10 Facts Tuesday

1. I have been on vacation the last two weekends.  Spent the first weekend with Kristin, Joel, Kirk, Riata, Leah and Carter down in Southeast Oklahoma at a gorgeous cabin at Beaver’s Bend State Park.  It was really fun just getting away and hanging out, but the best part was letting everybody get to know Carter better when he was in a good mood.
2. Leah, Carter and I spent last weekend with friends at the Hull’s lake house at Lake Eufalla.  So many toys, so much fun, and OU won.  Also, it’s really great to have really good friends.
3. For years I have despised Donovan McNabb and loved watching the Dallas Cowboys beat the Eagles.  I like the Washington Redskins even less and really enjoy beating them.  However, I was very confused on Sunday night when Donovan McNabb played his first game for the Washington Redskins with new head coach Shanahan.  I found myself disliking the McNabb led Redskins less than ever before.  It also somehow makes me like the Cowboys less.  When the Cowboys lost, I was simply apathetic.  This bothers me.  I blame all of it on Wade Phillips.
4. Carter started day school at church last week and now goes for about four hours every Tuesday and Thursday.  After spending months looking forward to a few hours a week to get stuff done, the first day of day school arrived and Leah couldn’t find anything to do.  Kids just mess you up.
5. I did get to watch the Cowboys game with Zane, April, and Tessa McGee.  Zane is one of my best friends who is currently a missionary in Brazil.  Their church has been officially open for less than a year and has about 65 attending every Sunday.  It was really good to spent time with him, even though the Cowboys were pathetic (fire Wade Phillips).  Check them out at www.niteroimission.com
6. Congrats to Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook for representing the Oklahoma City Thunder at the FIBA Championship and bringing home the gold for the first time since 1994.  It’s a good time to be a Thunder fan.
7. Carter is crawling every where all the time, getting into everything and making messes everywhere he goes.  That being said, he is really a pretty easy happy baby so I am not complaining.  It’s so much fun seeing him start to develop his personality.  He’s definitely not going to be shy and I think he will be one of those kids that likes to run everywhere.  I am really proud of him, which sounds crazy because he doesn’t even change his own diapers yet, but it’s true.
8. It’s tough trying to have a family prayer every night with a baby who is cranky and doesn’t want to be held because he wants to crawl and be fussy.  It’s also kind of tricky because he can’t talk yet.  But we have fought through the awkwardness and recently started praying together as a family every night.  We have decided that it’s better to be a little odd and do it now so that it will always be normal and part of our family forever.
9. All three of the ministers (Bill, Ryan and me) are going on a ministers’ retreat to Dallas on November 12-13.  N.T. Wright is speaking at the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas Annual Lectureship.  We have our tickets and are all excited.  Wright is one of our favorite Christian authors who is a big advocate of the idea that this world IS our home and we AREN’T just passing through.  That God is working to redeem this world into new creation and that we can partner with him to do this.  It’s a really exciting idea that I think can make the church relevant again in post-Christian cultures.
10. I have been spending a lot of time on websites lately.  Check them out at www.nwchurchokc.com (recently remodeled) and www.camprockcreek.net (soon to be remodeled).

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