Some Time Away..

Tomorrow night we are heading down to Ocean City for like 5 or 6 days. I can't tell you how excited I am to get away. We are so thankful that Karen's grandparents have a small place outside of Ocean City that is used by everyone in their family. It is a great inexpensive vacation and lets us be able to just get away.. without going to far away. (its only about 20 mins further away from DuPont then where we live now.) So it will be some good time away. I was just saying to my boss today over lunch I can't believe it has been 6 weeks since we were at Disney. Time is really flying buy. Plus it doesn't help that fact that almost 3 of those 6 weeks we were in the hospital with Gavin.

So tonight I am doing some laundry so we can pack tomorrow. The kids are in bed but I can hear Gavin calling for me. He has started this new thing that he now calls me Daddy'o. Like "Hey Daddy'o" So ever couple mins I hear him calling out my new name. Its actually very funny.

So I am thinking about switching up my blog when I get from the shore. Its been the same for over a year. I actually created a blog over at Wordpress but it never took off. I think Wordpress is a little to smart for me. I dunno we will see. I may keep the blogger account and try to switch it up. I know this amazing photographer who said she will take pictures of me for FREE.. how cool is that.

Hope you guys have a great 4th of July. I will catch you next week.

Adam

Trusting...

Can I get a raise of hands of those who have a hard time trusting God. Ok let me see.. umm I think that is all of us at one point or another. I know I have. And its in all areas of my life. Family, finances, parenting, work... you name it. This week I was reading Luke 12: 1-34 as one of my more scriptures. This scripture covered a whole range of topics.. but the main focus of this scripture revolves around believing and trusting in Christ.

I read 4 good points this week (thank you yet again Beth Moore) about how trusting in Christ can make a difference in our life. I wanted to share them with you guys.

1. Believing in Christ frees us from hypocrisy. This was how Jesus started out this scripture by warning against hypocrisy... or pretending. I am guilty of this.. big time. There was a point in my life where I had the art of "acting" like a christian down to a "t". But on the inside I was miserable.. holding on to something that I was to afraid to deal with. But not dealing with it only made it harder to let go.. and that is how cycle starts.
2. Believing in Christ frees us from unnecessary fear. When I think of the word fear I wouldn't really say that applies to me. But if we change the word from fear to worry... then that is a whole different ball game. I worry about pretty much everything... but if I can just grab a hold of the fact that Christ has everything under control even when I don't... If I can just try and let that fact penetrate my brain then I would be able to let go of my worry... of my fear of the things unknown.
3. Believing in Christ frees us to acknowledge Him shamelessly. When its time for us to go to Heaven God can't wait to introduce us to all of his angels. Even after all the crap I have done in my past He can't wait to show me off... so why isn't the same for me. I know why.. its because I get so caught up in trying to please other people that I get embarrassed to feel comfortable about sharing Christ to my coworkers or people who don't really know Him. If He can be proud of me after everything I've done.. then I can sure as heck be proud for everything He has done for me.
4. Believing in Christ frees us from the need for riches. Riches.. that can for me be classified as wanting stuff that I don't have...iPhone, Mac Book.. just new stuff in general. But again it sounds so simple.... put my complete trust in Christ, and He will help me be more content with what I already have. But I don't and then I get disappointed when I cant afford what I want.

Now I look at that list and think.. crap.. I am in some bad shape. How will God ever use me with all the stuff that have going on in my life. But you know what.. I think he will use me in spite of my weakness. I mean if I am consciously making an effort to change my life and trust in Him for all situations Christ will continue to use me.

So that is where I am at right now. I just need to TRUST, and not make harder than what it is. Because that is all He wants just to trust Him.. in everything.

Dear Apartment,

I am so glad to be home. It feels like we have been away forever.

But now Karen and I get to sleep here, in our own bed.

We love you apartment.. very very much.

I'm Important...

That's right Barack Obama sent me a Father's Day Card. OK maybe not...but this is the card Madison picked out for me. I feel special... important I guess. I think its funny that out of all the cards this was the card that she picked out for me. She knows my likes and dislikes already at the age of 4...and she really likes Barack Obama for some reason. Every time he is on TV she always yells out. "Look Dad Barack Obama."

So from me and The President of the United States I hope all you dad's have a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

The Weekend..

Here we are at another Saturday. I am sitting here waiting for my girls to come over to the hospital. First they are stopping at Wawa to pick up our morning coffee run which will be one of many cups of coffee that will be consumed this weekend.

Everytime I stay over at the hospital I always get a better appreciation of what Karen deals with on a consistent basis. If we have a good night time nurse the evening can go pretty smoothly and easy. If you don't have a great night time nurse.. well then it can tend to drag on.

This weekend should be pretty quiet. Gavin has his temporary PICC line and so far cultures are still negative. Today will probably be filled with MANY walks around the hospital, and trying to keep ourselves entertained. Right now we are doing some laundry and the kids are watching some Playhouse Disney. That will be the extent of our weekend.. So exciting I know.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Reality Stars...

Ok.. this is just a tiny rant. Today while sitting here in the hospital I was catching up on some blogs, reading some news sites and I happen to come over an article on the Today Show where Al Roker interviewed Spencer Pratt and Heidi (Montag) Pratt. They apparently were on the TV show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here... for like a week. In watching the little clip of their time on the show I was cringing the entire 1:30 seconds. Especially when Spencer Pratt (in an over the top fashion) was being baptized by Steven Baldwin and Heidi was saying she wanted to be the next Mother Teresa. They were using the name of Jesus in every sentence and it was all a bit much. If you want to watch the trainwreck of an interview I've posted it below.

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Are these people for real? I then watched a interview with them on the Jimmy Fallon show.. and he was going to town on both of them. It just stinks because there are people who are watching Heidi and Spencer..and their craziness, and they think this is what it is to be a Christian. But while I was watching this interview I was being all critical and then it felt as if God was saying to me...

"let people watch you.."

...but God how can I compete against that.. I'm not on TV.. I can't do much. I felt like He said it again. "let people watch you" ugh... ok. I might not be able to change what or how people will act... but I can change how I act and behave. I can be the example to the people that are around me and let them see what it really means to be Christ-like. I'm not gonna lie.. a lot of the time it's easier to not live like that and just got with the flow. But how the heck will people get to see the real side of us if we just keep going with the flow.

So I guess I can kinda thank "Speidi" for being all insane so that I could learn.. or re-learn how I should be living.

How about you.?

Happy Birthday...

Gavin,

Well here we are at another birthday. I can't believe that you are 3. Where has time gone. I can't believe how much you have gone through in your short 3 years of life. Even though your time is filled with hospital stays, blood transfusions, central line replacements, and endless infusions and antibiotics the picture above are the memories that I want to try and remember...the times of you just enjoying the life that God has given. Enjoying it to the fullest. Gavin my prayer is that this coming year we will be able to continue to give you the life that you so much deserve.

You and Madi have given your mommie and I so much joy. Just watching you two interact with each other melts my heart a times... until you get tired of Madi and start yelling at her and we have to seperate you two. But know this....

You. Are. Loved.

Loved by me, by mommie, by Madi, and by all our family and friends. People who only know you through this blog love you Gavin. They pray for you and your healing everyday. Do you know how amazing that is.... that your life has touched so many people. God has used you in ways you aren't even aware of.

So today let's enjoy your special day... open some presents, and party with some friends. Happy Birthday Gavin... my son.

Love,

Daddy

Happy Friday..

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Mac Issues..

Ok.. I'm just gonna vent for a couple minutes.  I have been trying to work on a decent post for a couple days.   However we are experiencing some minor technical issues.  Mainly our iMac is freezing up when doing trivial things like I dunno...... typing...trying to just open Safari....toggle between email and the web.     Part of it is our fault we have almost 5000 (high quality) photo's on here  but we have removed maybe like 2000 already and we are still having issues with the Mac just freezing up and us having to restart.  I am even getting the gray screen of death telling me to shut down and restart.  

So here is question to all my fellow owners of a Mac.  (even though it may be a dumb question I'm gonna ask anyway)  

Does Mac have a diagnostic program on here that I can run that will tell me what the problem is or do I have to take it a Mac store?  

I pretty sure Mac has got to have one on here.   Karen and I want to get this resolved because she has some photo sessions coming up and more pictures will be coming on here.  Plus its just plain annoying.  This simple little post took me almost 25 mins to type.

So if you have any possible suggestions  of what we can do leave a comment here or you email us at adamandkaren(at)comcast(dot)net.

There has got to be a smart techy iMac person who follows this blog.. so please... please help us. Do it for the children. (ok that made no sense..hahaha)