Happy Halloween

Well, Halloween is upon us. Soon all sorts of ghosts and goblins, super heroes and princess, pirates and ninjas will be hitting the streets, knocking on doors and yelling "Trick or Treat!"

Its neat seeing the kids going door to door again. During the 70's, there was a big scare of poisoned candy and razors in apples. The town I grew up in started providing Halloween Carnivals and Haunted Houses to give kids something else to do. This was all fun but it never was the same. There was something uniquely fun about putting together a costume and for one night be what ever I wanted to be going door to door.

The girls have questions about ghosts and witches and I think this is a good thing. Its an opportunity to teach them about my faith and what the Bible says. I can use Halloween to teach them about evil and keep them innocent of it.

Now, I am all about safety and protecting our kids. My girls will have flashlights. Mom or Dad will be near at hand, and of course, I will be sampling the goodies. Happy Halloween.

The McKeands

When I told my wife, Laura, that I had started a blog, she said, "I hope you write about how wonderful I am." She said that jokingly, but I can tell you, she is best wife a guy could have. She is super smart, beautiful, creative and she puts up with me. God truly blessed me with a wife that is fun and a joy to share my life with. I also have three awesome daughters. They all get there beauty and wit from their Mom.

We all recently went to Crier Creek for a weekend. We had a great time. I chased Claire and Megan around doing different activities, while Laura and Stormie got a chance to reconnect. The girls rode horses and I got wet when the canoe tipped over. The food was great and Sam, the director, did a great job leading some family devotionals. We came back physically exhausted but recharged emotionally and spiritually.

We had the opportunity to think about who we are as a family. Who are the McKeands. We then derived five concepts that we could say are pillars that our family can stand on. We chose Love, Faith, Integrity, Commitment, and Fun, but the foundation is our Lord Jesus Christ. With out Jesus these "pillars" would have nothing to hold them up. You see, we are not perfect. We sometimes loose our tempers, and sometimes we say things that wish we could take back. We do a lot of things we shouldn't, but we believe that Jesus Christ was put to death on a cross for our sins and God raised him from the grave. Through this we have eternal life and we are in a relationship with the Father that allows to go to Him to seek forgiveness. We then can live our life as a family loving each other and those that God puts in our path. We find comfort in tough times because we know we are loved. We can tell the truth in all situations even when it is hard to do so. We will stick together through the good and the bad and have lots of fun along the way. That is who we are. That's the McKeands.

Lets get this thing going

Well, I haven't done much with this sence I started. So I'm thinking I need to commit to at least post something once a month. I've made some changes. I added some detail to my profile and changed the color scheme. If I can find a descent picture, I'll try get that up soon. The name Hunting Games reflects my two main interests, hunting and gaming. I hope to share more about these topics as things move along. I am also very involved with my church and will be posting topics on that, and of course there is my family. With three daughters, there are a lot fun things happening in the McKeand family.

I just got a new gun and will be posting my review soon.