An Arizona Boy

I"m back!

2011-08-15T20:51:00.002-05:00

Well, Arizona Boy took a year long hiatus! Actually, I forgot about this blog page. No problem. I'm fairly certain that no one is reading it. No matter! On I write.

I just returned from Bogota, Colombia on a mission trip with E3 Partners. We assisted churches in ministries to draw more people to there churches. We saw 671 people receive the gift of heaven from Jesus! Exciting! Now back in real life in Texas. It's hot!

Watching Big Bang Theory. See you later!

Chris

Eye of the Hurricane

2010-06-17T10:34:00.003-05:00

Next week our church holds its annual VBS. It's a great event for our church. Lot's of people working very hard. But also, Music Texas happens next week as well. It's going to be crazy trying to do both things. VBS from 8-11, drive an hour to Ft. Worth, attend conferences from noon into the night. It'll be fun.

We've sung concerts for Music Texas and conferences like this for years and presented music of our own to the ministers of music. Interesting to be on the other side of the stage. We've got great friends that come to these events. Look forward to getting to see them again.

We'll also be setting up the Worship to the World booth to try to get groups interested in our mission trips with E3 Partners.

Great times, but need strength for a busy week.

Let It Rise

2010-06-16T11:12:00.007-05:00

You may know the worship song Let It Rise by Holland Davis. "Let the Glory of the Lord rise among us..." Holland wrote a book that I bought several months ago, but am just now reading. Very excellent thoughts on worship. It's a quick read and worth the time. Let me quote a section:

Worship isn't about SELF expression or musicianship. Worship isn't about having our personal needs met as we encounter GOD's presence. It isn't about what I get out of it. Worship is about seeing the KING and responding appropriately. It is revelation and response. God reveals himself, and we respond.

Holland based this on Isa. 6:1-8. Take a look. I'm always struck by this scene. Isaiah gets caught up to the throne room of heaven, is so overwhelmed and confronted by his own sin and the sin of his people that he just cries out "woe is me." He finds forgiveness and he's changed by being the presence of God's holiness. That's what worship is. Being changed by a real encounter with God. We can't help but be different if we get to that place. And the response: WORSHIP AND SERVICE!

Hey, have a great day! Love to all

Chris

Blogging about Blogging!

2010-06-15T10:48:00.003-05:00

Hey there! It's been awhile. If anyone is reading this, welcome to my musing page. I hope you are well today.

I saw my friend, Gene Wilkes, who is a pastor and author, at the Starbucks near my house. He was, yes, blogging! It was good to see him. He's a brilliant thinker. I was having trouble spelling "brilliant." Anyway, he inspired me to get back to it. So here I am.

I sometimes feel I have nothing interesting to say. Then it occurred to me that blogging is not necessarily supposed to be interesting. Many of the ones I read are not. But, I guess that's not the point. It's more of an exercise in thinking out loud. Not because you want someone to think you're clever, but just to spew! I decided to get back to spewing.

I'll be back more frequently. If you think I'm clever, then fine, but if not...I don't care. I'm going to spew. You might want to stand back!

Good Friends!

2009-02-11T11:46:00.001-06:00

I was thinking the other day about how blessed I am with good friends. We can all say that, but I really mean it. I remember my Dad saying to me when I was a kid, "If you wind up with 2 or 3 good friends, close friends in your life, you'll be really blessed." He was right about that. But for some reason, the Lord has blessed me with far more good friends than 2 or 3.

I have friends from High School that I place in that category. Glen and Steve. True blue friends that even though we don't see each other often, we just pick up where we left off. I love them.

I have friends from my days at Baylor that are just as close as the day I met them. Brent and Sherry were the first two people I met on campus as an 18 year old freshman. Sherry talked Diane into going out with me. (actually she chided me into not being a coward and asking her out) Brent and I share the love of music and worship together. Their daughter, Liesl, was Jennifer's roommate at Baylor. She introduced Jen to Stephen. Brent and Sherry are on the ministry board of Worship to the World. We've been in Europe and Asia together on mission trips. Our lives are really divinely intertwined. We love them.

Mike & Beth, Gary & Teri are wonderful friends that the Lord brought into our lives via our church years ago. They are friends who love and encourage us in ways too numerous to name. They give Godly counsel and prayer support. They are friends with whom we can be completely ourselves. We love them all.

I married my very best friend. Funny! Diane and I met in a singing group and have been singing together ever since. We actually became close friends, but did not date because we both were dating other people. When that ended (yeah, we both got dumped) the Lord brought us together. We'd been such good friends and then we fell in love. Now we still get to enjoy our friendship. I can't imagine life without her. I treasure our time together. Almost 31 years married and she's still my best friend. She knows everything about me and still loves me. I love her.

Remind you of anyone? Jesus knows all about me/us and loves anyway. Deep, Strong, Forgiving, Everlasting. He said, "I no longer call you slaves, but I call you friends." Inconceivable! But He does. What a friend we have in Jesus! I love Him, with all my heart!

Be blessed and remember...God Still Moves,

Chris

Birthdays!

2009-01-12T11:45:00.004-06:00

I don't like 'em!!! Well, actually, I do! Funny how they are so significant in your life as a child. Less so as you get older. Each year drags slowly when you're young and races as you get older. But, I wouldn't go back. The blessing of getting older is the wonderful memories you build and the wonderful friends you make and the wonderful family you're blessed with. I have all those things. So, really each birthday is a time to reflect on how good God is and how much he's given to you.

You can see in these pictures some of my blessings. A wonderful wife, son, daughter, son in law and granddaughter, not to mention a wonderful extended family. And all who are a part of the family of Christ. I am blessed...and stinkin' old!!! But I'm not bitter!! HA!

Love to you all,

Chris

Cutest Baby In The World!

2008-12-30T16:33:00.003-06:00

Okay, I know I'm biased, but we are having so much fun with Elizabeth. She's so cute and really interactive now. She should also not have any social issues. She's being passed around so much that she should be a real people person by the time she's 2 years old.

This picture was taken just before she sat on Santa's lap. I know Jen probably has that pic on here blog, but I'll get it and post it.

If I don't see any of you between now and New Years, have a great one!

Love you all,

Chris

Faithfulness

2008-12-28T08:32:00.002-06:00

It's a quiet Sunday morning. Diane and I along with Jen and Ryan are about to sing a late Christmas concert at Parkway Hills Baptist here in Plano. I've been thinking about God's faithfulness this morning. I'm going to talk a little bit in the concert about it. I'm not a great theologian so I can't explain all the nuances and meanings of the words. All I can do is testify to the fact that God has always been faithful to me. When I look back over my life...in good times and bad...God has always been faithful. He's always held true to His word. He promised to provide and to catch me when I fall. He's always been there for me. Therefore (play on words), I can go forward today knowing that as He has been faithful in the past, He will be faitthful today and in the future. He is the same yesterday, today and forever as James said.

The big question is, and always has been, will I be faithful to Him? I certainly want to be. I strive to be. But there are moments of doubt, moments of insecurity, moments of having my eyes fixed on the wrong thing or wrong person or wrong circumstance. I must keep my eyes on Jesus "the author and finisher of our faith." Wow! It all starts and ends with Him.

Love to you all and have a great New Year! Be faithful...He is!

Chris

Too Much Fun!

2008-12-16T11:05:00.008-06:00

Wow! I've had people tell me for years how much fun grand babies were. Until you are a grand parent though those words aren't true to you. Jennifer and Elizabeth came in Saturday night. She has grown so much in the 2 months when we saw her last. She's now much more active and communicating. She has an infectious smile. She's totally stolen my heart.

Christmas is going to be a lot of fun this year. I've experience it as a kid myself, as a Dad and now as "Pops" and I can't wait.

Hope you all have a great day. It's icy in Plano and we're staying pretty close to the house. That's fine with me because I also work from here. So no worries for me. Be safe if you live near me.

Blessings on you!

Chris

December Dash

2008-12-10T16:34:00.002-06:00

Oh yeah! You know what I'm talking about. December is the best time of the year for the obvious reasons. It's a great family time. It's a great time to be in a church family as well. But, it is always so busy. Too busy. There is so much going on that we kill ourselves with stuff. Getting ready for Christmas, closing down business or school, it all is so hectic.

Here's what I am commanding each of you (and me) to do. Take at least 10 minutes everyday between now and Christmas to sit in front of your Christmas tree, small or large, and stare. Ponder your blessings. Ponder your friends and family. Ponder what happened to you that made you what you are this year. How did you get here? Who made a difference in your life?

Finally, think about the greatest gift of all. (you knew I'd get around to Jesus). Ponder the words of the 3rd verse of Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

Hail the heaven born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness
Light and life to all He brings. Risen with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by, born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth
Hark the Herald Angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King!

I was struck by this verse last night while Diane and I were leading some carols at a party for E3 Partners, a missions organization we are in partnership with. Look at the third line. "Mild He lays His glory by." Christ chose to leave heaven, chose to give up the glory, chose instead to come to this earth...for me! I'm not worth it! But that's what makes it "Amazing Grace." I'll never understand it. I'll never deserve it. I'll never get over it.

Thank you God that You thought enough of me to leave the wealth of heaven and chose the filth of earth to show me that You love me.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Chris

p.s. Stephen, Jen and Elizabeth are coming for Christmas. YEA!!!!!

Worship to the World

2008-11-14T14:31:00.002-06:00

Hello friends,

Well, by now you've probably heard that Diane and I are no longer on staff at Prestonwood. God's got us on another path and a new direction...another day on the roller coaster that is our lives and ministry. I was telling someone the other day, the Lord has never done anything in our lives that we expected. But you know, it's always been amazing and He has always given us wonderful places to sing and serve and always taken care of us.

God brought to Prestonwood's staff June 2006 to assist in the launch of the North Campus in Prosper, TX. Well, we launched October 12th.

Now we're launching something completely different. A couple of months ago the Lord placed an huge idea in our heads. We have done numerous mission trips overseas over the years. We took worship teams to Germany, Mongolia, Korea and other spots. They were successful and blessed. We felt privileged to be a part of these evangelism and outreach ministries. It kind of gets to you.

So here's the deal. God has given us a new vision to partner worship teams from churches and colleges with mission organizations that already do short term mission trips. What we discovered is that in all of the wonderful evangelism that was taking place on these endeavors, worship and music was not really being addressed. When we began talking with these groups, all said basically "worship is the missing link" to our evangelistic efforts. We'll be making several trips each year ourselves, but mostly we'll be recruiting and training other groups to go. Group's will do public concerts, help identify and train worship leaders from among the nationals, place instruments, like guitars and keyboards with the new churches, and support spiritually the mission teams as they go into the field. Whew! We're excited.

That's what's up with us. Pretty soon we're going to have an updated website with much more detailed information and video and music, etc. I'll let you know via this blog.

I'll try to keep up the blog more often. It's been such a hectic time. Pray for us, too as we build a support team who will be making financial contributions to the ongoing of this ministry to help us bring WORSHIP TO THE WORLD.

Love you all,

Chris

Big Day Sunday Oct 12th

2008-10-09T11:26:00.004-05:00

I haven't written in a while. It's been pretty intense preparing to move into our new church building. You can see the building. Everything is new which great, but it's also untried. So, yesterday we had a big rehearsal for this Sunday's service. Much of the sound was ready, but the staging still wasn't painted and set pieces that had been ordered were late getting in place. That caused the rehearsal to be pushed late. So we didn't really get a good run last night. We have another shot on Sat. But you can be praying for us on Sunday at 9:30 CDT as we have worship the first time in our new location. One way or another, we're going to have a wonderful time of worship to the Lord who always deserves all we have...even if there are warts and hick ups.

I'll be writing more in the next several weeks about some new things Diane and I are praying about. Meanwhile, enjoy these wonderful pictures of our wonderful grand daughter.

Love to all,

Chris

2008-09-23T11:31:00.004-05:00

The righteous flourish lie the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him Ps. 92:12-15

I was watching coverage of Hurricane Ike, like many were last week. I don’t know what it is about me, but I notice odd things: maybe because I’m odd to begin with. The cameras were panning a part of Galveston beach. You could see buildings knocked down, debris flying around and the rain being blow absolutely sideways. Then a palm tree came into sight. The wind was relentless, yet, there stood this palm tree being blown, but not blown down. He was just standing there minding his own business doing what palm trees do.

In a strange coincidence, (yeah, right) the Lord led me to this passage. That palm tree had probably been there for years and years, seen many strong storms, and yet, he still stood his ground not bothered by this storm either. It was as if I heard the Lord say, “Hey, old sap (Diane often calls me that) keep on going. I’m not done with you, yet.” Let’s all keep going for the Lord until He plants us in His courts…in Heaven.

Love to all -Chris

p.s. Is this the most amazing baby ever? Go Eli!

Yard of the Month

2008-09-04T15:12:00.004-05:00

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness self-control; against such things there is no law. GAL 5:22-23

A few nights ago I was watching season two of the show 24 (best show ever-except for Gilligan’s Island) and I heard Diane come in from outside and yelling, “Honey, I need you for a minute.” Well, I thought this better be good to tear me away from Jack Bauer blowing some bad guy away. She took me to the street to look back at a sign that had been stuck in our front yard. YARD OF THE MONTH! We had to laugh because we’ve been in this house and neighborhood for over 15 years. We waited patiently and finally, we received our reward. BIG WHOOP!

I really wish the list of the fruit of the spirit didn’t include that ugly “patience” word. I don’t have much of it. I want to know right now, this instant what God’s plans for me are. Wanting to be able to plan my own life is more like it. We have to wait on the Lord as Is. 40:31 says. But I must admit I’m not very good at it. It's sort of like waiting for the honey to come out of the jar to go on your sopapillas. Yum! (sorry, Tex-Mex humor) PATIENCE TAKES TOO MUCH...PATIENCE!

Silly I know, but remember…wait on the Lord. He’s always on time!

Ya’ll are the best! -Chris

Milestones

2008-08-26T16:00:00.003-05:00

So, Miss Elizabeth is one month old now. What a milestone! Seems like the first year has so many of them from birth to feeding to rolling over to sitting to walking. It's truly amazing.

Today I saw the son of the pastor of our little church in Chandler, AZ. Steve and I went through high school together. His dad, Don Reed, was a "milestone" person in my life. From time to time I reminisce about the people God has placed in my life along the way. They have impacted my life in such a profound way that it caused me to make some kind of decision or direction change that the Lord ultimately used to get me where I am. These "milestone" people are Mom & Pop who not only took me to church, they went with me. My pastor Don Reed, who saw potential for ministry in me and pointed me to Baylor. My youth minister, Bill Nakahira, who heard the voice for praise God gave me. Ron Bowles, who directed the BRH choir where Diane and I met, who also gave me my first love for Christian music. Buster Pray, my friend from seminary days who started Diane and I on the road to singing Christian music as a full time ministry. Dick Baker, the first Minister of Music at Prestonwood who brought Diane and me to Prestonwood which became our "base church" for over 25 years. I think of Bill Taylor who saw that I was restless as student minister and needed desperately to sing my praise to God. I also think of Robert Sterling, who saw the potential to write songs in me and helped me dig out of the clay the gift that the Lord placed there. And most of all, my sweet Diane who altered and "altared" my life when she agreed to marry me. 30 years she's been on this rollercoaster with me and we're about to go up and down again. She's the very best!

There certainly are more "milestone" people and will be more to come. As I look at Elizabeth, I pray that the Lord will bring those "milestone" people into her life to set her on the incredible journey of following Christ.

Look for those people and bless God for them.

Love you all,

Chris

Gotta Take Your Bath

2008-08-20T15:27:00.002-05:00

For those of you checking in to see if we've been posting new pictures, we finally have some. One as you can see is from Elizabeth's first bath. She doesn't like being cold and naked. Me either for that matter.

There must be a spiritual application! Oh, yeah! Truth is, there are many things in life that are unpleasant and unsettling. Seems like we shouldn't have to go through them. "Lord, I'm trying to be faithful here. What's up with this? Are you mad at me?" No, He's not. Sometimes when we go through the trials of life (and we all face them and will continue to face them) and it stinks and doesn't make sense.

That's when we have to go back to the things that DO make sense, back to the things that we know, the things about the Lord that will never change. He loves me! He created me for a purpose! He wants me to worship Him, acknowledge Him as my soul sustainer and provider. His Word can be believed. His mercy is new every morning. He is sovereign. HE'S IN CONTROL!

You might guess that I'm dealing with these very issues. But I know, HE IS LORD! My task is to trust Him in every situation and even if it's unpleasant and unsettling, it's for my good. Rom. 8:28. Read it again. It is very comforting.

Love you all. Be blessed. We have a Friend in Jesus!

Chris

Uncle Ryan's Here

2008-08-06T09:21:00.007-05:00

We now have our whole Machen Team together. Uncle Ryan flew over from Baylor yesterday to see his niece. He got his first experience at feeding (and burping) a baby. We got a few pics of him and EJ.

We've had a great trip. We'll head back to Plano Friday night. It's been too short and it'll be hard to leave the kids and our little Tar Heel. But it's time for them to be a family on their own. Jen and Stephen are already great parents. And, thankfully, Elizabeth has been a very "easy" baby. Keep them in your prayers. Pray for a church home and new friends.

Love you all.

Chris

Daycation

2008-08-04T21:53:00.011-05:00

Okay, so this is a new word on me. Essentially, it means we had a day to ourselves on this trip. We visited the Biltmore Estate in Asheville. Amazing place. 180,000 acres, a house will 42 bathrooms for a guy, his wife and one child. Lots of parties though. Sort of the Great Gatsby. In fact, I wonder if this is who that F. Scott Fitzgerald had in mind? It was truly a great day. We'll go back to Jen and Stephen's tomorrow. Ryan's coming over too for a few days.

So, here are a few recent pictures. Just to let you know that I don't really think Elizabeth is perfect, I included a picture of her in mid "puke." However, there is one of her and me that is wonderful. Of course, I look like a whale, but she is an angel. Hum...THE ANGEL AND THE WHALE. Sounds like a good idea for a children's book. I'll think about that.

Love you all and thanks for your interest in our boring life!

Chris

One Week Old

2008-08-01T09:55:00.007-05:00

Hey everyone!

Well, miss Elizabeth turned one week old today. She's amazing...of course, what else would you have me say. She's very healthy and strong and already lifting her head and rolling on to her side to sleep. Remarkable! Okay, I'll stop! We're all tired, especially Jennifer. Stephen went back to work yesterday. He's a great dad! I marvel at their strong marriage and maturity. God truly brought them together. Please keep them in your prayers. We're planning on returning Friday. Diane might stay a few more days if Jen needs her. We're having a ball and so glad to have this special time with Jen, Stephen & Elizabeth Joy.

Love you all,

Chris

Elizabeth's Home

2008-07-27T16:08:00.018-05:00

Whoo-Hoo! Elizabeth's home! I won't say much. I'll just let the pictures tell the story. Mom & Baby are doing great! James, Laura, Diane and I are just silly with pride. Thanks for you prayers and love

Love you all,

Chris

More Pics of Elizabeth

2008-07-26T09:09:00.000-05:00

We are having a blast! Here are a couple new pics of Elizabeth, Jen & Stephen. At first sight, we think she looks more like Stephen. Wonder if that will include dimples?

My Little Tar Heel

2008-07-25T15:59:00.000-05:00

So here is Elizabeth Joy Bush, my little Tar Heel-born at University of North Carolina's Children's Hospital. She was born at 3am EST and came in at 7lbs. 15oz. and 20 1/2 in. Every finger and toe in place. They had an anxious moment when her shoulder couldn't make it through, but the doctors and nurses acted very quickly and EJ made it fine. Both She and Jennifer are doing fine. Of course, Jennifer is very tired and sore, but very joyful and happy.

As for Diane and me, we are already hooked. In fact, I'm toast. I've already asked Elizabeth what color of BMW she would like. No answer yet. Seriously, we're so thrilled and thankful to the Lord. He has been gracious to the Bushes and Machens.

Diane and I got word at 3:30pm CST yesterday that Jen was going into labor. Elizabeth ended up being 8 days early, but no problems and very healthy. Anyway, Diane and I had to hustle. We still had painters and sprinkler system guys working at our house. We had to wash clothes, change plane, hotel & car reservations. We weren't planning on going till late next week. We were blessed to be able to adjust our schedule and not be charged any more for tickets. Anyway, I could go on, but I'll shut down for now. I will say, there is nothing like holding your grand child. Everyone was right.

Keep checking back for more pics, if you can stand me being so obnoxious. I know, I know, I'm always obnoxious.

We love you all.

Chris

Surprise Blessings

2008-07-22T11:38:00.000-05:00

Sunday was full of surprise blessings. We had an awesome day of worship at Prestonwood North. We'd done all of the songs before, but there was something different. Diane and I both agreed that it was an anointing from the Holy Spirit. We could all sense it, especially when we sang Mark Bovee's fantastic arrangement of the old Charles Gabriel hymn, I STAND AMAZED IN THE PRESENCE. What a great hymn text. Read it sometime.

We also had an interesting thing happen just as our campus pastor, Marc Rylander, began to preach. A lady fell out with an apparent heart attack. The quick end of the story is that she's fine. EMS came, we had 3 nurses right there to attend and a dentist...we apparently don't have any MDs in our congregation. It was distracting to the congregation. Again, Diane and I talked about it and agreed that there was spiritual warfare going on. And it might have been because our sub guitar player that day, who is a self described agnostic, was sitting there during the preaching of the gospel. The enemy will do anything to veil the message of Jesus. Pray for him. His name is Justin.

The last surprise of the day was getting to go to Gateway Church in Southlake, TX where we enjoyed a worship/concert called The Habitation service. It was lead by Christian music legend, Tim Shepperd. He's been a hero of ours since college. He's actually our age. YOUNG! Anyway, he and his wife, Kelly and their daughter, Jessica, had us over to their beautiful home after the service and we enjoyed some wonderful food and great fellowship. We've known them casually for years, but this was the first time to spend quality time with them. What gracious, humble and joyous servants of the Lord! We were and are really blessed...and suprised.

11 days till, EJB!!!!!

Love you all.

Chris

iPhones & Long Lines

2008-07-16T12:58:00.000-05:00

I went to the Apple Store yesterday to pick something up. When I got there, the line out the door of people waiting for the new 3G iPhone was at least 50 feet long. I have no idea how long the wait was, but I was guessing it was at least an hour.

First, I thought, did these people take a sick day to stand in line? Was the phone that cool? Were they in that big of a need to be the "first kid on the block" to own one?

Then as I walked in to the store past the long line for my non-iPhone purchase, I thought, there is a correlation with prayer and our relationship to our Father in Heaven. We don't have to wait for Him. He's always available, right now, wherever we are. Just walk right up and talk to the Lord...without the need for an iPhone.

If anyone's reading this...have a great day. I'm working on new songs today. The best thing I get to do...besides hang out with my foxy wife...Diane.

Peace out!

Chris

Video Conferencing-Gotta Love It!

2008-07-10T09:08:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone! Last night was fun. we've set up video conferencing with Jen and Stephen. That means we can see Miss Elizabeth Joy when she gets here. Whoo-Hoo!!! Diane and I are really ready for a vacation break. Looks like North Carolina will be our future vacation spot.

Thought for the day: When you get where you're going...there you are!

Chris

Welcome to my world

2008-07-09T09:41:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone. Just thought I'd share some thoughts today. Diane and I are about 3 weeks away from being grandparents. We are so excited except that Stephen and Jen now reside in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Stephen's pursuing his PhD in Bio Informatics. No, I can't explain that! Just know how proud we are of him. Jen's going to be an awesome mom. Their apt is just about set up an is really nice. It will be Elizabeth Joy's first home. We're going over in August at the birth. I'm putty already.

Ryan's in Waco this summer and working at Jamba Juice. I'm so proud of him. He's doing a great job. In fact, they've promoted him to an assistant manager position. He's hoping he can continue to work there next year during school. He's going to be senior at Baylor (Sic 'em Bears!). Hard to believe.

Diane and I are doing well. She's had some back problems so we'd appreciate any and all prayers. I'm still leading worship at Prestonwood Baptist Church's North Campus in Prosper, Texas which is in the far north Dallas area. You can see in the picture our new choir and praise team and the band which we call the Northern Light Worship Band. They are amazing.

Well, that's all for now. Let me hear from you. Oh, we'll be posting lots of baby pictures here. I'm already obnoxious.

God Bless,
Chris