Dyeing to self

I've had today's appointment on my calendar for 5 weeks ... Natalie, the awesome talent that cuts hair for our family, talked me into a 'color' on the next 'cut' - Something to tone down the grey - which seems to be increasing ... especially as I begin to reach Kim's age :)

A guy and hair dye -

my oh my

Should I give it a try ............ WHY NOT ?

After the Dye is cast

OK - I did it ... My first time "cut & color" (that sounds so manly - doesn't it) ... The 5 ladies at Natalie's shop all gave me the thumbs up - my wife Sheryl feels it looks very natural - I think it looks good - What do you think?

Father Son Bonding

Had a great time with my son at the Braves/Giants game ... Even though the Giants lost to Atlanta we had a blast! Great memories ... The next day we went to the Coca Cola museum and tried ALL 60+ world-wide Coke proudcts offered ...

During the 4 hour car ride (each way) Garic got exposed to the (awesome) CBS Mystery Theatre (from the 70's) & Dr. Demento. I'm hoping to make this a new yearly event.

Time flies by so fast - Garic turns 10 on Aug. 21st ... Don't miss opportunities to create life long memories.

Big Daddy Weave

Had a great time visiting with Mike Weaver of Big Daddy Weave this morning. We learned that US Olympian Michael Phelps has nothuing on Mike...

Looking forward to spending time with 33 Miles on Thursday, and the girls from Point of Grace on Friday!

Don't Miss Steven Curtis Chapman on TV

If you haven't already seen Steven Curtis Chapman and family on Good Morning America, we greatly encourage you to check out the segment. You can link up at www.StevenCurtisChapman.com

Tonight SCC is live with Larry King on CNN.

Thank you for your continued prayers for this family - Feel free to offer them encouragement via their website

Wedding Plans

Going to the Chapel and I'm gonna get married! Wow! I didn't realize how much work goes into pulling a Fall wedding together. In planning the wedding, Russell and I are keeping the wedding small (in Savannah, GA) and the reception Huge!! (in Franklin,TN) The beauty of all of this is when God is in this and He is - blessings overflow!!!

My dress is so pretty and what makes it even more beautiful is a dear friend of mine bought it for me. She went with me to go "dress shop" and decided along with the others in the store that we had found "the dress." Amanda, my friend and sister from college days, is singing in the wedding! She has the most beautiful voice! My new friend Latric is making the cake for the reception. She's been a long time listener of Doug and Kim and wanted to give us this incredible gift! I am telling you, Ace of Cakes has nothing on her - she makes the most beautiful cakes!!! My good friend Todd ,who owns a Chick-fil-a, is catering my reception as his gift to us!!!! Wait there is more! Charlotte a long time friend, who is also in radio and is an incredible jazz singer is singing our first dance!! And Douglas' gift to us is DJ-ing the reception!!! We are going to have a blast!!! Chicken dance and all!!

So many details taken care of and we are truly thankful!!! All of this is an incredible reminder to me that God cares about each and every detail of your life and of mine!!! As my Grandmother (who I called Bam Bam) used to sing over the kitchen sink, washing her dishes -"Count your blessings name them one by one, Count your blessings see what God has done!"

Looking forward to Father/Son Bonding

One of the things that we talked about on the show has really stuck with me - "Plan some fun - and then look forward to it" .. It's so hard to plan time off, we seem to just take what we can find - at the last minute - and what we end up doing is (sometimes) limited by our lack of planning. Well - I've been very much looking forward to the weekend of Aug 16th - That's the weekend before Garic's 10th birthday and it's a Father/Son Road Trip weekend - We're headed to see our favorite baseball team (the SF GIANTS!!!) defeat the Atlanta Braves - at Turner Field. I've never been to Atlanta and I'm looking forward to yelling for the visitors and wearing all of our Giants Stuff! (Garic even wants to paint his face!) After the Saturday night game, we're going to the Coca-Cola museum - which should be a blast! Since I didn't grow up with a dad - I want to make sure I give him some good father/son memories ...

SO - do you have planned time off?

WHY NOT? - Plan it, then look forward it to - then enjoy it!