White Water

me at whitewater 2010 showing off my sharpie lightsaber tattoos- don't copy me!

I can't believe White Water is almost here. This is the premier event for 8th graders and it will impact you for the rest of your life. Which leads me to ask, why is camp so impactful? Whether it is summer camp, winter camp, at a facility, run on your own, big church, small church, old, young, whatever, what is it about camp that leads it to changing some aspect of your life? Maybe all the time spent together as a church body? The chance to get away from everyday distractions? The purposefullness of spending time with God while you are there? What is that magic, that camp high that people talk about? Hey I am not knocking camps- they are great, you should go, i am just pondering why we have to encourage people to bring their experience "down the mountain." Every camp has to tell its campers not to let the change they made in their lives, in their hearts stay at camp, but rather to bring it home with them. Why is this something that must be addressed? You would think that we take our other experiences with us and they become part of who we are, why must it be reminded about camp? Do we take camp for granted? I don't know, my coffe is wearing off and so is this philosophical mindset I am in, so I will sign off- but what do you think, I would like to hear?

Where did the time go?

I rememeber adults telling me when I was younger about how quickly time goes by. I am discovering this is a very true phenonemon. I remember when it felt like summers lasted forever ( we used to actually have a full 3 months- just less vacation during the school year) and it seemed to take so long before your next birthday. Time has somehow gotten shorter since then, days definitely aren't as long, whole months can pass by in a blink, and years- wow. This summer has started off at a crazy pace. I am not even surprised that June is almost over, althought I feel like I am still in April. And I know the summer will just continue to go faster and faster. We have so much going on! TNL, LNT, OverNighter, Beach Days, 2 Summer Camps, Allnighter, Weekends- it is an action packed summer!! Really is you aren't coming you are really missing out- come to everything, fill your summer with fun! That picture is me in bygone days when summer really did last forever- like my cute bathing suit!?!

Oldie but goody

Christmas time is here and it always makes me think of my favorite Christmas Movie, "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!" I have talked about it before in my blog but it is great. Not only does it have an awesome soundtrack, but also an awesome message. Anyway, that movie always makes me think of Christmas and just reminds me of all my Christmases. You know, childhood memories and all that excitement you felt, how certain you were that your heard Santa on your roof the previous night. I haven't watched it yet this year, I think I might save it for Christmas Eve, but I have started watching some of the others. So far I have caught Elf, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. I have a few more in my collection that I will bust out if I can't catch them on TV. They often play them so early that I miss them! Sorry but I wasn't looking for Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer on Thanksgiving, it is a Christmas movie! Silliness. Anyway- what is your favorite Christmas movie?

Man oh man.

So I could go through a bunch of lame excuses for not posting since July, but that is exactly what they would be- lame. It's not like nothing has happened, quite a lot actually. Summer camps, work moving, new this new that, I turned 30, house flooded, Thanksgiving and now Christmas on the way, life has felt like a whirlwind. Not only that but I have found a bunch of sweet games and i was thinking, "I should post these on my blog" but then my next thought would always be, "I don't wanna" or "I'll do it later." Which bring us to today, 4 months since my last blog. Sorry. Especially to my 4 followers:) I smile because I know no one really cares but I said i would post so I should be posting so now I frown:(

So I do have a fun little addicting game for you (insert happy face here:) It makes me think of the late 80's when everything turned neon. Enjoy!

Click here to play Flyde

I am so excited!

I know, things have been crazy but I found a little bit 'o happiness the other day, a lil' ray of sunshine, if you will, poked through the cloud of insanity that has been May, moving and camp prep. This beacon of all things wonderful in none other then Sushi Cat: the honeymoon!!! It isn't Sushi Cat 2, it is more like Sushi Cat 1.5. If you haven't played the first Sushi Cat you should, as this continues the story- not that there is much of one beyond the silliness but you can get to it here click here to play the first Sushi Cat

I don't know why I love this little game but I do!!! And this one's little story is more ridiculous than the first. Oh, and the pwer up sushi is way better- I like the ball of yarn one and the super sushi tongue. Don't know what I am talking about- of course not that is why you must play!!!

Click here to play Sushi Cat: the Honeymoon

Moving More

I can't believe our church is finally moving. It feels like it has been on the horizon for so long now that een though it is actually here and even now I am kneeling at my computer, that I quickly set up in a temporary location when I heard our servers and internet it available again, looking at blank walls and just everything in pieces and located in a big uhaul outside. I am feeling a lot of things right now. First off, I am feeling very sweaty- yay (said with much sarcasm). I feel a little sad to leave these buildings behind that I have been working in for 10 years. I feel mostly excited about the new property and getting everything set up. Being over there the last several days has been exciting as things are changing literally overnight. I had brought my camera but we were so crazy I didn't even get a chance to take any pictures. I have some that the church staff took of the new property so that is what I have above. I am sure once I stop driving to this campus and show up for work on the weekend I will start feeling a bit more sentimental. As of right now, I don't know what will become of these buildings but it will be interesting to see. Well gotta run- another uhaul load is ready so I gotta go!

Moving Day

I can't believe it is time to move to our new campus! The last few weeks have been spent cleaning and packing. The junior high room looks so crazy right now! Last weekend was the last one we will spend in our old JH room here on the Melrose campus- a little sad. Actually, I am mostly excited because it will be so cool to finally move into our new facitlity. It has been so long in coming! I was cleaning out things in my office and I had an old pictoral directory of the church from 2000. If you wanted, your family could get a picture taken and it would be in the church "phone book". It was cool and kind of ended up being a little bit like a miny yearbook. Anyway, one of the yearbook type pages was about the relocation project- can you believe it! There was info on there about the tent meeting where the project was explained and those meetings were over on the new property a decade ago!!! When I saw that in there I was just shocked that 10 years later we are just now moving in. It feels like it has been so long in coming, and when i saw that info I realized that it has been a really long time! But it is finally here. I wonder what the next 10 years will bring? Only God knows:)

These pictures are from the last weekend service in the JH room. So see all the pictures check out our junior high page and click on the photo album link.