Jake Broeker tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1703470 2010-05-09T20:20:52-07:00 TAKING YOUR NEXT STEP TypePad My daughter - Phone and Soccer, not working, help! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e89288330133ed6e937c970b 2010-05-09T20:20:52-07:00 2010-05-09T20:20:52-07:00 I am trying to teach my daughter to kick a soccerball, but she can't put the phone down. Any hints, please help! Jake Broeker

I am trying to teach my daughter to kick a soccerball, but she can't put the phone down. Any hints, please help!  Karease Soccer 


 http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/05/my-daughter-phone-and-soccer-not-working-help.html Mother's Day-Things Mothers Would Never Say tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e89288330133ed65b405970b 2010-05-08T20:00:00-07:00 2010-05-08T20:00:00-07:00 I felt it appropriate to post a few thoughts about mothers day over the next couple of days. I am so grateful for moms, my mom, my wife - mom's are the best. Anyways, I came across some things a... Jake Broeker

I felt it appropriate to post a few thoughts about mothers day over the next couple of days.  I am so grateful for moms, my mom, my wife - mom's are the best.

Anyways, I came across some things a mother would never say...check them out below.

MOM WOULD NEVER SAY TO HER KIDS

Mother is the first teacher of any child. But the role of mother is much wider than just a teacher. She is the one who makes a child capable to differentiate between good and bad. And she plays her role so naturally that a child has not to attend any formal classroom sessions for this purpose. He/she learns all his lessons during the process of his/her upbringing. However any mom in the world never says the following things to her child… 

Things Mom Would Never Say To Her Kids

  • You should let your hair grow…I would love to make your ponytail!
  • Why don't you miss your school today…there is a match on TV!
  • How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back!
  • Yeah, I feel proud to admit that I too used to skip school a lot!
  • You should just leave all the lights on...it makes the house look more cheery!
  • I have checked your shirt by smelling it…you can wear it. It is good for another week!
  • Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I would be glad to feed and take him for a walk every day!
  • Well, if Sonny’s mom says it's OK, that's good enough for me!
  • I do not have a tissue with me...you just use your sleeve to wipe your running nose!
  • Just do not bother wearing a jacket; honey…the wind-chill is bound to improve!

 http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/05/mothers-daythings-mothers-would-never-say.html Laughing the best medicine...Do you laugh? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e892883301348042ff8a970c 2010-04-30T18:00:00-07:00 2010-04-30T07:12:23-07:00 LAUGH, SMILE, CHUCKLE, GIGGLE!Yes, these are all expressions of being happy. Are these expressions a part of your daily life? Do you put yourself in circumstances that allow you to laugh? Do you help others laugh? What makes you laugh?... Jake Broeker

LAUGH, SMILE, CHUCKLE, GIGGLE!

Yes, these are all expressions of being happy.  Are these expressions a part of your daily life?  Do you put yourself in circumstances that allow you to laugh? Do you help others laugh?  What makes you laugh?  Do you feel healthier after you laugh? Take a moment to read some of my notes and than comment on what makes you laugh or any other thoughts you might have.

Wikipedia says...Laughter is an audible expression or the appearance of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy (laughing on the inside). It may ensue (as a physiological reaction) from jokes, tickling or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation.

We have all heard that laughter is a form of medicine...I learned that a Stanford Medical School study found that after a good laugh, blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tension subside, and leave you in a relaxed state. A guy by the name of Norman Cousins wrote in his book, Anatomy of an Illness, “When you laugh, endorphins, the body’s natural pain-killers, are released.”

So here are my encouragements for you to consider:

  1. Laugh and laugh consistently.
  2. Make time to be with people who laugh.
  3. Think of things that make you laugh and then just laugh about it.
  4. Ask the Lord to give you a joyful spirit, a happy spirit, a grateful spirit.
  5. Take a break and just reflect on the good things of life.
  6. Buy a clean joke book and read it - maybe even memorize a few jokes and than share them with others.  hint:  make sure they are funny enough that people laugh.  I heard that knock knock jokes might not do the job.  Ok I have one for you, if you don't like it, you have to laugh anyways!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Alec!
Alec who?
Alec-tricity. Isn't that a shock.

So do you laugh, if not what prevents you?  If you laugh, than what motivates you to laugh?  Let me know your thoughts.

 

 http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/04/do-you-like-to-laugh.html I have officially converted too.... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e89288330133ecf5216d970b 2010-04-26T00:25:59-07:00 2010-04-26T00:30:17-07:00 I am now an official "maconite", what is this you might ask? Is this even an actual word? Well let me say that I don't really know, but it was the first word that came to my mind...See what happened... Jake Broeker

IMG_0284 I am now an official "maconite", what is this you might ask?  Is this even an actual word?  Well let me say that I don't really know, but it was the first word that came to my mind...See what happened next...

I decided to purchase a mac book; OH MY am I excited and very optimistic to explore a whole new world yet to be uncovered.  This reminds me of my honeymoon with my wife when I decided to go snorkeling at the beach outside of our condo for the first time. Thirty minutes later I came in and with an ecstatic voice I told my wife that I had just experienced a whole new world under the sea.  This is exactly how I feel today, I have found an entire new world!

I was gone last week out of town at a conference, here are the things that happened before, during and after my computer order:

  • Made the order through apple.com and verified that it actually was ordered 20 times.  Do I have a controlling personality, hmmmmmm?
  • Checked the order again a couple of hours later.
  • Ran out of the house when I saw a Fed Ex truck and worked out a plan for the delivery of my computer when I was gone.
  • Called my wife repeatedly and reminded her that my very important package was coming on Thursday and to look for it every five minutes, maybe a bit of an exaggeration, maybe not? 
  • Verified when it arrived that it was in safe hands.  My wife informed me that she was going to check it out and make sure it works...almost had a heart attack....ieeeee.
  • Got home and had tremendous self control while I had a great time with my wife and kiddos.
  • Put the kids to bed and then spent some quality time with my wife.
  • Could not stand it any longer, so asked if I could just begin the process of just opening the box to see my new machine.
  • Took a picture of the packaging box
  • Took a picture of the Apple Box
  • Took a picture of the computer
  • Opened the machine with so much excitement.
  • Decided that it would be good to spend the rest of the night with the 2nd priority of my life after Jesus and that is my wife.
  • What a fun journey.  Next step, setting up a virtual computer using vmfirmware "fusion"...

http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/04/i-have-officially-converted-too.html Bryce Learning to Fly Fish tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e89288330134801941a8970c 2010-04-24T00:07:09-07:00 2010-04-24T00:07:09-07:00 Jake Broeker <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br /><p class="asset asset-video" style="display: block; margin: 0 auto;" align="center"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AVpMucTd8uc&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AVpMucTd8uc&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p><br /> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JakeBroeker/~4/SzWZSQMnWos" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/04/bryce-learning-to-fly-fish.html Random thoughts for a late Friday Night tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e89288330133ecbf16b5970b 2010-04-16T23:34:30-07:00 2010-04-16T23:44:35-07:00 Enjoying my new Chinook radio controlled helicopter. Excited to bring it in the office, but frustrated that I keep crashing it. Makes me appreciate our military, especially the helicopter pilots. Realizing that I am valuing the time with my kiddos... Jake Broeker
  • Enjoying my new Chinook radio controlled helicopter.  Excited to bring it in the office, but frustrated that I keep crashing it.  Makes me appreciate our military, especially the helicopter pilots.
  • Realizing that I am valuing the time with my kiddos more and more each day.  I am preferring hanging with them than doing other things.
  • Wondering if our oldest daughter will be potty trained before our fourth child is born.  I really hope so.  Three children in diapers is hard for the nose, garbage, pocketbook, and the soul.
  • Nine weeks left till our baby Kasen is born.  Getting more excited everyday.  Thinking about what a complete family will be like.
  • Coming to more grips as to how much Jesus loves me.  It is so hard to fathom how much He loves me. I want to grow even more in this understanding.
  • We have a great staff team at Living Water.
  • Excited about the weekend coming up.  2nd message of the Reveal Series.
  • The Mariners have won three games in a row.  They scored double digit runs tonight.
  • Yikes...I am finding all new ways to love my wife, this is way cool!
  • Just plain excited about life!
http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/04/randam-thoughts-for-a-late-friday-night.html I Love My Family tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e892883301347fef12b7970c 2010-04-16T22:51:47-07:00 2010-04-16T22:51:47-07:00 Jake Broeker
http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/04/i-love-my-family.html Bryce trying to use his new roller blades tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e89288330133ec65af1a970b 2010-04-01T21:50:06-07:00 2010-04-01T21:50:06-07:00 Jake Broeker <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"><param name="src" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c61d34a0-1090-4545-ae94-07e2279b02ca.MOV"><param name="qtsrc" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c61d34a0-1090-4545-ae94-07e2279b02ca.MOV"><param name="href" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c61d34a0-1090-4545-ae94-07e2279b02ca.MOV"><param name="autoplay" value="false"><param name="loop" value="false"><param name="controller" value="true"><param name="scale" value="aspect"><param name="width" value="336"><param name="height" value="336"><embed src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c61d34a0-1090-4545-ae94-07e2279b02ca.MOV" qtsrc="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c61d34a0-1090-4545-ae94-07e2279b02ca.MOV" href="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c61d34a0-1090-4545-ae94-07e2279b02ca.MOV" autoplay="false" loop="false" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/" scale="aspect" width="336" height="336"></embed></object> </div></div></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JakeBroeker/~4/fE8CAgxIpW4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/04/bryce-trying-to-use-his-new-roller-blades.html Our baby is now 16 weeks old in the womb - check out the latest developments. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e8928833012876a8a281970c 2010-01-04T21:33:32-08:00 2010-01-04T21:33:32-08:00 I am so amazing at how the Lord is so detailed, complete, and orderly. I read this today from babycenter.com about our child's present growth development and it just blew me away. The Lord is good! Check it out... Your... Jake Broeker

I am so amazing at how the Lord is so detailed, complete, and orderly.  I read this today from babycenter.com about our child's present growth development and it just blew me away.  The Lord is good!  Check it out...

Your baby is geting ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length . Right now, your baby is about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. The legs are much more developed, the head is more erect than it has been, and the eyes have moved closer to the front...

We are so excited to know on February 1st if it will be a boy or girl, what do you think?

 http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/01/our-baby-is-now-16-weeks-old-in-the-womb-check-out-the-latest-developments.html The Super Sky Scraper - 2009 architectural wonder tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553c3e8928833012876a3356b970c 2010-01-03T20:39:09-08:00 2010-01-03T20:39:09-08:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6974104.ece Jake Broeker http://www.jakebroeker.com/jake_broeker/2010/01/the-super-sky-scraper-2009-architectural-wonder.html