Trick Or Treat !!

Happy Halloween

Tomorrow is my mom's surgery. Hip Replacement.

Remember her and her doctors

in your prayers.

Updates ASAP !!

Go Tigers !!! We win again. 1 to 0. Jackson "Bingo" Bryant scored the winning goal. Ashley played great, driving the ball well and protecting the goal when needed. It was not nearly as cold as last week and the team seemed to have recovered from the slowness of last game. But with the time change it was dark. So this was the first game "under the lights".
Ash had her fan club out in force again tonight. Amy & Joel, Mr and Mrs Heard, Doug & Brenda, Kristie and Ashley's super cool 'Uncle' and number one fan... ME !!!!!!

After the victory, the Monk and her folks went with us to 'lil-chicky-fil-a. Kristie and I had soup. Hit the spot.









Tomorrow is Halloween. I guess I should make some plans.

It was my Sunday to work with the production team at NewSpring. Seems like it has been a lifetime since the last time. I really would like to do it more often. Today I was running "Camera One". What a great service. What a message. It's one I will be downloading and saving to refer to over and over. Thank you God for such a blessing, and thank you Perry ( and staff ) for having the courage to say what God tells you. My camera was the close-up camera and I'll be honest, it was tough. Perry is always up for the messages but this week even beat his double espresso mornings. He was the most animated I can remember. But we all worked together, got some shots and handled it and had a great time doing it. I really don't think of it as working the production, it is more like playing a difficult yet rewarding game. I love every minute of it. Thanks team for working with me and helping me be best I can be.

Overflow filled in for the band this week and they were awesome. I will be buying their cd. It is so cool that they came. Tom the singer and I got to talk a little, he is a really humble man and very nice guy. Our band deserved a break , but I did miss the irreplaceable NewSpring Band.

We had planned an early homegroup between the second and third services. But it got canceled last minute. Kristie and I were already half way there. Physically I am a little glad. I took advantage of the extra hour to rest. But I missed being together with the group. Several couples were going to have to miss, last minute and our sitter, Marcia, couldn't come. She hurt her back ( cracked vertebrae ) on Saturday afternoon in Gatlinburg and is unable to come. She'll will be on our group prayer list, along with Bryson , Tod and Amy's youngest boy (Juevenile Rheumatoid Arthritis) , and Russell , Tim and Tessa's son( kidney stone ) .

Tigers Lose. 24 to 7 after that hugh win over Georgia Tech the Clemson team just seemed out of synch on this Thursday night game. We watched the game on ESPN at Amy & Joels and ate Pizza. Well the pizza was good, and Ashley was fun. All is not lost for the Tigers however they are still in it.


Georgia plays Saturday.

Go Bull Dogs

GET 'EM SIC 'EM WOOF WOOF

I finally got to see "The Departed" tonight. It was a good movie with a well written and compelling story about cops, gangsters, working undercover and the lines getting blurred. An all star cast including, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin. Jack Nicholson is great, scary and believable as a mob boss. Matt Damon is very good as a bad cop, and Leonardo DiCaprio is amazing as the undercover cop in the mob. This guy has impressed me in his last few movies. Very well written and well acted, with a few surprises you don't see coming. I believe well hear some Oscar nods for this film.

It's Monday evening and that means soccer. It was COLD out there. Around 40 degrees at gametime, and the wind was blowing 10-15 mph. Brrrr !! The Tigers lost tonight in a tough game. It is only the second loss of the season for them, but the kids played well. Ashley played hard and did a great job at her turn as goalkeeper. As always Ashley had a large fan following. Amy & Joel, Doug & Brenda, April, Grandmother & Papa Fred, Mrs Heard, Kristie and fan # 1 ME !!! Go Monk !!

When it was over we shivered our way over to the Texas Roadhouse for supper. It was Kristie and me, Doug & Brenda, April , Amy & Joel and of course, 'Superstar Soccer Girl'. BTW my steak was a good bit better than the ones we get at Logan's. Kristie tells me the peanuts were fresher also.

On the way home I remembered Ashley's shoes. I had them fixed and ready for her, and Amy forgot the Switchfoot cd I made her. Oh well, I'll see them later.

Happy Birthday to the IPOD today ( 5 yrs ) Isn't MP3 technology wonderful. I really love my iriver.

It is going to fall below freezing tonight. First time of the season.

Football Saturday. The Dogs won one again, and the Tigers had no problem with Georgia Tech.

Went to Tigerama tonight with Amy, Joel and Ashley. The "Floats" were not as far along as I had expected. But it had rained all day for two days this week. The students will pull an an all nighter and the'll get 'em done. After we walked around we headed to the Mellow Mushroom for Pizza. The crowd was not too bad. We ran into Russell Brown and his date while there. Then we made our way to the parking lot to watch the fireworks. We decided to drive down to and park where Ben and Mahalie were camping. The fireworks were massive.

Tonight we saw the first production of this season for the Anderson University Playhouse. "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus " , is a play in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge. On a deeper level, this play shows the breakdown of a person who chooses material gains over spiritual belief and in doing so, loses his soul. It is an old play and is very intense. The acting was good. But I tend to like romantic comedy ( Neil Simon ) best. The theater was full on this opening night, despite the rainy weather. However you can still get season tickets for the remaining productions. A.U. theater. Check them out. They are superb.

This is homegroup night at Logan's. While the food was ok, about average the fellowship was great. Everyone was there. Alvin & Sheila, Tod & Amy, Tim & Tessa, Amy & Joel, Eddie & Monica, Ben & Mahalie and of course Kristie and me. We had a long table in the back room, and that was nice. When we first came in we saw Dan and Claudia Tollison. They were doing well. Dan was excited about A. U. B*ball season that's about to start.

The homegroup crowd gathered in the back room and we were eating, talking and laughing. Then about half-way through the meal the waitress came in with a bunch of balloons along with a couple of her co-workers. She insisted that Kristie and I come with her to the middle of the building where she announced our anniversary to everyone and led them in a cheer. I guessed that was Dan's idea. When it came time to pay the waitress told me ours had been covered as an anniversary gift. No one at the table would admit to doing it, but I strongly suspect Alvin and Shiela. Thank you to who ever it was. We did not expect that, you did not have to, but we really appreciate it.

Our homegroup friends are becoming good friends. I am glad we became members of this crew.