Back online

Our ISP likes to play with our minds.. every once in awhile, they change something and don’t tell us. So the whole campus goes offline for awhile, like this past weekend (for 5 days). Anyway, back online now and I must feed the relatives before they starve. So here it comes:
Learning from her parents, Ellie now holds her toy phone up to her ear as she walks around. Yes, she decided that this was the week to start walking. I haven’t seen her crawl for two days.. (notice the bug bites on her forehead.. I fear she inherited my allergic reaction to insect bites along with my good looks)

Punk.


Not sure what happened here.. I came around the corner and she was imitating a tripod with her head on the ground playing with a ball and giggling at this different perspective of the world. That’s it for now. Should keep you alive for another day.

Chaos Theory Solved

Associated Press OWEN SOUND — Scientists around the world are breathing a sigh of relief to now have an understanding of the much debated chaos theory. Under special lab conditions, observers were able to witness the creation of chaos out of order. The lead scientist on this project said “Like all the great theories, like E=MC2, this one can be stated by a rather simple formula. In this case, it is ‘Order + Children = Chaos’.”

 

The complete research project will be published in the scientific journal Parenting.

 

You are small

I found these pictures on another website.. no idea where they originally came from.

#1 The Earth and other “rocky” planets.

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The Earth is the largest of the four inner planets (and much larger than Pluto). Think about how large our world seems to us.

#2 The Gas Giants

The Earth is tiny compared to even the smallest of the gas giants. Our planet is even 2 or 3 times smaller than the Great Red Spot, a storm on Jupiter that has been going for more than 400 years. Jupiter is the largest of these planets. It is so large that you could fit all the other planets and their many moons inside it. Jupiter “is 318 times more massive than Earth, with a diameter 11 times that of Earth, and with a volume 1300 times that of Earth.” – Wikipedia

#3 The Sun

As large as it is, Jupiter is tiny compared to the Sun. The Earth is but a speck. I am less than that.

When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 8:3,4

Going to the Chapel

On Saturday, May 13, Naomi and I both had the privilege of being a part of the wedding of our friends, Charlie and Lindsey Lyons. It has been great to see their relationship take seed, grow, and now blossom into marriage. And we had front row seats to the ceremony.. actually, not seats because we stood during the whole thing. Naomi was a bridesmaid and I was one of the groomsmen. It was a wonderful day and the service was a meaningful testimony to the LORD’s work in their lives. We were very thankful to be a part of their special day. What was happening with Ellie while we were at the wedding you ask? My sister Alana knew we were looking for a babysitter for the two days we would be away and volunteered to fly up and look after our daughter. Thanks Alana.