We just got back from camp. As always it was a GREAT week. This year I ended up doing the video editing for our video skits. Bellow is my favorite video but you can check them all out at http://www.youtube.com/user/worshipart

This past weekend we headed to Chicago to celebrate our nephew’s second birthday. Unbelievable that he is 2, isn’t it? The party was Elmo/Sesame Street themed. Our family was joined by some cute playgroup friends. Jack had a blast and got a lot of cool presents including a Purdue trike and wooden work bench complete with tools. Here are some shots from the day. Happy Birthday Jack!!!

I have had a couple requests to elaborate on the current status of the mice and my traps. I am happy to report that the score is now …

Mice:1 Rachel: 1

The mice got their point by making an old fashioned trap that Jason set downstairs disappear. Seriously, we can’t find it any where. Way to go mousy.

I get my point because the electric chair worked and the body count is 1. I am hoping that this needless death will send a strong message to our mouse community. If you stay out of Rachel’s stuff you stay away from possibly harmful electricity. But if we are basing this on my luck they are probably forming a posse to tie up Moses when we are gone. There is no way they could ever get him through the doorway though - which puts me at ease. Anyway…

I’ll keep you posted on how it pans out.

Cardboard Matt Kenseth showed his full support Mon. evening at Abry’s for Nate and Whitney as they raised awareness and funds for their upcoming move to do missions in New Zealand. They are going to be apart of a team to plant a new church. To learn more about their passion to give glory to God through serving Him check out their awesome website: http://www.n8andwhitney.com

Jason and Nate hanging out with Matt

Yesterday, we thought it would be fun to call our friends Megan and Justin and see if they wanted to meet us with their dog Luca for a doggie play date with Moses. We took a trip to the park in search of an empty fenced in baseball diamond where they could run together. It turns out that Danville locks all of the ball diamonds and tennis courts on Sunday. After about 15 mins of driving and searching we hit the jackpot and found a diamond where the lock wasn’t fastened ! A sweet lesson in perseverance. They had a great time running. Luca was more interested in wrestling than running but Moses enjoyed running away from Luca and chasing the ball.

Luca is a golden-doodel (sorry if I spelled it wrong)

Moses taking a breather

Moses chasing Luca.

Luca and Moses got along really well!

Most of my themed chalk arts don’t appear out of thin air. They have a progression. First, I come up with an idea and a “rough draft” of sorts. I start with a theme for example: Easter. I pray, research and brain storm what the theme [Easter] means both in scripture and to the people around me [Example: New life, cross, empty tomb, sin, forgiveness, Jesus, fresh, colorful, pastels, white dresses...]. Then I try to put those thoughts into a visual explanation or picture. With this chalk art I started off with a focus on new life, colorful, pastels… hence the flowers and pink.

Then I re-work that idea . . .

and re-work that idea . . .

and re-work the idea . . .

At some point I have to say that it is worthy, But the more time and iterations of each work of art the more refined it becomes. With this in mind worship art takes on a learning experience for me. Each iterations reminds me of how every day with time Christ is refining me.

And you can’t forget my supporting staff who helped me with feedback.
Thanks Rachel and Moe