The Silence is Over [We're coming to Redding!]

Hey everyone, It's been a long blog silence. 

All I can say is I am sorry. 

The last six months have been a crazy roller-coaster ride ...... a roller-coaster ride that felt like it could de-railed at any minute and it's not over yet. I don't know why but I have never found journaling easy, especially when times are tuff. I tend to crawl back into my shell, communication-ally and cut myself from those who aren't in my immediate circle of friends. I get into this pattern of saying if I can just make it till next month, I'll be okay because then I'll have time to catch my breath. But then of course next month comes and go's and I am still out of breath.

Over Christmas break the church offices were closed for a few days and I spent some of that time by myself. 

Praying. Worshiping. Seeking. 

And the Lord met me in that time. He revealed to me that I have been putting one foot in front of the other for far too long. And if I wanted to see him move again, I had to make room for him to move. He showed me how dried up I had become. Used up. Always pouring out and no one to pouring back into me. Don't get me wrong, my relationship with God is strong but I need a time of refreshing in my spirit. I can't continue just putting one foot in front of the other.

So, Kim and I are coming to Redding, CA. Feb. 4th-11th. 

Redding has always been a place of refreshment to me. I don't know what it is about Redding but I always leave there with a refreshed spirit and mind. Right now, I am long over do for that.We have major, mountain size problems at our church right now. So I am coming to meet with God during this time. To seek his Face, not just his Hand. Please pray that the Lord meets us in a powerful way on this trip. That He would give us the strength to help our church piece it's self back together and find it's identity in Him.

The Best Day Ever.

What a day!

1. Slept in till 10am [First time in a long time!]

2. Left for Cleveland at 2pm with my beautiful wife.

3. Wandered around an unknown city. [Just like in the old days before we were dating.]

4. Ate dinner at an old Irish Pub. [Fish and Chips. Plus they played several U2 songs.]

5. Walked down to were the Cleveland Indian's play. [my Baseball team.]

6. Went to the arena early. [Bought some cool t-shirts.]

7. Watched opening act, "Duffy". [Amazing Band, She needs to work on her stage presence.]

8. Then the main event. "Coldplay!" [Jaw Droppingly Awesome.]

9. Setlist:

- Life In Technicolor 
- Violet Hill 

- Clocks 
- In My Place (Huge drums!!!)
- Speed Of Sound 
- Cemeteries Of London 
- Chinese Sleep Chant 
- 42
- Fix You 
- Strawberry Swing 
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) (* ten feet in front of us.) 
- Talk (techno version) (* ten feet in front of us.) 
- The Hardest Part (piano - Chris) (* ten feet in front of us.) 
- Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental) 
- Viva La Vida 
- Lost! 
- The Scientist (acoustic) (* From the back of the stadium.) 
- Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will singing) (* From the back of the stadium.)
- Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
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- Politik
- Lovers In Japan (Amazing!!! - song of the night for me.)
- Death And All His Friends
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- Yellow 
- The Escapist (outro)

10. Experiencing the whole thing with my beautiful wife ................. priceless!

Here are some photo's Kim took.

It was a long and dark December. 

If you love me won't you let me know.

You didn't get to heaven but you made it close.

God put a smile on your face.

I hear Jerusalem Bells are ringing.

I know Saint Peter will call my name.

Death will never conquer. 

I will try to fix you.

Dylan @ Disneyland

Here are some funny video's from our trip to Disneyland. ENJOY!

1. Dylan on the Tea Cups Ride.

2. Dylan watching the end of his first Disneyland parade.

Jason the Defender!

So, the other night I was dreaming that some guys had Kim and were hurting her. In my dream I had infinite karate skills, so I just ran up and round house kicked them in the face. When your wife is in trouble, you don't have time to think, you just have to react! The only problem is when I reacted in my dream, I also reacted in my sleep, which consisted of me kicking the wall right next to the bed really hard. I jacked up one of my toe's pretty bad but saving Kim was worth it.

Vacation Fun!

Here are some vacation photo's.

We are having so much fun!

Go-Cart Fun!

Carousel Fun.

Train Fun!

Family Fun!

Parents Time for Fun! 

Tomorrow Disneyland!

Wish us luck!

To the Most Beautiful Woman in the World.

To my Love,

To my Best Friend,

To my Wife,

To the greatest Mother ever,

and the Sexiest Woman alive,

Happy Birthday!

I love You.

We made it.

Well we made it. We are now in Southern California. Dylan did as good as we could have expected on his first plane ride. On the 5 1/2 hour flight we had someone else in our row and I think she thought Dylan was going to give her the plague or something. The look of sheer terror on her face when she saw she was sitting next to our boy, was very enlightening in regards to what kind of trip this was going to be. 

Once we got to Kim's parents at 2am New York time, we were all bushed and so we went bed. Dylan thought it would be a good idea to lay spread eagle in the middle of the bed, leaving Kim and I the very edges. So need less to say we are all rested up and ready to take on the day. First thing on today's vacation agenda............. a nap.