Ten Things Clay Loves

I was tagged by my dear friend Jade from the Windy City on the Coast to name 10 things that Clay loves... so without further ado....


1. Serving God
When we found out about the job openings here at HLCCC Clay was so exceited. He loves working hard and serving God and His people. We know we are truly blessed to be a part of such a great work.

2. His Family
Clay loves his parents and sibs, my parents and sibs, all of our grandparents, neices and nephews... for example, my sister Julie and her kids were her for their evacucation from Hurrican Ike and while they were here Julie, Halie and I went to see our sister/aunt Johanna while she was in the hospital. Clay volunteered to watch the two little ones. While we were gone, he and his parents took the kids fishing and to watch the deer! They all had so much fun together :)

3. Games
Board/card/domino/video games are a favorite past time of Clay's. Monolopy is his favorite, but he also enjoys Scrabble, Rummikube, Nertz, Tx. Hold Em, 42, and any game on his PS3.

3. FOOTBALL!
Oh my goodness! This guy can tell you the name of anyone who ever did anything if it had something to do with football. He knows all of the schools and their mascots, head coaches names and where the quarterback is from. If there are four football games on TV you can bet we will be watching ALL of them! He flips back and forth and keeps up with the going ons of each team. Not to mention he played in college.

4. Mexican Food
Clay loves mexican food! He would eat it for every meal, if he had the choice. We were having a conversation the other day about how every restaurant in Texas should offer chips and salsa as an appatizer since it is labeled as the state snack!

5. Our Pups
Although it took a bit of begging on my end to get our first dog Jubilee, he had no trouble inviting Chance into our lives (and our small apartment) after he realized how much loving, fun, and fun loving dogs can be!

6. Water sports
Although we don't go out on the lake very much, this past labor day we spent the entire day out on the lake. It was a blast! As I recall, after one adventerous trip around the lake behind a crazy driver clay stated "Gary tried to kill us!!!!..... It was Awesome!!!"

7. Bike riding
This is his newest love... on our days off we have been riding the 7 mile loop in the park.

8. Racquetball
Although we dont get to play much any more, this is still something he enjoys doing.

9. The Dish Room
As a joke our second summer here at HLCCC we made a game out of the dish room to see who was the best/quickest dish washer out of the SMT's. It was this big competition thing and clay loves to be competitive. Well, I should say that he's not competitive, he just likes to win. Although it has been 4 years since then, we still cannot drag him out of there!

10. Hunting
He's got camo that covers him from head to toe, dead down wind scent cover up, and an awesome bow... what more can I say...

I tag Kari, Charity, and Jenny B.

Anonymous Comments??

Now really... can anyone tell me the point of posting an anonymous comment??

1) If you are attempting to be hurtful then do not be a coward and simply sign you name
2) If you are attempting to be helpful then take some pride and simply sign your name

Is this something that Jesus would do? I know that this is such a cliche statement, but really, think about it. If someone post anonmyously, it gives them the freedom to say whatever it is they want to say but with no accountablility.

Ephesians 4: 25Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27and give no opportunity to the devil. 28Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. 29Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

The Bible calls us to have accountability with on another, as brothers and sisters in Christ. To build one another up and speak the truth in LOVE. Love, love, LoVe, lOVE, lOvE. And it all goes back to what our mothers should have modeled to us time and time again... "If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all."