World Outreach Church

I love when churches think outside of the box, and World Outreach in Murfreesboro is one of those churches. While at the mall today telling Santa what we want for Christmas, we passed by a HUGE store occupied solely by World Outreach Church. (strategically positioned right next to the live Santa setup) They were offering to gift-wrap your holiday treasures for FREE! Just come in and get your newly purchased gifts wrapped for free. What a great opportunity to invest in the community in which God has placed them! Way to go guys!!!

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halo

'halo' as defined in the dictionary :: a disk or circle of light shown surrounding or above the head of a saint or holy person to represent their holiness.

Enough said!

My day in the spotlight

I had the chance to visit Lakewood Church in Houston TX a couple of weeks ago while at the wfx conference. I don't in any way claim to be a big fan, but it was cool to see some of the gear they use (which is really the only thing I was there for). Also, I was able to take a tour of the stage and production areas. Very cool stuff...and I may even give Joel a run for his money if I'm ever given the chance! HA!

wfx Houston

Well, I am back from my trip to Houston, TX where I attended the wfx conference. I had a great time learning and checking out the latest gear with Lloyd, Greg, James, Jim, and Linda. I would have to say that the biggest highlight of the trip was getting to see my sister, brother-in-law, and niece. It was my first trip to see them since they moved to Houston. I also enjoyed getting to see Lakewood Church in person. It is a pretty impressive place.

check out the waterfalls on either side of the choir lofts...


here's Joel up close and personal


here we are behind the scenes...


this was a sign that I found in the conference center...couldn't figure this one out...

Trick or Treat

We had a great time this year in our new neighborhood. We met up with some friends that live two streets over from us. Our kids are best friends. It's a lot of fun trick or treating with folks you know.

Pumpkin Carving

Our small group had our annual pumpkin carving contest tonight. Here is what we came up with this time.

what a comeback!

My boy came through for me tonight!  I needed 22 points and Edwards put up over 30!  Thanks man, I owe you.  Sorry Sully.

Day FIVE Magic Kingdom part 2

Well...we finished up today with Magic Kingdom part two. It's a huge park and we needed two days to see it all. Here we are with that common 'family pose' that you track someone down to take for you while the professional photographers are looking at you like you just beat their kid. Oh well...How about that sky! Looks like a dream...


We got to see the daytime parade this time. It was hot, but the kids seemed to really like it.


Joshua and Hannah had a blast on the pirate ride and enjoyed celebrating in the store afterward.


One last thing....At the end of "It's a small world", this was one of the signs. I know these are not NY Jet colors, nor is the name spelled the same, but this is the way Brett SHOULD spell his name and the jerseys should have this logo on them.

Day FOUR Hollywood Studios

Formally MGM Studios, Hollywood Studios did not disappoint! What an amazing day of fun and magic! We started with Star Wars then moved to Indiana Jones. Shortly after we moved on to a stunts spectacular! Needless to say, Joshua was in heaven. Soon after that we moved on to some things that Hannah absolutely loved! Here is a pic outside of Hannah's favorite show.


Here are some pics from the finale! Wow! Image projection on spraying water, fireworks, lasers, smoke, fire, actors, and much much more. This was an amazing show!

Day THREE Animal Kingdom

Day three was filled with a lot of walking, animals and shows. There was some pretty amazing things at this park. We attended several shows like the one below.


Expedition Everest was amazing! One of our friends from high school actually helped design this ride.


Here is a closer view.


Joshua got to ride it twice! Once with mommy and once with me. We took turns at the bottom watching Hannah.


One last thing...I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this. It was on one of the tiles in one of the men's bathrooms. This was not posted to be funny...it was actually posted to give directions! Wow! If you need this, you probably deserve to have dirty hands.

Day TWO Magic Kingdom

Today was more of what I expected from Disney World. I've been to Disney several times now, and let me tell you, the fall is the time to go. The weather is cooler and the lines are shorter. We had a blast today! Check out the pics::



Hannah's favorite ride was Dumbo!


Joshua liked the fast roller coasters the best!


You will have to figure this one out. Notice in the first pic the two signs, directly one over the other. I took closer pics so you could see what was actually written on them. Weird!

Day ONE Epcot

Well, after a long drive we made it for a quick 2 hour tour of Epcot Center. The kids are beyond excited. Tomorrow we will be at The Magic Kingdom! It's gonna be a lot of fun. More posts to come...



After Epcot we ate a LATE dinner. This is Christy at 10:00pm singing some karaoke at Denny's for $5 off our dinner. What a ham. :)

My bum thumb

The golf retreat this year was another great success! I had a blast hanging with the guys and playing some golf. One thing was a downer this year, however. One week prior to the trip I received a second degree burn in our kitchen while pulling out an oven rack with a faulty oven mitten. OUCH! Well, as you can imagine, it affected my golf game. I dropped out of the top four to sixth place, but I decided to play through the pain anyway. The trip only comes once a year!

This is a picture of my thumb after the third round (one round to go).

Annual Spades Championship

Here is the score card from our annual spades championship. David McCaman and I dominated Jason and Nathaniel again. Okay...to be fair we'll give you 200 points...umm, looks like we still won! Oh well, there's always next year!

TN state fair

This was our first year to go to the State Fair as a family. It was a lot of fun. The kids really liked getting to see the Monster Trucks!

A Kicker is a man's best friend

Who says that kickers are not important! My fantasy football team this week put on a show and I won my first game of the season with my...that's right...kicker! Many thanks to Nick Folk for coming through for me. I won by .3 points.

What do the Democrats say about McCain?

Fantasy Football

So far so good. I'm tied for 1st. I can only go up from here! GO TRYTONS!

Tiger Commercial

You may have seen this commercial that aired last year, but here is the uncut raw footage of the video shoot. The original commercial cut away before Tiger took off running. Pretty funny.

New Attic

It's done! (at least for now) I don't know why I had to build this in AUGUST, but anyway...here it is! Special thanks to my dad for loaning me his Paslode cordless nailer! Wow, did that ever make the job easy. If you currently own a compressor and pneumatic nailer, sell them and buy this thing. It is really great. Anyway, here are the pics::

Double Date

Well, today I decided that I would spend some individual time with the kids. I took Joshua golfing for the first time on an actual course and he did great. Check out the great ball striking in the video below!


Joshua drives it long! from David Cox on Vimeo.

After lunch I took Hannah on a "date with daddy". We went out and got some sweet ice cream. I love spending time with the kids. I'm looking forward to many more memories to come!