Monday Mornin!!!

Well like always I am off to Sykes for some real bad coffee and some conversation with my brother. I am glad we have this time together. I'll have to snap a picture of the place. It is quite unique, like something out of a Quentin Tarantino movie! It is quite old school and could be scary if you weren't from around this neck of the woods. I love it!!!! I'll post a pic of it after I get back!!! There's nothin like 10 cent coffee and the smell of old spice to start off your Monday!!!

Easter Morning!

Today was a good day. We celebrated the resurection of Christ at church today and sang a lot of good music and heard a good sermon. Even thought my pastor was in pain and on pain medication, he pulled through 2 services. After Church we did the Easter basket thing and went on to our daily routines. I messed around a bit on Rainbow Six. There is this feature where you can scan your own face and put it on your character so your friends can see how ugly you are in real life! You see this feature can make you look like something from a horror movie or something the resembles you well.

In my case I look really scary!!! I fear it may give people including myself nightmares!!! Take a look for yourself! Not a very flatering picture if I do say so myself. However it makes people laugh and I like to hear that! If it doesn't make you laugh it will most likely be burnt into the dark recesses of your mind and haunt you in your sleep! Anyway we took some good pictures of the morning and I wanted to share some of my favorite ones. Stacey took this not this morning but last night. I thought it was quite creative! It is of the cups of die the kids used for coloring the Easter Eggs. The rest of the pictures are of Easter morning.






Oh by the way the cute little fuzzy toy animals you see play the most annoying music EVER!!!! They are one of those toys created to drive parents crazy after the cuteness wears off!!! All together today was awesome and I hope you had a wonderful Easter!

Easter Weekend!!!

I am excited for Church tomorrow! I often think that christians should live everyday like it is Easter. Often many only go to church on Easter Sunday. Sometimes that is the only time other then Christmas that they even open a bible or think of what Christ did for us. Why do most celebrate the death and crucifiction of Christ only on Easter Sunday? We as christians should celebrate it daily!!! Grace from that day started on that day and lasts through eternity. It doesn't end when church lets out. My challenge from this Easter on is to live each day in rememberance of what Christ did on the cross for all of us!

Often we all take for granted what was accomplished on the cross,and the sacrafice that took place there. I am guilty of this as I am sure many are. I hope this Easter is the Easter that will bring many to Christ who have never let him in. I pray that I may somehow bring others to see the grace and forgiveness given to us through Jesus Christ.

Below is a song that is perfect for this weekend and also every day that I remain walking in the grace granted to me by our Lord and Savior. My pastor found this on Youtube. It is Phil Wickham performing "True Love" at our church. It is now one of my favorite songs. I can't get it out of my head!!!

Today I pray.

Today I pray that God may gain glory through all of my actions, and that I may do his will willingly without hesitation. However he wants it to be done. Whenever he wants it to be done, and whatever he asks of me. I pray that I may gain strength from him that over powers any fear that binds me. May this day be lived for our God,and may the days that follow also be.

Sunday Morning.

Well what can I say. The cold war has started all over again. No not the "Cold War" but a cold war. Ashley and Jacob are sick again and both have ear infections and are on antibiotics. My wife Stacey is also sick again, and I feel the starts of the cold kicking in. Being that the kids were sick I stayed home with them while Stacey went to Church. I ended up watching the live cast and enjoyed listening to my pastors father step in and lead the service. My pastor wrecked his snomobile and broke his leg. He ended up having 3 hours of surgery and is still resting in the hospital.

Once I got some coffee and ate I sat down with the kids and lead them in bible study. We started in the book of John and read up until John 2. That doesn't sound like far to read. But there is much to explain it seems with every sentence. I tried to keep it a simple as I could so the kids didn't get too bored. I think they got a lot out of it. I could tell by thier eye's that they were very interested in what I was saying. I can't wait to read more to them! It is very rewarding to teach them about it. I hope they find it as fascinating as I do.

My Blogger Music..

You might be wondering what the heck is that??? Well I must admit I am somewhat of a dork when it comes to music. I like almost all music even the stuff that others would not normally think of listening to for enjoyment. My favorite music is musical scores from movies. From Star Wars and Indiana Jones to A Ghost In The Darkness! I have always loved scores. John Williams composer of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Jaws is one of my favorite composers. I also am very fond of James Horner who composed music for Brave Heart, Titanic, and Legends Of The Fall.

There are so many more I could name. I own over 100 Soundtracks and can tell the styles of each composer from the other. I can usually tell who composed a soundrack to a movie within 40 seconds of the begining of movies I haven't seen yet. That is how much of a dork I am when it comes to that music. The music you hear now is "Mogadishu Blues" from Black Hawk down. It is one of my favorite songs on the soundtrack. It was composed by Hanz Zimmer who also composed Scores for "Top Gun" and others like "The Lion King" and "Pearl Harbor".

One of the reasons I love this music is because it uses instruments to stimulize the imagination. In the song you hear now. Hanz Zimmer makes the instruments sound like Helicopters in the distance using only music for the effect. People don't usually notice things like that and I find it brilliant!!!

LOL...Sorry my true dork hood has been shown. But it amazes me and I can't help it.
I think I might have to look for a new soundtrack to pick up. It has been a while since I have.

(If for some reason you read this after I have changed the song on my blog. Press play on the player below to hear what I am talking about)

The Best Hospital Food Known To Human Kind!!!

When most people think of Hospital food. They think of prime rib that tastes like cardboard. Or instant eggs with a side of unsalted hash browns that are room temperature. People who vision hospital food this way have not eaten at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. We had an emergency today and had to take my daughter to Urgent Care. She has horrible ear infections in both ears and cannot hear. After waiting in the waiting room for an hour. Our stomachs begin to rumble and we decided to get something to eat after the examination. Once we got a prescription for my daughter we headed toward one of the few places you can get a really good lunch!

Located on Pill Hill on the second floor of the hospital sits a little known cafeteria with the best food EVER!!! The picture to the left does not do the food justice. What you see there is a huge hamburger called the Black Tail. On top of a beef patty sits what looks like a pound of Black Forest Honey Ham, and about a pound of Swiss Cheese!!! Nestled in between two hamburger buns. The burger was so big that the fries needed to be placed on their own plate. All of their sandwiches are this awesome and rival most if not all sandwiches at other restaurants in the whole Flathead Valley.

I snapped that picture with my cell phone just so I could show people the food that is available at our local Hospital. People think I'm crazy when I tell them that a great place to eat is the hospital. Little do they know I am right and once you eat there you'll start taking dates there!!! Ok maybe not but the food is good enough to risk it!!! Anyway that is my blog for today. Completely random and all about a hamburger? My daughter should be well enough to go to school here soon I hope. Once she can hear she'll be able to head back.