JJ’s ball game tonight (Day 33)

There’s something special about tee ball…12 batters an inning, not 1 single out, and none of them are paying attention.  Yet at the end of the game JJ will have dirt on his pants and face.  It kind of reminds me of church league ball, only in tee ball no one is fighting.

JJ the slugger

Things I HATE about gas stations (Day 32)

Don’t judge me, I know I’m a spoiled person, but after sitting at the gas station the other night and experiencing 3 things that annoy me I decided to post my list of things I hate about gas stations:

• Having to wait in line.  I expect to wait in line at the grocery store, or the drive thru, but there’s something that really sucks about waiting in line at the gas station.  I don’t know why it bothers me, but it does.
• The 100 year old dude in front you who has a credit card but has clearly NEVER used the pay at the pump before.  I want to get out of the car, swipe it for him, pump his gas…and keep his card, cause lost in the shuffle he would forget I had it.
• When it asks you if you want a receipt and you hit “yes” and it says, “receipt available inside”.  Really, if you couldn’t print a receipt why ask…why not just post to go inside and get the receipt anyway.  It never fails you go inside to get the receipt and you are greeted with a lovely employee who is all to eager to get up and be inconvenienced to print your receipt.
• The moron who doesn’t know which side of the car their gas pump is on.
• The person who pulls up to the first pump and doesn’t pull all the way forward…their tires should be slashed.
• How the pump always asks if you want a car wash.  I’m there for gas, if I want a car wash I can hit the button that says “car wash”. It’d be like going through the line at McDonald’s and ordering a coffee and them asking if you’d like a hamburger too.
• The bathrooms, honestly, do they ever clean them??

Monday Humor

We had our festival yesterday and it inspired me to go and find a “carny fail”…quality.

Affinity Community Festival (Day 30)

WOW, it’s here already…our community festival in Oshawa.  I am excited about what a great day it’s going to be.  My kids prayed everyday for good weather, and even on Thursday and Friday when they were forecasting lots of rain they believed and kept praying.  As I type this post and get ready to leave…I hear birds chirping and see the sun shining through the kitchen window.  

It’s gonna be a great day, we will be a tired crew in about 8 hours, but the Affinity people know how to come together and work/serve the community.

The event is FREE, it’s at Norman G. Powers PS in North Oshawa, come and check it out.

High Low for the Week (Day 29)

The Winner is…

Kendall’s drumming team got a chance to perform at a school function at Canada’s Wonderland, it was a really cool time for her.  The whole family went, even though Hannah was sick we dragged her along too.  I took JJ on his first roller coaster…long story short I think shattered any level of trust he had in me.

The Loser is…

Hannah…3 days of fever, up over 103 and throwing up.  There should be a law that kids can’t get sick, especially in the summer.

Affinity Community Festival (Day 28)

This coming Sunday, May 27th, we (Affinity Church in Oshawa) are hosting our annual community festival.  There’s lots of stuff to do and it all FREE!!!  Everybody likes free right?  We will have a rock climbing wall, jump castles, cotton candy, popcorn, hot dogs, cupcakes, tattoo’s (fake…lol), minute to win it games, balloons, and a whole lot more.  If you are in the Durham Region and looking for something for the whole family…come and check it out, it’s free, and I promise you’ll have a great time.

Random Pics (Day 27)

Today’s post is titled, “I don’t have time to write a lengthy post, so I am posting pics instead.”

reading in the sun

potty time

more reading than working

hannah and her bud ariana

lunch time

more toothless

“I Cream”…aka ice cream

bailey and his new cut

i love this dog…

hannah and baby

jenn loves to take pics when they are sleeping…creepy

again…creepy

dress-up time

nothing else to say…jenn is a creeper

Weekend (Day 26)

We just finished one of the best long weekends I can ever remember…and we didn’t even travel.  Here’s my list of high-lights.

• Spent lots of time as a family planting a garden for Jenn.  The kids were muddy, but very helpful.
• Bonfire on the deck.
• Tree planting for the Treleavens.  Amazing family that was instrumental in Affinity Church getting a youth ministry going.
• Date night with my lady…saw Avengers and ate wings.
• First ultimate Frisbee game of the year, we won too.
• Sitting on the porch drinking iced coffee and talking.
• BBQing pork chops, hot dogs, mushrooms, hamburgers…good time.
• Actually seeing the Red Sox win Saturday, Sunday, and Monday…that’s called a “winning streak” boys.

Now we are back to reality, got a busy week, and our community festival this Sunday.

Monday Humor (Day 25)

Baseball season is in full swing…this tarp miscalculation is great.

This is the Day (Day 24)

Psalm 118:24, “This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

I find days like today that verse is EASY to pray…weather is fantastic, sat outside and talked with Jenn, played with the kids, prayed together.  It’s just a great day.

Some days, however, I’d rather this verse not be in the Bible at all…so what I do is “bank” this day and save it for a day when I don’t feel like rejoicing or being glad.  I remember days like today, and they remind me that God is a loving, caring Heavenly Father.