Friday, July 25, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Hey, Everyone!
My life for this summer has been full of random happenings to kill boredom.
I used to not have a life, but I still had awesome summers. Now I have awesome summers AND a life!
Summer stories:
Playing Big Base with little cousins of some friends of friends, one of the little boys scored, and ran as fast as he could to his friend, yelling "GIVE ME SOME!" in his coolest, lowest voice. They then gave each other fierce high-fives in the air.
Another time, Dea got one of them out after he had stepped off the base by tagging him with the ball. While people tried to tell the kid he was out, he tried to take the ball from Dea, then knocked it out of her hands, pushed her over, and took off towards home plate.
After Sunday Night Live at Eden and Dale's church, everyone headed to the park to play ultimate. I was on a team with Jon and this over-confident Frisbee player. As we were watching the other two teams play, someone threw a hammer. At camp, lots of people can throw hammers, but people don't very often because they're not accurate, so this was no big deal to me. Some of the girls on my team, however, went "Woah!" The nameless over-confident Frisbee player was quck to educate them.
""Yeah, that's a hammer throw. It's really powerful and highly deceptive;
If you're lucky, maybe you'll see one of those out of me tonight."
I stifled my laughter, and Jon was wishing he had thought of that line first.
...and last, I leave you with a picture of what we did after a Bible study one afternoon, when we ended up at the Keeper of the Plains.
My life for this summer has been full of random happenings to kill boredom.
In this first picture: Dea, me, Tim, and Jon randomly decided to play with a bunch of little kids in a fountain at Riverside Park. We had a blast, even if we were damp and cold for the rest of the evening.
I used to not have a life, but I still had awesome summers. Now I have awesome summers AND a life!Summer stories:
Playing Big Base with little cousins of some friends of friends, one of the little boys scored, and ran as fast as he could to his friend, yelling "GIVE ME SOME!" in his coolest, lowest voice. They then gave each other fierce high-fives in the air.
Another time, Dea got one of them out after he had stepped off the base by tagging him with the ball. While people tried to tell the kid he was out, he tried to take the ball from Dea, then knocked it out of her hands, pushed her over, and took off towards home plate.
After Sunday Night Live at Eden and Dale's church, everyone headed to the park to play ultimate. I was on a team with Jon and this over-confident Frisbee player. As we were watching the other two teams play, someone threw a hammer. At camp, lots of people can throw hammers, but people don't very often because they're not accurate, so this was no big deal to me. Some of the girls on my team, however, went "Woah!" The nameless over-confident Frisbee player was quck to educate them.
""Yeah, that's a hammer throw. It's really powerful and highly deceptive;
If you're lucky, maybe you'll see one of those out of me tonight."
I stifled my laughter, and Jon was wishing he had thought of that line first.
...and last, I leave you with a picture of what we did after a Bible study one afternoon, when we ended up at the Keeper of the Plains.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Georgia Trip
Expectations for this blog post are not high, and I will try my hardest to entertain some.
For those who don't know, Tim paid for the two of us to fly down to Georgia to visit his brother and sister in law, Trey and Beth.
We did have a few adventures, but ultimately, this trip was kind of an experience to learn how to live with people I'm not used to living with. I had my own room, but Tim and I shared a bathroom, toothpaste, and a pack of disposable razors, and after the light blew out in there, Tim's toothbrush. ("Wait a second... this isn't mine!")
Some could say tensions were high...
We spent a lot of time with Tim's sister in law, Beth's family, and it was a lot of fun getting to meet people. For example, the first day, we went to Tim's sister in law's sister's future mother in law's house to swim in her salt-water pool. That night, Beth's parents took us out to eat at a restaurant where they knew the waitress... it wasn't long before I found out that Beth's father knows everyone and their mom. The next morning at Johnny V's breakfast joint (We ate there twice that week), the waitress said "Can I get y'all something else? Ketchup? Mustard?!" At the word "mustard" she pointed at Beth's dad, and they both laughed hard at some inside joke. As a man was leaving the restaurant, they shouted back and fourth a greeting and a joke about purchasing the guy's car. Beth's mom got on him, to which he responded, "What? He's got a pretty toy and he won't sell it to me!" This might be a good time to add that he owns an awesome corvette that he took us for rides in. The thing got to 30 in first gear, but he didn't drive as fast for me as he did for Tim, thinking that girls wouldn't be as interested in the speed of it.
There's so much I could say about the people I met, but I remember now that I am writing to entertain, so... back on track!
Another highlight was the beach!
It was cloudy, but the ocean was warm. It was 4:00 PM when we had lunch, but we were never hungry. There weren't any sea shells, but I did find a live sand dollar!
Beth said "The Griffith boys never grow up!" I realized just how true that is...
For those who don't know, Tim paid for the two of us to fly down to Georgia to visit his brother and sister in law, Trey and Beth.
We did have a few adventures, but ultimately, this trip was kind of an experience to learn how to live with people I'm not used to living with. I had my own room, but Tim and I shared a bathroom, toothpaste, and a pack of disposable razors, and after the light blew out in there, Tim's toothbrush. ("Wait a second... this isn't mine!")
Some could say tensions were high...
We spent a lot of time with Tim's sister in law, Beth's family, and it was a lot of fun getting to meet people. For example, the first day, we went to Tim's sister in law's sister's future mother in law's house to swim in her salt-water pool. That night, Beth's parents took us out to eat at a restaurant where they knew the waitress... it wasn't long before I found out that Beth's father knows everyone and their mom. The next morning at Johnny V's breakfast joint (We ate there twice that week), the waitress said "Can I get y'all something else? Ketchup? Mustard?!" At the word "mustard" she pointed at Beth's dad, and they both laughed hard at some inside joke. As a man was leaving the restaurant, they shouted back and fourth a greeting and a joke about purchasing the guy's car. Beth's mom got on him, to which he responded, "What? He's got a pretty toy and he won't sell it to me!" This might be a good time to add that he owns an awesome corvette that he took us for rides in. The thing got to 30 in first gear, but he didn't drive as fast for me as he did for Tim, thinking that girls wouldn't be as interested in the speed of it.
There's so much I could say about the people I met, but I remember now that I am writing to entertain, so... back on track!Another highlight was the beach!
It was cloudy, but the ocean was warm. It was 4:00 PM when we had lunch, but we were never hungry. There weren't any sea shells, but I did find a live sand dollar!Beth said "The Griffith boys never grow up!" I realized just how true that is...
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