Ashamed.......

Let's see if I remember how to do this.............. type something largely irrelevant and post low quality pictures taken with my phone. Hey look at that;

I did remember. This is supposed to be a picture of the monster burger that I grilled last night but it turned out a little blurry. It's always hard to eat a blurry burger because it can be difficult to see where to bite.....see look at that irrelevant sentence. There was nothing blurry about the taste though, it was very good and by the grace of God it was the best burger I have ever grilled. It had two slices of cheddar cheese on each side and a little mayo and ketchup. It was a little too big to try and put anything else on it!

I usually don't like to grill that much, but I really enjoyed it last night. The weather was perfect and it made for a very Brady evening. Me and Cortney even played catch in the backyard after dinner!

This may have not been the most exciting post, but it's something! Maybe this will get people off my back for a while. I am a little ashamed of my blogging efforts and will try to be better. You stay classy San Diego.

Date Night

Date night with Cort is definitely one of my favorite nights. We're going to get some ice cream and watch a movie (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past). Clearly a topic I have nothing in common with. If there was one negative about the night it is the wicker factory that is Hobby Lobby. I just don't understand all of the wicker, however, I must be honest and say that HL is the promised land compared to Trees and Trends. If I were to ever put my faith in a rumor, it would be the one that said Trees and Trends is closing.

Anyway, date night rocks thanks to the pretty lady in the picture!

Potential

It will take and eternity to maximize the potential that is inside of us right now. We must renew our minds to who we are in Christ, who we're born of, and where we come from. We are absolutely everything that the Word says we are and we can do everything it says we can do. This is a reality in life in the spirit. The Holy Spirit in us is what brings about this type of potential and shows us how to maximize it.

We need to remember that as Christians, we are NEVER in a hopeless situation. We have the Hope of Glory present on the inside of us which gives us the potential to win 100% of the time.

9 years!

At the beginning of April, me and Cort celebrated 9 years as a couple. It has been an amazing nine years and is getting better every day. I'm not just saying that as a cliché either, because it is evident in both of our lives how our love has grown for each other. So here's to you my wife (the love of my life), thanks for being the best wife a guy could ask for. I love you!

We were told by the vet that our weenie dogs needed to be healthier, so we have to buy healthier dog food now and Cortney has to brush their teeth every night. I need to come up with an invention that will allow my dogs to harness their barking skill into a money making ability so that they can pull their own weight (which might be hard for the beefcake in the picture).

I'm really excited about next weekend. I get to go on a golfing trip with my buddies to Branson. We get to play 2 great golf courses in Branson Creek and Murder Rock. It's going to be 2 straight days of golf, food, golf, putt-putt, and more golf.

Well 3 posts in one day is a lot, so I hope it made up for the 2 week absence. My posts from now on should be brief but more frequent and with more pics. The April 17, 2009 blogfest has concluded. Peace

Astro and Scooby Doo sure Sound Alike

I saw the other day that they're coming out with a Jetson's movie. I used to like watching The Jetson's right after I watched the Flintstones, that way I could combine the two eras to match my time. I don't think this is going to be a big motion picture or anything, but it still may be worth watching. Here's a fun fact for you: The guy who did the voice for Astro also did the voice for Scooby Doo. I never knew that when I watched those shows, how could I miss something like that? See, wasn't that fact fun?

So.......anyway.....my mother-inlaw just bought a house in Alma and we have been helping her move in. The best part about this house is the massive pole barn in the backyard. It is literally 4 times the square footage of the house! She has no practial use for it, so the family has been trying to come up with good ideas of how we can use it. Aside from having parties and storing mowing equipment in it we're not sure what else we could do with it. So if you have any ideas for pole barn, be sure and let me know.

Also, I'm not too sure what a POLE barn is, I just keep hearing everyone call it that. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's called a pole barn because it is supported by poles and not totally enclosed. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's it.

Well it looks like Murder Rock, Wife and Weenie Dogs are the topics left for the next post. I can hardly wait......

iPhonetastic

I haven't blogged in a record 2 weeks now, and I get the feeling that I need to. I will post a few times today to try and make up for lost time.

So last weekend I made the purchase.............yep, an iPhone. Definitely one of the best purchases of my purchasing career. It has everything you need.........no really.......EVERYTHING. I was helping my dad hang something on the wall the other day and we needed a level......so I just downloaded an app called iLevel right to my phone. How sweet is that?



There are so many great features for it, but I know that most everyone by now knows about them. I really have no more excuses for the sporatic blogging that has befallen me over the last month, so I will do my best to blog more consistently and also try not to use the word befallen anymore. Not really even sure if that's a word or what it means.

Here are a few topics that I might blog about later today: Weenie Dogs, Murder Rock, My Wife, Pole Barns, and/or The Jetsons.

Loving Living

I love my life. God has been so good to me that I can't help but constantly thank Him and give Him praise. I want everyone I come in contact with to experience the goodness of God like I have. I'm so glad God has blessed me to be a blessing. "The Blessing" is the most powerful agent in the earth and as Christians we are responsible to spread it to everyone we come in contact with. I want to be the ambassador that God has called me to be for Christ, boldly sharing with people His goodness and love.

I have a lot of spiritual growing up to do but I am taking steps of faith and going from Glory to Glory. I know that I may not be walking in the fullness of the Blessing right now, but that's where I'm headed! Here are the things that convince me that my life is awesome:

God loves me. God is good to me ALL the time. God is faithful. God can't lie. I constantly think about these four things. Thinking on the love of God alone will take me into a place of total and complete thanksgiving. Then I begin to think about how good He is to me. He's good to me even though I don't deserve it. He is always faithful to His word and bound by it because He can't lie. God has given me every advantage to be living the good life. It's the only way to live.

The title of my blog is "Living the Life." I really am. I'm living the good life that Jesus came to give me and I am eternally thankful for His continued presence in my life. Thank you Lord for your unconditional love, never-ending goodness, and unchangeable faithfulness. You are the only reason I'm "Living the Life."