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I had a great 5 days in Colorado for the Pastor's Conference and USMB National Convention.  For my highlights, go here

Occasionally, I like to share the highs from my past week.  As a family, we try to do this each evening at supper. Here are my highs in no particular order: Kids day off from school on Monday included "special" trip to Perk Hanging up posters for oil change with my girls Another great evening for Hide N Seek & fuzion Hesston Coming Home Parade Contract on our Iola House Coffee with a friend at The Well Fireworks at Home Football Game Swimming & Movie with the kids Parent/Child Dedication & Children's Church during worship today My wife getting home from South Dakota Leaving for Dallas for D6 on Tuesday

Here are my "highs" from the past week: Shopping for Valentines for my wife & kids Family Worship about Valentine's Day Lunch with my Valentine on Tuesday Delivering Valentines to Villa with fuzion on Wednesday night Day off on Friday to go shopping with the family Watching Mitchell play in MAYB tournament and watching Mitch & girls for indoor soccer Movie night with the family Worship & Sunday School at Hesston MB

I wanted to share some highlights from the last week.  I continue to want to practice thankfulness for the many blessings in my life. Date Night Hesston  Supper & Ice Cream with college friends Faith @ Home Training in Wichita last weekend Daddy Day with Molly Church meetings looking to the future Visits with church members throughout the week at the Perk, in my office, around town & at hospital D6 Dads Family Movie Night Soccer games

Here are my highs from the past week: Last Daddy Day with the kids on Monday before school starts First day of school excitement from the older kids (Molly starts preschool tomorrow) Meetings with individuals on Thursday Finishing The Legacy Path and writing a book review on it Finished editing family devotions for Hide N Seek Celebration Saturday Starting new "Life in CHRIST" Sunday School class today Worship with my church family this morning

I have not posted a highs of the week in quite some time. This idea comes from a regular occurrence at our house. At the dinner table each night we go around the table and share our high of the day. So, here are my highs for this past week: Last Saturday-Date Night with Bethany-dinner at On the Border and of course ice cream to end the date. Ice Cream to celebrate the beginning of summer at Twisted Cow Several trips to the pool with the kids Board games with the kids on Monday Megan & Kenzie's first ballgames Planning with the pastors Lunch at Wendy's with Bethany Church family trip to McPherson Water Park

Here are my highs from the past week: 4 th of July in Yates Center Supper at Applebee's with my parents on Tuesday Our new to us TV from my parents which we finally got to the basement God Provides Bible Study Playing noon basketball again Wipeout Several phone calls about the house including at least two possibly three serious inquiries. One is talking with the bank, the other working on an offer, and the third might pay cash after working out some details with back pay. Watching Mitchell play tennis Date night for Bethany's early birthday. We ate a late supper (8:30) at Red Robin, went to Target, and then to Freddy's for dessert (about 10). Steve & Shirley kept the kids overnight. Quiet morning on Saturday so I mowed the yard and did some various yard projects.

Here are my highs of the week: Child Dedication last Sunday Father's Day Nap & Time at the pool with the family Megan's friend birthday party Visit with my mom and nieces and nephew on Monday night Dropping Mitchell off at Jr. Camp at Tabor Evening in Wichita with my beautiful wife and 3 beautiful girls (Carlos O'Kelleys , shopping, and Cold Stone) Studying and preparing for upcoming classes at church Visit with Steve (Bethany's Dad) on Wednesday night Time spent with 3 girls on Thursday afternoon The girls both getting 3 hits each at game at Buhler on Thursday Friday evening fun with 3 girls--Wellness Center Pool and walk to edge of Hesston and playing in sprinkler. Picking up Mitchell from camp and hearing about his week Swimming with the family D6 Dads Cookout on Saturday night Sunday School Teacher Recognition Potluck tomorrow--Thanks to our great teachers at Hesston MB! Small Group Gathering at Stutzman tomorrow night. I have missed meeting with these grea...

Here are my highs from the previous week: Graduation Parties-Congrats class of 2010 Leading Children's Church Panda Kitchen with Bethany for lunch on Monday Visit with Hershberger's at the Perk Lunch with Hank at Hog Wild BBQ Elementary Video and Clap Up for Mitchell on Thursday Thursday afternoon at home with kids Walk to Arboretum on Friday and Family Movie Opening day at Hesston Pool Cookout in Wichita at my in-laws Driving to YC and spending a day with my family

Here are my highs from the previous week: Balloon release with children in conjunction with National Day of Prayer after worship service Grilling out with Bethany's family for Mother's Day Middle School Family Night on Monday-I cannot believe my son is going to be a 5 th grader! Two visits with parents whose children are grown about passing on their faith to their kids Kanopolis Trip with 4 th grade class Hide N Seek Leader's Lunch on Friday Spending the day with my kids on Saturday-Lincoln Perk, trip to mommy's work, played Dutch Blitz for first time, Imangif with everyone. Great time of worship at Hesston MB Fun visiting with our neighbors and grilling some chicken for supper and sort of watching Survivor Finale.

It's been several weeks since I posted my "highs" for the week. Here are my highs from last week: Being back to work after being gone several days the week before. Taking kids to the pool on Monday while they were off school. D6 Dads Reading at the Perk Mentoring at the school Family Worship on Tuesday Watching the kids play soccer Swimming & the Perk with Megan on Saturday Family Game and time spent together on Friday and Saturday Worship with the body of Christ at Hesston MB

I haven't posted my highs for the week lately so here I go: Sunday Night Prayer Meeting Debriefing from D6 Conference Leading Children's Church last week D6 Dads on Tuesday and Wednesday Wednesday afternoon off and staying home with Mitchell so Bethany could go to Wichita Reading at the Perk Getting trained to mentor at the elementary school Lunch with my wife on Tuesday Phase 10 with kids while Bethany was at a meeting Family Movie Night on Friday Game of Sequence with the kids and Bethany on Saturday Everyone healthy again Spending time with my small group studying Visionary Parenting Quiet Times when I didn't hit the snooze My new blog series

It's time again to post some of the highlights of my last week. Here they are in no specific order: Worship on Aug. 30 th focusing on reaching the world. Sunday School Teacher's Meeting. We have great teachers and I enjoyed meeting and training with them. Blood Drive-Last time was a nightmare, but not so bad this time. Noon Basketball-I love this exercise. And it's basketball so what more needs to be said. D6 Dads-I am already blessed by this group of dads. I met with three different groups on Tuesday at 6:30 a.m., Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., and Thursday at 9:00 p.m.. Soccer practice has begun. Staff Meetings-I know I am strange, but I enjoy and look forward to our church staff meetings on Tuesday and Wednesdays. When you go without staff meetings for four years, you appreciate them when you have them. First official Hide N Seek and 5 th /6 th ministry. Great ministry and turnout at both! Great visits with people in homes and at the Perk. Reading some great books at th...

I haven't posted my highs for a few weeks. Here they are from the past week: Day with the kids before school started on Monday Excited kids for their first day of school PMC Men discussion Pastor's Staff Meeting on Wednesday Parent's Night at school Reading at Lincoln Perk Trip to Lincoln Perk on Saturday with Mitchell Celebration Saturday Lunch with the Buhrman's Supper at our home with leaders from the children's ministry

Here are my great times from the past week: Molly's birthday on Monday Coffee with a pastor friend on Tuesday Preparing to preach on "A D6 Legacy" Finishing up some devotions for Hide N Seek Great Aunt Onie's funeral on Thursday Walking around the Arboretum with Bethany's family Meetings to discuss puppets and Sunday School Family Service Project at World Impact on Saturday Preaching this morning and an afternoon nap and a walk with Molly Trip to the pool with the kids

What were your "highs" for the week? Here are mine: Date with my wife on her birthday. We just spent the afternoon together. It was great! Great conversation with several from church about reaching out to our community Book discussion at church on Lord Foulgrin's Letters Lunch meeting to discuss the past 8 months Working on Hide N Seek devotions and new ministry for 5 th /6 th graders at our church Reading some great books at the Perk (Shepherding A Child's Heart, Vintage Jesus, and Uncommon) Trip to Topeka with my aunt Marilyn, cousin Karly, their grandkids & kids, my nieces, nephew and Mom and Sister. We went to eat at Sonic (they have a great play area connected to it-21st & Wannamaker , the zoo, park, rode the Carousel, and supper at Red Robin. Breakfast at church, worship including commissioning of Dominican Republic team, and a nap

Here are my highlights from the past week: Visits with couples from the church on Monday and Wednesday nights The last week of ball games! Finishing Lord Foulgrin's Letters for the 2 nd time Ministry discussions with staff and other leaders Day at Marion Reservoir which included swimming and tubing for me-kids and others also enjoyed jet skis First overnight tent camping with Mitchell, Mackenzie, and Megan Cookout with my church family Baptism at Marion Reservoir today (even though the park ranger wanted to shut us down) Cake (made by Shirley) for Bethany's birthday and seeing Steve and Shirley Early bedtime tonight!

It was a busy week as I prepared for a Sunday message and took the 4 kids to Yates Center Friday and Saturday. Here are a few highlights from the week: Evening with the Humphreys on Monday Sermon Preparation all week-it's always good to study God's Word and meditate on it Church Family Park & Pool Night on Wednesday-fun eating together, playing kickball and swimming. Thanks to Brett & Ron Buhrman , Jon Ewert , Derek Roth for help in moving ice cream machine. And thanks to Chris Roth for letting us borrow the machine. The kids loved the ice cream! Kids' ball games Visit to Yates Center with fireworks on Friday night and time spent with the cousins on Saturday Safe travel throughout the week Preaching today and great time of worship Sunday afternoon nap

Here are a few of the highlights from last week: Visiting the Browns in Hutch and ice cream at Bogey's Parent/Child Dedication at Church for Molly (and being a part of it for other families) Supper at Applebee's with my mom Leading Children's Church Church Family Zoo Trip on Tuesday Ball games for the kids VBS for 5th/6th graders on Friday Daddy date at the Perk with Mackenzie and Megan on Friday night (they had a Hello Kitty Blender) Spray Park twice this week and pool with Mackenzie and Megan on Saturday Hearing about Mitchell's trip with Grandaddy to Tennessee Baptism Service at church yesterday

I have had a great week. I just wanted to highlight a few of the really great moments. Mitchell's excitement about Camp Invention and hearing all of his stories and what he is learning. Going to the Hesston Pool with Mackenzie and Megan. Hearing two missionaries share about what God is doing in and around them. The older kids sharing what they have learned at VBS . Bethany and I sitting in the living room and talking during VBS on Thursday night. Visiting with families about the parent/child dedication this Sunday. Finishing the books, Parenting is Heart Work and Family Driven Faith. Getting the opportunity to get to know several couples through visits.