Here It Begins...

Here is the 650 Special...it will get bobbed with some crazy forward looking apes...however it will be the last one to get fixed up and running!


And the SR500...this bad boy will be Ratted out and LOUD!


The SR is what I will start on first. Still gathering ideas about what I will do. However the first thing I get to do is rebuild the engine...and yes I am truly excited for this process! Have most of the parts found online all i need to do is order and get to work on them!

Yes they look torn apart right now...and thats the way I want them!

Here comes the Ratting and the Bobbing

I am bad at surprises...

I really stink when it comes to christmas and birthdays ask my wife...I always buy the gift and then give it a day later cause I hate lying and holding things back...so here is the answer to the question I poised yesterday!

I got blessed with two...not one but two motorcycles yesterday!

One will be bobbed and the other will be chopped! I am so stinking excited! As I get time I will post pics...but for now just be blessed with me!

WOOOOHOOOO!

Change Of Days...

I put yesterday as a cool day...but that is going to need to change to today! Because today started out and finished "Super Crazy Cool"! I know you are totally wondering what it is that has transpired and I will be willing to pass on the info in a day or two but not now...lets just say that God is faithful BIG TIME!!!

and no Kelly and I are not having more children...!

then again maybe?

Thursday...a really cool day!

The Twin Cities gets to return to a little more normal driving...the 35W bridge opens tomorrow at 5:00AM.

Wow that is impressive...what a quick turn around!

Man he looks good...

The Colty man sporting the tux...and looking gooooood I might add.

Yeah I know it is a picture from awhile ago but I love the way he looks!

Nightly Rituals...

Letting the kidos sit on the bed and read...aahh ya got to love it!

Dave and Kat Hitchcock 9.12.08

Had the privilege of being apart of Dave and Kats wedding on Friday. Talk about two people who love and care for one another...man I am so proud of them and there walk with God.


It was a fun day!

Wook Dad I Jump...

Yep we found a puddle and it NEEDED to be jumped in! So we gave that puddle all the jumping it could handle!
Big fun

Got to Play Bass Tonight

Got to play bass tonight for a few of the services this weekend in Driven Jr High I have to say I really like playing this bass...Peavey Cirrus 5! Gota love that low "B"...




Kelly and I got to see one of our favorite persons in the whole world...Susan Fletcher! The crazy dude in the picture with her is Kevin we have no idea why she hangs out with him...hehehe!


Then I got to eat some hamburgers with the folks I truly love working with the FSM crew...thanks to everyone who participated!

So all in all it has been a busy and fun day!

BLT'S and FIRE ALARMS

Kelly is making BLTs tonight for dinner and apparently needed to run to the store (didn't even know she left the house) till this little fella and all his friends in the house started chirping. Yep the bacon started burning and set off the fire alarms.

I can honestly say we are safe if we ever have a fire there is no way I could sleep threw that barrage of noise!

and you ask how was the bacon...perfect not even burnt...

Interesting day so far...

Took the boys to the park before lunch to hang out and have some fun...
Connor climbing up to the slide...














Colton climbing the rock wall...yeah I know this park has a little rock wall for the kids...Amazing!














Then I got to thinking about how much fun we where having and how much I missed my hunting buddy Sandie...she was a ton of fun to have around. The boys loved her and Chayse always played with her. She was one of the best dogs I have know when it came to "being around kids".

Then I get a call from a young person that has had a tragedy and I mean a big one happen a few months ago...watching the person you care about die. As my two boys played in the park we talked on the phone about how much this person is missed and how a birthday of the person who is still alive is not much to celebrate...and we cried together!

In the next few days we will sit down and talk some more...and I am happy for that...and I thank God that I do not have to pull from my wisdom but from His.

I know that this could be a downer of a post but I don't want it to be that way. I realized on the bike ride home with the boys how unable I was to describe how thankful I am of what God has blessed me with. First and foremost the empty cross...i am redeemed because of Jesus! Next my wife, children, and family (yes even the in-laws). Then my friends and leaders who have spoken into my life over the years. After that my job and my church they are one in the same i guess...because I love what I do!

Funny how you can go from playing to crying to overwhelmingly thankful in the matter of an hour!

To cool

Chayse is my daughter (one and only daughter) she really loves people and always wants to help...sometimes to a fault. However this morning was different, Grandma (my mom) who lives with us comes up stairs and is really not looking good because of the pain she has in her leg. Chayse knows that Grandma had surgery a few weeks ago to get rid of the pain. However there has been some residual effects of the surgery (she goes to the Dr. tomorrow....thank God) which they say are normal and should pass.

Chayse being moved with compassion leans over and says "lets go pray for Grandma"! Of which I try to compose myself and not break into tears and reply "okay, get up and go pray for her". She does...Grandma cries...Grandpa cries...and yes I cry!

I love my little girls heart...she is so loving and she gets it from one place her Father (and no not me). We see all thru the word of God where Jesus was moved with compassion for someone in pain or trouble.

I believe that little girl has great faith...and I am so happy at how God has shown her his love for her...that she would reach out to those around her.

First day of school

The skooch is off to her first day of school for the year...my guess is we will ride the bike.

I doubt we will do any camping on the way there but who knows. I have one big thought for the day...man it is fun to watch people grow up!

Jake Is The MAN...

Jake thanks for editing my header...

Chillin with the Connor...

Connor and I got to spend a little time chilling reading "How Dinosaurs Learn There Colors"!

Man I tell ya it is intriguing and invigorating...definitely kept our attention the whole time. We then commented on how "deep" and moving the book is, it made us laugh it made us cry!

Definitely a good book to read I highly recommend it to the post modern emerging grace filled generation that is looking for a change in the everyday routine of life and love...


Yes i had fun sitting with my boy learing how dinosaurs obtain the ability to see and know colors...he just likes the pictures!

aww so do I!

Ahhh the wonder of sleep...

All of my kidos have amazed me with the ways they sleep and Connor is no different...this is how I caught him waking up from his nap. Almost looks like it hurts but he woke up in a good mood so who's to argue with what works. Worked for an old rancher in Arkansas growing up and he always said "if it aint broke dont fix it!" and that motto seems to work here as well.

Same child sleeping under his pillow...oohh well he is happy and asleep!

VICTORY...

I will post pictures later...but for now let me say "I can park my vehicles in the garage"! Wooot for me, since we moved in I have been unable to park in the garage because of "junk" I mean "stuff" still in the garage from the move! But after all the work done yesterday (thanks to Kelly helping me move a BIG item in) it is clean and organized.

pics will follow later...

Here is the main part of the garage and when we first moved in it was PACKED with stuff...

Here is the far right side, at the begining the bike barley even fit now I have enough room for a couple more ;) !!! (God Bless you Kelly)

And here we are looking at the hole I punched in the ceiling to store all the "stuff" that doesnt need to be accessed all the time...and yes I will put the ladder thingy in at some point!

Camp...what a week!

Camp was amazing as always John Tasch came again and did the first 3 nights with all the kids...we got the idea to do camp with everyone at once (2nd grade - 12th grade). We (Pastor Jeff and Sunday, Pastor Mark and Debbie, and Kelly and I) really felt that God wanted to create a flow of influence in the children's and youth of LWCC and we have seen it work...it was a powerful week!

Elementary kids left us on Wednesday morning and the last two nights where Pastor Jim from LWCC and he did an amazing job of tying the whole week up and getting the kids thinking of how they can take what they posses and distribute it to the world.

The crew at Lake Geneva Christian Center are a some awesome people ready to serve and always willing to give...thanks for all your help!

Camp...

Starts on Sunday and all I have to say is...BRING IT ON! Looking forward to what God is going to do through John Tasch and Jim Hammond. Really excited to hear, see, feel, and be apart of the worship. And just all around ready to have some fun!

Mom is home and the funeral for grandma is over...thank you Father for your strength and peace!

And thanks to all who prayed, said, and did all the nice things for us...it is appreciated!

Here is one big on...Sunday Burquest hunted us down like a crazed stalker on wednesday she said "she had something to drop off"...she dropped off an entire meal! What a blessing I know my wife was hugely blessed cause she had no time to make a meal and this hit the spot!

Wasnt smart enough to take before pics...but here is the damage!


cannot get the pic to sit right...but you get the idea. Great food...and as you can tell the cupcakes had no chance of survival!

and a home coming...

Tomorrow is a fun day...a day that I am excited for and here is why.

First my mom gets to come home from the hospital. I am totally excited for this home coming because of what God has done...what a quick healing! She had surgery on Tuesday at 4:00pm and by 7:00pm she was up and walking around (not running a race) but moving to the bathroom and back. Today we went for a walk around the hospital and what God has done is totally amazing in seeing what He has done in her! WOOHOO for God. So tomorrow we get to celebrate her home coming.

Next we have a funeral to go to for Kelly's grandmother "Marion E. (Schrupp) Almquist". What an amazing woman...I knew her briefly and was blessed by her. Today I read thru her obituary and one point stood out to me "11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren" man what a legacy this lady left behind...and tomorrow we get to celebrate her homecoming as well.

that is her holding my youngest sons hand...she is an awesome person! We are blessed to know her!