.

Glad to be home...

The trip went very well though I was glad to be home and see my son's smiling face this morning!

What a blessing God has given us...even with 5 teeth coming out simultaneously, he is still ALL smiles and laughter and chatter!

Since Cash for Clunkers was so popular....

Here's another suggestion...

Contrary to popular beliefs!!!!

Who deserves your hard-earned $$$$ (change) (dinero) (mulla)???

Life according to Obama and the current ruling class!

Margaret Thatcher had it right...

Finished reading...

Carrie and I just finished reading Safely Home by Randy Alcorn. It is a novel regarding the Persecuted Church in China. There are definitely some literary liberties that Alcorn takes in the book that don't exactly line up with my understanding of Scripture though I was definitely intrigued by the plight of the Persecuted Church in Restricted Access Countries like China, Sudan, Iran, etc.

I have been researching legitimate organizations those purpose is to get God's Precious Gift into the hands of eager believers.

Here are two that I have found and would encourage everyone to get involved:

Bibles Unbound

Open Doors USA

Carrie and I are committed to get as many Bibles to believers in Restricted Access Countries that we can! Will you join us!

If you can't give financially for Bibles, then pray for the Persecuted Church.

Secret Believers

Just remember:

The best gift to give is the gift of God's Word!

Thomas Jefferson quote applicable today...

New Fall Fashions....

Josiah is thinking..."Dad, I don't think the pants go on my head, but hey, I'll work this angle!"

So, what do you think? Can this be the new Fall Fashion look? :)

Adventures of Josiah...

Wow, I really did pull myself up...hello, down there is the floor! Wow!

Josiah exploring the bouncer from a different angle!

Josiah crawling around with Reagan looking on...

Hmmmm...how did that Cheerios get there?

Notice the position of Reagan! Crumbs anyone?

Cheerios are yum-yum good!

Josiah has an announcement to make....

We are going to be needing one of these come May 2010!!!

Josiah is going to be a Big Brother Lord willing May 9, 2010.

Carrie is feeling fine although the hungry/tired feeling kicked in a little earlier this time around!

Hmmm...Basketball or Tennis...

Josiah was fascinated by this giant tennis ball the Girl's Tennis team gave Coach Briggs and Assistant Coach Mom. Here he is thinking tennis....

And here he is thinking basketball...

Josiah was laughing at Grandpa tossing the ball from hand to hand!

Josiah just loved the feel of this giant tennis ball!

Fall Creation present for Mom and Dad...

With everything at Michael's or other arts and crafts stores so expensive, Carrie and I have resorted to creating our own decorations. As many of your know, Mom likes to decorate for each season. So, we created this fall decoration for their kitchen table.

S-U-C-C-E-S-S

With the help of Shirley Cook, a very close friend of Mom and Dad's, we were able to pull off a complete Surprise Birthday party for Mom and Dad. No small feat with 43 of Mom and Dad's close friends from their Sunday School class, friends from church and family showed up at BJ's Brewhouse and Restaurant in Stockton yesterday afternoon for the surprise celebration!




Mom and Dad were completely SHOCK and SURPRISED!!! A very difficult thing to pull off with Mom as she intuitively picks up on cues and figures things like this out. Dad saw everyone first and said he thought to himself, "Wow, there are some people from my Sunday School class" and it wasn't until they started singing Happy Birthday that he realized why they were all there. Mom was behind as she was concentrating on helping Grandma navigate the stairs and chairs and it wasn't until she rounded the corner and gasped at the sight of friends singing Happy Birthday.


Mom said that it definitely made her 60th Birthday Celebration very, very special!

Carrie is expressing her creative side another way now...

Carrie has found a new outlet to her creative side...making and decorating cakes...

Her first cake...a tennis match...how appropriate since I had just finished playing tennis with my Dad! :)

She did a PHENOMENAL job for her first attempt!

Birthday Pics...

Lassen Volcanic National Park