Important Dates!

Important Dates:



Nov. 7th – Honor Roll Assembly-7:45

Nov. 9th – Veteran’s Day Program-8:15

Nov. 15th – Thanksgiving Dinner

Nov. 21st – 23rd – Thanksgiving Break

For FREE!!!

I'm sure I'm just like everyone else in the world in the sense that I love to get stuff for free. My wife, Hannah, jokes with me all the time when someone gives me something....she says "imagine that, you got something for free...again!"

Please don't get the wrong impression of me here....I don't go around asking people if I can have their stuff. For some reason people just like to give me stuff and I have a hard time saying no;-) For instance, we just got back from a trip to Easley to visit my parents. While we were there one of my buddies gave me a used set of Titleist blades....used by a professional I might add. Now, being the avid golfer that I am, I gladly and very thankfully accepted the gift with open arms.

These clubs are probably one of the best freebies I've ever received. The fact that they were used by a professional golfer just adds more icing to the cake! Now, I know I could go into a huge theological illustration on how God gave us the biggest freebie EVER, but I'm not. Although I must give credit to THA MAN......He gave it ALL for us, and paid the way in FULL. Now that's the best "for free" you can get!!!

night night....

-klock

Beautiful

Recently my wife posted something on her blog that blew me away...check it out if you're intriged hannahgray.net....it's titled "beautiful".

As I was reading this post from my wife I was reminded that I still don't do enough for her as her husband. She deserves the VERY best in every area of her life, and I'm going to try my best for the rest of my life trying to make sure she gets it.

Truth is I don't deserve my wife.....she is the most amazing woman I've ever met, and I'm an average husband at best, that's partly why I pray so much.....I'm thanking Jesus for giving her to me!

I love my wife more than I could ever explain.....read her post and you'll understand.

-klock

sweet saturday!

This is the first Saturday I started my new job teaching 4th grade.......I'm going to appreciate the weekends A LOT more these days!

not bad...

So I started teaching in the classroom for the first time this week. I will have to be truthful in the sense that I was worried out of my mind about having my only class, but now that I've been through two days it's not actually as bad as I thought.

I really feel that I'm right where God wants me to be....If I had to choose I would still be teaching PE, but I'm not unhappy teaching 4th grade.

As soon I found out that I was being moved from PE last school year I made my mind up, and told God that I would do whatever He wanted without complaining.....so far I've kept my word, and I truly believe that He is blessing me for doing so.

My class is AWESOME. The kids I have are really well behaved, and I don't really have many discipline problems at all. Usually when you are the new guy in the school they stick you with all the bad kids, but I can honestly say that I love my class.

Funny moment of the day was when one girl from another class asked me if I was married.....I think she was trying to pick me up ;-) I was about to take my tray to the trash when her teacher told me I should let the girl take it for me just to see how she would react. Poor little girl didn't know what to think when I called her over. When she came back to the table all her little friends just giggled and looked over my way.

Not only do I love my class, but I really love my school! Everyone is SO nice, and always seem interested in how I'm doing.....thank you Jesus for placing me in such a great place!

I stress about my job a lot more these days, but to tell you the truth....I'm ok with that.


-Klock

before Sunday thoughts

I would just like to first mention that my bro Matthew has started a blog, and if you're a constant blog reader check him out.......matthewbayliff.blogspot.com ......I love this guy!

Ok, back to my thoughts......Every Saturday night I like to think about what I have done throughout the week. This week has been pretty eventful......here's just some of what I did this week:
-started back working again (at new school)
-started STRESSING about starting school, and teaching in the classroom!
-football practice/scrimmage/Kickoff Classic
-band practice (every thurs night)
-worked A LOT in my classroom, but STILL have a LONG way to go!
-hung out with G and Han in between all the madness.
-cut mine and my neighbor's grass.

Now, did you see anything that mentioned my sharing my faith with anyone/bible study/prayer time???? Let me help you answer that question....NO!!!! I thank God so much ALL the time that he would consider me worthy of the calling that He has placed on my life, bc when the rubber meets the road I SUCK at being one of His children!

If I had to describe myself with one word it would be "inconsistent". I am so bad about skipping days of my quiet time with God, but you know I keep reminding myself that even if I read my bible every day/all day and prayed all the time, I would still be a piece of CRAP not worthy of the blessings that Christ lays upon me. The important thing is that I know I'm a slacker, but what's even better than that is the fact that God loves me no matter what!

Although this doesn't give me the "get out of slack free" card. I need to step up and I thank God that He reminds me of that everyday. God is SO good even when I fail. Have you ever wondered this; What if God treated you like you treat Him?.......that makes me want to get on my face and repent!

What do you think?

-klock

need some prayer please!

If you're one of the few people that actually read this blog I would REALLY appreciate it if you pray for me during the next few weeks.

This year will be my first year teaching in the classroom, and I have A LOT of work to do before my students come back on the 24th. I don't get worked up about much in life, but lately I have been extremely overwhelmed!

There is no doubt in my mind or heart that God won't see me through this school year, but I could DEF use some of my peeps praying me up.

I appreciate EVERY one of you that reads this blog!

-klock

A good day!

Yesterday was awesome! Started out the day with some great worship at The Rock....well actually started out the day setting up for worship @ 5:30.....would love to have you join me! (hint hint..) While I'm talking about set up let me mention that we have some of the BEST volunteers in the world at The Rock! I only handle getting together setup and teardown crews, but let me tell you those guys NEVER drop the ball, without them our church would not happen.

I'm sure these guys, in fact I know, they would love to have a break from time to time from their duties. If you are interested in helping out in one of these areas please feel free to contact me. If you're a morning person, or you just don't want to stay after church, setup is probably best for you. Then on the flip side, if you struggle to roll out of bed before daybreak teardown will suit you best. It would probably be best for you just to leave me a comment rather than email me....I don't keep up with my email very well unless it's my school address.

Ok, back to yesterday. Not only did we have a great time of worship in the am yesterday, but we had the opportunity to see some hardcore peeps show off their love for Christ by being baptized in the Atlantic....it was incredible! I got the priviledge to help out in the water, and let me tell you it was amazing. I saw smiling faces, hugs, and tears of joy.

I will have to say that the only thing I didn't like about yesterday is that we didn't have Katalyst. Props to the ones that showed up at the beach. I LOVE hangin with all those kids, they are all amazing in their own special way. Look for HUGE things to come from this group!

I wrapped up the day with some Nathan's hot dogs fresh off the grill with friends. If you've never had a Nathan's hot dog you are DEF missing out! They are the best.

I'll leave you with my favorite quote from yesterday: "Klock, are you high?"...that was @ 6am....I'm a morning person ;-)

-Klock

random thoughts

- I love having my head shaved!
- being a high school football coach is hard work.
- I look forward to thurs night band prac every week.
- I dread starting school.
- I have the best wife ever;-)
- really want a new tat, but can't afford to get one right now.
- Gray is the cutest kid on the planet...sorry to everyone else with kids, but it's true!
- my house is a wreck right now.
- need another golf outing real soon!
- el cerro has the nicest bathrooms
- I miss my bro back home
- Did I mention I have the best wife ever???
- props to Shaftesbury Glen for winning best course of the year for the Grand Strand!
-my buddy Ben works there
-he's the man!
-his wife's cool too!
- I know he'll prob read this, so.......Ben we need to hang soon my friend.
- First football scrimmage is tomorrow night @Georgetown, come cheer on the Tigers!
- Hope this weekend lasts FOREVER!!!!!
- I need more men to man up and sign up for set up and teardown duties at The Rock.
- worked out today, and realilzed that I'm SOOOO weak!
-depressed bc I'm so weak.
-looking for an electric "open" sign and traffic light for my classroom this year.....hit me up if you know where I can get one, or if you just want to give me one ;-)
- I just realized that the past two nights I've sat on the couch on the computer while my wife sits across from me on her computer.......time for some HOTT dates.
- NOTHING is impossible for God......remember that if you're struggling with making a tough decision........just bc it doesn't seem possible here on earth, doesn't mean God won't hold you up.
- I need to shower before bed, but I don't think I'll make it that far before crashing.
- DO NOT buy a VW Jetta......they SUCK! Although if you're looking for a black 02 turbo hit me up.
- I'm out

klock

FULL potential

Don't you just love those experiences in life when you do something and you instantly know that you just SUCKED?

Well I had one of those experiences this past Sunday at church, and there is a BIG reason behind it. One of my biggest passions in life is leading worship.....I LOVE it, and truly believe that God has given me a gift for leading. Here's the problem. When I don't stay connected to Christ He can't use me like He wants to in this area of my ministry. In other words, I will not reach my FULL potential in Christ.

Lately, I have been a complete slacker with my time with God, and it showed this Sunday. I was singing one of my favorite songs and COMPLETELY lost it on a high part. If you were there I'm REALLY sorry you had to sit through that! Now some will say that it was just too high for me to be singing in the first place.....and it may very well have been, but I also believe that God was trying to tell me something on Sunday. First, that I am a piece of crap without Him....Secondly, I will never fully worship Him if I'm not staying connected to Him during the week like I should.

I made a vow to God Sunday to step up to the plate and stop slacking so much. Join me in prayer that I will stay disciplined and follow through with my promise. There's nothing worse than making a promise to God and not following through with it, in fact He frowns BIG upon that!

If I love God like I say I do then my life and time with Him should show it! Does this have anything to do with you or your life???

Are you reaching your FULL potential?

so it's been a while...

I know that it has been a really long time since I've posted anything, but I have good reasons. First school got out, so I've been really busy spending time away from computers! Then I started working at my good old summer job CRC (conway rental center), and that takes up A LOT of time if we're busy that is.

Last month I turned 26, and that still sounds SOOO OLD to me!!! I love it when people ask you, "so how does it feel to be 26?". I always say, "it feels just like it did every other birthday". I don't really feel like my body is going to crap, and I still have all the energy in the world. I'm not one to let age get me down. I plan on going full speed up until I die. That's why when people ask me what I'm going to do about my tattoos when I'm an old man, I say probably get another to cover up the old ones. Then again my skin is probably going to be pretty saggy, so I prob won't care what ink blobs I have on it!

Today has been a great day so far. I woke up, fed Gray some breakfast, and then watched the little mermaid and cinderella with her and Hannah. Now as I write this I'm sitting on our screened in porch listening to the rain and watching Hannah paint something for our living room.

I think later we are going to head over to a friend of our's store and get some boiled peanuts. Saturday my parents are coming into town, mainly to see Gray, but I look forward to seeing them too! I will have to say that one of my favorite things I get to do when they visit is play some golf with Pops. I enjoy that time together with the old man. Of course I LOVE the short red head that he brings along with him ;-). I couldn't leave her out.

Since I'm trying to catch everyone up on what's been going on I guess I can't leave out the bad news. About three or four weeks ago my mother-in-law got a kitty for their new house. It was a beautiful little white kitty with big blue eyes, and they named her Nahla.....notice I said "it was". Gray absolutely LOVED the kitty. Everytime we went over to their house she just had to play with Nahla, but she just called her kitty! Poor thing ran everytime she saw Gray coming bc she knew she was about to get squeezed to death and drooled all over. Well, this is where the bad news comes in; a couple of days ago I went over to pick up Gray from my inlaw's house, all was well until we started to leave......as we were walking out the door we saw kitty run out from the garage and I didn't think anything else about it....until I heard a pop when I backed out! After I heard the pop I knew exactly what it was.....kitty was no more! I proceeded to back out to see kitty flopping around on the driveway spraying blood everywhere with each hop. I felt horrible, but was relieved that Gray wasn't paying attention. In about five seconds poor little kitty was gone. I quickly called inside and told my mother in law what had happened, she sent out Judson with a black trash bag and I buried the remains. I will say that kitty could have been renamed after the accident.....her new name could have been Hammerhead.

That's about all that's been going on in my life. Maybe now I will keep you more updated.

hello again

What up peeps. I know it's been a while since my last post, but I've just gotten a little out of routine since school's been out.

Yesterday was Father's Day usually a great day for me.....and it was up until I had to see my wife off to Cali until Wednesday! I really love that gal and miss her to death already. Life's just not the same without Mommy in the house, which reminds me I would NEVER want to be a single dad!

Don't get me wrong I LOVE my little girl, but I would never get anything done if I had to watch her 24/7 by myself. For instance right now I really need to cut the grass, but I can't.

Today I had to go to a teacher's academy......it was SOOOOO exciting. Even worse I have to keep going for the rest of the week! Although it is helping me adjust to next year in the classroom, so I should be thankful.

Hannah's coming back Wednesday night, so I'm going to do my best to surprise her with a clean house. I'm pretty sure that she won't read my blog before then, but if you do baby, SURPRISE!

tough times

Don't you just hate those times in your life when you have to try and fight off the tears? Well, today was one of those days for me.

Today was my second to last day at my job. In august I will be teaching at a new school, and in a totally different subject area. I will be going from teaching PE to teaching the 4th grade!

Anyways, at lunch today we had our "end of the year luncheon/celebration". During this celebration I had to sit up in front of everyone in a chair while my principal read a bio about me written by my wife. It was VERY tough sitting there and not crying my eyes out in front of everyone.

You might not understand this, but to me those ladies, and gentlemen (can't forget you Ron and Woodrow!) are like my family. Most of them I would consider my second moms and sisters. So, it was very hard for me to keep it together sitting up there listening to my principal say my goodbyes for me.

I was very glad that my wife included a couple of my blog posts in that bio letter, bc there is NO way I could have said that in front of everyone. I didn't say much during the lunch, not bc I don't care, but bc I literally would have broken down like a baby.

Today was one of the hardest days of my life, and I'm sure that tomorrow will replace it being the last day. If you are reading this and you have worked with me for the past three and a half years please know that I LOVE YOU to death, and I'm VERY thankful to have been a part of your life. I will pray for you all daily, and hope that you do the same for me.

today

Today was a great day. I played 18 holes, ate lunch, and then played another 18! It was perfect weather for some golf. Although, I will have to say that the best part of the day was not the golf....it's going to be when my wife gets home from her weekend girls retreat. I missed her SO much!

Edible Arrangements

Edible Arrangements are the freakin BOMB! Look it up if you've never heard of them.

I received one of these as a gift from one of the parents at my school. I will have to say that it's probably one of the nicest gifts I've ever gotten from a parent. I LOVE fruit and I LOVE chocolate....what a great combination!

There's a wedding shower here at school this afternoon, which means more junk food! It's REALLY hard not to eat junk when you are a teacher.....it's always around!!!!!! Moderation is key ;-)

I told my buddy yesterday that I think all my football and other sports' days are catching up to me. I was getting out of my truck yesterday and all of the sudden my hip just starts hurting, and then after a while my dang ankle starts killing me. I know I'm only 25 years old, but all that abuse on the body can only be good for so long!

The Day so far...

Thoughts on my day:

-The Trestle has great doughnut holes!
-You can always make teachers happy by getting them doughnuts.
-I really enjoy sitting in my office with the lights off.
-Sometimes there is nothing that sounds better than complete silence.
-Having a great week with my 21 devotion.
-God is teaching me A LOT this week....it's amazing what He will tell you when you take the time to actually listen!
-If you don't have a journal you need to get one..........even if you think it's not manly.
-I almost cried this morning watching my kids graduation video.
-I will miss my school SO much!
-Had several prayers answered this week!!!!!!!
-praying for a new friend to come to church this Sunday.
-gotta call this friend to come put gutters up on my house.
-hate thinking about my wife leaving me this weekend for a girls retreat, but will enjoy the time with Gray.
-looking forward to playing in a golf tourny this afternoon!
-about to go pay some bills before heading home.
-I LOVE my church.....even if a lot don't!
-I'm out

Pickin up the Slack!

My wife just recently told me that I was being slack with my blog posting. So, I'm going to try and do my best keeping it up.

Hannah and I have decided that we are completely comfortable in the house we live in now, and realize that we will probably be there for a while. So, we thought that if we aren't going to move into some huge house anytime soon we would dress ours a lil bit.

Here's just a taste of what we would like to do to our house:

-put down hardwood in the den, kitchen, and hallway
-close in our screen porch and hardwood that too
-get gutters
-dig up sod around house, plant it in the back yard, and put flower beds where it used to be.
-get grass to grow in backyard
-form a patio
-cut down two trees
-finish my home gym in garage

Keep in mind these are things that we will HAVE to save for, and likely will take a long time to accomplish, but you get the point. If you are skilled in one of these areas and feel like you want to bless someone PLEASE feel free to contact me!

quote of the weekend

"a back flip! That's not like a front flip, it's the opposite!"

-Kyle Fullwood

think about this.

I read this today and it rocked my world; "...in the context of God's strength, our problems are small indeed." -Francis Chan

I forget sometimes that no matter what is going on in my life that God is SO much bigger/stronger than anything I will ever face. Chan also said that, "worry implies that we don't quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives."

Of course we have to take care of our responsibilites, but what it all boils down to is that we just need to TRUST Him more. Proverbs 3:5-6 So, if you're in a rut look to Him for strength, and if all is going well give Him the credit!

Love the rain!

It was sooooooo hard to get out of bed this morning!!!!