OK, so I am sitting here in an Arby's in Elko, Nevada waiting for my mother in law to show up with Kira, so I have a few minutes to update you all again. Unfortunately, I figured out the time zones incorrectly, so I arrived over an hour early. As long as they don't kick me out of the Arby's I'll be fine.
So Kira has been in Reno with her Grandma Teri and Grandpa Rex for the last week. Gusti was at girl's camp and Kyle was at scout camp so her and Tori (her cousin from Germany) went to visit Grandma. They had fun there, but I sure missed having Kira at home. With Kali in Germany, she's my only girl that is around. One of the things I love about Kira is that whenever I come home, she gets up and runs to me and gives me a big hug. I miss those hugs.
One of the other things I miss are the talks that I used to have with Kali at night. She used to come into our bedroom right at bedtime and want to have these long talks about whatever was going on. The cynical side of me says that she has figured out a novel way to postpone her bedtime, but I'm sure it is just that she wants to spend time with Gusti and I. As frustrating as it was at times to try to get her out of our room so we could go to sleep, I do miss it. I am excited for her to get home. She flies in on the 28th of July, so it is not too much longer.
I just want to say that Gusti took some great converse pictures on the 4th of July, but I have been a slug and have not put them up yet. Sorry Ron. I will get them up soon.
Gotta go to the Taco Bell to meet the girls. God bless you, God bless the United States, and keep your chin up.
Anthony
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Catching up...
OK, so I am finding that I am as good at keeping up with my blog as I am with keeping in touch with my friends (which means not very good). Oh well, I guess I should have known that I wouldn't be any better just because it is digital and I can type it.
Anyway, I had quite the experience a couple weeks ago. For those of you who are not LDS, sorry, but I am going to talk about churchy things. 2 weeks ago, I had the opportunity of ordaining my son to the priesthood. Kyle turned 12 on the 1st of July and so he was going to become a deacon. That is cool in and of itself, however this day was even more special. On the same day, I was able to ordain Chris (our foster son) to get the priesthood as well. Quite the experience. I had the opportunity to baptize Chris not too long ago and he was now getting the priesthood. Both of these experiences was a little different.
First of all, ordaining your son (only son) to receive the Aaronic Priesthood is quite an overwhelming experience. I can't tell you how proud I am of Kyle and how good of a kid he is. He never ceases to amaze me with his level of caring, compassion, and observation. If even a percentage of boys his age have the qualities that Kyle has, then we are in good hands for the future. Being able to pass the priesthood to him that I received from my Father a number of years ago (I can't count that high, so I won't tell you how many years ago that was) was an experience I will never forget. I know that Kyle will magnify his priesthood and be an example to those in his quorum.
About 2 minutes after ordaning Kyle, I had the opportunity to ordain Chris and make him a Priest. An interesting thing has happened as I have had some recent experiences with Chris. I have had the spirit bear stong witness to me that the decisions he has made are what Heavenly Father wants him to do. I have to say there is a bond there and some feelings that I have towards him that I didn't necessarily have before. It has been a great experience.
Well, because Kyle was now a Deacon, I knew they would be asking him to pass the sacrament. I went over a couple things with him and told him that the other Deacons would help him out. He was a little nervous, but ready. I was finishing something up, so I had to send Gusti and Kyle and Chris over to the chapel without me. About 5 minutes later, Gusti texted me and said I better hurry and get over there because both Kyle and Chris were passing the sacrament for the first time. I wasn't finished, but I left what I was doing and ran over to the church (couldn't miss it...) and made it in time. I can't put into words the feelings I had watching them both pass the sacrament. Kyle picked up on things quickly, but Chris was having some issues. I wasn't sure what to do to help him, but I was spared the need to intervene because one of the members of the ward stood up and guided him for a couple minutes until he had it down. Then he let him finish on his own. I love this ward. We have people who care about others and help out when needed. This was just another experience in a long list of experiences like this.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know about this. I won't ever have the chance to do this again, and it was a great time.
I will update you again soon (maybe even today, I have more to write). I think I am going to end my posts with something a local talk show host uses to sign off every day.
God bless you, God bless the United States, keep your chin up.
Anthony
Anyway, I had quite the experience a couple weeks ago. For those of you who are not LDS, sorry, but I am going to talk about churchy things. 2 weeks ago, I had the opportunity of ordaining my son to the priesthood. Kyle turned 12 on the 1st of July and so he was going to become a deacon. That is cool in and of itself, however this day was even more special. On the same day, I was able to ordain Chris (our foster son) to get the priesthood as well. Quite the experience. I had the opportunity to baptize Chris not too long ago and he was now getting the priesthood. Both of these experiences was a little different.
First of all, ordaining your son (only son) to receive the Aaronic Priesthood is quite an overwhelming experience. I can't tell you how proud I am of Kyle and how good of a kid he is. He never ceases to amaze me with his level of caring, compassion, and observation. If even a percentage of boys his age have the qualities that Kyle has, then we are in good hands for the future. Being able to pass the priesthood to him that I received from my Father a number of years ago (I can't count that high, so I won't tell you how many years ago that was) was an experience I will never forget. I know that Kyle will magnify his priesthood and be an example to those in his quorum.
About 2 minutes after ordaning Kyle, I had the opportunity to ordain Chris and make him a Priest. An interesting thing has happened as I have had some recent experiences with Chris. I have had the spirit bear stong witness to me that the decisions he has made are what Heavenly Father wants him to do. I have to say there is a bond there and some feelings that I have towards him that I didn't necessarily have before. It has been a great experience.
Well, because Kyle was now a Deacon, I knew they would be asking him to pass the sacrament. I went over a couple things with him and told him that the other Deacons would help him out. He was a little nervous, but ready. I was finishing something up, so I had to send Gusti and Kyle and Chris over to the chapel without me. About 5 minutes later, Gusti texted me and said I better hurry and get over there because both Kyle and Chris were passing the sacrament for the first time. I wasn't finished, but I left what I was doing and ran over to the church (couldn't miss it...) and made it in time. I can't put into words the feelings I had watching them both pass the sacrament. Kyle picked up on things quickly, but Chris was having some issues. I wasn't sure what to do to help him, but I was spared the need to intervene because one of the members of the ward stood up and guided him for a couple minutes until he had it down. Then he let him finish on his own. I love this ward. We have people who care about others and help out when needed. This was just another experience in a long list of experiences like this.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know about this. I won't ever have the chance to do this again, and it was a great time.
I will update you again soon (maybe even today, I have more to write). I think I am going to end my posts with something a local talk show host uses to sign off every day.
God bless you, God bless the United States, keep your chin up.
Anthony
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Chucks in history
Well, Ron wanted me to post some pics of historical people wearing Converse. I wasn't able to find any of the founding fathers with them (yet), but I did find a couple interesting ones...
I always knew it was cool to wear chucks...
I even found a pirate...
I even found a really cool one for all you Full House fans...(I know you're out there)
That's all I have for now, but I am sure I will find more later.
I always knew it was cool to wear chucks...
I even found a pirate...
I even found a really cool one for all you Full House fans...(I know you're out there)
That's all I have for now, but I am sure I will find more later.
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