Dull Summer

This might just be one of the dullest summers I have hand in over10 years. Not much going on. Here, let me review the past 10 years and why those summers have been very exciting

1997

• One week of Prairie Camp
• Jr. High day trip to Cedar Point(hated roller coasters)
• Jr. High Summer Get-a-way -
  -One day at a water park
  -One day at Kings Island
  -a day at the mall(weird for a youth trip)
• Family vacation to Northern Michigan.
  Activities included:
  -visiting family, family reunion or something
  -Mackinac
  - shopping
  -beaches
  - campfires

1998

• Jr. High Cedar Point day trip
  -started riding roller coasters
• Family vacation to Florida
  -Basic Sarasota stuff
  -Busch Gardens
• Went with a family to Oklahoma to babysit their kids
  -Wasn't best trip I went on
  -Highlight was watching a live musical of Oklahoma outdoors at some place that I don't remember, but it was pretty cool
• Jr. High Summer Get-A-Way
  -day at the Beach water park
  -day at Kings Island(with sounds of the Supertones in the background...weird)
  -day at Cincinnati Zoo

1999

• Jr. High day Cedar Point
• Family vacation to Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  -Dixie Stampede
  -Hike up the mountain trails
• Cornerstone
  -First year at C-Stone
  -Awesome music
  -Stryper or Five Iron Frenzy? Live CD?
  -I even saw Derry Prenkert
• SEMP Chicago '99
  -probably the second best trip I've been on with youth group
  -awesome God changing trip, learned some much
  -Shawn LaRue set off fire alarms(not really)
  -Truffle Shuffle in "negative"???
• Get-A-Way
  -Day at Cinergy Field for one of the worst baseball games I've ever been to, Reds vs. Cards
  -Day at Kings Island
  -Day at the Beach

2000

• SEMP Toronto
  -wasn't as good as Chicago(for me, I didn't get much out of it)
  -still an amazing trip and in the top 5 or 6 from church trips
  -Canada Eh?
• Cornerstone 2000
  -Jeff Simpson? something paper plate?
  -Cowboys or Five Iron Frenzy? Bake beans and cream corn?
• Summer Camp
  -Day at Camp
  -Day at Cedar Point(Millennium Force opens and I'm not so scared of coasters)
  -Day at some Sports City, Go-cart place or something. Unlimited go-carts and mini golf

2001

• IMPACT Peru
  -number one trip I've ever been on!
  -great mission team
  -awesome miracles
  -God changed my life and how I looked at missions and other countries
  -FAITH
  -I love these people
  -dancing for Jesus
  -Healings, including me being healed and then dancing and praising God
• Cornerstone
• Summer Camp
  -Day at Camp
  -Day at Cedar Point
  -Day at Soak City
  -something with a video camera in the middle of the night? I don't know
  -when I got to really get to know Justin Blackwood(big highlight)

2002

• Cornerstone
  -I guess Martin Ufkin was with us
  -final Ghoti Hook show = sad
• Summer Camp
  -Cedar Point
  -Soak City
  -something involving water balloons in middle of the night or something

2003

• Senior Trip Retreat to Cedar Point
• IMPACT Peru
  -probably tied for second greatest trip(with SEMP 99)
  -awesome spiritual changes
  -overcoming a lot of tough challenges
  -Cameron Bradley
  -Justin Blackwood and oreos or something?
• July - Oct. working at Cedar Point
  -hanging out with youth when the came to park
  -making some new friends
  -riding the Magnum XL-200 whenever I wanted(if I wasn't working)

2004

• May - Oct. working again at Cedar Point
  -Fun, new friends
  -one bad thing, Relation with God was at a very low
  

2005

• Cedar Point/Camping over Memorial Day weekend
  -With Nate & Jolyn and my sister
  -MaxAir at Cedar Point
• Help out with summer small group(Freshman guys)
• Summer Camp
  -this time around a leader
  -awesome trip
  -very fun
  -Zombie?
  -Connected to God
  -Disconnected from rubbish
  -awesome small group time

2006

• Cedar Point/Camping with Kevin
  -Locked in T.G.I. Fridays
  -Truckers welcome?
  -SkyHawk
• Cincinnati Trip
  -another trip with Nate, Jolyn, and Kayla
  -Kings Island
  -Cubs vs. Reds
  -camped in small cabin
  -CUBS WIN!!!
• Summer Camp as leader, Round 2
  -Best Summer Camp EVER!!!
  -Millennium Force line in the rain
  -JUMP!!!
• Six Flags Great America
  -guy loses cell phone and it was pretty funny
  -Viper
  -Raging Bull
• Cedar Point again?
  -Meeting up with Pawel, a friend from Poland who worked in 2004
  -Sleeping in a Meijer Parking lot
  -Hanging out with some old friends
  -Something about me and I died on Millennium Force or something

Yeah, there are some fun things this summer such as

• Cedar Point
• Cubs game

But no big trips to look forward to. I was really disappointed about not going to Summer Camp and I guess that's the big difference for this summer. I was really looking forward to it! I just noticed that this will be my first year that I won't be involved somehow with summer camp. When I worked at Cedar Point, I would hang out with the group when the came. It was fun!

So I guess I should just plan trip or something to make this summer more interesting! I need to get out of here for longer than 24 hours. I need a vacation away. Maybe upper Michigan or something. I'll see what I can do!

Yeah...the Cubs are doing AWESOME!!! Man, I should have put some pictures up and made some links or something in this post...but no... I'm just too lazy! Sorry!

bye bye beautiful

I feel the need...

...the need for speed!

First time I went, it wasn't open yet due to the fact that they needed to replace some of the track. It's open now and on Monday, I'll be going back once more to Cedar Point for hopefully my first ride on this thing that they call...MAVERICK!




I can't wait! It should be fun! Lets just hope that the weather doesn't ruin anything and that there aren't any down time due to technical difficulties like all other rides. *cough*Top Thrill Dragster*cough* But seriously, Maveric wills be awesome!!!

but not to forget all other forms of the name "Maverick"...

"Ducks fly together!"

Cue "We are the Champions" by Queen




"Quack, quack, quack!"

A Turn Around?

Friends!

Cubs win!

Go Cubs Go!

But is this a start of a 6 game winning streak or is it just getting their one win of the week out of the way? Good job with the hitting though and the pitching! Very beautiful game! A nice win after a terrible week!

Nice grand slam by DeRosa in the first!

Lets forget about a week of errors! Lets just forget about Big Z and Barrett going at it in the dug out! Lets forget about Lou Piniella kicking dirt at umpires and getting ejected. Lets just have a fun month of baseball! Clean fun! And one more thing, Cubbies...you let me down a lot, but I did not mean what I said before in my last post! I will never become a White Sox fan! NEVER!!! Go CUBS!! Just have fun and show that you are a better team! I'll see you July 1st against the Brewers!(and a win would be nice!)

I don't know what to think anymore...

Chicago Cubs, you are an embarrassment to Chicago, MLB, and to all real bears and bear cubs! I am this close(fingers almost pinched) to wearing a black jersey with some "White" lettering. That's all I have to say! Bye!