A special video message for the Hamer's in Scotland.

its been 4 years (august 17) that my dad passed away. I knew that I had to scan this picture in and post it...

I get emotional whenever I look at this picture - tears are not far away. This picture reminds me of heaven whenever I see it. I don't know how much else I want to write about it, cuz it is sort of strange. I know the picture was taken when he was still alive and on earth, but it has this heavenly vibe to it - almost like it was set up to be a reminder to us that he is still waiting for us.

I was eating dinner with Mom and the girls last thursday. Four years seems like forever, there is still this hole that noone can fill. Yet it seems like it has gone so fast. Mom is doing good, but I know it is hard for her... I'm really proud of her for staying faithful through it all, and still really enjoying life... I guess you have to after some point. Our conversation was strange. I guess I wanted it to be harder.

Babies have a way of consuming your life, and constantly entertaining you with something new - they bring life and joy, and hope for the future. So as the family continues to grow... hope seems to grow. I guess thats how God planned it.

We don't have the perfect family, and we are incomplete without him... but God has blessed me so much - and it is so great to live across the street from mom - I love seeing her almost every day.

wow... didnt know Bush could rock it.

 
 
 
 

heres a couple more pics I took with my crummy old broken digital camera... man I wish I could more easily get shots like what I can take with my slr... its just too much a pain to get them developed and scanned etc. and still post them.

anyway, hope you enjoy all the media Ive been posting... hopefully I wont fill up my server space. 

this is absolutely classic ZMYG stuff! go Jaron.

in the next couple posts, I am gonna put up some funny videos that were shot way back in january on the winter retreat. I finally got the video codecs working right on my computer yay...

these were shot with that little hacked cvs video camera. this one is of a sled run with the sled cam that we built - basically this little camera duct taped to the top of a deer spotting light. the sledding was great and here it is in real life.

I love to hear deannas laugh - she is always the life of the party.

heres the spot that andrew smither produced... yeah, its my voice.

dont forget to get your tickets soon!! www.clubworship.org for more details

 
 
 
 

tuesday morning we built a big tent in the living room. Yeah, it pretty much takes up the entire living room... it has lots of room to hang out underneath, and little back doorways and hiding places and such... loads of fun. Also maria remembered last time we did this, somehow we had the idea to round up every little stuffed animal in the house and bring them all together... so we did that again too. Maria loves to have birthday parties with pretend cakes and all.

I have memories of making big indoor tents when I was a kid - in our old downstairs living room in York, PA. I think we often pretended that it was a space ship. Anyway, it was way too hot and muggy and humid to spend the hot daylight hours outside.

Most of the day I have been listening to old episodes of "This American Life" absolutely amazing stories... and wonderful listening material as I am playing with the girls and stuff.

anyway, hope you all like the daily posts.

Candace - I love you! hope you are having a good time in Alabama - and getting opportunities to be a witness and stuff. Hope you dont miss the girls too much - they are doing great. 

 
 
 
 

today we had lots of fun so far. here are some shots of the bowmansville park... I had to take an important letter (for ACTV) to the post office, and as long as we were in the area, took the chance to stop by the park in bowmansville... not a fancy place, but we had fun.

Maria is turning out to be a pretty good climber - and Tori loves to swing high. Tori wore sneakers, and was looking pretty good - almost walking on her own - but not quite. 

 

today the girls spent the day with grandma edie... I was covering MCO for Jon at ACTV and working on mad Club Worship stuff... I worked on the Club Worship logo - Im really not good with Adobe Illustrator... I organized lots of graphic stuff (i cant stand to not be able to find stuff when I need to) worked on some video stuff for a spot, designed and printed some posters, printed and cut tickets and Andrew Smither and Justin were all helping with stuff too.

I think the girls days were mostly spent playing and swimming etc. After the girls went to bed, I watched "The Cinderella Man" which was a great movie by the way...Im gonna have to watch it with Candace, cuz its one she would probably like - except for all the boxing - guys smashing each others faces in for sport.

I'm not sure what I think about boxing. I know some Christians are against it. There is a line somewhere about violence in sports - but since I find mosh pits a pile of fun, and of course tackle football, 1.2.3. American Eagle and stuff like that hmmm I guess there is a grey line somewhere. So is boxing over the line? not sure, but the Cinderella Man movie was all about having a real work ethic and determination. Anyway it inspired me. Maybe I need to get a job at the docks or something.