How many of you just said, "what the crap? where?" Gotcha! I am not moving physically, just moving in cyberspace. I had this idea recently about purchasing my domain name, for when I become a televangelist! (totally kidding) Really I thought it would be cool to have a website that I could use for different things, especially showing pictures off of my family for my parents back in Kansas City.
Well I have purchased timsmelcer.com and timsmelcerblog.com. Obviously one will be a website that I can maintain about ministry and family and the other will be my blog. I have switched over to typepad to manage my blog, mainly because I can update my blog straight from my treo. It is so cool and convenient!
I will keep this blog up for people to get the news, but please update your browsers to follow me on my new blog. Next week I am speaking at a camp in Missouri and I will be updating regularly about what God is doing at Tri-State.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Changes...
Sorry I have not been in the blogosphere for a little while...my plate has been full getting ready to go to Junior High Camp this next week. Then on July 11th I leave for Kansas City to speak at Tri-State Camp as well as Joel (the new little blessing!) More on all of these in the future...
Just to give you a heads up there will be some cool changes coming to my blog in the next week or so...so stay tuned for the BIG Announcement!!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Snip Snip
Well Joel just got back from his circumcision. He is going really well, we haven't seen it yet but the doctor said everything went very well.
I was talking with my friend Gary Fowler and we discussed how painful that procedure must be...girls just wouldn't understand! I told him it gave me a whole new respect for those in the Bible that went through circumcision without ANY anesthesia! Gary very wisely said they just bit there lip! I can't prove him wrong, so he must be right...huh Gary?!?!
Well its almost 230 and we are looking forward to a bunch of people stopping by this afternoon after 4PM to see our new addition. If everything continues to go well as it has we should be going home sometime tomorrow!
I was talking with my friend Gary Fowler and we discussed how painful that procedure must be...girls just wouldn't understand! I told him it gave me a whole new respect for those in the Bible that went through circumcision without ANY anesthesia! Gary very wisely said they just bit there lip! I can't prove him wrong, so he must be right...huh Gary?!?!
Well its almost 230 and we are looking forward to a bunch of people stopping by this afternoon after 4PM to see our new addition. If everything continues to go well as it has we should be going home sometime tomorrow!
Kyrsten & Kinsey meet Joel
Jan (my mother-in-law) went to our friend Amy's to pick up the girls yesterday and bring them up to the hospital to meet little brother. Kyrsten did REALLY well, she is 6 and this is her second time around with a little sibling. Kinsey on the other hand was a typical 2 year old. She wanted to do her own thing as well as whatever big sis was doing.
We sat them both down and let them hold Joel (with a little assistance). Here are a couple of great pics that we snapped why they were holding him...dang we make some really cute kids!!!
We sat them both down and let them hold Joel (with a little assistance). Here are a couple of great pics that we snapped why they were holding him...dang we make some really cute kids!!!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
HE IS HERE!
Joel Allen Smelcer was born at 1:31 PM on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. He weighed 6lbs 14oz and is 19 1/2 inches long.
Pictures will come as soon as we get settled into our new room...
Pictures will come as soon as we get settled into our new room...
Progressing Nicely
Well the morning has kind of creped by, but this afternoon things are moving along nicely...and quickly. It took Meg from 9-11am to from 3 to 4 cm, and then at noon she was 5cm, but within 50 minutes she went from 5-7cm.
So it shouldn't be long now...stay tuned!
So it shouldn't be long now...stay tuned!
Today...is the BIG DAY! - Take 2
When we were given the time to come in for the induction they told us to call the hospital an hour early to make sure that everything was ready for us...so we called at 7:30PM and they told us they needed to push us back to 7AM on Wednesday and to call at 6AM.
We arrived at the hospital at 7:15 this morning...they got her hooked up to all th iv's and Dr. Kasten came in between 8:30-8:45 and broke her water and she got her epideral at 9:45. Things are progressing nicely, when we arrived she was still 3 centimeters and they are going to check her at 10:30 to see how she has progressed.
Keep checking back for more updates!
We arrived at the hospital at 7:15 this morning...they got her hooked up to all th iv's and Dr. Kasten came in between 8:30-8:45 and broke her water and she got her epideral at 9:45. Things are progressing nicely, when we arrived she was still 3 centimeters and they are going to check her at 10:30 to see how she has progressed.
Keep checking back for more updates!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Today...is the BIG DAY!
Well the day has FINALLY arrived! Tonight at 8:30PM Meg will go into the hospital and have our little boy! We went to the doctor yesterday and she was 3 centimeters, and the doctor could sense our (mainly my) impatience for the boy to arrive so he scheduled her to go be induced!
Thanks for all the votes on the name, but as you can tell the winner was Joel Allen...so that will the his name! Meg is really excited about it, me not so much, but I can tell Meg really loves it so we will go with it!
Check back for more information and definitely A LOT of pics!
Thanks for all the votes on the name, but as you can tell the winner was Joel Allen...so that will the his name! Meg is really excited about it, me not so much, but I can tell Meg really loves it so we will go with it!
Check back for more information and definitely A LOT of pics!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Daddy Sissy Time
Today Kyrsten and I drove to Rockford, IL to see three of my students graduate from RMC. I love taking trips like this, not only to see what God is doing in the lives of three incredible young people, but I get to spend some awesome time with my daugther Kyrsten. Since she was young we have always called this "Daddy Sissy Time." I can't count on one hand the number of times she said, "we are having daddy sissy time today!"
Once we got to Rockford (5 hours & 45 minutes without a stop...she is a trooper!) we grabbed a bite to eat at our favorite...Qdoba's. Then we checked into our hotel and ran to DQ to get some ice cream. Now we are laying in bed watching the movie RV.
Tomorrow we will go to Rockford First for service and then spend some more time together tomorrow afternoon and evening. It is so awesome making memories with my daughter!! She still remembers our trip last year!
Well back to the movie and memories!
Once we got to Rockford (5 hours & 45 minutes without a stop...she is a trooper!) we grabbed a bite to eat at our favorite...Qdoba's. Then we checked into our hotel and ran to DQ to get some ice cream. Now we are laying in bed watching the movie RV.
Tomorrow we will go to Rockford First for service and then spend some more time together tomorrow afternoon and evening. It is so awesome making memories with my daughter!! She still remembers our trip last year!
Well back to the movie and memories!
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Last Couple of Weeks
Sorry I haven't checked in over th last couple of weeks. Once I got back to work after vacation it was a sprint to get everything done!
The weekend of May 31st was Earthbeat. We went to 2 different park in the Sandusky area to spread mulch, paint, seal blacktop and simply make the parks look better. It went really well! We had around 30 students plus leaders! It is always an incredible feeling as people from the neighborhood drive by and yell "thank you" out of there car windows!
Got through that weekend and then the entire next week was filled with preparing to kick off our Axiom series called, "change: life at the altar," and preparing for our graduate recognition service this past Sunday June 8th! Alot to get done, but everything went well!
This past week has been steady. I have to right 8 messages for the month of July. I go to Tri-State camp in Missouri to speak as well as 2 churches while I am there! I can't wait! It is going to be awesome!
Yesterday was Kyrsten's 6th birthday. It was a really cool day!! Kyrsten and I leave tomorrow to go to the Rockford Master's Commission graduation this weekend. It will be so cool to see my students as well as other great friends in Rockford!
The weekend of May 31st was Earthbeat. We went to 2 different park in the Sandusky area to spread mulch, paint, seal blacktop and simply make the parks look better. It went really well! We had around 30 students plus leaders! It is always an incredible feeling as people from the neighborhood drive by and yell "thank you" out of there car windows!
Got through that weekend and then the entire next week was filled with preparing to kick off our Axiom series called, "change: life at the altar," and preparing for our graduate recognition service this past Sunday June 8th! Alot to get done, but everything went well!
This past week has been steady. I have to right 8 messages for the month of July. I go to Tri-State camp in Missouri to speak as well as 2 churches while I am there! I can't wait! It is going to be awesome!
Yesterday was Kyrsten's 6th birthday. It was a really cool day!! Kyrsten and I leave tomorrow to go to the Rockford Master's Commission graduation this weekend. It will be so cool to see my students as well as other great friends in Rockford!
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