no good excuses, but I should be getting back on track. I’ve got a TON of stuff I’ve been wanting to write about so expect quite a few posts in the coming days.

I know I probably should have written about this the day it happened but I wanted to post my favorite picture of the moment and not just throw something up and say I had written about it. My wife and I debated long and hard and spent many hours praying over whether or not we should baptize Ean at such a young age. Questions arise about the validaty and sincerity and how much a 5 year-old can actually understand.

Then we heard, the friday before the baptism, a story of Godly man who, for the same reasons we were skeptical, dodged his son’ pleadings to become a Christian until he felt his son was old enough to understand. That is until his son heard a guest speaker at the christian elementary school chapel ask if anyone in the audience would like to give their life to Christ. The protective professor’s boy was the only one to raise his hand. He prayed with the speaker and called his dad immediately after and said, “I asked Jesus into my heart and you couldn’t stop me.”

See, we sort of did the same thing. We talked about it but never put pressure on our son because we didn’tbelive he was ready. Until one day he told us he prayed on his own in his bedroom for God to forgive him of his sins and come live in his heart so he wouldn’t sin anymore.Needless to say, if it wasn’t already obvious fromt the title and the picture, we allowed Ean to be baptized and I couldn’t be more proud.

Not only was I personally able to baptize him (thank you Oak Leaf) but Jamie and I both see an obvious change in his behavior, vocbaulary, and desire to learn more about God. He asked me to read him all the stories in the Bible so we’re starting at #1 and going through Revelation. If you could only see my swollen eyes right now.

Now my other son…that’s a working progress.

Man, I did not need to see this or this.

I’m already saving my pennies.

Someone should put a disclaimer on every bike that says, "ATTENTION ALL ROOKIE RIDERS: Do not attempt to ride bike on roads in the mountains unless you are willing and ready to pass out, puke your guts, die, or all of the above." It was all I could do to ride the 4 miles to camp and back.

Today was the first time in a long time I was able to just sit and enjoy a church service without having any responsibilities whatsoever. In fact, it was the shortest Sunday morning I’ve experienced in recent memory. Jamie and I took the boys to Northstar Panama City. It was so refreshing to just worship. I was probably singing louder than anyone else in there. The message was on not compormising convictions and values. Something we all could bereminded of pretty regularly.

I’ll get the chance to visit some other churches when I’m in Ohio in a month and I might try to fit in more than one since now I know had little time it takes to just attend a service and not do anything.

Well, outside a few minor tweaks here and there, my website is functioning again and everything seems to have run pretty smooth through the server transition. Anyway, there are about 20 posts you missed so to be sure to read them all and catch up.

And leave some comments while your at it. It looks really boring having “No Comments” written below the last several posts.

Most of my family has a birthday near Christmas so this year we decided to split up the ridiculous mass of presents and do all our birthday stuff in June. I didn’t think I would like it, but I did. We started off with a day at the lake then headed up to my parent’s house for a famous Goodwin cookout. Today was a mix of everything. I rode my dad’s new motorcycle, we went to see the Happening (worst movie ever), there was some board games played, some family photos, etc, etc, etc.

Can’t wait until next year.

Boxes of my new CD, More of You, appeared on my doorstep today. It officially releases a little later, but I’ll be taking it with me this summer. Want an advanced copy? Come to Oak Leaf or find me in Florida at Super WOW or Xtreme. Then, let me know what you think.

I love my wife. I’ve said it many times and I’ll say many more. 9th anniversaries don’t get the same glorification as the 5s and 10s. But I’m excited none the less.

So what are we doing? Well, we already sort of did it - cruise, spa treatment, et al. However, tonight, I’ve something special for her. Should be a complete surprise…though I’m betting I get punched in the arm.

We spent 4 hours in the ER tonight repairing the hole my son put in his head when he slid down the stairs on his bunk-bed in a plastic tote and onto a large plastic truck toy. The pictures and video are pretty gross. I’m sure my wife will have pictures up before I do (got to get my own camera) but I’m going to post the video just to see if I can spark some comments.

Check back later in the week.