Since everyone (including my mom, apparently) wants me to update my
blog, I'll take the opportunity to respond to a tag from my good friend
Eric in Amsterdam. Sorry it's a few days late, Eric, but at least I'm updating.  Here are the rules of the tag:

1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Write 6 random things about yourself
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post
4. If you're tagged, DO IT and pass on the tag 

So...here goes.

1.
My grandfather was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked.  In fact, he
was arguably the recipient of the first Japanese fire on U.S. soil as a
plane flew above his barracks when he and a buddy were walking to
church.  The Japanese plane fired at my grandfather, bombed a water
tower, then circled back around and helped bomb the harbored ships.

2. 
I love the smell of my son's hair.  This may seem really strange, but
it's true.  As almost a subconscious act, every time I pick him up I
smell his hair. I'm not sure if it's the shampoo we use on him
(doubtful, since I enjoy the smell even if he hasn't had a bath in a
while) or just the fact that he's MY son. I'm sure the day will come
when he will push me away in embarassment, but I'll enjoy it for now.

3. One of my favorite movies growing up was "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure". Enough said.

4.
I have some obsessive personality traits. If I'm doing something at
night (working late, playing video games, reading, etc.) I cannot get
it out of my mind and will often have trouble falling asleep - or my
sleep will be uneasy all night. I seemed to have passed at least a form
of this trait on to Carter.  He becomes absolutely obsessed with
something he likes (usually the vacuum or wii controllers) and will cry
for up to 30 minutes when it's time to put these objects away.

5. 
Some of my summer jobs growing up included: Sales clerk at a Hallmark
store, cart boy at a golf course, trash man/mower at the parks
department, errand boy for an electrician, ground man for a tree
trimming service, and lifeguard at a Myrtle Beach water park.

6. 
I love mountain biking but never-ever go. Northwest Ohio was completely
flat, so I would have to drive at least 90 minutes to enjoy any trails
worthwhile. Now that I'm in a more "hilly" part of the state I haven't
figured out how to work it into my routine.

And here are the six people I tag:

Mark Brewer -
A good friend, but he's always getting on my case for not updating my
blog. Mark and I are on a church plant together, and he asks me the
tough questions I need to be asked in life.

Matt McClure  -
my brother-in-law, close friend, and fellow church planter. Though he's
wasting his life away in the classroom, I'd like to hear his random
facts.  

Bryan Wiles
- a guy I used to be friends with in Bowling Green. Maybe we'll be friends again someday. His last post was from
December of 2006, so maybe this will spark a blog renewal.

Jeff White - another fellow church planter and quite possibly the funniest man I know.   

Well...those are the only 4 I can think of. Maybe one of you guys can include some extra people to tag.