Last night, we took all the kids out for their first expeience with Pho. I’ll have to say it was the first time I’ve really enjoyed them when going out to eat. When they’re smaller, you have to lug so much stuff around just to go out. Then once you’re there, you’re constantly making sure they’re eating or not buringing the place down.

Well, yesterday marked a new season in the Delony family. We’ve finally begun to be able to just go out and just chill. It was a great time. The kids enjoyed trying new food and we really enjoyed the kids. It was all around great.

Oh man, what a day. It pays to have good friends. Kevin Bussey scored us some VIP seats, sweet cushy seats on the floor of the Conference hall. All the action happened 6 feet in front of me. It was awesome.

I’ll say this, I’m not a conference guy. They’re okay, I just don’t get real excited about sitting all day and not doing much. YS is great, but I’ve been once and don’t really need to go back. So, I carried this mindset into Catalyst and was blown away. The day passed so fast - it was amazing. Great speakers, it was incredible.

I was really hit by Craig Groeschel. He is a phenomenal communication, and I’ve never seen someone so powerful and transparent. He really shook me and leveled me. I’m still unpacking much of his message in my heart. The basics: we need to continue to be stretched, pushed and ruined by God. We need to pray for that. If we’re not face down and broken on a regular basis, then something is wrong. Powerful message.

And we were also part of making the world’s largest ball of Floam.

It’s Wednesday. The [work] week is half way over (or half way started depending on how you look at it). Here is your mix to get you through.

For the Love of Wednesday Mix

So here is my blessing to you:

May you do more than merely survive this week.

May you find the Lord in the mix of your crowded lives.

May you find His flow of the day and not your own.

May you take time to breathe and listen to the Lord.

May you have peace in knowing that He knows you.

This is my hypothetical yearbook picture from 1980. Dude, it’s totally rad!

If you’re looking for some amusement, head on over to Yearbook Yourself and may your own nostalgic fake year book pic. It’s pretty extreme to the max (and other phat 80’s exclamations).

Yearbook Yourself

(thanks Jake Bouma for enlighting me to this site)

Last Tuesday, we took some youth on a hike. We were expecting a pretty easy hike to some ice caves (natural formations left from snow melt). What we got was an expedition. It was a hot day till we got closer to where the ice caves were supposed to be. There had so much snow this winter there were at least 4 football fields filled with snow stacked up at the base of a mountain. It’s 85 degrees and we were playing in snow! It was a sight to see. I’ve never been sledding (sliding down on your butt) in July. If it’s hot where you are, enjoy these refreshing pictures.