SparkPeople

Want an awesome, FREE site to help you become healthier and fit???? Check it out:

SparkPeople

If you are willing to take a little time to track your eating and exercising, this site can help you become aware of your health & help you reach goals.

It reminds me a lot of the weight watchers online site minus the whole points thing. And it's FREEEEEEEEE! It is a little bit difficult to navigate at first, but once you figure out the main sections you'll be good! If you want to go all out, you can use the community section to connect with other people using the site.

Features:
- Enter height, weight, and goal weight (gain or lose)
- Tools to give you goal date if you enter lbs to gain/lose & how many per week or give you goal weight if you give date & weekly lbs
- Site auto sets calories, fat grams, protein, etc. you should have each day/week (adjustable)
- Site auto sets how many calories you need to burn a week (adjustable)
- Meal tracker with pre-set meals or enter your own
- Exercise tracker
- Exercise plans (cardio and strength training)
- Recipes & recipe box (printable shopping list too!)
- Recipe builder...you put in your own recipe & it calculates nutrition info
- Tracks your weekly weight and measurements (you can choose what to measure...even a printable measuring tape!)

Your health is worth the time! I suggest using it atleast for a little bit to learn what you are really putting in & working out!

Slacker

So I've totally been slacking on the blogging world. I know my millions of readers will lose interest if I don't keep it up so I better get with it and find something of interest to blog about! :)

Kyle and I had an awesome Easter! Both of our families came up and we had a HUGE slumber party. LifePoint was awesome...had a great turn out! We started Lifegroups with our LifeKidz this past week and it went really, really well. I think our kids are going to benefit greatly from their own small group time!

We are praising God that baby Sam is all better! 16 days in the hospital is a LONG time...especially when 12 of those you have a breathing tube in. I don't know how Jeff & Jaime still have their sanity...they are definitely exceptional parents! Kyle & I went over with Doug & Vange to see them last Sunday and it was so good to see Sammy full of energy! He went absolutely CRAZY over the ice cream. He looks all calm in the picture...he was attacking that thing!!

He also licked every last bit of cheese off of Doug's empty mac & cheese container. Priceless!

Ice cream and mac & cheese...my kind of kid!!

Just a Parker Update

Here's a Parker update from the past couple of weeks:

1 - One of our very good family friends, Katie Chapman, came to visit us in St. Louis. She came up to check things out and ride home with Brooke for her spring break. We took her to the arch although our indecisiveness made us miss the last tram up! :) I know everyone here thinks it's no big deal...but it's a pretty cool thing for us peeps that aren't used to seeing it everyday!





2 - LifePoint has had 2 successful weeks now in the theater. We had a great crowd our first week in and set up and break down all went smoothly! There were no train wrecks so we were very thankful! The volunteers did an AWESOME job. We had tons of time left!! Week 2 was awesome too. I am amazed at how quickly they can get it all up and down...they make it look so easy! Our people rock!!! Here is a video I stole off of Bob's blog from this past week showing an overview of what the theater looks like for us:


a week @ the movies from bob robbins on Vimeo.

3 - My sister got a job at Amarillo River Road and I am super proud of her. I am expecting God to do some cool things in and through her in Amarillo! She is going to be an awesome HS math teacher! I'm also jealous at the fact I can't find an opening anywhere for middle school math up here...and she interviews one day and has a job the next! LUCKY!

LifePoint

Tomorrow is our kickoff at Showplace 12!!!

Bob and the leadership team have put so much hard work into planning and preparing for this big move. Greg and Jeff have worked their butts off to get all the lighting, sound, and tech stuff ready to go. And there have been so many other people up at the church all week preparing. It has been awesome to see so many people committed to giving their time to make this happen. I wish I had a lot more pics of what our main room in our building has looked like this week with all the tech stuff. Those guys are amazing!

Our awesome new trailer:


All kinds of tech stuff....this doesn't even do justice showing all the stuff Greg and his crew has worked on this week:


I am pumped about these for LifeKidz!!! I've always wanted one for my house!! :) Maybe I'll steal it during the week! haha

Kids say the darndest things

Or maybe I should title this "Griffin says the darndest things"
Griffin is the cutest, sweetest, most perfect and innocent kid I know. ha. He should never be told no but drinks too much nasty Carnation. But he is funny!
Doug had posted #3 on twitter the other day and it reminded me of some of his funnies.


#1
Me - "I'm going to throw you in the trash can"
G - "I'm going to throw your head through the window"
Me - "I'm going to throw your ninja turtles at you"
G - "Well, I'm going to throw GOD at you"
He won.

#2
Upon getting in trouble..."I know it was bad...but wasn't it kinda funny???"

#3
During a nightly prayer with his father: "God, thanks that when we sing at church it gets kinda loud."

#4
Me - "Griffin, did you know I was at your house last night?"
G - "For real life?!"
Me - "yep...and me and your mom whooped Kyle in a game. You should go tell him he is a loser...it would be funny."
G - "That would be stupid."
Me - "funny"
G - "stupid"
Repeat x3.
Me - "funny, funny, funny"
G - "it would be infinity and beyond stupid."
He won again. So we changed the subject.

Me - "I was going to come see you, but you were in bed whining to your mom"
G - "Did you know I got a new bed?"
Me - "A for real life bed?"
G - "Yep!"
Me - "I'm going to come sleep in it next time I'm there"
G - "You can look at it...but you can't sleep in it...you will break it"
I think he called me fat.

#5
G - "DARN IT CRAP!"
Vange (mom) - "Griffin, you cannot say that"
G (w/ gritted teeth) - "but this stupid thing won't work and I'm soooooo mad so I can"

#6
At a wedding shower for our friends Chad and Emily Imboden. They kept referring to "Emily" during a little game thing we did. Griffin looked at me when they said Emily..
G - "That's you! You're getting married?"
Me - "No silly. That's Chad's Emily. I'm already married."
G - "To who?"
Me - "You know who I'm married to. Dawson, who am I married to?"
D - "KYLE!"
G - "oh yeah, he's fat."
Me - "hahahahahhahahahaha"
Vange - "Griffin, don't say that. Kyle isn't fat."
G - "nope, but my dad is. And so am I."
He's got all kinds of fat jokes.


I was looking for a couple of pics on his sister's, Ashli, myspace and I found these of him and Dawson. I'm not quite sure how I've never seen them before....but I gotta share!!! hahahaha

FBC Maryville

It makes me soooo angry and heart broken at the senseless events that occurred this morning. For my Texas readers that may not know....one of our local pastors, Fred Winters, was shot and killed during their first service at First Baptist Maryville. (Maryville is between Glen Carbon and Troy..a couple of miles from our church) A couple of others were injured as well. Not all the details are known but please keep the families involved and church in your thoughts and prayers. I cannot even imagine the road they have before them and the brokenness that is going on. I liked Bob's thoughts.

From bob thoughts - Fred Winters and First Baptist Maryville
There is an ancient Hebrew practice called "shiva." The Hebrew word "shiva" actually means "seven." I'm not sure exactly how it was used but part of it was used during the mourning process. You would just be with someone who had lost a loved one. You didn't have to say anything you just had to be with them. Even if only symbolicly, would you join me in just being with Winter's family and their church family. You don't have to have the right words or the right prayer but just be with them. Let's not worry about saying the right things or doing the right things let's just be with them and let them know that they are not alone.

Battle of the Sexes

So what will you be getting yourself into if you come to youth at LifePoint?!?!?!

ok..it only happens once every few months...and I would say this is pretty small scale for what might occur in the future...but here are the pics from the 3rd Battle of the Sexes of the Driven Youth Ministry.

(Such a great event to photograph and I forgot my memory card for my good camera)

Sleeping Bag Relays:

Catching hot dogs:


Blowing Cheerios on a string:

Bubble Gum castles:



Alphabet Spaghetti O Riddles

Last, but certainly not least...First to finish ketchup + M&Ms


Due to Haley B (girl in white) the event finished early...puking on the table kind of did everybody in


And the winners are...