deck the halls.

It's been more than five weeks... sorry.... merry christmas to all...

I hope to have internet someday again friends...

per carl's request...

enjoy.

double bummer

Bummer 1: I have no internet
Bummer 2: I am selling my computer, so my posts may be fewer and farther between for this season of my life...

sorry blog world.

it's been a while....

and it may be even longer...
I don't have internet at my house so posts are few and far between....

sorry blog world.

perhaps someday I can be more faithful.

update:

I found my ring... I'm not taking my eyes off it.

and football is back... I'm loving that.. and the fact that somehow my 15 dollar a month basic cable package includes ESPN and ESPN2.... score.

life is good.

so a couple of stories for you from the last 9 days or so...
my wedding day:
about 11:30 am I start having back pains... I was golfing so I thought I threw out my back on my approach on the 9th hole. After 45 minutes or so of the pain growing greater and becoming increasingly uncomfortable, I notice my lower, right abdomen in great discomfort and pain as well... thinking my appendix will surely rupture at any second, I summon two friends (who were helping set up for the reception) to bring me to the nearest emergency room.... long story short: I had a kidney stone, passed it, made it to the chapel 45 minutes prior to wedding time, got hitched, the rest is history... good times, good story for the long haul..

fast-forward to last night:
I'm up at my dad's playing in the water with Andrew and David... we we're wrestling around and one of them accidentally pulls my wedding ring off in about 5 foot of mucky water... so... it's gone... if anyone knows a scuba-diver or has an under-water metal detector, please get a hold of me... I'm pretty bummed about it.

but besides that, married life has been pretty amazing... my wife packs me a lunch everyday for work, scratches my back, waters the flowers, etc. etc...

not everyone is this lucky...

I hope you enjoyed this segment of story time with uncle eric...

whew!

how many times can you say thank you to someone (or multiple someone's) before you just start sounding annoying?
there were so many people who chipped in on this amazing, magical, perfect day. thank you, again, to all of you...
we love you so much... you know who you are!

I will post more later, but I've been really busy 'baking cookies'

yikes

I'm getting married on saturday.... I'm really excited... PLEASE, for those of you who read this, pray pray pray for good weather... our reception is outdoors!!! It's calling for scattered showers as of now and I know God is bigger than a weather forecast!! thanks!!

my next post will be from the other side... marriage!!!

photo number 3

if you can guess this, you get two points....

as it stands:

Nick: 1
Jerry: 1/2

I'm

getting married in 28 days


wow.
(:

photo number 2

where am I?

time for a game...

...about a year and a half ago, I did a picture game on my blog and I want to play it again... I'm going to post random pictures of things I see throughout my day... the first one to guess what it is and where it is at gets a point (must be specific) and the winner at the end of the game gets a really neat-o prize! (sorry Jenn, you can't play because you'll know them all, but I love you the most so it's okay)
okay... so here's picture number one...

one more new song posted!

"The Solid Rock" [play]

my apologies...

...to the little finch who's nest I had to dig out of the vent in my attic...
don't take it personally.

250 posts

...dang...

it's july 2008... I can't believe I'm less then two months away from my wedding day... I've been single for 28 years and now everything changes... I can't wait!

It's been quite a journey this life of mine... so much has happened.

so much has changed.

I'm so grateful for my family, good friends, my faith, a good cup of coffee, my job, my beautiful, soon-to-be wife, green grass, the sunshine, the summer months, damien rice, my brother's new lip ring... wait... sorry mom... not sure if you knew about this one.



it's been a busy season planning a wedding, working full-time, etc... I've missed the friends I've lost touch with over this season... I do want to connect with you all as soon as humanly possible... know that I think of you often.

my words for the month are:

-passion
-compassion
-selflessnes
-patience

pray with me that I can live these words...

worship endeavors...

I've recorded a new song...

I didn't write it....

but I like it so much, I recorded my own version of it...
check it out!!! (it's the first one that plays)

this is an attempt to land some more worship gigs...

it's not every year...

that you can celebrate like this...

planning a wedding...

...takes more time than I ever could have imagined!

But

it's coming together... and it's been a fun ride. My favorite part is that Jenni loves all my ideas (:
It's going to be a fun, fun weekend when it finally gets here!



mmm... can't wait to have this everyday!

I'm going to be a part of a whole new family

OKAY

I know I said footage of the proposal is coming soon, but I've been way too busy... so here is a post with no footage... but none-the-less, a post.
So, I've been leading worship around Michigan with some really solid musicians at different camps, retreats, church's, etc... and now it's been a few weeks since we've played out... I'm really beginning to realize that I need to be a worship leader... I don't really know what that means exactly.. whether that means on staff at a church, or if it means at camps and events like we've been doing...
I know that I come alive when I'm a part of this... It's so emotional for me... something happens... the stars align... everything is right within me and around me for those moments that I'm using what God has given me and inviting others into the throne room of the Almighty.
I don't know where this is all going, I just know I need to be a part of it.