Two hearts beat as one...

It was my honor and pleasure to marry my sister-in-law Ashley today. The ceremony took place just outside of Denver, Colorado at the Red Rocks amphitheater. As you can tell the venue was simply a spectacular example of God's beautiful creation. The weather was great, although I did get sunburned. The ceremony went of mostly without a noticeable hitch. (I did inadvertently skip over a song, but it turned out for the best...we were running short on time.) Overall, it was a beautiful wedding. Thanks to Ashley and Travis for trusting me enough to be my first wedding to perform. I love you guys.


(As an aside, I was particularly excited about going to Red Rocks as a U2 fan. They recorded a live album there in 1983 called Under a Blood Red Sky. Also, the title of this post, Two Hearts Beat As One, is from a song that was performed on that tour.)

splish, splash...

We are all in Denver this weekend for Aunt Ashley's wedding. We are staying at a Holiday Inn. They have an indoor swimming pool. Mommy took me swimming with cousin Sierra! I really like the water. I can't wait to go more this summer.

For everything there is a season...

1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

2Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

10Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

12So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. 13I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, 14because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.

16We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."^[a] 18We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.

19And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

I Peter I:I-IXX

My dear ones, I want you to hold this book of Scripture near to you. It contains holy Writ. Guard them in your heart, and you heart will be guarded from the evil one. As Peter said, this book has come from God and tells you of his great promises and the content of your faith. I also pray that you will add to your faith the virtues that Peter lists. Never forget that you have not been deceived with cleverly invented stories. May the Holy Spirit convince you of that. Lastly, I pray with Peter, that you will continue in what you have begun and that you will make your calling and election sure.

May God bless you and keep you. May His Face shine upon you. May you never turn to the right or to the left from Him.

I charge you with this, in the presence of the assembled body of Christ and before the risen Lord Jesus himself on this 20^th day of May, in the year of our Lord 2007.

Chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff...

I love my Pooh-Bear. He's a chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff. I especially like to chew on his nose and ears. Daddy and Mommy caught me cuddling with my silly willy nilly ol' bear.

Buy me some peanuts and cracker-jacks...

Today, I went to my very first professional baseball game! The Texas Rangers faced off against the Toronto Blue Jays. I was very excited to be there. Daddy even got me a miniature Rangers batting helmet.

Here is a picture of Mark Texiera getting a single. Big Tex and Daddy had an English class together back at Georgia Tech.

Here is a picture of Hank Blalock hitting a homerun. This was my first homerun.

I can't wait to go the ball game again!

Wild Wild West (Weather)...

Well, I think the drought in Texas is officially over. We've been having strong storms about every 3 days for last 3 weeks.

Tonight, we had perhaps the worst weather at our house. We had very strong winds and exceptionally heavy winds. There was also perhaps the worst street flooding yet.

We ended up losing power for a few hours. Thankfully it came back just at bed time. It looks like I won't have to sweat tonight.

Birthdays and tea cakes...

Today is my birthday! Mema sent me some tea cakes in lieu of an actual cake. (In response, Valerie sang "Happy Birthday" to herself! She really likes the tea cakes.)

But more importantly, Will finally had his first tea cake. He really enjoyed it as you can clearly see. All he left was crumbs on his chin.

Update: Valerie has decided that Will can't have anymore tea cakes. He woke up several times last night with the screams. He almost always sleeps all night without much fuss.