2008

"So How old is He?"

I love this question.  People often ask how old my little boy is, and I am learning that you...

Baby’s First Christmas. Baby’s 23rd “First...

Pretty excited to see Eric Montross on the sideline sporting...

Idolatry is a Pitching Wedge.

Yesterday I played a round of golf.  Heading into hole 15, I needed two strokes to catch the...

Baby Benjamin chillaxin’ with his Great-Nannie Bruce.

Thanks

For creating my wife in such a way that she compliments me so well. For giving us two sets of...

My TV could be diagnosed with a...

The dichotomy between the news and the advertising spots on news shows these days has me...

We can have Thanksgiving now, our Christmas tree is up. I...

The boy all bundled up for the cold. He was such a ham all...

Urgent Prayer

I got an email today (indirectly) from some YWAM missionaries.  Please pray, and spread the word to...

Art as a Bridge, a Weapon, or a Tool?

I am in the midst of preparing for an interactive study of art and spiritual issues that I will be...

why grown men should not be allowed to play with...

The Bigger Story

I’ve had two weeks to process what happened during Blanket Appalachia (other than the Just As...

Sunny California!

There are a few places in America where “weird” has become a value, and a goal.  We...

Swedish Left Party: 'force pastors to perform...

Our Photos

Bible Reading Program for Slackers and...

Fall fun.

lindrum: I like “too close to call” as a new state motto.

Obama and McCain

Fear often helps us reveal our idols.  If I am inordinately afraid, it is often because an idol of...

Outfit number two.  Jack Sparrow.  Seriously, though…...

Little man, sporting the first of his two Halloween outfits....

99.5% of the carrots went somewhere other than the nose....

Just as I am, without one melody.

On Saturday night I had a worship-leading experience that was totally new to me.  We were...

Our blog just broke into the top 1 million blogs worldwide,...

Little man sporting the team colors. I love being a dad.

If you need me, I’ll be sick and tired of campaign...

The first baby food photo shoot. Mmm mashed green peas.

“I came to Cru wanting to lay low and get a cultural credit...”
— Student who came recently to...

Baby’s first snow! Those cushions are blue!

My dad’s labor of love for little Ben. It mods into a...

Little man has his Tar Heel helmet all ready for Halloween....

Dad's Revenge.

Dad, this post is for you. Around 3 AM this morning, I passed a new milestone of life. But I’m...

Skittles, Wedgies, and the Monthly...

I used to pride myself on being a guy who didn’t worry.  I frequently said things like...

I seem to be collecting campus IDs

Digital traffic-cops.

Today I set out to download an ebook.  I was looking to get “The Shack” because I have...

“Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others...”
— Warren Buffet, on why he is...

Do they call this silverware?

I won the card game at staff meeting. Note my blue ribbon!

Mom and Benjamin chillin in the rainforest.

Day with Daddy, or "How I got rice...

There are just some things that didn’t show up in the new daddy brochure.  They warned you...

the politics of Jesus…

People have asked about his scar, so here ya go.  These...

The Economy

Here’s what Fox News, CNN, and NBC are not going to tell you about the economy: It’s...

New Pictures added to BenandJacq.com

Learning to sleep.

We had no idea how good we had it. Before his surgery, Benjamin was sleeping 8 to 10 hours per...

During one of our campus times during fall getaway. Look for...

The largest caterpillar I’ve ever seen. My size 12...

At my mom’s office, she drew a crowd showing off the...

(Worth the) Waiting rooms.

We just got done at Benjamin’s followup appointment, and are excited by a good report! We...

Our dog seems stressed.

My kind of Saturday afternoon. (self portrait)

As I visited the Senate’s website to ask them not to...

How We Can Clean Up A Lot of the Economic...

Out for a walk.

Grandma Brooks with the boy.  What a trooper!

I seriously would have paid 300 bucks for this thing. Note...

Setting up the new seat that hopefully will give us a place...

Rough days.

Little Ben was doing so good there for a while that all we had was good news.  But if you’ve...

This is my favorite.

Got some Harley stickers for the helmet!

For the trip back to Asheville, we wrapped his head. He...

Hanging out. My little man looks 100% better this morning.

Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath – Listen free...

Time to get some stickers for this puppy!

Sweet Helmet Action. He has to wear this helmet for a while...

Other than being a lesson in how not to light a picture,...

GOING HOME!!!

By home, we mean just here in Winston, but it’s a cheaper room to stay in!  We figured that we...

The view of the hospital from the the free parking that is a...

More Good News

The doctor came in just a little bit ago.  The nurse just took out the last tube!!!!  Now if we want...

Moving down the hall...

We just got our marching orders, and we don’t have to move far, just down the hall to B-603. ...

We’ve got eyes open and no crying! The swelling is...

Milestones

We haven’t traveled anywhere, but we sure have passed some significant milestones in the past...

The Benjamins snuggle. Also of note in this photo is the...

Little man had a great night, but when they came in this...

Our sweet boy. Pray for him to keep recovering!

Benjamin cried, so we all cried with him. We’re in the...

Seriously, we should figure out a system that incorporates...

All done!

Well, they said to expect 4 hours, but it only took 2. Benjamin did fine, and the surgeon said the...

The surgery has officially started.

We just heard from the nurse, that the surgery just started. It will be 3-4 hours from right now...

Mom and boy before the surgery.

Prayer request

Blue Cross is currently denying the spring surgery, stating that it is too new or...

Little man preparing for pre-op.

Financial Cuss Words

We just got a phone call from the folks at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, specifically the...

Sleep-Redecorating.

Some people sleep-walk.  Pretty amateur, if you ask me.  I take it to the next level and icorporate...

At the Erwin High football game. Bringing back some...

The latest, as far as we are aware.

Not much LB news (short for Little Ben… our friends Jonny and Sarah have begun calling him LB,...

Worship time at WCU.

Randy is signing up at http://www.fallgetaway08.com. You...

Community.

We have a filter system in place for our blog.  I write some posts without using it, and some posts...

The Short Version.

My friend Mike called me the other day, and said “I went to your blog, but dude, there’s...

They will have a room like this in heaven.

Campaign Season

I love the season right before presidential elections.  I start to get some of the funniest/saddest...

clarification

The surgery was moved up, not because of any problem with the case, but because there was a conflict...

How Benjamin rides in the car.

I wasn’t sure we would get it all out to the car, but...

Shopping with mommy!

Surgery moved.

The surgery is now going to be on the 17th, with pre-op stuff taking place on the 16th. ...

Spring-loaded skull.

We are out of the hospital, and have a date for surgery.  September 24th. Dr. David was very...

Little man had to rock a sweet dew-rag to get a scan of his...

Waiting rooms

We are going to write a how-to guide for waiting rooms, some day. The first tip will be to avoid...

Manual Labor Day.

I just got done operating a John Deere tractor, tilling up the garden at my parents’ house. ...

NCAA 2007 for XBox. Fun times.

Clyde and Jenn are tying a knot today. :)

Enjoying a lazy Saturday afternoon.

Jacqueline has gone to the Goodwill to procure some deals on clothing, little man is asleep in the...

Tar Heels is correctly two words, but we’ll let it...

Better luck next time.

We ended up leaving without getting all the blood they needed, because it would have been too...

Carolina Blue blood

It’s a metaphor, don’t panic. His blood is normal colored, but hard to get to, it turns...

Aaaand… After they stuck him.

Before they stuck him…

Caleb acting a fool on UNCA’s campus. Beautiful day!

In the waiting room at the geneticist. What a cute kid.

This French press, according to the box it came in, is...

…and the back! Benjamins all around!

From the front…

Democratic National Convention (and...

There has been much hullabaloo over Donald Miller closing out a night of the Democratic National...

For the confused...

After talking to some friends on the phone and having to consistently explain the same things over...

The Results are in!

We just heard back from the geneticist with the results of the MRI.  My son has a partial corpus...

The sweet boy taking a drug-induced nap.

All finished!

We are done, on the way home stopping to get pedialyte from the CVS, and listening to the little man...

Me and Ellen are now hanging out. Oh, and there’s also...

Left out...

Turns out they only allow one additional person in the MRI room during the deal (which lasts 30...

Sedated

We went ahead with sedation. He was starting to wake up. Now to the loud room.

Dwayne the nurse

give this man a raise, mission hospital. He is awesome.

pray!

the MRI machine next door is LOUD. We will need a miracle for him to not need sedation. Keep...

The waiting room drama.

“All My Children” is playing on the TV here in radiology waiting, but it has nothing on...

Hello, old friend.