Proud Parents

Tonight our big Butch graduated his first Dog Obedience class. We are so proud of him!

What started with a goal of just getting him acquainted to more strangers, both human and dog, ended up with him learning to sit and lay down on command.

Butch also learned to take treats form complete strangers, responded to long recalls with others holding him, and was a class favorite.

Of course, by the end of the one hour course Butch was absolutely exhausted and wiped out. That's a lot of hard work for our 130 lb. baby. But lucky for us, he still has energy to give us eskimo kisses!

Congratulations Butch! We love you.

The Wild Fire!

15 Young Christians........

6 Christian Chaperones..........

4 Fabulous Christian Rock Bands

3 hours of worship with 9000+ Christians for $10/ticket............................

Priceless!

http://www.wildfire4god.com/

Amy and I had a wonderful time Saturday night attending the Rock and Worship Road Show at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. As part of Wildfire, a Christian Youth Group, we truly enjoyed listening to and worshipping with 10th Avenue North, Hawk Nelson, Sanctus Real, and the feature act Mercy Me. We enjoyed the night with 15 great kids and 6 of our great friends from the Vineyard.

The Incredible, Edible, .......

In Easter tradition, the kids decorated eggs........

the kids ate eggs.........

and the kids found eggs.

The Bunny

Carver with real:

Taylor with real:

All three kids with fake:

Disclaimer: Kinnick was not included in these pictures with the real bunny per his own decision. Personally, I think he was having too much trouble getting over the fact that there was a person inside the Easter Bunny suit and therefore boycotted the actual bunny.

Good Friday

A couple of art pieces I provided for our Good Friday church service.



We wish you a Happy Easter to come, and hope you all remember the true meaning of Easter and what God's only Son sacrificed for us in days prior.

We honored Jesus by attending a wonderful Good Friday service at the Vineyard Community Church and watching Passion later that night.

God bless.

New Mural Entry

See Big Bri's Murals for a new entry showing Kinnick's completed Bob the Builder mural.

In Like a Lion???

Well, there's nothing like several inches of snow in the last week of March. The kids absolutely loved it and we had a great time sledding, making snow men, and.......riding bikes. Though the snowman didn't last long, it was fun getting to the final product.

Of course, before you get the bikes and the jeep out you have to clear the snow from the driveway.

And what's snow in March without sledding!