Started my new career as a brewmaster!  I was concerned that I didn’t get the temp right for the yeast to start, but I got up and behold…….foam on top….which means the yeast took and is eating the malt extract.  We’ll be bottling in two weeks and drinking our first brew in six weeks!

Just got back from Goose Lake….about a 2 min. drive from our cabin.  Fished where the Blue River dumps into the Lake…..caught 22 huge rainbows in about 30 minutes….yes, about one per cast.  Unbelievable!

OK….don’t need to preface that I love my wife,etc….did that in previous post.  We are planning on painting the trim on the porch at the cabin.  We both forgot painting clothes, so we went into this thrift store on Main St. in Breckenridge yesterday.  I’m looking for anything that will fit, and can get paint on it.  The conversation goes something like this at the sweatshirt rack:

Kitty: Do you think this would work for paint clothes?

Rowland: Yes, fine…..

Kitty: But does it look good?

Rowland: What difference does it make, you’re going to paint in it!

Kitty: Yeh, but I want to look cute.

you get the picture…………………..

Happy Birthday to my best friend, my confidant, my girlfriend, my prize, my trophy, my helpmate, my accountability, my safe place, my hearthrob, my kid’s mom, my wife……and the most beautiful person I know.  You’re a treasure!

Last night I got to spend a once in a lifetime opportunity with my two boys and with a friend.  It was my first World Series game and it was all I expected.  Even though we lost the game and the series, the atmosphere was incredible!  From Trisha Yearwood, singing the national anthem, the huge flag on the field, the flyover of 4 jets, the fireworks, the great playing and the celebration at the end, all of it was great!  Being there with my boys made me think of the past, when my grandfather would take me 4-5 times every summer on the train from Little Rock to St. Louis to watch the cardinals play.  I hope is something they always remember…I know I will.

Here’s the new Youth Pastor “look” at our church……