Monday, October 17, 2005

First time at the Beach




What do you do when you get way to stressed out and need some time to unwind, you go to the beach for the weekend. Well that is what we do in Cali at least. Beth and I needed some R&R badly, not having a real vacation since before Matthew was born we decided to take our Dad's travel trailer up to Central Cali for the weekend. Other than it costing a small fortune in diesel we had a great time. One of the best parts was watching Matthew experince the Beach for the first time. He loved watching the gulls fly by as well as the sound of the surf crashing on the shore, honestly he is real easy to please you just pat him on the back and he acts like its the best thing on earth. But any how it was so much fun none the less.




If you ever get the chance to come Cali and spend some time the central coast is a must, from about Pismo beach north up the PCH is one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been. This pic is from Morro Bay, if you watch the Discovery Channel if is one to the places that the film all the elephant seals lying on the beach looking like over weight tourists at Oak street beach back in Chicago.




Sunday, October 16, 2005


Here is a pic from Matt at the Pumkin Patch in Simi Valley, CA.

Friday, October 14, 2005














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Starting new


It is great to be a dad. This is the biggest revelation that I have had in the past 2 months and is something that I could not explain to many people. Having a little boy that has never experienced anything in his life and watching him grow day by day and experience things for the first time. Like yesterday I think he is figuring out what a mirror is or at least he is now really confused about why his stuffed animal in the mirror moves when he hits the one next to him.

The most emotional times though come usually late at night when you have some time to think and reflect on the day. When our mothers told us not to stare at people I think that they must have forgotten staring at their children for hours on end, it is one of my favorite past times now and almost nothing brings me more enjoyment that looking at him. When you look into his big blue eyes and he smiles back, I just melt. My heart stops and I honestly praise God for my son Matt. Then usually my heart breaks and my spirit hits the floor worshiping God for giving up His son to die for us. I honestly have such a hard time imagining giving my son up for murderers, adulterers, and sinners in general. But that is what make God so amazing to me right now he did.