Baby Elijah's coffee desire...

Our little guy already going after goooodd coffee! I am teaching him right! Ha!! More cute photos of our baby boy at: www.toddsplace.net/ElijahSchreiner if you need a little pick me up for your day... I think looking at our baby boy, Elijah, will make you smile. His smile is infectious!!

Having fun with my son....

Todd

Taking more photos...

I am still having fun trying to be a photographer and take artistic photos. I have posted a webpage on my website that has a collection of my favorite "artistic" photos. Please feel free to check them out at --> Todd's Artistic Photos

ENJOY!

Watching the Olympics!!

It is so fun to watch the Olympics! I love it!! I normally do not watch sports on TV (just do not have the time, most of the time), but I do take the time to watch the Olympics. It is different then just watching American basketball or football. I love seeing the world come together and compete (the good competing). I get so much joy in my heart to watch the different representatives from their country compete. There is so much unity! It makes the world and all the cultures seem so near... The Olympics bring the world together and what a blessing to see!!

If you have not seen the opening ceremony of this year's Olympics in Beijing you are missing out. It was amazing!! I think it was amazing and overwhelming and maybe a little bit intimidating. The Chinese people have showed the world they what to welcome new friends and show they have not held back anything to make this Olympics a very special one. Just the amount of people who were involved in the opening ceremony is just awesome! There were 15,000 performers in this year's opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. And we all know that the China has the people to pull off such an amazing performance. If you have not seen the opening go to www.nbcolympics.com/video/index.html (and on the Most Popular video link on the side to view). It is simply AWESOME!

Great movie coming out!

I recommend this new movie coming out in September. It is all about discovering what REAL love is. Love is NOT just a feeling...it is a commitment! I think this will be a great story to watch come to life on the big screen. Check out below to see more about this new movie, Fireproof.

Taking photos...

So recently I was able to get a new camera and I bought a nice digital Kodak camera and I have been having fun learning how to really capture good photos. I went to a park yesterday with my wife and I tried to capture so good pics at dusk time. It was a lot fun to try to adjust the settings and capture the best shot. Check out some of my pics below... I hope to capture more and get better at this.

Check out a website...

HEY... Another great website to check out is: www.comereason.org This is a great website with excellent topics like, Comparing Religions, The Existence of God, Philosophical Questions, Science and the Bible and others. I would encourage (maybe challenge) you to check it out...Come and reason with who God is and how you view God...

Hey everyone...

Well... It has been a little while since I have posted anything. (sorry to all those intense bloggers out there...). So my wife is still pregnant. She is due August 30th. I have felt it has been a long pregnancy. I thought it would go fast, but wow, 40 weeks is a long time (at least when you are waiting for your baby to be born). I just cannot wait to see my new baby boy!!! I cannot wait to hold him, read to him, play with him and just spend time with him. I am WAY excited!! His name is going to be Elijah Luke Schreiner. (the photo is a ultra sound pic of our baby boy at 34 weeks)

We decided on the name Elijah after the prophet Elijah in the Bible. I love the account of Elijah recorded in the Bible in 1 Kings 18-19. The prophet Elijah shows so much confidence in the Lord, but also so much humility and reverent fear for God. Elijah in 1 Kings 18 proves to the Israelites that his God is the only true God by taunting the prophets of Baal. He showed great faith in his God. However, right after that great victory from God, in 1 Kings 19, we see Elijah running away and hiding in a cave, because he is afraid for his life. The Israelites were going to kill him. You would think by then Elijah would not be so afraid for his life, because of what he has seen God do through him...(a great victory over the prophets of Baal and other amazing things through Elijah, like prayed to raise a boy from the dead-1 Kings 17:17-24). However, Elijah still did not think of himself as anything (for he felt that his life would be taken from him because of the things he had done for God). However, Elijah always declared his passion for God - "I have been very zealous for the Lord God almighty" (1 Kings 19:10 & 14).

I also love how God revealed himself to the prophet Elijah in 1 Kings 19. When Elijah was hiding in a cave the Lord passed by Elijah, and it was not in some great and amazing way, but in a gentle whisper. I think of God coming and revealing himself in some great fanfare and amazing declaration, especially to the prophet Elijah. However, God came to Elijah in a gentle whisper, not in some great fanfare. How we now need to listen closely to God and not expect some amazing sign from God, but even in gentle whispers God can come, speak and reveal Himself to us.

I desire for our baby boy, Elijah, to grow up to be a man who is confident in God through Jesus Christ as well as humble in thinking he is nothing without God's protection, provision, and grace in his life. I also, desire for our baby boy to grow up and be a man who listens intently to God and does not think God should reveal himself in big ways, but even in the little things (the whispers) he would see and recognize God in His life.

Will keep you updated on how our baby boy, Elijah, is and growing up in the week, months and years to come... :)

My wife is pregnant!!!

Yes, it is true... My Amy babe is pregnant!! It is amazing. And I am not going to be one of those guys who says, "We are pregnant..." I am not pregnant it is my wife who is pregnant. However, I understand when people say that because the father is just as much a part of it as the mother... But I do have to say that the woman is much more involved with being pregnant then then the man is. Of course I am a part of bringing a child into this world, but I am giving the props to my wife to handle all the changes that a body undergoes by being pregnant. I am committed to my wife to help her through this process, but I probably will not understand completely what she is going through. And I am grateful to my wife in how she is staying strong through it all.

So... again, my wife is pregnant! I am excited! I am not sure yet what it means to be a father yet (I mean in the whole heart sense of it). I think I have a good idea of what it means to be a dad, but I think I need to learn more as well. And I want to be guided by my heavenly Father, God, to guide me into fatherhood. I am trying to allow God to father me more and more and through that I want to learn to be a great father.

A new step in life... And knowing that a life is growing inside my wife is amazing. It is truly a God thing!! Check out the ultra sound below after 7 weeks. We could see the heart heart. Amy is 9 weeks pregnant today...

Web link of the month...

So I just recently was organizing all my web bookmarks in my web browser (using Safari for Mac OS X) and I realize I have a lot of bookmarks! : ) And I think I have lost some of my bookmarks, but I am not sure because I have so many...

Anyways, that means I have lots to share with all of you... (if there is anyone interested out there).

Well... Lee Strobel, author and speaker, has a GREAT website if you like video. A lot of resources on the web are mostly in written form and you have to read it (sometimes they are long reads). And if you are not a reader this could be tiresome. Lee Strobel archives his resources for the public by video. It is really nice. He helps those investigate faith and dig deeper into the person of Jesus Christ. The issues of God's existence, proof of Jesus being God and the reliability of the Bible are some of the issues that are at hand on this website. All for those to sit back and listen and watch the interaction between different professors, scientists and others.

Check it out at, www.leestrobel.com ENJOY and investigate faith! You might be surprised...

My wife, a beautiful dancer!

Ok... I have to tell the world (since I have a blog) that my wife is beautiful!!! I will shout it out and let everyone know... Amy Schreiner is a wonderful and beautiful dancer! I have been blessed these past 9 years to dance along side my babe in LION Players and she has gotten better and better every year. She has such great form and is so strong (just look at the pic above)! I love to dance, but now I really love to dance as long as my beautiful wife is beside me. She makes me look good!!

Amy, has choreographed some of her own dances and WOW they have been awesome... I knew I married a cool chick, but maybe I did not realize it as first... I really did marry a COOL chick! She is a dancer!! And a pretty good one... She wants to tell the world through her dance that God is love and that HE can set people free as Christ has set her free in many ways. If you have not seen her dance I hope you have a chance to... : )

Check out more photos of Amy and I dancing and doing other performing arts stuff with LION Players at: www.toddsplace.net/LionPlayersPhotosPageLinks.htm