wheeewww it's been a LONG time!

I know what you're thinking.....it's been a VERY long time since I've posted anything, and if you actually read this blog I'm sorry!

There has been a lot going on lately in the Lockaby household. The main attraction these days is my boy Crew. Crew was born on August 13, 2010...yes that was Friday the 13, and yes it actually did bring us a little bad luck! After Crew was born he had to stay at McLeod Hospital in Florence bc his little lungs hadn't produced any surfactant (stuff needed to keep lungs open). It was quite a scare in our lives, but God had control the entire time even though we were emotional wrecks! The verse that got me through this time was Exodus 14:14......READ it, it's GOOD!

To this day you would'nt have ever known Crew had trouble with anything at birth. He is growing like a weed on steroids! We were comparing the sizes of he and our daughter the other night, and at 9 months Gray weighed 16 pounds.....now, at not even 3 months Crew weighs 14 pounds!.....I'm thinkin D1 already:)

God has been SO good to me and my family, and especially our church family ( rockc3.com ). In one day, which we labeled "Prove It" day we gave like crazy and raised over $100,000 dollars!!! This was an AMAZING act of God, and not to mention that our goal was $75K....I love it when God decides to show off a little bit!

This offering was only part 1 of our Vision2.0 for our church. I'm hoping and praying hard that we will meet and exceed all the parts to come, so we can start building God's church for The Rock. If you're not currently giving, and you're a member of The Rock, just come to set up with me at 5:30 one Sunday....then you will start giving more often:)

I stopped at thought the other day about how long I've actually been doing this setup thing for church, and I realized that for pretty much five years now I've been getting up at 5:30 EVERY Sunday to setup church FOR FREE......some people would complain about that, and whine that they need a break (cry me a river!)....I say thank you God for allowing me to do your work for your church!

This sparks my hostility towards whining volunteers.....Let me just go ahead and get this off my chest......If you're a volunteer at The Rock, or anywhere else for the matter DON'T EVER COMPLAIN! If you do, keep in mind you signed up for the job....and you probably signed up bc you felt led by God to do so.....now think about this.....if you were led by God to volunteer and now you're complaining bc you need a break....guess who you're complaining to???.......it BLOWS my mind how people complain about not getting a break from volunteering......if you didn't read it already read back in this post.....I've been doing it for 5 YEARS with NO break, do you hear me complaining?.....so you have a full time job and you're tired by the end of the week....REALLY? Try being a elementary teacher all week then getting up at 5:30 on Sunday....which is probably about an hour before you even get there.......We are NOT just volunteers, we are the feet and hands of Christ, doing His work for His church.......when someone starts beating you with a cat of nine tails while you're setting up, then you can complain....but then again Jesus never did....

I think I'll end there:)

Have a good one people!

-klock

It's been a while!!!!!!!!!

I know it's been a LONG time since I've posted on here, so I thought I'd make a reappearance. There's been A LOT going on around the Lockaby estate these days, so much that I don't think I could explain it all with one post!

I'll start will saying thank you to everyone that prayed for our newest addition to the fam, Crew Manning Lockaby 8-13-10. For those of you that don't know, he was born with immature lungs and had to spend a week in the NICU at McCleod hospital in Florence. He's doing GREAT now, and growing like a monster. I feel so sorry for my wife, bc she is pretty much his slave these days due to the fact that he eats about every two hours!

School started back and i'm already wanting a break. Don't get me wrong, my class is great....I just haven't gotten out of "Summer" mode.....I love my school though!

Among the madness of having two kids now, I'm trying a new workout...the "300" workout. Haven't really hit it hard yet bc I'm still in the process of making the 24 inch box that I need for the workout box jumps! I'm pretty excited about it.

This weekend I will be doing something that I've never done before......leading worship at a church in my hometown, Easley, SC! Yep, that's right...My beautiful awesome wife will also be singing alongside me at 5pointfellowship. If you live in the upstate area you should definitely check out 5point! Here's the pastor's blog if you're interested www.deanhermanonline.com

I also got tatted up since my last post! Hello, my name is Kevin and I'm a tattoo addict. Look for more to come...

That's enough for now....

I'm out!

-klock

What's good in the Lockhood!

So far I'm having a great week! Spent last night hanging out with the coolest Mygroup peeps in the world.....that's always fun, and you NEVER know what to expect either.

Tonight I will travel to Loris, SC to watch my wife's vball team scrimmage it up against the lions.

Had a great mini meeting (no pun intended) with JP this morning about worship....I LOVE planning and rocking out with our team! Maybe one day I will give you a detailed description of each band member, so stay tuned.

Many of you may not know, but our church, The Rock, has very few full time staff peeps, so my man JP takes on about four people's jobs himself and never seems to drop the ball!! Props to you my friend, and hopefully soon you'll get some relief.

I can't wait for my first son to get here in August!!! He's already looking out for his dad, bc I'll probably miss the first week of school:-)

Which reminds me, I'm VERY thankful to still have a great job teaching 4th grade with some of the most awesome teachers in the world!.......still don't care to see them for a while though.

I'm always looking and accepting more dudes for setup and teardown for church, so if you're out there and you want to volunteer at The Rock, LET ME KNOW!!!!!

I'm out!

-klock

Holy Junk I forgot!!!!!

I was looking back on some older posts of mine and I realized that I never informed you guys what the gender of my next child is going to be!

Most of you probably already know, but I'll inform you anyways just for those that might have missed the baby memo.

Ready.......................................IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!! and his name will be Crew Manning Lockaby.

There ya go!

-klock

DONE!!!

I am officially done with my first year of teaching in the elementary classroom!

I can honestly say that I had an AMAZING class this year...they ROCKED and worked really hard. I was proud to call myself their teacher. What they didn't realize is that they probably taught me more that I taught them.

I am looking forward to next year's class, but I will NEVER forget my first fourth grade class. If you're reading this and you were in my class just know that you will truly be missed next year and good luck in the 5th grade.....I know you all will do AWESOME!

As for now.......Hello Summer, it's good to see you again!

Keeping up....

I have discovered that if you aren't in the ministry or just REALLY dedicated that it's flippin hard to keep up a blog. To the puny number of you who actually read this blog of mine, I'm sorry for being so slack with updated posts. I'm a school teacher, so give me a break!

Speaking of school, today is my last FULL day of school for this school year...thank you JESUS! I will have to say that the transition from PE to the classroom has been a rather smooth one, but then again when you have an awesome team like I do it's pretty hard not to glide through the year. Here's some random thoughts from my first year in the elementary school classroom:

-I DIDN'T miss having to tie shoes all day every day.
-Most of the time when kids say they feel like they are going to hurl.....THEY ARE!
-I've mastered the art of the copy machine.
-Budget cuts SUCK!
-I absolutely could not have asked for a better first year class.....THEY ROCKED, and I will miss them ALL very much next year.
-The year FLEW by....I'm still trying to figure out where it went....
-My wife is AWESOME. She was VERY helpful to me during all my mental breakdowns, and when I had no clue what to do with some school stuff....THANKS BABE!!!
-Next year I feel like I will be a MUCH better teacher.
-I will ashamedly say that I look forward to decorating my room again next year....don't hate!
-God really answered A LOT of prayer throughout this year. I'm always amazed at how well he takes care of me.
-I will probably value this summer more than any other, and at the end my boy Crew will be here!!!!!!

I'll keep in touch from now on guys.

Peace out!

-klock

Been a while.....

So it's been a while since I've posted anything. It all comes down to me being super busy and neglecting my blog. To my handful of readers, I'm sorry.

Well, to catch you up on things here's where I am:

-I'm almost done with my first year of teaching in the classroom....booyah!!!!
-VERY pumped about what has been going on at The Rock!
-God has been teaching me so much in the last few months, and has been SO good to me and my family.
-Currently, I'm watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition and it's going down in Loris, SC...pretty crazy to watch it happen so close to home!
-I'm DEFINITELY not looking forward to the fact that I will be 27 years old this June..seems so OLD!!!!!
-DEFINITELY looking forward to this summer!
-The fact that I will be the father of not one, but TWO kids in August still really hasn't hit me.
-BTW we find out what we are having this coming Thursday.........would like to have a boy, but I wouldn't mind having another Daddy's girl:-)
-Was glad to see Phil win the Masters today.
-Church softball begins this Thursday night baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm out.

klock