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Mexico

wakebird — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:07:24 +0000

Friday morning I left for Rosarito, Mexico for Michael Welles’ bachelor party. We spent one night at the McDowell family’s condo down there. We had the best tacos ever at Tacos el Yaqui. It was seriously amazing. Then we hung out down on the beach at La Fonda before eating dinner at the La Fonda Hotel where we shared stories about Michael and what we appreciate about him. Then on Saturday we went and rode ATVs at the Cantamar Dunes. That was really fun and I was surprisingly tired afterwards. So we capped off the weekend hanging out by the pool back at the condo. It was a great time. We are all looking forward to the wedding in two weeks.

Today was church day with the entire church all decorated for VBS like a bayou. It looks legit. Bea has been gone all day today on a girl day with some friends. Now I’m just relaxing after a fun but exhausting weekend.

VBS is tomorrow. Let’s do this.

It Must Be Weird to Be Famous

wakebird — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:28:31 +0000

I had lunch today at Wahoo’s with my friend Eddie who is the drummer for OneRepublic. It’s pretty amazing how well things have gone for him in the last couple years. Working at Home Depot to World Tour.

But the lifestyle has to be the hardest part to me. It sounds super glamorous, but he said that it’s hard to even remember what time it is supposed to be and what city he is in at the moment. He isn’t hardly ever home. There’s more to it, but I want to respect his privacy. I’m proud of the decisions he is making with how he lives his life.

For me – I like to travel every once in a while, but I love to be home. Home is a wonderful thing. Also, it’s not super fun to have to always be selling your product (band in his case). I guess everybody does it at some level. It was funny that I was the one at lunch that people recognized from church and wanted to talk to me. It’s cool to be a drummer and have a lot of the perks of fame without being recognized everywhere and paparazzi and all that. He says the singer, Ryan, is constantly bombarded.

Anyways, I’m proud of Eddie. Not just for getting famous. But for keeping his head and his heart at the same time. And, yeah, he paid for lunch.

Eddie Ray Fisher

wakebird — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:26:00 +0000

This is so weird. I just found out that a friend of ours from back in the Ocean Hills days named Eddie is in a huge and famous band called OneRepublic. They are the band that sings that song “Apologize” with Timbaland that you have probably heard if you watch any tv shows or listen to the radio. It’s everywhere right now. They have over 15 million hits on their MySpace. They are big-time.

Eddie is the coolest guy too. I’m so happy for him. He is the second from the left in the photo. He actually played djembe in our wedding and we used to rock out with the Jr Highers together. I was involved with his wedding too. He’s just a nice guy. He used to play in a band with another friend of mine and it didn’t work out. I’m super stoked for him and I know that people in the “rock n roll” world are having more fun because Eddie is with them. I haven’t seen him since I came to Calvary almost 7 years ago so it’s been a while, but I’m still stoked.

Welcome Matt Davis…

wakebird — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:32:00 +0000

to the blog world. He has kept a private blog journal for a while now and he put all those posts on this blog. I have a feeling his blog will be good. Hourglass Entries is the name of the blog. Find it here.

Happy Hanukkah!!

wakebird — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:28:00 +0000

Last night we celebrated the fourth night of Hanukkah and Shabbat with some great friends. Some good friends of ours are Jewish and I love sharing the Jewish traditions with them and with our children. It seems to me that most Christians forget that everything we believe about God has been through him working through His chosen people, the Israelites or Hebrews or Jews.

First Marilee lit the candles of Shabbat or Sabbath because it was Friday and shared a prayer and we broke Challah break and passed it around and drank the fruit of the vine. They do an incredible job of bringing Christ into the Jewish traditions and rituals. It’s almost hard not to bring Christ into it because it’s so obviously pointing straight towards Him.

Then Matt shared the Hanukkah story with all of us, including the 10 kids present. Then they lit the servant candle representing Christ who then lights the other four candles which represents sharing the Light of the World with others. Then we enjoyed some tasty latkes and other great food. We also learned about and played some dreidel games. Hanukkah is a great story of God’s faithfulness to His people and to preserving the line of Christ who is the Light of the World. Awesome. I love that myself and my family have friends like this with whom we can celebrate the richness of this tradition.

See Erin’s blog for pictures of the kids. She took the pictures in this post.

Fire Hit Home

wakebird — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:44:00 +0000

The fires are crazy in Southern California right now. The really sad thing is what happened to our friends Tim and Natalie Nellis. Their church, Rancho Bernardo Baptist, got burned down in the fire in San Diego county. Several of their students lost their houses too. Please be praying for them.

PAELLA!!

wakebird — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:43:00 +0000

Last Saturday night my friend Jason made me an amazing dinner for my birthday. I was thinking about going to Black Sheep Bistro for paella, but Jason said he would make it. The guy is an incredible cook and the paella was excellent. There was the saffron Valencia rice, shrimp, swordfish, i think halibut, different types of spanish sausages, chicken, and mussels. DELICIOUS!! It was a very good night. Here are some pictures.

The Draft

wakebird — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:25:00 +0000

We had our Fantasy Football Draft tonight. 6 of the 12 met at Tustin Brewing Company and had some appetizers and sodas and had an awesome time drafting. The rest of the crew was online at other spots. Here is a picture of those of us who actually had fun – without me in it because I took it. J-Lo, Greg, Doan, Peter, and Brent are looking good.

Six laptops on a table at a sports bar is kind of dorky, but really fun! Sorry Victor. Don’t hate me. It was a blatantly wrong decision on my part. I’m sorry.

Here is my team. There are 12 teams and we start 2 QBs every week.
QB – Phillip Rivers
QB – Chad Pennington
RB – Willie Parker
RB – Willis McGahee
WR – Roy Williams
WR – Braylon Edwards
WR – Chris Chambers
TE – Jason Witten
K – Jason Elam
Def/ST – San Diego
Bench – Clinton Portis
Bench – Wes Welker
Bench – Eric Parker
Bench – Najeh Davenport
Bench – Charlie Frye
Bench – Josh McCown
Bench – Kevin Jones

We’ll see how the Wakebirds do. Hopefully pretty well. I play Matt Doan in the first week so it should be an easy win.

Cupcakes

wakebird — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:44:00 +0000

A couple of Bea’s friends from work, Becca and Evi, came over tonight and made dinner for us. Evi brought some cupcakes from Sprinkles. This is the uber-trendy cupcake place that always has a line out the door for cupcakes that cost a pretty penny. They are quite tasty.

We had four cupcakes and cut them into four pieces each and we got to try all of them. There was a Chocolate Coconut, Ginger Lemon, Strawberry Banana, and a Red Velvet. Our rule was that we couldn’t just eat them. We had to take a bite, savor it, and then discuss. My favorite was the Red Velvet – smooth, sweet, but not too rich. The Strawberry Banana was next, then Ginger Lemon, and finally the chocolate coconut. The chocolate one was really dry. Overall, the cupcakes were a bit more dry than usual.

Tonight, it was kind of like I was one of the girls at a slumber party or something. I guess that’s my life now with having a wife and two daughters!! I don’t mind. I’m glad that Bea has awesome friends who love her tons.

Josh Simpson – HERO!

wakebird — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:39:00 +0000

Look at this from the Chicago Tribune.
Teen’s heroism told after lake drowning
By Lisa Black and Ruth Fuller, Chicago Tribune
Published June 9, 2007

Bryan Eatmon can’t believe how fast it happened: One minute, eight teens were goofing around in Lake Michigan,cooling off on a steamy day. The next, they were gasping for air,dragged underwater by a fierce undercurrent.
The waves at the Waukegan Beach on Thursday battered Eatmon like fists throwing punches, hard and relentless.
His friend Joshua Lamar Simpson, 19, tugged on Eatmon’s arm, drawing him closer to shore and giving Eatmon time to regain footing and catch his breath. I was giving up,” said Eatmon, 19. “I saw him — he was right in front of me. He told me I was going to be all right.

Our Josh Simpson is a hero too. He is the best Jr High Pastor I have ever met. You might not hear him speak at a YS Conference or at a huge rally, but he ministers to Jr High students in a way that connects with students in a powerful way. I love you Josh Simpson!! Read his blog here.

Check him out here ladies! He is single!!