To Glee or not to Glee . . .

I love Glee. I love the music and the quirky characters. I love the fact that when a music number is on, a huge band just appears in the Glee Club practice room. I love the car that Mr. Schuster drives and Sue Sylvester cracks me up every week.



But lately, I have started to miss the Glee that I fell in love with. For me, it started with the Madonna episode. I felt like it was overdone and too much of the focus was on Madonna and not the storyline. I had similar issues with the Lady Gaga episode, but it was just recently that I've questioned whether or not to even continue to watch. The Britney Spears episode was horrible. Nate doesn't usually watch Glee with me, but he happened to be watching this particular episode and I was uncomfortable with him even being in the room. The dances and costumes were so raunchy that I didn't want my husband seeing that. And the message being sent by highlighting the career of Britney Spears wasn't one that I would ever want my girls to get. Really . . . as great as it is that she has come back (somewhat) from her dark days, she is no one to hold up on a pedestal.



And then there was the religion episode. On one level, the whole "grilled cheesus" thing was funny. But when I really sat back and thought about it, the portrayal of my Jesus was simply disgusting. There was no honor or respect for Him and the message sent was one of silliness and disregard. If those writers really knew the Jesus I know, they would have never portrayed Him that way.



Vicki Courtney is a woman who has become a voice for Christian girls and women in society. She is an expert on the culture and calls it like she sees it. She stands up for truth and has been a great resource for me as I think about raising our girls in this culture that all too often degrades women and disrespects our God. She wrote a blog post about this very subject on Glee, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading and found myself agreeing with (sorry to end my sentence with a preposition). Her insight is worth reading. www.vickicourtney.com/2010/10/why-im-quitting-the-glee-club/

Excuses

Over the past week, several people have told me that they are sick of seeing that helicopter on my blog . . . I know, I know . . .I haven't updated in a while.

I actually have so much to update like Matt and Megan Baye's visit, Jacob's baptism, Abby's fall field trip, PLI, our trip to Texas, and some new pictures of Jacob. So why haven't I updated? For starters, I have been pretty sleep deprived for a while. About a month and a half ago, Jacob started sleeping for long stretches of time, like 5-7 hours at a time. We're talking only waking up once a night, and I got used to that. Then after about two or three weeks of that, he went back to waking up every two hours, and I about went over the edge. I was so exhausted, so I called our pediatrician and talked to the nicest nurse ever. She was sure that a growth spurt was the culprit and that if I fed him more during the day (he only nurses--won't go near a bottle), then he would sleep more at night. She was right and he's been sleeping better. But one reason I haven't updated the blog was becuase of my sleep deprivation.

The next excuse is that we took a trip to Texas. Our PLI (Pastoral Leadership Insitute (which rocks)) went to a marriage/health/wellness retreat in Fort Worth, TX. It was awesome! It's so good to recharge and spend time with Nate (and Jacob--no getting around that). After the conference we took a quick trip to Houston to see some old friends. Our time there was so great. Being with our friends, the Lexows, is so refreshing to me. I was so happy to have some time with Chuck and Tamara which included lots of laughing and some really good drinks:) No really, it's just nice to be with good friends who love you no matter what. Speaking of good friends, we got to see the Woltemaths too. We didn't have nearly enough time with them, but we love them just the same.

Of course, our home computer died right before we left, so after we get a new one, I'll post pictures and catch up. Jacob gets cuter every day:) He has the most beautiful smile and has recently discovered his feet, which is adorable. He's such a sweet little boy. I'm so glad God gave him to us. I can't imagine it any other way!

We Live In The Craziest Neighborhood

We are very much enjoying getting to know our new neighbors, but we've come to learn that this neighborhood has a life of its own. Yep, that's a helicopter in the picture, and it's parked on one of our neighbor's front lawns.

We were enjoying a Sunday afternoon last week when Jenna started yelling about a helicopter landing down the street. Of course, we didn't believe her until we saw for ourselves. I guess one of our neighbor's relatives owns this thing and brings it around every once in a while for the kids to look at. It was pretty cool . . . all the kids (which is a zillion of them) got to sit in the helicopter and see it take off and circle the neighborhood in the air. I just don't get it . . . can one just fly their helicopter anywhere they want and park it wherever? Aren't there rules against that? Apparently not!

How Cute Is He?