I took this video at the hospital, but didn't get it ready until today.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
The Arrival of baby Jaedon
My sister had her third baby this week. This time she only had one boy in there instead of twins. He was a beautiful boy of 6 lbs 14 oz and 20 inches long. They named him Jaedon Joel Crawford. He's a wonderful edition to the family. His older brothers, Preston and Peyton, are the proudest two year old big brothers.
Jaedon's already distinguishing himself as an individual. When he was first born he looked a lot like brother Preston when he was first born. But since then, as his swellings went down, he looks more like a combination of the two. He much quieter than the twins were and has only cried when hungry or when the nurse was checking him. His first hours of life in the real world, he was wide-eyed and took in all that was around him.
I had the amazing experience to be there in the delivery room with my sister. It was a surreal and wonderful miracle to witness. To see Jaedon coming into this world was a beautiful reminder of the grace and love of God for us. He really does know how to give His children good gifts. And I was thankful to know He had brought into this world another child to bring glory to His name. I pray that Jaedon will magnify the Lord with a strong love and humble heart.
Jaedon's already distinguishing himself as an individual. When he was first born he looked a lot like brother Preston when he was first born. But since then, as his swellings went down, he looks more like a combination of the two. He much quieter than the twins were and has only cried when hungry or when the nurse was checking him. His first hours of life in the real world, he was wide-eyed and took in all that was around him.
I had the amazing experience to be there in the delivery room with my sister. It was a surreal and wonderful miracle to witness. To see Jaedon coming into this world was a beautiful reminder of the grace and love of God for us. He really does know how to give His children good gifts. And I was thankful to know He had brought into this world another child to bring glory to His name. I pray that Jaedon will magnify the Lord with a strong love and humble heart.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Life
this is something i need to remember.
http://www.neticons.net/music_life/
Granted, its not the most profound video, but I do have a tendency to get too focused on just living for the next goal. Not that goals are bad, every Christian's goal should be "the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Phil. 3:14)." But to always be striving for the next "thing", like the next promotion, the next event, the next, next, next, keeps our eyes in the future. This keeps us from seeing what is going on around us right now... It does at least 3 things:
1. Makes us selfish - always thinking about the next thing that will benefit ME or make ME happy.
2. Makes us introverted - going around in B-lines, ignoring anything that even hints of distraction, thinking so much about it we don't even notice others.
3. Makes us unsatisfied - if the goal is always changing, a new one every time one is reached, there's never time to rest, to be at peace.
So, the solution is to know that true satisfaction comes through peace, peace with God. According to Romans 5:1, this peace comes though "our Lord Jesus Christ." So lets "press on towards the goal of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" while resting in the finished work of our salvation from sin through Christ's substitution of Himself when He suffered the wrath due to us.
http://www.neticons.net/music_life/
Granted, its not the most profound video, but I do have a tendency to get too focused on just living for the next goal. Not that goals are bad, every Christian's goal should be "the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Phil. 3:14)." But to always be striving for the next "thing", like the next promotion, the next event, the next, next, next, keeps our eyes in the future. This keeps us from seeing what is going on around us right now... It does at least 3 things:
1. Makes us selfish - always thinking about the next thing that will benefit ME or make ME happy.
2. Makes us introverted - going around in B-lines, ignoring anything that even hints of distraction, thinking so much about it we don't even notice others.
3. Makes us unsatisfied - if the goal is always changing, a new one every time one is reached, there's never time to rest, to be at peace.
So, the solution is to know that true satisfaction comes through peace, peace with God. According to Romans 5:1, this peace comes though "our Lord Jesus Christ." So lets "press on towards the goal of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" while resting in the finished work of our salvation from sin through Christ's substitution of Himself when He suffered the wrath due to us.
The Gymnast
Ever since I was 10 years old I've wished that I could do a backflip. That was around the time that dad bought us a trampoline. Sis could do one on the trampoline because she was taking gymnastics. I, however, did not take gymnastics (much to my dismay as I now realize) and could only do a front flip. As the video shows, I've made a few feeble attempts over the years.
Last week I decided to try again. I used the pool ladder to train, starting at the second to highest step, backwards-diving off of it until I felt comfortable and then finally from the side of the pool. It only took me about 10 minutes to get where I could flip backwards. The rest is history...
Last week I decided to try again. I used the pool ladder to train, starting at the second to highest step, backwards-diving off of it until I felt comfortable and then finally from the side of the pool. It only took me about 10 minutes to get where I could flip backwards. The rest is history...
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Boot Camp '08
Wow, I just spent a week of either video taping or video editing for about 17 hours a day. Brittany's bro-in-law Shaun does a camp for her dad's church association every year (this is the third year). The last two years I've played the drums but haven't been there the whole week (worked). This year I did the video and the drums and I was there all week. It was fun. Like I said I spent almost every waking moment working on video, so it went by really quick. Editing props go to Final Cut Express 4 and iMovie '08. This video is my favorite.
If you want to see the rest of the days, go to http://youtube.com/user/danjware
If you want to see the rest of the days, go to http://youtube.com/user/danjware
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Another Bat!
Last night I was playing on my computer and I heard Brittany say something like "Oh my, Oh my, Oh my, Oh my..." Bindy apparently was sniffing another bat that was on the floor. We thought it was dead, but I poked it with a tennis racket and it started chirping and moving around. I pinned it under the racket and got this footage.
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