Scot's Awesome Blog

The BBQ Song

2008-08-07T23:20:00.002-05:00

This video is AWESOME!!!!!

Go Shockwave!!

2008-08-01T23:00:00.003-05:00

Audrey and the Shockwave girls finished their T-Ball season. Audrey did great and had a great time! She ended up playing 1st base and got lots and lots and lots of hits...

I'm Baaaaaack!!!

2008-08-01T22:05:00.005-05:00

OK, I obviously haven't posted in a while. Our computer died and we've been busy transferring our pictures over to our new computer. (and I got lazy after that)

We finall gave up on PC and entered the world of Apple. WOW!!! It is AWESOME and totally worth what seems to be the higher cost. I say "seems to be" because if you bought enough software to make the PC do what the Apple just does out of the box, the PC would cost WAY MORE than the Mac (and still wouldn"t work as well - the Mac commercials are right!!).

We also got a bonus since we bought it during the back to school season. As part of a promotion Apple was running, we got a free iPod touch (looks like an iPhone, but works on WiFi) It is amazing. I’ve discovered the world of iTunes and Podcasts. I've subscribed to my pastor's and John Piper's weekly sermons and daily episodes of Allistair Begg's and R. C. Sproul's radio shows.

Anyway, enough of the Mac commercial, here's a photo...

(Quinn is on the right)

'Coach'

2008-06-18T23:00:00.006-05:00

My good friend Jayme's grandfather passed away last night. Here's a post about him from her blog. We are praying for Jayme and her family.

Look Mom, No Training Wheels

2008-06-17T21:22:00.001-05:00

Look what Quinn taught himself to do...

Take me out to the Ball Game

2008-06-17T20:26:00.006-05:00

Audrey's First Home Run...

Guess what!?! Audrey was selected to be on the T-Ball All Star team. In her first all star tournament, she hit her very first "Home Run".

Go Audrey!!!

Elena's Violin Recital

2008-06-16T14:32:00.002-05:00

This video of Elena's violin recital was taken a few weeks ago (sorry, I just figured out how to upload it to my blog today). Elena practiced VERY hard and (obviously) did an awesome job!!! That is her teacher she is doing the duet with.

Disney World Trip Log (aka...PICTURES!!) - Part 1

2008-06-15T16:31:00.008-05:00

ON OUR WAY...

You think the airport is fun, wait until we get to Disney World...

(Alec - "Is that our plane?"
Dad - "no, not that one"
Quinn - "Is that our plane?"
Dad - "no, not that one"
Alec - "Is that our plane?"
Quinn - "Is that our plane?"
Dad - "no, not that one"
Alec - "Is that our plane?" Quinn - "Is that our plane?" Alec - "Is that our plane?" Quinn - "Is that our plane?" Alec - "Is that our plane?" Quinn - "Is that our plane?" Alec - "Is that our plane?")
- Who knew there were so many planes at the Austin airport?

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On The Plane...

(So far so good)

Actually, the plane ride went remarkably (and surprisingly) well. Our strategy was food - lots of snacks - keep 'em coming. Also, everyone had a backpack with a SMALL amount of things to keep them occupied (quiet). The girls had little toy horses a coloring book and an activity book and the boys had little toy trucks a coloring book and an activity book. Everyone got a new box of crayons.

Witnessing to Westboro Baptist

2008-06-12T23:25:00.002-05:00

I came across this post today by Josh Bruce. (Disclaimer - I have no idea who Josh Bruce is or what he believes, so please don't hold it against me if it somehow turns out that he preaches some false gospel or claims to be something he isn't) In the post, he describes a recent experience of witnessing to the people of Westboro Baptist Church (i.e. the "God Hates Fags" people).

I have imagined doing exactly what Josh did every time I have watched a news story or read an article about the Westboro "baptists". I pray that, if I ever do have the opportunity, I will have the same courage and that I will share the same message in the same way.

We're Baaaaack

2008-06-10T23:06:00.001-05:00

We are back from Disney World.

(and we're tired)

Go Yellowjackets!!!

2008-05-13T10:50:00.001-05:00

Elena and Audrey finished their softball season on Friday. They had an awesone time this year!! They were on the same team, they had fantastic coaches and they won every game!!! We had a lot of fun watching the games and rooting for the yellowjackets this season. Both girls worked really hard and improved quite a bit throughout the season.

I'll try to post a video of the girls batting, but I've had a bit of trouble loading videos lately.

Group Hug!!!

2008-05-07T16:01:00.000-05:00

Psalm 78

2008-05-07T11:31:00.000-05:00

1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3 things that we have heard and known,
that our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.

5 He established a testimony in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
6 that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in Godand not forget the works of
God,
but keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9 The Ephraimites, armed with the bow,
turned back on the day of battle.
10 They did not keep God's covenant,
but refused to walk according to his law.
11 They forgot his works
and the wonders that he had shown them.
12 In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it,
and made the waters stand like a heap.
14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of the rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
20 He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”

21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they did not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
and opened the doors of heaven,
24 and he rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of the angels;
he sent them food in abundance.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;
27 he rained meat on them like dust,
winged birds like the sand of the seas;
28 he let them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
29 And they ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this, they still sinned;
despite his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he made their days vanish like a breath,
and their years in terror.
34 When he killed them, they sought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God their redeemer.
36 But they flattered him with their mouths;
they lied to him with their tongues.
37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he, being compassionate,
atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
a wind that passes and comes not again.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the desert!
41 They tested God again and again
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 They did not remember his power
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
43 when he performed his signs in Egypt
and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
44 He turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them,
and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave their crops to the destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamores with frost.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.
50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck down every firstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 Then he led out his people like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid,
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to his holy land,
to the mountain which his right hand had won.
55 He drove out nations before them;
he apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

56 Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
59 When God heard, he was full of wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
60 He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
61 and delivered his power to captivity,
his glory to the hand of the foe.
62 He gave his people over to the sword
and vented his wrath on his heritage.
63 Fire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no marriage song.
64 Their priests fell by the sword,
and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
66 And he put his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting shame.

67 He rejected the tent of Joseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loves.
69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him
to shepherd Jacob his people,Israel his inheritance.
72 With upright heart he shepherded them
and guided them with his skillful hand.

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I read this during my quiet time this morning and was blown away by two things in particular;

1. What a loving and forgiving God we have!!

2. What pathetic and ungrateful people we are!!!

What Tim Tebow does during his Off Time

2008-05-07T07:57:00.000-05:00

I came across this article on ESPN.com today. It’s really an awesome story about what Tim Tebow, the reigning Heisman troohy winner, does on his days off.

Driveway baseball

2008-05-06T11:38:00.000-05:00

Jeanie took this video of the boys playing baseball in the driveway some time last fall. It might be the cutest video ever.

Make sure you turn up your speakers so you can hear Quinn (with hat) encouraging Alec (without hat)...

And now my blog is multimedia!!!!

THIS is Homeschool

2008-05-05T14:31:00.000-05:00

Blue Collar Theology

2008-05-05T13:33:00.000-05:00

I came across this cool looking web series the other day called “Blue Collar Theology” compiled by Timmy Brister. Here are some exerpts from his Introductory post.

"...Over the course of the past year, I became more and more convinced that theological education was to take place in the context of the local church, not the seminary...Therefore,
I am starting a series called “Blue Collar Theology” through which I hope to provide tangible ways for churches and leaders to become more theologically driven as well as excerpts from books, resources I find, and anything else that will assist local churches to advance the cause of theological education in their respective contexts... "

"...It should not be that the most theological book “blue collar Christians” read is The Purpose Driven Life or The Prayer of Jabez or anything else on the “best-seller” list at their local Christian bookstore. It should not be that their intellectual and spiritual pursuit of God be underchallenged and held in contempt as though God has not provided them the means and motivation for doing so. It should not be that provision for theological education be made only for those who are in full-time ministry.... "

"...I ask that you join me in thinking about theological education in the local church–answering the questions of “why,” “how,” and “so what,” fueling the much-needed discussion, and offering helps and resources... "

AMEN!!! If this book turns out to be anywhere as great as I'm judging it's cover to be, this will be a fantastic, thought provoking and challenging resource.

Scot

...oh yeah, and here's another photo...
(it's Alec. He loves tank tops)

Will You Please Read a Book to Me?

2008-05-04T22:19:00.000-05:00

We just had to grab the camera when Audrey sat down to read a book to Quinn. How cute is this??

Catching Up

2008-05-04T21:54:00.000-05:00

Since I have some catching up to do, I thought I'd post some groups of pictures from this year....

Here's Audrey (right before she lost her first tooth!!)

Here's Elena with her new violin!!!

Here are boys all bundled up...
(I don't know why)

Quinn has the dalmation and Alec has the hat.

I'll add more over the next few days.

I Have a Blog!!!

2008-05-04T17:07:00.000-05:00

OK, here goes... Mom and Dad, enjoy!!!