For those of you interested in where Gail and I will be relocating to, here are a few video links to Dry Gulch USA. The vimeo.com links will require you to set up a free Vimeo account - very simple. Hope you enjoy!
Dry Gulch 2009
411 Update
It’s Your Move Update
Christmas Train 2008: NewsOn6 report
ChristmasTrain.com
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
A Glimpse of Dry Gulch USA
July 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Family
Top Ten Actions For The New Year
January 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Family, Financial management, Health, Personal growth, Spiritual growth
Years ago I established the habit of doing a big picture review of major areas of my life. Here’s my Top Ten Actions for the New Year:
Review habits of spending time with God, your spouse, and your children.
Plan to keep your”saw sharpened.” (Stephen Covey made this analogy well known. The idea is to make sure [...]
Tags:annualcreditreport·Family·habits·insurance·New Year·Traditions·vacation
Protecting Your Child From Negative Influences
September 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Family, Parenting
I wrapped up a series yesterday entitled, Raising Godly Parents, with a message about a parent’s responsibility to protect the child from influences contrary to God’s ways. It comes down to establishing boundaries limiting your child’s involvements and exposure to certain activities and people - insulating, not isolating. With proper training and keeping communication lines [...]
Tags:accountability·filtering software·movies·Music·Proverbs 4:23·temptation·TV·TV Guardian·X3Watch·XXXChurch
Making Great Family Vacation Memories
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Family, Travel, Vacations
Just returned this week from an another awesome family vacation; hence, very few blog posts lately. We’re still basking in the afterglow. While vacationing is still on my mind, here are a few recommendations for making your own great family vacation memories.
Name your vacation early on during the planning stages and select a Vacation [...]
Family Vacation Tips: The Vacation Cry
May 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Family, Traditions, Vacations
I’m on vacation; hence, fewer blog posts. Since I’m in the vacation mode, I’ve been thinking of some of the things that have made our family vacations so memorable.
The first thing that comes to mind is The Vacation Cry. Not sure where or how this started but it’s become a nonnegotiable part of the Andersen [...]
Tags:Branson·Family·Silver Dollar City·tradition·vacation·Vacation Cry
Mother’s Day Can’t Be Too Special
May 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Family, Traditions
I bought my wife flowers today for Mother’s Day tomorrow. The cashier asked if they were for Mother’s Day then proceeded to tell me how her dad wouldn’t buy her mother anything on Mother’s Day because she wasn’t his mother. Defending him, she said she thought he had a point. I said maybe, but [...]
Tags:appreciation·dad·husband·mom·Mother's Day·Traditions·wife
The Vacation Countdown Has Begun
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Family, Traditions, Vacations
Actually, the countdown to our family vacation has been going for several months. But this week, the anticipation starting going viral.
Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO has always been our family’s default vacation destination. We’ve been going for close to 25 years so it’s part of our family culture. Now that several of [...]
Tags:Branson·countdown·Family·Silver Dollar City·Traditions·vacation
Praying God’s Word
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Family, Parenting, Spiritual growth
My twin daughters spent the weekend with a daughter of some family friends while the parents were out of town. One of my daughters came down with a bad stomach flu yesterday afternoon. I brought her home and took care of her the rest of the day. Just as I went to bed last night, [...]
Tags:care·comfort·flu·Germaine Copeland·God's Word·healing·prayer·Prayers That Avail Much·Scriptures·WOGCC
Gary Smalley’s Couples Conference: Take Away’s
April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Family, Marriage, Personal growth, Spiritual growth
Our church hosted Gary Smalley’s Couples Conference simulcast today. Keynote speakers were Gary Smalley, Erwin and Kim McManus, Les Parrott, and Henry Cloud. Here are my take-aways:
Guard your heart for from it flow the issues of life - your words, actions, emotions.
If you’re irritated by something your spouse does, it’s most likely a [...]
Tags:Erwin McManus·feeling·Gary Smalley·Henry Cloud·intimacy·judgment·Kim McManus·Les Parrott·Marriage·relationship
