Words for thought... or crazy ramblings!

Matthew 6:33&34
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be give to you as well.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Matthew 7:7&8
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."

God knows the needs of my family, He knows the desires of my heart... I'm living on faith alone right now literally. My prayer request right now would be that God's hand would be clearly on my situation, that the doors He opens would have flashing neon signs that say "THIS WAY CHRIS" ha-ha. What I really truthfully need is to fine tune my ears to His voice. Most of you know vaguely the situation that my family and I are facing, and I'd really appreciate some prayers right now. I don't want to go into to much details because I serve a big God that can sort them all out anyways! He knows what we need. Jeremiah 29:11-14

My thoughts are so scattered right now its hard to find the right words to type... I feel like I'm all over the place, could be cause I'm tired :P Could be cause I've got a million different things on my mind..

I've had some awesome revelations lately of our "unbroken fellowship" with the Father. Which couldn't come at a better time. Lately I've been really going through the fire, the refiners fire. God has been pruning parts of who I am that He doesn't like and it hurts, but my prayer is that He would continue to do so. I have come to a realization (with God's help of course) that I don't have to be the person I though I had to be, that He does choose the weak things to shame the strong, that Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness because THEY WILL be filled.

I told you my thoughts were scattered ha-ha

I'm super excited for Friday, which to be quite honest is weird... I'm not one for celebrating my birthday, I usually do it to make my wife happy but for some reason this year, I can't wait for the party. I just really want to spend it with the people that are important in my life and fellowship with you guys! I don't care about gifts (really I don't) so don't worry about that just come hang out and have a good time!!

I'm also REALLY excited about this coming Tuesday, I finally finally finally get to go diving, granted I have to do all the beginner stuff but I don't care I'm getting it started its a go and been confirmed I'm heading out Tuesday at 3pm for a couple hours to get the basics and go from there. I can't wait I've been wanting to do this since I was a kid I did an intro thing with my Dad once who was pretty big into diving and that was the last time I did it. It was always something we couldn't afford to do and even now if it wasn't for God's working I wouldn't be doing this, but I'm doing a contra job for the local guy in town and its not going to cost me anything for now!!!

SAWEEEEEET

Anyways I finished a couple books Andrew Murray's - On the Holy Spirit, great book such an easy read and to the point I enjoyed it great for a study tool recommend it for sure. I also read Mick Foley's - Have a nice Day!, wow I blazed through this 700+ page book in 6days and for me thats huge.. I'm a slow reader ask my wife :P I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Anyways I'm bagged so I'm going to bed, I'll update my "What I'm reading in the next couple days when I decide what I'm reading.

Be blessed everyone sorry for the lack of posts lately but I'm sure you've come to expect it from me by now!

Let me leave you with this -
Lamentations 3:22-24

Summer is almost here!!

I've got a TAN and its gonna be SMOKIN by Monday!!!

Today (Saturday) is the FIRST RACE DAY with the TDRA (http://www.terracedrags.ca/) Tom and I volunteer (sorta) our company for the races they pay us a little, just a "thank you" really cause we don't bill them at all for it. But ya its going to be good its $5 bucks to get in so come check them out there's new reader boards which are AWESOME!!! anyways I'm really only updating cause I finished my book and started two more so I wanted to change my picture...

Sorry to tired to update for real haha

maybe later :P

PS. After having finished reading Philip Yancey's book "What's So Amazing About Grace" if you haven't read it I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it... Great Read it was captivating, challenging and very well written!

Check it out!

EDIT: OK one thing I really should update about is that Christy and I are now leading our home group Thomas and Michelle are stepping down for some R&R and to be obedient to what God is calling them to, and we were going to shut the group down but I think we were ALL on the same page when we just didn't feel like that was right, so Christy and I prayed about it and felt lead to step up to the plate and lead the home group! Were very excited for what God is doing and going to do in our home group. We love you guys all very much and are excited to see what God has planned!!!

"Pull over Dad I have a wedgie"

It's good to be home, we missed everyone! That being said sometimes I wonder why we live in Terrace... Don't get me wrong I ABSOLUTELY love it here and its a great place to be ESPECIALLY when the sun is shining ask anyone who's been anywhere and I'm sure they'll agree with me, Terrace is one of the most breath-taking places in the world. It just seems there's no money to be made here, people are caught in a rut of "save your pennies" were not going to have anything tomorrow. Anyways..

The trip was great Tristan and Liv did great, we had a lot of fun and spent to much money, but whats a holiday if you don't right? Our friends were shocked we'd make the trip just to say goodbye but of course we did and would. They've been great friends over the years and will continue to be unless Keith starts to cheer for Calgary :P jk buddy We haven't always gotten to connect with them but they've been there for us when we've needed them and we've definitely consider them some of our good friends, mentors in our lives at times and just a shoulder to lean on or laugh with in others. So as you guys make this transition in your life we'll be praying for you and asking God's blessings on your life's also that he'd provide for you spiritual and practical needs.

So ya now were home and wondering what God has in store for us, work has been a bit slow. I've got some projects I need to get completed and am trying to work on. But its not enough right now so if you could remember us in your prayers that God would continue to provide which were completely trusting Him to do, that would be greatly appreciated.

Also on that note I could use some prayer for my foot, I've done something to it and can barely walk on it "sometimes" if that makes sense, sometimes it doesn't hurt at all other times it's unbearable, so ya please pray its nothing serious and that God would do a healing there. Especially sux since I've started trying to get in shape yet again, the snow is melting the mountains are calling to me and I've actually had a crazy urge to start running again (which I did for the first time today) sort of ha-ha did a walk/run sorta thing with my buddy Tom, he's good to run with cause he pushes me but won't let me push so hard that I hurt myself. Christy and I want to start running together also so that will be good for us, we'll figure something out with the kids and go for a run daily or something.

anyways I'm gonna go veg cause my foot is killing me right now, maybe I'll ice it up or something Thanks for reading appreciate the prayers.

And Keith Andrea if you read this we love you guys and were praying for you!!!

Blessings

Things didn't work out...

So everything was going fine, they drew up the contract and I was still asking some questions... Then I got an email saying I was over-qualified.. If there really is such a thing..

It's ok though Christy and I started to feel like it wasn't what God wanted for us anyways. They kept beating around the bush with some of the questions that I was asking and wouldn't give us straight answers.

So I'm back on the hunt for work, things are going well with TCSI Tom and I are staying busy, still not busy enough for full commitment but I trust that God is taking care of our needs as we haven't gone in want yet since being laid off.

weird post I know. Just wanted to post something I guess.

Sorry I Suck..

I was trying to be more committed to updating my blog but its not going to happen who am I kidding... I'll just continue updating as is and hopefully you guys will put up with it.

So lots has happened as most know I got laid off on March 3rd, I've been working my business with Tom [TCSI Computers] and that's been going great, lots of work keeping really busy. At the same time I've been keeping my ears to the ground as previously mentioned I applied for one and told them I'm not interested unless they pay me $30/hr which is pretty big money. Well I recently heard of another job with a company called Microserve, I told Gwen about it too for her brother's sake but let her know I'd be applying for it also. I sent my resume in on a Thursday afternoon around 12 and before 1pm they emailed me back, and before 5pm same day the manager for BC called me. I wasn't home so my darling wife took a message and asked some questions of her own. I called him back when I got home and we talked for about 30mins. He wanted me on board and everything sounded great. I told him I'd need some time to think about things and I'd probably fire off a couple emails with questions and thoughts or whatever. So I did that and then on Monday after having prayed about it and talked it over with my wife I emailed back and said if the offer still stands I'm interested. I just had a few requests, one being that I wanted everything in writing, that is whatever we agreed upon before the hiring process took place. So today, I was thinking "odd I haven't heard from them yet, maybe they found someone else" (G's Bro has an AMAZING resume so I'd hire him over me too) So I thought I'd give them a call just to see whats up and he was excited to hear from me again and asked if I had received my email yet. Apparently they're taking my "wanting it in writing" seriously and thats grrrrreat. I'm really stoked to be working for this company.

I Get to work from home, pick my own hours (basically) and its a REAL team environment, they're going to fly me and the family down to Victoria so I can familiarize myself with the company AND so we can take part in the company BBQ on the 10th get to meet some people and go from there.

So ya, so far it looks like I've gotten the job, were going to go over some paper work and go from there. I'll be able to work my business when needed and count on a steady income.

Theres my update!

Thanks for all the prayers I really appreciate it!

Bless y'all ;)

LOTR MARATHON!!!

OK Guys the day is finally upon us! Saturday March 29th at 9am we are starting a journey that most of us have not yet tried to complete with a run time of 654 minutes thats just shy of 11 hours. We are going to watch

ALL THREE EXTENDED SPECIAL EDITIONS OF;

Heres the scoop, were not sure yet what everyone wants to do so were suggesting a door charge of 10$ Reason being, Pizza, pop and munchies... I don't mind picking everything up prior to the event however I REALLY don't want to get stiffed with a huge munchies bill. We'll pre-order the pizza to arrive at a specified time as to not interrupt the movie's. We'll take a 5 minute break between discs for bathroom breaks and a quick stretch. At the end of each movie we'll take a 15-20 minute break again to stretch or grab some munchies. This is the best part, we've got a FULL 6.1 surround sound system, with a projector and BIG SCREEN setup to watch the movie with. Which if you're one of the unfortunate people that had to watch in our Theater here in Terrace you know that our showing is going to be 10x better.

Were going to be doing this at our church in the Library/Prayer room, we'll have some couches and chairs for comfort sake, or you can stretch out on a foamy (if you bring it) and enjoy the movie's like that.

If any one has any suggestions on the munchie/food situation then please leave a comment. Let me know, we won't be providing breakfast but maybe we can think of something for Lunch? But my thoughts are Lunch and Dinner?? not sure what to do? we could get some Subway but again thats going to bring costs up... So please comment and let me know if your interested.

This is open to everyone, but please let me know so I have an idea of who's coming for the munchies, pop and pizza (if that's the route we go)

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

So please leave a comment if you are coming, or if you have any ideas on what we could do for food or munchies.

Thanks and see you there!!!

Possibility of a new Job...

I've been in contact with a company. Actually I was in contact with this company several months ago talking about the possibility of a service contract with them. However there was a local company in town that already had its foot in on that service. Knowing the unnamed company I knew it wouldn't be long for Alcan and this other company to be unsatisfied and get upset with the unnamed company. After being laid of on the 3rd of March I started keeping my ear to the ground for opportunities should they arise, well it seems I was right both companies are fed up with the level of service being provided by the unnamed company and is now looking for a full-time employee, so I've forwarded my resume and spoken with the guy doing the hiring on the phone. I told him that I wouldn't do it for anything less then a minimum of $30/hour. So I'm playing the waiting game with them now, I've sent in my resume and am just waiting to hear back... But truth be told I don't know if I really want to go back it means being back at Alcan.

There are other things that I would like to see included in the offer, such as pager pay a friend of mine works at Alcan and said he gets about $1000 extra a month for having the pager, also a gas card (would settle for a decent mileage rate) 3-4weeks paid holiday and of course benefits. I just really need to pray about this whole thing I don't want to take the job just because the pay sounds good. Another thing that is a MUST is to get EVERYTHING in writing. I've been screwed over to many times at Alcan. Different companies each time but not anymore..

So my prayer request is this; that God would reveal his will to me and my family. My heart is to be in business for myself and not working for "the man " but I don't want to be foolish if this is what God wants me to do. So ya, I would appreciate your prayers and thanks in advance.

Long Time No Update..

Tonnes going on LOTS to update about but I just haven't been doing it... I'm sorry I've been busy, and not motivated to update.

I don't even think I have the energy to update right now but it seems I am anyways. Where to start... Monday March 3rd 2008 I wake up and get ready for work just like any other day, jump in with Sheldon and head off to Kitimat. Arrive, put my lunch in the fridge bring the lunch my wife made for Marilyn to her, and she says "We have a meeting right away off plant" I'm like sure haven't even had a chance to power up my computer so lets do it. Get there, go in alone and she leaves. I knew something was up when she didn't come in and when she said "off plant" Anyways I ended up getting Laid off... BUT the word the guy used was TERMINATED lol. With severance pay and what not so ya laid off. I'm not worried about it though for some reason, I hated the job and had been looking for new work anyways so it wasn't a big deal. Had I gotten laid off without severance, that might have been a HUGE issue but God knows what we need and has blessed us with it.

Christy and I have been talking and praying and trying to decide what to do, most of you know I'm in business with Tom we are TCSI Computers. Shameless plug to follow, you can check out our web site at www.tcsicomputers.ca So for the moment we've decided to try and make a serious effort of that. I've actually be UBER busy too, couple calls from clients, couple web sites that needed to be built, stuff like that. But its not enough, need more so please pray for us that the business would just take off like crazy. We've just sent out 7000 flyers and are about to do another 500 and were looking into Radio adverts.

At the same token I'm looking for work, maybe not full time but if its right I'll do full time as well . I don't want to pass up an opportunity, were open to WHATEVER God may be calling us to even if that means moving. We don't care, we just want to be obedient to what God is calling us to.

Anyways I think thats enough for now, I'll try to stay more up-to-date with blogging but no promises.

Please keep up in your prayers that God would continue to provide.

Thanks guys!

God is GREAT!

We had small group tonight and Thomas asked me to share, which doesn't normally happen. Usually I'll just tell him I want to share and we go from there. But he was worried that he would be out of town so asked me to fill in. Of course I had no problem, the only problem I had was trying to decide what to share. I've been spending time in the word and reading Phillip Yancey's book "What's so Amazing about Grace" Things have been going great, I've really been making an effort to spend more time with God, I've been so tired lately but I'm really trying not to use that as an excuse for when I'm not. Anyways I had a few things in mind to share in home group but for some reason I couldn't wrap my mind around those things, I just felt lead to share something else. It was a modern day approach on the Prodigal son story. I'm to tired to type it out right now but it was really really good. Its funny because I often doubt myself when it comes to what God is speaking. I don't know where this insecurity comes from its not something I'm entirely used to dealing with, but for some reason I've been doubting that its actually God speaking to me I really don't know why but I'll get scriptures or a word to share and I'll read them and ponder over them and then I won't share them but the next person to share or pray, shares that exact verse or thought that I was thinking... It's like I'm afraid my prayers aren't going to be good enough that they won't measure up or something or the word I share won't?
Truth be told when I was younger I struggled with this all the time. I'm not so sure as to why I am now though?? It's odd.. I'm normally the person that doesn't care what people think, I'll do things the way I want to do them or whatever cause I really don't care what people think of me. I like to have fun and goof around and be me, but for some reason lately when it comes to "God stuff" I find myself feeling insecure or shy about it? If thats even right.

I have goals and dreams, I love to share the word with people, I'd love to be a pastor and one day I'd love to lead worship, but I am not confident enough to sing by myself. I know I can sing, I do have areas I need to work on but who doesn't. Anyways I'm not even sure why I'm writing this stuff down.. I guess I just need to get it off my chest. I don't want to doubt and be insecure about sharing the word or whatever God gives me to share I want to step out and be bold.

Anyways I'm going to bed cause I'm UBER tired.

Funny Post...

Since you guys are all so comment happy when I do a serious post, I thought I'd lighten the mood with a funny one :P

I am not held responsible for this website I received the link as you are about to, I DO NOT recommend browsing the rest of the site at all in case there is something you DON'T want to see..

Enjoy the laugh I sure did!

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Funny Stuff!!!

Hell's Best Kept Secret

Galatians 3:24-25 says,`So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law`
As believers we have been justified by faith. But those who do not know Jesus must understand that `the law was put in charge` to lead them to Christ. Without this understanding they can never come to a true saving faith in Christ. If unsaved people don`t hear the law of God or understand its precepts, they come to Christ without the law and for the wrong reasons. They might have made a decision in order to get a better life, but they have not come in reality to Christ, they've just made a decision, had a false conversion. The bible says only the law can bring them to Christ.
1 Timothy 1:8 says `We know that the law is good if one uses it properly` We do not live under the law as Christians because we are released from it. The purpose of the law is to alert unbelievers to the wrath and judgment of God that is to come.

WE MUST COME UNDER THE LAW TO BE SET FREE FROM IT!!!

When people don`t understand the law and the judgment to come we can`t talk to them about the need to be saved. They`ll say `Saved? saved from what?' Once they see they're going to be judged by the righteous standards of the law, they they want to flee to grace. They want to be saved from judgment. This is the best-kept secret in hell because most of the church does not use the law for conversion.
Romans 7:7 says, ' What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law.' The bible says clearly with the Ten Commandments nobody will know what sin is. The is how the law leads people to Christ. The makes people aware of their sin and how they have fallen short of God's standards. Most unsaved people would say they don't believe in the Ten Commandments. They think it is old fashioned morality that is irrelevant in our sophisticated, modern, secular, humanistic society. It's our job to help them see that they do in fact believe in the Ten Commandments

Unsaved people are under the law--They just don't know it!

If we were to ask them what they think should happen to someone who was a serial killer and rapist they would at the very least say "Lock him up in jail." We can then tell them they do believe in the Ten Commandments. The sixth commandment is "You shall not murder" Their inner conviction is that murder is wrong and deserves to be punished. Any law, without consequence if you break it, is not a law but just 'good advice'

The Ten Commandments

The law has to be put in charge again to lead people to Christ. We need to help people understand the Ten Commandments step by step so they can have a genuine conversion. Were not just giving them good advice, but showing them that they are under God's law and there are consequences for breaking this law.

The first commandment is ' You shall have no other gods before me' We can ask, "Have you loved God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength your whole life, since birth put him first at all times?" God wants nothing to come between us and him...

The second commandment is ' You shall not make for yourself an idol' God does not want us to make idols with our hands or our minds. All the graven images we have made in our minds, all the things we have done in secret will be brought out into the open on the day of judgment...

The third commandment is 'You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God' Many unsaved people use the name of Lord as a filthy swear word. Just using it once is enough to break it...

The fourth commandment is 'Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy' The bible is clear in Romans 14 that the church does not have to keep the Jewish Sabbath, but is free to choose any day for the Sabbath, a day to reflect on the goodness of God and all that we have.

The fifth commandment is 'Honor your father and your mother' This means to value them even if they're not the best father or mother. Many people dishonor their parents in both word and deed, through hurt, resentment or rebellion.

The sixth commandment is 'You shall not murder' Most people you witness to will excuse themselves from this one, but Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 5:21,22 that anyone who is angry with his brother receives the same judgment as one who murders.

The seventh commandment is 'You shall not commit adultery' This refers to sex outside of marriage in any form with any partner. The bible clearly states that the only place for sex is within marriage between a man and a woman. Matthew 5:28 says, "But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart" Jesus is saying that just looking makes a person guilty.

The eighth commandment is 'You shall not steal' What makes a person a thief? Is it the value of the thing that you steal or the act of stealing itself? You are a thief because you steal...

The ninth commandment is 'You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor' This means you can no lies, exaggerations or fibs. There's no such thing as a white lie because there's not white murder, white adultery or white stealing. Everyone will admit to having lied at one point or another...

The tenth commandment is 'You shall not covet' The bible elaborates on how this refers to coveting any of another person's possessions and includes jealousy, envy, lust, greed and materialism...

IT ONLY TAKES ONCE

After we have gone through the Ten Commandments with the unsaved person, we then need to help them see how they've personally fall short. James 2:10 says, "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it" We need to tell them, 'Now this is the God's going to judge you on the day of judgment. If you break one law your guilty and will be judged" They must be conscious of the fact that they are wrong before they can see that their only hope is what Jesus did on the cross for them. You have to know you are a sinner before you value the cross... If measured by man's standards and not by the standards of God's law. They will not see the need to be forgiven. That is why they must measure by God's law. When someone has been led to Jesus through the law, grace suddenly has major significance in their lives. After examining themselves in the light of each of the Ten Commandments, and realizing that breaking only one of them makes them a prime candidate for judgment and punishment, grace seems very appealing. The grace of God takes on major importance because they have felt the weight of the law. Grace releases them from the burden of having to keep the law.

-Rob Rufus "Living in the Grace of God"

I just had to write that out because of the revealation that God brought to me through it. Through the study of Grace, through His word he constantly challenges me. Thank you God for your Grace, for your love and your understanding.

Romans 5:8 says "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners , Christ died for us."

To Quit or Not To Quit...

I'm literally at the end of my rope, I've tried everything but I just can't work here anymore... The one thing that keeps my sanity is working with a good friend of mine. It's just to much now I can't handle the stress of the... the... stupidity the complete lack of professionalism, the crap that gets handed down the line. Of everyone here other then my buddy and one other guy (maybe, but he doesn't do what we do) I'm by far the most qualified, with actual school under my belt. Legit experience in what I do. Real people skills. (one of the deciding factors for our wage, that apparently doesn't apply to me)

ARGHHH I can't even type this without getting SO MAD I want to phone my boss and forget who I am and tell him everything I know I don't want to tell him or her or who the heck ever my boss is. I want to quit right now, right this very second... Come to grips Chris you have a family to feed and take care of... A family to feed and take care of.... A family to feed and take care of...

Ok here's my plee seriously, if anyone, ANYONE knows of a decent job that I can apply for seriously tell me right away, I don't care what it is I just need to make minimum 2G a month (take home) and I'm outta here.. I'll drive a cab, whatever I don't care... I just can't take this anymore, I really really really REALLY can't ...

God give me your grace and understanding to know why you have me here, but PLEASE PLEASE open the doors for me to find something else. Cause I can't do this anymore.

Can't

Happy 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE ~ We love you all and pray for God's blessing on all of you in this new year!

Aahhh

To update or not to update, that is the question...

My new computer ROCKS love it, working out some bugs, upgraded it once already haha I put 2GB of RAM in now I have 4GB of RAM :D Might put a water cooling system into it in the new year so I can over-clock my system :)

Canucks are doing GREAT Luoooooooo got 3 shutouts back to back and ya they're playing GREAT!! I'm going through hockey with drawls the last two games todays and Sundays were pay per view (gonna have to get the Canuck package for next year) So GAME DAY on WED THRUS and SAT! Saturday's game Pittsburgh and Sid the Kid are going to be here!! Not missing that game for nothing :P Want to see Pitts get beat!

Work is ahh work, its going good having a hard time adjusting and dealing with poor attitudes from umm almost everyone, except for Sheldon we've decided to keep each other accountable and be positive so that helps! Work is trying to be "stifflers" about a laptop (I need a new work PC) and they're cheaping out on $61 dollars... Its a joke my current pc is crap, I told them fine then don't get me a new one, I'm paid by the hour :P

Christmas is coming and its going to be fun having kids at Christmas just makes it that much better, my wife is going to get SPOILED and she knows it. However most of her presents are going to come after Christmas cause we decided last year that we'd do Boxing day stuff instead of going nuts before hand. BUT I need to make sure her stocking is STUFFED and she gets her regulars before hand.. You'll see her lists on her blog :P

So ya.. I'm tired and updated now so this is how it works for those that forget.... I (we) Update You (we) comment...

New Computer!!

Well I'm on my new computer now, I've re-installed it three times and it took less time to do that then it takes to install once on my old computer... I feel spoiled really, I keep going back to the old computer to get configured files saved files and what not off to put onto the new computer and think to myself. Self, how did you do it for so long? It's pretty awesome really. Haven't experienced any lag at all so far, few small issues; being that its so new the video card for example isn't even 7days old. It was just released to the public. So the drivers are a bit sketchy sometimes.. Lots of stuff like that.

Anyways on another note my EI ran out :( which means I have to go back to work, back to Alcan that is. Need a steady pay check to support the family so I'm going to be heading back on Wednesday the 28th. I'm not going to lie I'm bummed but I'm thankful that I have a job and can support my family so I'm not going to complain about it.

Tonight is our staff party for CGI my job at Alcan. Were eating at the Bavarrian Inn its going to great! always great food there! Very excited, plus it will be nice to see everyone in a social event before going back to work!

So Christy and I are off finally on a date night spend some much needed time together with no kids to worry about.

I'm so excited I could pee!!

My wife is seriously the most amazing woman in the world! She spoils me to no end!! Not only did I get to go to Vancouver and watch my boyz play without her and the kids. She also "ok'd" the order of my NEW COMPUTER! AHHHHH Seriously its been WAY WAY WAY WAY to long I'm using an old beast that is dying and I'm always having to fix it, its about 8years old which is really old for computers. My new computer is gonna be SWEET and I gotta great deal on it, man that TCSI Computers company is great! They really know their stuff!!!

Thank you so much hun!! your the BOMB!


one quirk I've had lately... Blogger and Facebook is it me, is it this computer please tell me I need to know, I can't get on the pages most of the time, they won't load they're SO slow... Seriously if its not just me comment and let me know other wise I'm deleting both cause they're so so so so so so slow...

Lest We Forget!

"We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our collective national consciousness; our future is their monument."

Heather Robertson, A Terrible Beauty, The Art of Canada at War. Toronto, Lorimer, 1977

I know I know, "Update your Blog Chris"

If your actually still out there reading it anyways.. Truth be told I've just been waiting for the pictures. Lots to post so thats my excuse. It's HOCKEY season and I'm into it FULL FORCE I think out of the 24 games that have been on I've only missed umm 2 at most, including the PPV games (listened on the radio) I've even been to one already this year YES thats right I got to go to one!!! Stinkin awesome loved it!! Want to hit at least one more this year.

Sorry Steph, its hockey time I'm gonna be doing Hockey blogging in between life blogs.

So ya Tom says to me, I'm going to Van to get me a Tracker and I'm going to go to a Game when I'm there... I says I'm coming... he says Ya right, your wife won't let ya... I says Honey I'm going to Van to watch a game and drive back with Tommy... she says... Uhhh Ok have fun. Later on she gives me the stipulations. Needless to say I met them and off I went. We caught the Vancouver/Detroit game and the only thing that could've made it better is IF they hadn't dis-allowed the one Goal and IF they would've won. Other then that it was AWESOME. I got me a new jersey, have been battling the idea for awhile now and finally did it. Didn't get a name/number on it but I'm gonna probably send it away after Christmas, to get Linden or ??? Probably Linden cause he "may" retire soon.

Anyways it was great, got to see some of my family, stayed at Mom's for a night. Got to meet some buddies who've I've known for a couple years.. Yes I said "meet" were gaming buddies so we know each other from Online. But ya Great time!

Here's the pics!

So ya Pics are Courtesy of Tom, and we had a great time!

My wife ROX!

I LUV DA MUD!!

Tom and I had been talking about going up Thornhill mountain to see how far the snow had come down and how deep it was, not expecting to make it to the top. We did, it melted, apparently there was about 8inches or so in the last little bit up there!! I can't wait I love the snow, but I LOVE the MUD even more! Once upon a time we tried to take Tommy's Tracker down this trail on T.Mtn, the trail leads to a trapper cabin that we used to go to all the time growing up (party shack) over the years the road gets worse and worse, we used to be able to go down it no problem. Anyways we ended up getting stuck and having to call Tom's dad to tow us out, after I dented the rocker panel trying to "leverage" it out with a small log... Still feel bad bout that :P

Anyways today I was like lets try it again... We took Tristan and Gabe up with us to give Starla a semi-break and Tristan wanted to bring his buddy... So we drove up to the top checked things out but it was to cold for the boys to stay up there, Tom included. So we started heading down and I was like lets try the trail Tommy and he was like UHH well OK.

Here's the video's we got!!






PS. Thank God for the auto save on Blogger :P I accidentally closed this window while I was working on it.

Hiking!!

I've been kicking myself all summer... I started out really well we were heading up Terrace mountain 1 or 2 times a week, walking the millennium trail once in awhile too for something different. My goal was to be able to go up and down Terrace mountain in 45-55 minutes total up and down time. My start time was 1.5hr UP and 1hr or so down, I knew I was out of shape but that to me was brutal, I was pretty discouraged, truth is first time up I puked... partially cause I ate 2 eggs before going up, fried eggs way to greasy I thought the protein would help. I was UBER wrong lol. Anyways, we were doing great one week we went up 3 times 2 days back to back we brought some guests from the states that were in town ministering at the church up, had a great time. My fastest time up Terrace mountain was 55mins and 45-50mins down, I'm happy with that right now but the problem is that I got lazy again, stopped walking stopped doing stuff... We went to Edmonton for 11days or whatever it was and then I got to workin again and excuses excuses. Finally the sun came out again but its FRIGIN September... I was really motivated I had been telling Steve and Tom all summer that I wanted to hike Thornhill mountain, the other day I went with Mark and the Youth up for a fire and just to hang out and saw the trail head which I've seen so many times 4x4ing or whatever and thought I'm gonna do it before we don't have any summer left. So I called Tom and Steve and said were going up.. Steve had to work but Tom was in..

My goal was to make it to the top its supposed to be 3hrs up... LOL we were truckin along and this guy comes up the trail about 2hrs after we started, I asked him if he'd done it before and how long it was till the top He said we were about two thirds of the way up and it would probably take another 40 mins or so. I thought great were almost there, then I asked how long ago he started... He says oh about 40 mins... it took him 40 mins to get to where it had taken me just over 2hrs to get to. Tom being the gracious friend he is was taking his time and waiting for me, I was starting to hurt in the top of my legs where they go into the hips. I just wanted to push through till we saw the 3km sign. So we pushed up and up till we got to the heli pad and I just knew I couldn't go any further, I'm not sure how high that is but its near the timber line so I did pretty good. Tom tried to encourage me that I did really good and came along way especially for not having hiked for 2months or more 2 and a half hours up is good. I'm pretty stoked I made it that far but would have LOVED to get to the top. Another day, I'll do it soon enough (make it to the top that is) Well anyways its a good thing we turned around when we did cause by the time we got to the bottom I was D. O. N. E.... I was jelly my quads were getting a good burn down my ankle was starting to hurt and my hip area is still hurting. I may have over done it but I'll do it again! we figured the Heli pad is about 3km up so I'm happy 3km up 3km down either way thats 6km on a mountain. So I'm going to keep treckin and keep pushing, there's so much beautiful terrain in this area I'd be a fool not to!

Check this site out; Terrace and Area Recreation!

I just love hiking, I love being out doors... How can you deny we have a God being in such an amazing beautiful place! The mountains, the trees our Rain forests are as beautiful as any in the world! I'm just so amazed that God put so much detail into everything! He is so Great!! God's really just been speaking to me about intimacy and obedience how I really just need to get back to basics with Him, in our relationship I'm tired of being complacent and lazy. I want God with all my heart.. Psalms 84:2 says "My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; My heat and my flesh cry out for the living God" The second part is the cry of my heart its what I want, what I need. Philippians 3:12 says "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that which Christ Jesus took hold of me" For those of you in my cell group this is a pre-show for whats to come :D 1 Kings 19:19-21 great read ;) check it out. It was cool for me cause that scripture reference has been on my heart, and I'm going to be talking about it at cell group, then Mike used it on Sunday in his message; "Discovering God - How to Go Deeper in God" great word get the CD if you haven't heard it. Or wait until I finish the Rock site and download it from there!

Anyways thats all for now.
I'll be posting pictures from the hike soon!


Blessings!