sawmaster

2008-07-30T09:51:00.000-07:00

I made it through surgery yesterday. The doctor was surprised to find that my rotator cuff was fine, but the biceps tendon was completely torn. He repaired it with 3 stitches and cleaned up the whole area. He thinks this surgery will give me lots of relief, but saw that some of my bone had been worn away because of the torn tendon. This will probably give me problems later, and might mean more surgery. We'll worry about that later. It took me a long time to wake up enough to go home and I'm still pretty groggy. The nurse says this is normal. I am allowed to move my shoulder as much as possible, but I can not do any twisting motion with my hand. No opening jars or turning faucets. I also can't lift anything. I will wear the sling when I want, and I have a pain pump in that releases numbing medicine every hour into the shoulder. I will have a check up next Tues. and then we'll be on our way to my mom's. Thanks to everybody for praying.

2008-06-15T16:02:00.000-07:00

Every day I am exploring
Touching everything I've found
I leave behind my little marks
And handprints all around

You clean up those hand prints
But someday when I'm grown
You'll wish you had just one hand print
To keep just for your own

I made this handprint for you
So that one day when I am tall
You'll remember what my hand looked like
Long ago when I was small

This is what is written on the gifts I got from Jonathan and Emily today. They made these pictures in Sunday School for me last week. They are a real treasure.

The 3 Mountaineers

2008-06-06T16:43:00.001-07:00

Putting our heads together to figure out our next great adventure.

Barn Burner

2008-01-05T19:38:00.000-08:00

There's nothing better to do on a snowy winter morning, than fold a bird or two.
Today was my last day of hunting for the season. I was rewarded for my efforts with 2 beautiful scaut.

First Duck

2007-10-07T14:53:00.001-07:00

The second day of duck season, Dave gets a pintail hen, his first duck ever.

2007-07-04T17:21:00.001-07:00

Happy 4th to all my peeps.

The Little Marksman

2007-06-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I haven't had much time to do fun things. Here's a little video of Jonathan doing something he does quite well.

A New Man

2007-04-14T12:53:00.000-07:00

When I asked Gracie what she wanted for her birthday, she said she didn't want to be poked by my beard when I hugged her anymore. Her wish was my command, and she got a clean face for her 13th birthday. Happy B-Day Gracie, and to you a clean face.

Sweet Kisses

2007-02-13T14:54:00.000-08:00

Jonathan loves giving lots of kisses to his baby sister. She's usually annoyed by all of his kisses, but today he gave her a kiss she really seemed to love.

Annie Get Your Gun

2007-02-01T13:42:00.000-08:00

My wife is turning into a mountain woman slowly but surely. She wouldn't admit it, but she really had a good time trying out Jonathan's new gun a couple weeks ago. Now all she has to do is pee in a cup in the car, or in the woods to qualify as a real mountain mama.

Golf buddies.

2006-10-21T20:46:00.000-07:00

Jonathan loves to golf with Daddy. He got his own set of clubs this week and has been showing me how it's done. He's learning a lot including how to stay out of the way (see next post).

OWIE!!!!

2006-10-21T20:28:00.000-07:00

Jonathan got hurt bad today when he unfortunately walked in front of my best golf swing ever in the front yard. Luckily the balls I use are plastic. The ball split when I hit it so it cut his cheek which is now swollen and bright red. Sometimes it takes pain to learn an important lesson, like don't walk in front of Daddy when he's hitting golf balls. Lesson learned.

Daddy's Little Caddy

2006-10-13T15:23:00.000-07:00

I had to find a way to improve my game. All the big shots in golf have a good caddy so I found my own. The secret is when all the old guys are googling over the baby, I might just happen to get a hole in one.

Happy Anniversay Lynn and Rick

2006-09-26T15:59:00.002-07:00

This is the video Freddy put together for us to give to my aunt and uncle for their 25th anniversary.

Guest post

2006-09-06T11:06:00.000-07:00

It appears Jonathan hasn't quite acquired SM's competitive streak. He came in last in this race at the company picnic. He sure had fun trying though.

Daddy's little Diva. She's got her daddy's heart in her tiny hand.

The arms of the cross

2006-06-08T18:52:00.000-07:00

We all know what the cross stands for, but have we really looked at in all aspects? When you look at the cross, what do you see? How about a body with 2 arms open wide?
When I was a kid I would run to my father. He opened his arms and accepted me. Our father in heaven does the same. God's word says we should try to be like Jesus. How can we even start if we have our arms folded?
Growing up in church my whole life, I have seen good Christians lose sight of what God did because they got too comfortable. They always did everything the same way until they lost sight and became tunnel visioned and their arms got more and more folded. It's as if we become like hermits. We see what is going on around us. We see people who need the Lord, but our arms are closed and we are unapproachable. How many of us are willing to befriend and live amongst the lost? I am not saying we should become like them, but how can they see Christ's work in our lives if we are closed off? Jesus went out and found the lost. He didn't sit in some temple and say, if they want to find me...they know where to come. No, he lived with them and met them where they were. As we learn to love like Christ, we must become open. We must open up our lives so people can see Christ's love through us.
I used to be closed off. I got hurt and was used and broken. I took a down hill spin to the bottom. At that point, I had to run back to Jesus. His arms were still open wide. It didn't matter what I had done. When I became a Dad, I finally began to understand what love really is. I love my son with open arms no matter what he does. That is true love.
So, are we going to hide in every day life, or are we going to let people experience God's love through us? Don't be afraid of change. Change is a natural process.
When I was 16 or17, my church had a problem reaching the lost. We passed out tracks, we canvased the neighborhoods, but we still weren't reaching people. People came up with lots of excused why it wasn't working. Now, I don't know if it was planned, but one Sunday a guest speaker came. He said people won't come to church if they don't feel loved. He then stood with his arms opened wide and asked the crowd what they saw. A cross....
Are we showing people crossed arms, or the open arms of the cross?

It doesn't get any better than this

2006-04-24T12:34:00.000-07:00

Just when I thought I couldn't love anyone more than Jonathan, here came Emily. Now I know how great of a joy being a dad of 2 can be.

It's beginning to look a lot like...Easter!

2006-04-16T19:38:00.000-07:00

God sure has a sense of humor. Church wasn't cancelled for Christmas due to power outages and3 feet of snow, but it was today. Just when I thought I was done shoveling snow for the year-ha ha.

Let It Snow

2006-03-24T15:16:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately, Jonathan is the only one willing to let his hands go blue from playing in the snow for hours.

2 Cor. 5:11-21

2006-03-06T13:23:00.000-08:00

As I have been working with the youth, I've come to see through God's word that there are things we must do.
1. Pray every day for our kids & the youth in general.
2. Live life as examples of what godly men & women are.
3. Check your pride at the door-you don't have to pretend you have it all together-eventually your flaws show through-how we deal with our flaws is what sets the example.
4. As we're baptized as new creatures our kids will desire that also.
If we do these things and reconcile our differences, our kids will follow our good example and learn from our flaws.

Daddy's Little Helper

2006-03-02T15:43:00.000-08:00

Would the room get finished without my little helper? Oh wait, I'm still working on it. Ok, so it's 95%done. Maybe this weekend :)

4 dAdddeEe

2006-03-01T08:34:00.000-08:00

hapEe beRdaE ure tHa biST!!> i Luv yoo luv bubba..........................

AWESOME!!!

2006-02-27T15:43:00.000-08:00

Our family is so blessed to live in such a beautiful area. We had to stop on the highway on our way home from church yesterday to let 6 elk cross. We had no idea how huge they are. We are still in awe.

Here I am

2006-02-26T22:03:00.000-08:00

Here I am learning how to rope a J-Dawg. I still need more practice.