Under God

A good friend at work told me about this book, Under God. It was written by Toby Mac and Michael Tait of DC Talk. Both gentlemen have also written two other books, Jesus Freaks and Jesus Freaks II.

The reason I picked up this book was because I like history. Let me tell you, this book is full of it. Under God is full of historical stories that were taken out of school history books in the 1940's. Yes that's right, taken out of the history books. Why? do you ask. Well, look at the title again and you tell me, "Under God".

All of the stories have to do with the historical figures of this beautiful country, and their Christian beliefs. Ripped out of educational books because some fat bureaucrats seem to think that anything religious needs to be taken from schools all together.

This country was founded on our forefathers Christian beliefs. In a short story about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams said, "We have this day restored the Sovereign, to Whom alone men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and... from the rising to the setting sun, may His Kingdom come." In a small fact, written in the book, it states that on December 4, 1800, Congress decided that the Capital would also serve as a church building. That fact is on record in the Annal of Congress (anyone in this country has access to that document if they do not believe men) and confirmed in the journals of various representatives and senators.

In fact, John Quincy Adams recorded on October 30, 1803 that, "religious service is usually performed on Sunday at the Treasury office and the Capital."

I don't know how many times I have read or heard that some group is trying to take something about God out of the schools or government. EXCUSE ME!!!!! The country was founded on the religious belief in God and Christianity, and it needs to stay that way. All of this stupid debate on taking the Pledge of Allegiance out of the schools because it has the words "Under God". Just because someone doesn't believe in God, does not mean that he or she has the right to take that belief away from someone else.

Hey Look I'm Six Weeks Old

Bradley and Aunt Becky

I think I have had enough of the flash thankyou very much.

Me and big brother Mickey

Bradley's First Month

Bradley at day one

Bradley and Mickey

Bradley and Mom

Nothing more soothing than a soothie

Family Pictures

I will be using this space under the label "Pictures" on the left, to post family pictures and any new pictures of Bradley. I have a feeling there is going to be a lot more pictures of Bradley being posted. (seeing as though he is the newbey in the family, and a stud I might add) But, I will try to keep new pictures of everyone updated as much as possible.

A New Direction

I have been trying to come up with something to write. I have decided to hit the main points for this inaugural post. If you are in my family, you know that I had a blog spot already. I wanted to start over, go in a new direction. If you are new to my blog, then I guess you don't have to worry about that.

To start with, just a small refresher to get up to speed. My beautiful wife Christina brought a baby boy in to the world on May 10, 2007. Bradley is amazing, and a stud if I do say so myself. Our oldest, Mickey, is on his summer brake. He doesn't have as long of a brake as other kids because of the year-round schedule. He still hasn't caught on yet. Christy started her new job at Starbucks a few weeks ago. From what I can tell, she is really enjoying her time there. She does still have the before work jitters but, comes home exited (most likely from the high levels of coffee consumption). Everything is back to normal at work. Well, as far as my insane schedule is concerned. We came off our annual shutdown and I fell right back into my four tens.

Now that history is done, I can head to the future. Not much planned right now. My birthday is in less than a month and Christy will still be older than me. (Sorry babe, but it was right there, I had to) Christy has her birthday in August. Also, we are coming up on our one year anniversary. We are going to Paso Robles and Pismo Beach for that August weekend. Christy has never been wine tasting so I thought it would be fun for her. Besides, wine is lovely and Paso wine is awesome!

So, all in all, life is running as smooth as life runs... like a pothole filled dirt road after a Colorado Winter.