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Come and join me as I lead worship with our worship team band this weekend at Sojourn Church in Carrollton. We have a 9 am, 11 am, and a 6 pm service that day.

www.sojournchurch.org

Yesterday, we finally signed the paperwork to close on our new house.

I must give credit where credit is due. On Tuesday morning, I was convicted that we had been striving too hard in our own power to push this deal through and that we needed to turn the process over to God in prayer. Just over 24 hours after doing just that, we were sitting at the title company signing papers. What we couldn’t do in a month, He did in just over a day!

I will post pictures of the house soon, we can’t wait for everyone to see it.

Back in July, during our Wyatt family get together at my Grandparent’s house, several of us enjoyed Sea World and Schlitterbahn water park. Here are a few pictures from that trip. (Click on any picture to get a larger view.)

Kids at the entrance to Sea World in July

Getting ready to ride Journey to Atlantis

Feeding the dolphins

Wyatt and his new friend

On to Schlitterbahn…

I have a picture of Ashton riding this same slide when she was much younger...maybe I will find it and post comparison pics.

the boys enjoying the water

The tickets we bought to Sea World back in July were good for a “Second Day Free” if used in the same year. So we decided that this past weekend that we would travel back down there for another day of fun.

The kids loved to climb these traffic blocks.

Flamingo friend

We all got a kick out of the 4D pirate movie

Up we go on a ride called Journey to Atlantis. This had a backward drop then a steep drop into water. All three kids loved it.

One of our favorite parts of Sea World (and a great place to get pictures) is feeding the Lorikeets. Parker missed this last time so he was loving the experience.

Parker feeds the birds

Ashton the bird perch

Sometimes the bird's claws dig in a bit.

Alas, we accomplished all and it was time to leave. What fun!

All of us Guerrys love the rides and have a blast at Sea World and other theme parks. In fact, in my next post, I will put up some pictures of a recent Six Flags trip. It is a great way to have a great time with my family. I hope they cherish these trips as much as I do.

There are several pictures of the kids that have built up over the last few months. Some bragging, if you will:

This is Ashton’s soccer team and the trophies they received for the Spring 2009 season. Ashton is on the far right in purple. I am proud of her for doing something that is out of her comfort zone. I think she will be less of an athlete as she grows, however. We are leaning toward music lessons for her.

Also in the spring, our family took a camping trip to East Texas.

This is the beautiful Sulfur Springs, Texas courthouse.

Here are my fishing boys. It was windy and cool but its fun to toss lures anyway.

Then, at the end of the Winter/Spring season, my hockey team competed for the MCHA Championship. As you can see, we won the game and took home the cup for first place in our league!

In lieu of a swimming pool, we cool off our hot tub so the kids can take a dip.

We have a blast with our activities…next up, I will post some summer fun pictures.

Wow, April! That is really my last post. Yikes.

Here are some pictures from a Ranger Game outing with my Dad that we enjoyed back at the beginning of summer.

Piggy back rides into the ballpark

The boys were hoping for a ball hit onto the hill next to us so they could run out and try to nab it but it did not happen at this game.

We had a great time and are looking forward to the next game.

It’s been a while since I have posted pictures on this blog so here are some of the kids and their recent accomplishments.

Ashton and I attended a Daddy/Daughter dance in The Colony. I had a beautiful dance partner. We enjoyed dancing, snacks and got our picture made together.

At open house, Ashton showed off the self portrait character she made. I love the orange hair.

At a recent One Mile race in Denton, Wyatt placed second and Soren (Wyatt’s cousin) placed first. Go runners!

Parker enjoyed his fourth birthday cake. Since we had more than one party (one with kids, one with adults, etc.) he was a bit confused as to when he actually turned four. I think we finally have him convinced that he is now really a four-year-old.

For his birthday, Parker got a remote controlled kite and we had fun trying to get it to work.

The city of The Colony has a massive Easter egg hunt every year. The kids divide up into age groups on different baseball fields. When the volunteers say go, the kids run around the outfield and pick up the eggs that have been spread out there. So, really, there is not much of a hunt but more of a free-for-all scramble. The kids had fun.

Ashton participated in a music presentation at her school. Music and drama are two of her favorite “special” classes at school.

I trust your Easter was one of rejoicing and remembering the greatest act of love in human history - Jesus’ death and resurrection.

I wanted to let you know that this coming Sunday, I will be leading worship at my church in Carrollton, TX, Sojourn Church. If you are in the area and could join us for one of our three Sunday services, it would mean a lot for me to have you worship with me.

We have two morning services at 9 am and 11 am. And we have an extended worship service called Seeking Him in the evening that begins at 6 pm.

For more information or directions click here to visit www.sojournchurch.org.

Hope to see you there!

P.S. I have lots of family information and pictures that I hope to post soon.

Yesterday, my littlest boy turned FOUR big years old.

It’s hard to believe that Parker came into this world four years ago. The time does fly yet, I remember the birthing center and the joy I felt at his birth like it was yesterday.

I am so pleased with Parker and the way he is growing and developing and learning how to be a boy and, gradually, a man. I am so happy that he already knows about God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I smile when I hear him pray and how his prayers are evolving. I laugh when he jumps and sings and does his “funny walk” when we are worshiping in the living room.

Happy Birthday, Parker. I love you!

I am excited to announce that I will be part of a team that will be leading worship at our church on a monthly basis.

Beginning this Sunday, March 1st, I will be leading worship for both our 9 am and 11 am services in the morning. Then, that evening at 6 pm, I will be leading again at our night of worship and prayer.

I am honored to be trusted with this responsibility and am really looking forward to what God will do in this season at our church. Please pray for direction and peace and I prepare and actively lead people into the throneroom. Your prayers are coveted.

The next Sunday at which I will lead will be March 29th. I would love to see family and friends join us at Sojourn for any and all of the services.

Click www.sojournchurch.org for more information.

As part of this season, I plan to post the songs we do here with some notes on the service. I hope that this exercie will be a good way for me to vent, if needed, and to share practical insight to the thinking of a worship leader. Maybe you will be blessed too.

A few days after the post below about Dirk, The Dallas Morning news posted an interesting article about him. Eddie Sefko compared him to some of the greatest power forwards of all time. Below is part of the write up.

“…we thought it would be enlightening to see where Nowitzki ranks on some of the key statistical lists for power forwards.

These lists are confined to players who spent most of their careers playing power forward, though some might have also played center or small forward at times.

We used 15 power forwards: Charles Barkley, Tom Chambers, Terry Cummings, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Elvin Hayes, Jerry Lucas, Karl Malone, Bob McAdoo, Kevin McHale, Nowitzki, Charles Oakley, Bob Pettit, Jack Sikma, and Buck Williams. Players who specialized in one area (think Dennis Rodman) were omitted for this exercise. Nowitzki, Duncan and Garnett are still active.”

NOTE: For the sake of time, I have not listed all 15 players and their stats.

There are a few things I take from this.

1) Dirk is special. We are in the midst of greatness. He is not last on any of the lists and is middle of the way on most. And here is the thing: he is only 30. He has, barring injury, a LOT of basketball left.

2) I hope Dirk gets another chance to win a ring…preferably with the Mavs. Back to my previous post, please get Dirk some big-time help!

3) Karl Malone was good. He was 2, 1, 4, 10, 1, 1, 6, 1, 9 in the lists respectively. Only mark against him was 0-3 in Titles/Finals trips.

This was a fun topic, tell me what you think by posting a comment below.