Away we go!

Sometimes a picture says what is needed to be said. 

1St week In Heaven, I mean TEXAS!

I have been down in Texas for a little over a week now and I have taken residence in my brother's apt and couch in Hurst, TX. I have really enjoyed the area Caleb lives in and I have also enjoyed hanging out with my baby brother. 

Work as been been a whirlwind of all the usual 'getting to know you' and 'getting to know the store' type of activities. My new Whole Foods is in Arlington, right up the street from Texas stadium and the ballpark in Arlington. The prep foods team that I am working with is a great group of hard working, long time team members who really know what they are doing. The sales are slower than I am use to but I consider that a blessing that I can  try to help them grow. This week has really been great and I am so happy that I already feel at home in my new store and soon be contributing to the team like I really hope to do! 

My head is still spinning, this whole process has been extremely fast and furious. That's been a blessing in its self. I work well with a quick past life, my poor wife is opposite of me and it has been a little trying on her. Cindy has been amazing and has had to watch the kids and pack solo in Colorado. What a woman!! We only have have a few more days until the second phase of our move to Texas starts. Until then, lots of phone calls and texts. 

The Last Supper

My wonderful family and I went out for a last night on the town for our last night as a family in Colorado. Here is some pics!

407 Revere Street Aurora, CO 80011

Well, only took 24 hours and our first family house is now under contract to someone else. We have been extremely blessed to have called this house our home for the last 4 years and I will always remember this as the house where I brought home my 2 babies and where we grew into the family that we are today. It wasn't without struggle, every room in this house is rich with stories and contains the sweat of Mimi & Pappy, Nana & Granddad, Caleb, Sarah & Jeremy, Holly & Aaron and of course my beautiful wife and yours truly. I cannot thank y'all enough for your help and support. Some of my vivid memories are...

• Painting the entire house while Cindy was prego

• Staining the fence with Aaron

• Mimi & Pappy making a beautiful Kitchen counter-top

• Doing the house base boards with Caleb & Pappy. 

• Multiple trips to the Aurora dump

• Pappy & Cindy completely remodeling the main bathroom. 

• Grandad and Cindy remodeling the master bathroom. 

• digging up the old cement clothesline with Caleb

• Cindy, Grandad & Nana making a garden. 

• Me and my massive Demoing of the basement and kitchen. 

• Resanding/Finishing all the hardwood floors

• Cindy patching missing boards on the floor of the master bedroom. 

• My love/ hate relationship with the $10,000 bathroom remodel that we ended up having to cut a whole in the ceiling 3 times to locate a leak, it grew mold, the baseboards warped, the drywall got cracks, the leak found out was coming from the master shower which wasn't installed properly to began with!!! (Maybe I'm  not going to miss this house after all!) 

- And so much more!

I will truly miss this house and I will look back on it and our time in Colorado as some of the best years of my life! 

 

The Mercy Prayer

I have been given the wonderful honor of being apart of Colorado Community Churches lead pastor Robert Gelinas' new book launch team. The book is called "The mercy prayer" and it is a powerful look into the always answered prayer in the bible. I have read two chapters so far and believe that it has blessed my life already and I am excited to continue to read and grow. Part of my gift back to Pastor Robert is my reviews and feedback in the form of social media in order to help promote the book that comes out July 30th. I also have the privilege of giving a e-version of the book, absolutely free to the first person who responds back to me with your email address / Name!!

The web address for the new book is http://mercyprayerbook.com  

Stay tuned for a full review of the book in about a week, I hope that you enjoy hearing about this book and take this to learn more about this simple prayer.