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On Saturday, May 28, 2011, my cousin Megan married Ethan and became Mrs. Saturday!!! It was a beautiful outside wedding near Hixson, Tn."Branches" is the name of the place where Megan got married!Our family had soo much fun and we took lots of pics in the gorgeous setting!Taryn and TimAlayna and IsabelAlayna and Karen---my sweet cousins!!Our 3 little birds!!!Daddy's girlLita and KylieCarsito and

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Since it has been almost a year since we have posted anything on our blog..we are going to try to do a few posts of the past year in review and hopefully catch you all up! We are not great bloggers like the rest of you out there...hahaha, but would like to have this as a form of a scrapbook to look back at in the years to come. And especially for our family and friends who do not live near us :)

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One of our great friends Brittany Mudd is working on her portfolio and wanted to take some pics on our family. So here are some adorable pics of Kylie. (Our little 1 year old got her own photo shoot!)If you are interested into talking to our friend to get your own photo shoot, then holla at me...

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So Kylie Joy has a new favorite hobby--It's called getting into EVERYTHING. When we say everything, we mean everything! She literally gets into the cabinets, which is something that neither Isa or Carson never did--at least until now. They both try to follow her lead and get into the cabinets just like their little sister!!!Here is our little princess raiding the pantry. As much of a mess as it

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That pesky front tooth that would not let go, finally had to go. So, I'm at work and I receive a call from Heidi who seems frantic. When she calmed down, she told me the story of Isa's losing her front tooth. Who knew that the best way to pull a tooth that won't let go is to fix your kid a sandwich and let here sink her teeth into it. Heidi fixed Isa a sandwich for lunch and when Isa sank her

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I got so excited a few months ago when Carson said that he wanted to play baseball! So I did what any dad would do, I signed him up. I also put on the registration form that I would help coach if they needed someone. You know what that means--I became the head coach!!! It's not that I didn't want to coach his team, I just didn't want to take the opportunity away from someone who knew what they

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One year ago (March 8th), our li'l Kylie JOY Hicks was introduced to the World. It's crazy how time flies!!! As true as it is that time flies, it is also true that "Children are a gift from the Lord."Look how cute this little princess is...I think she knows that she's adorable, which isn't too big of a problem yet, but it could get out of hand later on down the road.Kylie is unique in that she is

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The Hicks Family decided that if you are going to buy a yearly pass to Zoo Atlanta, then you better use it! So we did. We decided to go on a week day because last time we went, we did so on a weekend--along with everyone else in the whole wide world. Weekdays are the ways to go--we had the park to ourselves--Just us, some crazy animals (our kids) and the animals in the cages!!!We think that Isa

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What do you do when you need a little break? You pull out your laptop, get on priceline.com and search for a hotel--and that is what the Hicks family did a few weeks ago. We found a pretty sweet deal in Midtown and headed out for some family time in the ATL. Here are Isa and Carsito kicking back and enjoying the night on the town!After searching for a place to eat for a while, we found this

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Take a moment to listen to Aaron Keyes as he worships God by singing His praises in a song called Psalm 62. One of my favorite lines from this song is "O praise Him, hallelujah, My Delight and my Reward..." What a declaration that God is our delight and our reward. In Genesis 15:1, God tells Abram that He is our shield and our very great reward! The more and more I find out about God, who He is,

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This past week, Isa graduated from Pre-K and here is our tribute to our li'l princess. Watching her graduate creates so many emotions in us--It makes us want to spend every waking moment with her because we are realizing that they really do grow up fast--faster than we can imagine. In addition to wanting to spend every waking moment with her, Carson and Kylie Joy, we want to snuggle up close to

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This past year Isa has been in Gymnastics and she absolutely loves it!!! And, as unbiased as I can be, she is really good at it. Anyways, last week she had the end of the year recital to show off what they have learned and although I wasn't able to make it (due to being at a conference in Chicago), I heard that it was really cool and at the end, Isa received her very first trophy! What a great

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Many of you have seen or at least heard Louie Giglio's talk on Laminin, but tonight I was rethinking about it and wanted to share it with you once again in hopes that you will be reminded of God's greatness and His love for us. Colossians 1:16-17 "He is before all things and in HIM (Jesus Christ), all things hold together.

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Last week we decided to go to Zoo Atlanta at the last minute, so we quickly packed lunches and jumped in the car. When we were backing out of the driveway, our friends, the Low family pulled up and asked us where we were off to. When we said that the we were heading to the Zoo, they responded that they were too and were stopping by to see if we wanted to go--"Great minds think alike!" So we all,

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A few weeks ago we celebrated Tim's (Heidi's youngest brothers' b-day). The party was actually a surprise at Chili's (Chili's was everyone's pick because of their amazing dessert--The Molten Chocolate cake!) and the mastermind behind this party was Tayrn--Tim's girlfriend who is NOW HIS FIANCE! She wanted to do something very special for her very special man so she called his family and got us

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A few weeks ago, Rachel Turner, one of Heidi's best friends came to visit Heidi and to introduce her little one, Audrey to our little one! Here are the two precious little girls doing what they do best--sleeping!Isabel didn't want to miss any of the action with the babies. And here is Rachel loving on Audrey. If you follow Rachel on facebook, you will notice that she really loves her girl and

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I was reading Luke 5:1-11 yesterday and God gave me some insights that I thought I would share, so here it goes:Peter & co had been fishing all night without any success. Jesus comes along, gets in Peter's boat and tell him to throw his nets back out but this time into deep water. Look at Peter's response:Vs. 5--"Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything, but because you say

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This week I am preparing to teach on Luke 17:11-19 and wanted to share with you some thoughts that I have been having regarding this text.Luke 17:11-19"Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

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Today our li'l Kylie Joy is 4 weeks old and we, as a family, have truly enjoyed out little girl. She is precious and such a good baby. She is living the life and by that I mean she sleeps like 22 hours a day--waking up only to feed!!!Isa & Carson really lobe their li'l sis as well--they actually do!!! They are always wanting to hold her and kiss her. They are so sweet to her. Carson even asked us

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Whoever invented packing peanuts is on my list of people who are not my friend and also people who are not nice! Not really, but I do have a strong dislike for packing peanuts--while the do make securing your package easy, they make a real mess. Exhibit A are the above picture. These pics were taken a few days ago when we received a package from our good friend Pam from Athens. In the package

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This past week someone gave us vouchers for free dinner at Stevie B's, the pizza place where most people go crazy because of the buffet. We enjoyed the buffet but went crazy in our own way!!! Below are the pictures of what happens when you give the camera to myself and the kids--we go crazy and have fun!!! And before you ask, Yes, Kylie was with us, she was just asleep as usual. Enjoy...

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I have found myself in this past season of life reading a variety of types of books, ranging from business, parenting, youth ministry, theology and some classics. I have been challenged by a few mentors of mine to always include into my rotation of what I am reading something that has stood the test of time for at least 50 years. I adopted this idea and have been enjoying some 'old' writers who

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Two years ago I came across a series entitled "The Role of Men" by my hero Matt Chandler and it's so good that I have encouraged all my guy friends to listen to it. It's a MUST for all MEN. So men, please carve out some time to sit and listen to this three part series about what it means to be a man, a husband and a father. It's truly worth your time. This series stays in my CD player in my car

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Here she is, Kylie Joy Hicks, weighing in at 7 lbs. 14 ounces, 19 inches--born on March 8, 2010 at 6:45pm. After a long wait, she came promptly on her due date--what do you think that means about her? Will she always be on time? Will she have OCD? Will she be a planner?This is the very first picture of our li'l Kylie...This pic is a rarity and by that I mean she actually has her eyes open...she

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Carson loves to dance. Enough said. He is a dancing maniac. So watch and enjoy...

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Every night as we sit down to eat dinner together as a family, we say the blessing and here is a preview of some of the goodness that we get from the kids on a nightly basis. Enjoy...

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Tomorrow (Feb. 15th) is exactly 3 weeks away from our due date for li'l Kylie Joy Hicks and we are so excited!!! Here is Heidi looking as beautiful as always--but she will tell you that she is ready to have this baby!!!Isa loves the idea of having a little baby sister. She loves Kylie and might just be more excited about Kylie than anybody else. Her favorite thing is to kiss Heidi's tummy and

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The following is a article that Heidi's dad wrote that was published by the "Next Generation Institute. As you read this, you will get a glimpse as to why this guy is one of my heroes. A Doctor’s Suggestions for Dads: Keeping Your Child’s Spiritual, Emotional, Physical Health Up to Parby Dr. Wesley Harris Jr.
1) Let your love and faithfulness to the Lord be evident to your children.
2) Let your

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This year for valentine's day, Heidi found a cool idea from a parenting magazine for making home made valentine's that we could make to give to Isa and Carson's classmates. So here we are, elbows deep in suckers, construction paper, and markers. To make the valentine's, you need to cut hearts and leaves that you attach to the sucker to make 'flowers.'Here is sweet little Isa showing off this very

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This past week the kids both had a dentist appointment at the "Kids Dentist." Carson had never been to the dentist and to ensure that this experience didn't scare him for life, the dentist put the kids side by side and they got 'worked' on at the same time. Well, I say that they both got worked on but that's not really the case for Carson--He wasn't having it. He totally shut down and the dentist

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Last week someone at my work sent out a mass e-mail saying that they had a friend who was giving away 2 free Thrashers tickets for later that night--first come, first serve. I jumped on it and took Heidi on a sweet getaway to the Thrashers game. The lady who gave us the tickets works at Turner Broadcasting so needless to say, these were the best seats I have ever had at any sporting event. We sat

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So here we are on the verge of another snow day, so I thought I have to catch us all up to speed with the pics from the last snow day which took place several weeks ago...So enjoy...Here is Carsito looking all mischievous--actually he is mischievous, meaning that this is a pic of him making snow balls right before he would sneak attack us...That's why I love this little dude. Here's the kids

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We have a tradition that we end the year and start the new year off with some great friends the Jones family. In my mind, their is no greater way to celebrate a great year and to start a new year than hanging out with great friends who we adore.Here is me with my homie Mark. I love this guy like a brother and every time I hang out with him I am reminded of two things: (1) I feel like I missed out

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We don't really have any great Christmas traditions (we try not to get all caught up in the hype of the season other than celebrating Jesus--as we should everyday), but we do have one that Heidi started and that is we all get new pajamas! So here is our li'l ones showing off their new PJ's that they got for Christmas. Carson rockin his Mickey Mouse PJ's. And here is Isa chillin with mom in her

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Sorry for the delayed Christmas pics--you know how things go...Anyways, Here are some pics from when we got together with my family at my Grandpa's house--His house is filled with many, many great memories of 30 years worth of Christmas adventures and a host of other family gatherings.This is Carson and Grant looking cute--this is most likely right before the set something on fire--That's why I

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Our last post talked about visiting an old student of ours in Nashville. Stephen Whitfield, our old student is a stud when it comes to musical talent. He is a student at Belmont--studying music--and also plays for a band that is on the verge of "making it" and he is also leading worship at various locations. I wanted to take a minute to brag on my boy and say that every year Belmont has a musical

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Last week we took a family get away for a few days to Nashville. It was very relaxing and maybe the perfect Christmas getaway--I say that because we slept a lot and ate alot--more sleeping that eating--which is always good. Several years back when Isa was one or two, we went to the beach during a winter month and we told ourselves that every time she was asleep, we should be too. We brought back

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Last week at Isa's school, they had their annual Christmas musical. It was very cute and I wish the lighting would have been better--if it had been, then you would have gotten to experience the musical first hand--but due to lighting issues, the pictures and video came out very dark--but trust me, it was cute!Here is Isa getting ready to sing her heart out to Jesus. She looks so cute and the boy

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last week we got Carson's hair cut and it was a little shorter than we wanted so we tried to roll with it and gel it up like daddy's. Although it looked very cool, homeboy wasn't having it. So we had to give him a bath just to get the gel out of his hair and we are now back to rockin the short dumb & dumber hairdo until it grows out.

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A friend of ours had a great idea that they posted on their blog and I thought I would steal, I mean borrow, their idea. Due to the high cost of stamps and the fact that blogging is free, they (and we are doing this as well) put their family Christmas card on their blog for people to see (and print if they wanted one). With that in mind, here is the Hicks' family Christmas card:

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When we lived in Athens we started a family Christmas tradition where we would go to a local Christmas tree farm, find the right tree, cut that bad boy down, drag it to our house and put it in our living room. And after a years break, we restarted the tradition. The following pictures of our family searching for just the right tree...It's not this one, says Isa...This is not the right tree either

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Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday of the year. One of the reasons why is that we always travel to Chattanooga to spend s few days with Heidi's dad's side of the family. It's a holiday filled with food, tons of family members--aka free babysitters, games and more food. Not to mention, we love Chattanooga. Check out the Harris family Christmas picture--now that's a good looking family.Here is

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Last week I asked that you guys in joining me in praying for Matt Chandler, a hero of mine. He had a mass removed from his right frontal lobe last week and yesterday they received the Pathology report. Please take a moment to read the update (which can be found on his churches' web page) and continue praying for Matt and his family.Dear church,In the first chapter of Philippians, the Apostle Paul

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Here is a little holiday goodness thrown your way. Check out Heidi and some of our amazing Middle School leaders having an epic snowball fight.Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

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In October I was introduced to an organization that really blew me away. The organization is called Kiva and they make it their business to help those in poverty who have an entrepreneurial drive to get connected with others who can help them by lending them small amounts of money. The money loaned must be paid back by the benefactor within a certain time frame. As I heard about this unique

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Matt Chandler, the pastor at The Village Church in Texas, is one of my heroes. Through podcasts, articles and conferences, he has been one of the biggest influences in my life for the past year and a half. Last week, on Thanksgiving Day to be exact, he had a seizure and was rushed to the hospital to find out that he was a small mass in the right frontal lobe of his brain. Today (Friday, Dec. 4th

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November 10, 2006--Carson's is BORN!!!Nov. 10, 2009--We celebrate his 3rd b-day!!!Above are a few pics of how our little man's life began. He was born four weeks early and he spent 3 days in the intensive care unit. We didn't get to hold our little guy until the third day--sad times, but God is faithful--to show you how faithful God is, check out how our little guy is doing now...(Here are some

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For Isabel's birthday, Heidi's parents bought the kids a sweet playhouse complete with a slide, rock wall, and some swings! I have to admit that while I was excited about the play set, I wasn't that motivated to get the building project under way. You see it came in two huge boxes and although I didn't officially count, I am pretty sure that their must have been somewhere around 8 million pieces.

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Last week I had the great pivelege of speaking at the middle school retreat for Trinity Christian School at Berry College. The day that I spoke, I drove up early to Rome and spent most of the day visiting old friends and checking out some old sights. About mid day, I went over to the Berry campus to take in the sights. If you have never been to Berry College, then you have missed a glimpse into

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Just wanted to post a pic of my beautiful wife at 22 weeks...Look how sweet and precious her little belly, which holds our sweet little girl, is!!!

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It's official, the Hicks family is having another princess!!! We found out last Thursday in an unusual and awesome way. Here's the scoop:Last Wednesday Heidi went in for the sonogram to find out the sex of our baby. I was away at a conference so I couldn't go with her to find out what we are having. We wanted to share this moment together so Heidi told the doctor not to tell her what the sex of

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This past week on of Heidi's best friends has a sweet little baby girl. Little Audrey Turner is pictured here. How stinking cute is this little girl!!! We are so excited for Jason and Rachel and their new addition.While Heidi was in Rome, I kept thinking to myself that I wish she would go to our favorite eating establishment (Duffy's Deli) and get me some chicken salad. If you have never had a

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About six weeks ago I was introduced to a whole lot of goodness--that's right, a Spicy Chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-a! One of my friends went to Maryland and apparently up north they have these sandwiches that are made straight from God's kitchen. He brought me one home and it has changed my life. After eating this goodness, I started asking my friends at the local Chick-fil-a about why we

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We've been busy but that doesn't mean that my mind hasn't been racing. By that I mean I have had a bunch of things that I could have blogged about, but didn't have time. So I thought I would just dump some thoughts out into blog world and let you add the commentary, so here are my random thoughts:Big news: In case you haven't heard, we are expecting another bambino!!! Heidi is 16 weeks pregnant

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5 Years ago on Sept. 13th, our life changed forever in a great way. Kirsten Isabel Hicks was born. It's crazy that it has been five years. We have shared so many wonderful memories with our little princess--that is exactly what she is! So, to you, our little girl who is growing up way to fast, your mommy and daddy say this: we are so thankful for you, we LOVE you and we wish you a Happy Birthday!

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Here is a couple of videos to show what I do in my spare time...To welcome the new members of our small group, some of my veterans of my small group and I did a little wake up call. Hello Danny Kilgore..My Boy Luke Turley

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What would you say is the most important thing about you and I? Many might say that it’s our money, our status, our friends, but a guy named A.W. Tozer says that the most important thing about you and I is “what comes to mind when we think about God.” The reason for this is because how you view something determines how you respond to it. Think about it—if you think of someone in negative terms,

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This past weekend, our church hosted the Daraja African Children's Choir. They are part of a ministry called the 410 bridge. Their mission is to bridge (Daraja is swahili for bridge) our hearts to God and bridge the country of Kenya (where they are from) to the rest of the world. To read more about the 410 bridge and the Daraja African Choir, click here.We had the special privilege of having four

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Our neighborhood has a lake on it's property and this past week, we scored big with the fish. Maybe not big as far as catching big fish--rather we caught some big memories...Here is Isa with her very first fish...she really did catch her--with her daddy's help.I was so proud of her for actually wanting to touch the fish...Carson didn't share he same enthusiasm as her--especially after they

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The following article about our church was on the front page of the Religion section of the Saturday edition of the Times-Herald."For greater things have yet to come, And greater things are still to be done in this city."Those words from the song, "God of this City," by Christian recording artist Chris Tomlin reflects what is happening at Crossroads Church. The fast-growing east Coweta

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Before you read the following God encounter, please know that we prayerfully considered posting this entry—or at least this entry in its entirety. The reason for our hesitation is because we didn’t want people to praise us or anything that we did—rather we wanted to praise God and give Him the glory that is due Him after blessing us through the details in this encounter.*God has shown me over the

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'Aunt' Pam from Athens came to visit last week and we took this opportunity to hang out with her while feeding some ducks and geese at the park in Peachtree City--the best park ever--right behind the library next to the lake.Here we are with our bag of bread getting attacked by some crazy geese. I got to play the protective father--by that I mean that on several occasions the geese would get a

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Two weeks ago Carson was given a real deal kids golf set from our friend Pam from Athens--it even came with an official golf bag and he is addicted to playing Golf and daddy couldn't be prouder.Here he is tearing up the back nine, aka our back yard!And here we are the next day getting a few pointers about how to hit a draw and a fade, how to think strategically about what to hit off the tee box

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A Few months back (after I didn't check my facebook for several days) I recieved a facebook message that my best friend from High School son had passed away and the funeral was that day. After reading the message and realizing that I was already late for the funeral, I rushed off to be with the family. Shannon, my best friend from high school, and I were extremely close during high school and his

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Last week, Heidi and one of her good friends took the kids to a water park near Stone Mountain. Here is the whole gang (minus the moms): Carson, Isa and Kyrsten on the front row. Kyrsten is our friend, Krystal's daughter and Hope, the girl in the back is her best friends daughter.Here is Carson being his monkey self. He loved playing in the water!!!Heidi said that the best part of the day was the

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This past Friday was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A. Simply put, it meant that if you wore a 'cow' outfit to any Chick-Fil-A, they would give you a free meal--thats right, not just a free sandwich or a drink but the whole enchilada. So we made the kids some home made cow shirts and trekked on off to Chick-Fil-A for some free food. You couldn't ask for a better combination (Free food +

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Here is a video that one of my friends made as a follow up to our Student ministry summer camp which was a few weeks ago.

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Seven years ago today, my life changed forever—in such a great way—It was on this day seven years ago that I married the most amazing woman ever. I heard someone use a phrase a few weeks ago that accurately portrays my Heidita and that phrase is that she is a Proverbs 32 woman. If you know that Proverbs, you know that there are only 31 chapters and in that last chapter, the writer talks about

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Every year for vacation we trek down to Gulf Shores, AL. The reason: Because we love the beach, we love vacations and my aunt has a house there that she lets us use for free--good enough reasons. This year marked the 6th year in a row that Heidi and I have been there in the summer and it keeps getting better and better. We have started a family tradition (it began last year) where we invite my

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Day two at the beach revolved around eating at my Pops favorite establishment in Orange Beach (which is Tacky Jacks) and swimming in the pool. If you watched the video on an earlier blog abotu Isa swimming, then you would be proud to know that she has gotten even better at swimming and being in the pool is about all that our kids want to do anymore.

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One of the coolest things that we did while on vacation was go on a dolphin cruise or a cruise that takes you to see dolphins. This particular company that we went with was one that we had been with before and we chose them because they send two boats full of tourists out to search for dolphins at the same time. When one boat finds dolphins, they call the other boat and the other boat comes

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On the 5th day of our amazing vacation, we got the opportunity to hook up with Heidi'd long lost 'adopted' brother Henry from Honduras. Henry grew up with and lived with Heidi and her family when they lived in Honduras and they always considered him their brother. Because of visa issues, he has been unable to come to the states and because of various reasons, we haven't been able to go to

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You couldn't have asked for a better fourth of July celebration than what we had. Our friends Mark & Lindsey, who spent the week with us, got the low down on what the nights festivities would be and used that info to reserve us a pimp spot to watch the fireworks show. We had a front row seat on the beach right in front of the barge that was loaded with fireworks abotu 150 yards off shore. Here we

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I listen to as many podcasts from other pastors every time I get a chance and every time I do I walk away a better person--challenged, encouraged and motivated. In the past few weeks, I listened to two of my favorite guys and they each shared a illustration that really stuck with me, so now I'm going to pass them onto you.1. This came from Matt Chandler from the Village Church in Texas (He is my

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The other night while watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons (a total waste of my time)--you know the movie where Brad Pitt lives life in a backwards fashion--in Rewind, I couldn't help but think of this past year in ministry at Crossroads. Let me take a few minutes and replay a little of last years highlights for ya:Here the is gang at our mid-week large group environment called XTREME.

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Home Owners Association fees: a few hundred bucksA Pass to the neighborhood pool: $25Your daughter swimming on her own for the first time: PRICELESS!!!One of favorite memories from this occassion is when Heidi told Isa that we would get her a toy to reward her for all of her hard wrok b/c that is what Heidi's parents did for her wehn she was learning to swim. Isa's response was "you should get me

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I'm getting old, or at least older and this time, it's a big one--30 years old!!! There are probably a lot of negative things about turning 30, but one of the many great things about this occasion is the fact that I am married to an amazing woman who worked extra hard to ensure that I had an amazing day to celebrate this monumental event!!! The day started by Heidi telling me that I had to be

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A few weeks ago, Heidi and the kids went with some of our good friends to take the kids to pick some strawberries at a strawberry patch near the house. Here are our troops getting ready for action...Here is Isa going to town picking some strawberries. Apparently you are not suppose to eat the strawberries until the end when you pay for them but Isa did not get that memo...As I am writing about

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Here is Heidi's youngest brother Tim at the Atlanta airport with his friend Taryn and our little gang. This picture was taken just a few minutes before Tim took off for a 6 week mission trip/leadership training in Turkey. Tim has a heart for Christ and for sharing the Gospel with the Muslim world. He feels called to minsiter to Muslims and that is what he is doing right now as you read this entry

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The other night we had a bunch of friends over for a little game night. Some of our best friends Mark & Lindsey introduced us to a new game that I am addicted to--because it's fun and because I pretty muched dominated the game. The game was called "Cranium: the Party Playoff Edition." We are so thankful that God gave us a noce house so we could have lots of people over for some fun and games.

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Our little Isa is growing up...This past week Isabel and her pre-K class had their graduation. The twist is that Isabel wasn't old enough at the beginning of the year to be in the class but it was the only place they could out her. She went through the year with this group and when it came time to graduate, they allowed her to take part in the ceremony even though she wasn't technically

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This past week Grandpa (Daniel's dad) rode into town carrying a HUGE Barbie doll house that he made for his little grand-daughter!!! And when I say HUGE, I mean HUGE--in a totally amazing way.You should have seen Isabel's eyes and face light up when his truck backed up to house. She is in love with Barbie dolls and is totally in love with her new and amazing doll house that was crafted with love

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This past week our family, along with Heidi's parents, Heidi's two brothers and sister-n-law took off for a week's vacation at St. George's Island in Florida. It was one of the most amazing weeks of my life because if you have ever been to St. George's Island, you know that there is not much to do except lay on the beach, swim in the pools, relax and read books! That is every parents dream--just

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Tonight I was reminded of one of my favorite shows--when we had cable--the deadliest catch. I say that because tonight our family took part in one of family traditions--crab hunting on the beach. You know, the kind where you go out late at night with flashlights, buckets and little 'crab nets.' You simply spot crabs with the light in the flashlight, chase them, catch them in the nests and put

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This is my third time reading the life work of George Muller and it gets better and better each time. This guy in the 1800's was led by God to start orphanages in England. He was also led to talk to God only about the funds neseccary to start and operate the orphanages--simply put, he never asked anyone but God for provisions. Here are some of the highlights from the book. I hope that you enjoy

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Today while at the beach (on a sweet week long getaway on St. George's Island), I just finished reading "Confessions of a Pastor" by Craig Groeschel. He has a great chapter about failures and some great insights that I thought I would pass on. (I'm really writing these things so I can remember them--I tend to remember things when I write them down).1. The Failure Fact: You will Fail"Feel the

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Well, we have officially been in our new house for over a week now and as promised, I need to update you on our God Story that made this all possible. It started several months back when Heidi and I realized that there are a trillion good deals out there on houses due to the state of the economy and the amount of foreclosure homes in our area. So we began to pray about the possibility of buying a

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The Chic-Fil-A by our house (which is owned by my friend Ronnie) has been closed for remodeling for the last three weeks and has two more weeks until it reopens. I have realized just how much I love Chic-Fil-A in the past few weeks (it's probably their addictive sweet tea), so my friends and I made a little video proclaiming our love for the Chic.

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Yesterday while taking a bath, Carson decided to head butt the bath tub leaving him with a pretty cool black eye. I think it makes him look tough! And for your information, in case you were wondering, his powerful head butt to the tub comepletly destroyed the tub. He crushed the tub into a million little pieces. Yes, my boy is that strong. Not really...what really happened is that he started

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Here is Grandma holding li'l Carson.She lived an extraordinary life and went to home with Jesus on Saturday Morning, April 3rd. I had the great privilege to speak at her funeral and here are the words that came from my heart in regards to my grandma. This afternoon, we are gathered to celebrate a life that was lived to the fullest. She lived life to the fullest because her life was a life that

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Just wanted to ask you guys to pray for us as we are about to buy our 'God Given Dream House.' We are closing on Monday, April 13th--There are so many God size things that have happened to get us to this point and I promise to write our story to share with you all--but until then, keep us in your prayers!!!

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Yesterday was a perfect day for me. The Jones family had spent the night with us the night before, Heidi's parents came to visit and Tiger Woods was playing in the final group of a Sunday tournament--which means he was on the prowl for another victory. In my mind, there is nothing better than relaxing on a Sunday afternoon while watching Tiger do what he does best--crush opponents. And

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This is by far my new favorite song. I pray that as you listen to it, your heart will erupt in praise.Along the lines that nothing is impossible for our God, I give you a few famous paragraphs that demostrates this fact:Someone has said He came from the bosom of the Father to the bosom of a woman. He put on humanity that we might put on divinity. He became Son of man that we might becomes sons

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This past Saturday we visited with friends and family to celebrate some birthdays...Our friends that are like family, Mark and Lindsey celebrated their little boy Andrew's b-day. He turned UNO... not a baby anymore!Andy decided he loved the icing afterall!After Andy's first b-day parta we headed over to celebrate with Grandpa Ronnie!We surprised Him with a birthday celebration at Aunt Pamela's

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Today I got the call that you never want to get. The call where the person on the other end tells you that two of the people you care about the most were killed in a car wreck. This morning I learned the news that my two boys from my old youth group, Birdogg and Kenneth--pictured above, were killed last night when Birdogg lost control of his car and hit another car head on. Words cannot express

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Last week Heidi's brother, aka uncle Tim came to visit and play with the kids. It's amazing what you can do when you're good shape. Check out the videos to see what I mean.

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Yesterday in Newnan it was 60 degrees--today, it snowed. Go figure.We got dressed and went to the Cann's house and did a little playing in the snow. It was a lot of fun!!!

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