PIXAR ROCKS MY FACE!!!

Today was a good day. Not a face exciteing day by any means. But it was still awesome. 

I woke up and went downstairs and began to make certain arangements for Heathers visit in 2 weeks. I am super excited about her coming. I than began to work around the house. I had to move boxes, and clean off the porch. It was a good time. Sometimes just doing labor is good. You just think about stuff so thats what i did today. 

Later my mother and I went to the mall to get a picture i bought in alaska framed. Its such a phat picture. Its actually a painting but its only a print of the original. I couldnt afford the real one. After that we walked arond a little bit and just chilled. Then my mom got a phone call saying that their was someone that made an offer on our house on the lake. I was so excited. It has been stress city owning two houses so im so glad that someone finally wants to buy our other house. 

Tonight my sister and I went to see the Pixar film WALLE. 

It was simply amazing. It held my attention the whole time. It had everything in it. Pixar is such a great film making company. Every time i see their movies it makes me feel like a kid in world where we are suposed to grow up and be mature in. But a pixar movie just takes me back and feel like i can just sit and become completly emersed in a world of imagination, and enjoymment. I was free to let my mind wander and wonder. So thank you pixar for making me feel great. 

Side Note-- In the movie Walle the robot does what he is suposed to do every day. OVER AND OVER AND OVER. But inside he knows that there is more out there. There is some other purpous to life than collecting trash and forming it into little cubes. It just reminded me that we have a purpous, and sometimes we get caught up in the monotony of life. We become complacement and just settle for stuff. Just remember that we have a higher calling, and that we have a purpous to fullfil. 

Captivated (in more ways than one)

Today i started on a new book, Captivating. Its the girls version of Wild at Heart. It is basically a manual to the way a women works. So i sugest everyone read it. Girl of guy. 

I have learned alot in that book and im only at chapter three. God is indeed adventureous and he is indeed a risk taker. We always see God as this mans man up in heaven. Someone who is not afraid to go out and hunt down a wild beast. Certainly God is indeed all of those things. But we forget that he created beauty. Look around. The earth is full  of intracate details. There is beauty everywehre you look. And at the pinicle of beauty there is the "crown of all creation".... The Woman. We forget that God creat man AND women in his image. We see the other side of God when we look at women. careing, compassionate, loving, gental, protective, and wanting a relationship with us. With out women we would have no insight to the full aspect of God. I have to say that i am captivated. I am truly captivated.

That is just something that i read and thought about today while i was reading. So i wanted to share it with all of you readers who read this. God Bless and have a great day. 

Sunglasses don't shoot lasers

OH MY GOSH!!!! What a blog i have instore for you guys. Today was one of the best days summer thus far. So i can not wait to share with all of you who read this. 

I woke up today around 10. I was super tired had a late night the night before. It was all good though because i knew i was going to go to the lake today!!! Phil rolled over to Bryans house and we all hoped in our cars and started our journey over to Holly's house. On the ride down i listened to some epic hardcore music (the devil wears prada, and august burns red). Nothing like some breakdowns and screams to get your day started. We arrived at Holly's house and hoped out of the car and went into the house. 

When we passed through the threshold of the door we were greeted by some amazing people. Daniel, Sarah, Sydney, and Samual Thomas had come to enjoy the day with us. It was so great to see these awesome people. Daniel, and Sarah used to teach us back in highschool and there two kids are just little bundle of joys. After talking for a little bit i noticed that there was a bowl of chips. Half of the plate was lays, and the other half were fritos. Of course i had to grabe some fritos. I mean lays are nothing compared the greatness of the corn chip taste you get with a frito. I knew it was going to be a good day. 

We then enjoyed burgers and hot dogs for lunch. It was a real cook out for once. Not just the fast food resteraunt. We then went outside and threw a little disk around. Samual asked me what the well pump box was. I decided to tell them that ghosts were kept in it. (samual is only 4 1/2 year old). I dont know why i did that but someone did it to me when i was young so i decided to return the favor. Then it was finally boat time. And how i love boat time. We set out to sea on our epic journey. Ok well i mean it wasnt really epic, and it wasnt really a journey but it made it sound awesome. There is only one way to descirbe the weather while we were out on the lake today..... BEAUTIFUL!! We drove around for a little bit and enjoyed the day that God blessed us with. 

 

I went up to see what was going down on the top of the boat. Samual was up there and we proceded to have a disscussion about our sunglasses. I was rocking some Ray Ban Aviotors and Samual had the gull to tell me that my glasses were not as cool as his. He said that his were blue and had silver streaks. And i said mine had a cool vynard vines crokie on it. He said that his were way cooler and that mine will never be as cool as his. So i told him that my sunglasses shoot lasers. So i told him to beat that. Well he simply told me.... "Sunglasses don't shoot lasers!!" (said in a 4 year olds voice with confidence). So i said well mine do. It was one of the best conversations i had in quite a while and it took me straight back to the time when you would battle on the play ground about whos dad was cooler. So thanks Samual for all the memories you brought back to me. 

We then parked the boat and we proceded to jump off the roof. I love jumping off high stuff into water. You feel like superman. We than swam around and chilled out for a good bit in the water. Our water journey came to a close so we proceded back to the dock. We went inside and enjoyed some delcious cheese cake. I was loving it. Then it was time for the Big Finish of the day...... SLIP AND SLIDE!!!!!

Phil brought his slip and slide and i have to say i was quite excited about this event. Phil and I set up the slip and slide. We then began to run water over it and our excitement kept building. I poored some bubbles over my self and had to be the first to go down the slip and slide. I went down and got up and my face looked as if i was a kid on Christmas. Phil, Bryan, Daniel, and Samual all proceded to go down it several times. All of us were having a blast. I think it was the first time samual got to experience a slip and slide. So that opened up a whole new door for him. This one time i decied to see how fast i could go down and how far i could slide off the end. Well i did a pretty good job. I went pretty far in the grass i got cut up pretty bad. In the process it pulled my pants down and every one got to see my butt. But hey it was fun, and everyone thought it was awesome. We then had a compititon to see who could slide up the slip and slide the farthest. Daniel beat us. I guess he had more experienced since he was older than all of us. 

                                               

Our time on the slip and slide came to an end and we went inside and chilled out. We were pretty tired from our awesome day. I had a blast and so many awesome things happened today. So thank you God for the great day. SUMMER 08!!!!!!!

Side note--- After the slip and slide Bryan and I were walking and Bryan stated to talk to me about Samual. He said that kid is having so much fun. He got to ride on top of the boat, and go down a slip and slide for the first time. He was simply on cloud nine. You would have thought that kid was at disney world. It made me think back to when i was a kid and if i was climbing a tree or playing with a water hose iw as happy. So dont forget those times in your life. Because they bring so much joy when you reminisce on them. 

2 gentlemen, and 2 scholers!!

So here is the deal i didnt put a side note in my previous blog because i wanted to dedicate a whole blog to two great people in my life. Philip Varvaris, and Bryan Oakley. Love these two guys. So im just going to take some time to elaborate on these awesome people. 

Bryan oakley is so awesome. He is so determined in everything he does. If he wants to acomplish something he will set his mine to it and certainly get it done. If i never need to talk to him about theology or religion i know i can always ask him for advice. Im so thankful to have him in my life and help me out with stuff. It has been great being room mates with him the past few years. So bryan oakley is the man. 

Philip Varvaris.... What can i say about this kid. We have been in a band together and been friend for a good while now. Phil is such a great person and his family is awesome. They are some of the most Godly people i know. Phil contracted Lyme disease in high school. It has taken energy from him, and it has tried to hold him back for years now. I have seen this kid battle back against it. When he has been down he just fights it off and has had a great attitude about everything. I truly believe Satan has been trying to hold him down because he knows how much impact he can have on peoples lives. Phil is a true warrior and i have so much respect for him.  

Both of these guys have had a great impact on my life. I consider them both to be my brothers and i have been through many hard times, and many good times with them. I am glad to stand beside these guys as my brothers in Christ and face challanges with them. 

Thank you God for both of these amazing men that you have placed in my life. 

Good times, Good times!!!

So yesterday i was still in the great town of Greenville. Baird called me and bryan, her, and I decided to go to the pool. We chilled out for a good bit and i finished my book. We then got in the water and talked. Talked about movies, and books. It was good times. 

After that we went back to the apartment and hung out, and watched VH1 I love the mellinium. It was cool. It goes back and you see all the fads and such that were going on in the world. Later that night Bryan and Whit got invited over to the tennis coaches house for dinner. They asked if i could come and of course the coach said it would be no problem. We went over there and chated for a while. The coach is a good man. He is a little bitter at the world though. Like he is funny but some of the things he says he is just mean. He married this really cool women and i have no clue how he scored her. GA CRAZY.

Dinner came to the end and we got kicked out of their house. And i literally mean that we got kicked out. The coach said "hey, its time to get out." It was funny. We went back to the apartment and just relaxed. It was a good time. 

This morning we woke up early and rolled out of Greenville and headed towords Raleigh. We went to heathers house and chilled out. We went to the pool. Ga it was so good to see that girl. After talking to her over the phone for countless hours it is so satisfying to see her face and get to give her a hug. 

After the pool we went to the mall and i got to see laura, quinn, and sandy. It was awesome getting to see those girls. They are such awesome people. I ate moes for lunch and it was great. Moes has such good burritos. I sugest you go there. After we ate we walked around the mall for the while and acted like goobers. 

Our time in Raleigh came to an end. So we left the mall and headed back to heathers house. I said good bye to heather and it sucked leaving her. I already miss her so much. Bryan and I rolled back to statesville. We ate lasagna for dinner. It was great. Then phil came over and it was man time. We just chilled out and talked. Loved it. 

My week in greenville was great but im glad to be back and be chillin with friends again. 

DO I KNOW YOU???

FRIENDS!!!! Man im so excited these days. God is just great. Today was another chill day. I mean it has been great just being away and not dealing with stress and pressure and other things. I have had a ton of time to just sit and think, and spend time with Jesus. This has been a great time to just get away. Who would have thought that Greenville NC could be a refuge. 

I woke up and just chilled for a lil with whit and bryan. We always have a good convo in the morning. I tried to get some ultimate going but it was just not working out. I got to talk to heather on the phone this morning i usually dont call her until night but it was awesome talking to here because it just made my day better. 

Since no one was down for ultimate i decided to read my book (heather got it for me if you didnt know. I have only said it in every blog since sunday, its called wild at heart if you didnt know that either.) I only have one chapter left i pretty much just beasted that book. But every chapter i read i grow closer to God, and learn alot about my self so it has been awesome. 

After reading my book i got on facebook and did a little stalking. I was looking through my friends and i noticed there was people on there that i never talk to. So i decided to delete them as my friends. I know im such a BA. But hey it is what it is. If i dont know you then get off my friends. Its tuff love, tuff love. 

After that Whit and I went on a search for a bike. It was fun i felt like a little kid walking around wal-mart and target and looking at bikes. We got a few down and rode them around. SO MUCH FUN. People are like ummmmmm sir you cant do that. And then your like get off my case im thinking about buy it. HAHAHAHA. AWESOME. But our search for a bike did not yeild any results. So we did not bring back a shiny new bike. But it was still a good time with Whit. 

We then just watched the College world series. I can honestly say that i think that is the first full baseball game that i have watched on TV. But i enjoyed it. Baseball games are fun to go to with friends because you can just chill and talk. I think of as more of a social thing than a sporting event. But hey thats just me. Then Ryan Eaton came over and we watched Semi Pro. It was decent. I mean when your watching a will ferrel movie you have high expectaions, and it did not satisfy my expectations. But that was my day. GOD BLESS!!

Side Note--- MONEY MONEY MONEY. It can do alot of good but it can do alot of bas as well. Today i was thinking about it for a little bit but if you have too much your too stressed dealing with finances, and if you have to little your too stressed dealing with how to get more. Im not sayinng its bad to have money, or anything. But just keep things in perspective. Greed can consume a person. But if you are able to use money in the right way it can be a powerful tool. 

Sweet Summer

Summer time is just so AWESOME!!! Yesterday we had to move in to our new apartment. So moving stuff is always a pain. But we got all of that stuff done. By the end of everything we were pretty worn out so we just chilled in the apartment for a while. 

After chillin i went over to ECU to be at the young life table for orentation. It was pretty good. I chilled for about an hour then I peaced out and went and played some basketball. It was a good time. I had not played in a good while. So getting out there and running around was a really fun time. I then cam back to the apartment and chilled out some more. If you have not noticed i have been doing alot of chillin as of late. 

Baird came over to the aprtment to check the place out. We found out that she is living like a building away from us. So that was cool. we sat and talked for a little bit. I then sugested that we go to cook out. So of course we did. LOVE THAT PLACE. We then went back over to campus and sat and talked about young life for a good bit. Then i talked to heather on the phone and then went to sleepy land. 

Today i woke up and went to the pool for 4 hours. GA SO AWESOME. Just livin the dream. I read 4 chapters in my new book heather got me (wild at heart). It was great. I tried to get a tan and such. I think i got a little one. but i forgot to put sun screen on my shins so my shins got burnt. 

Tonight i went over the the great sid bradsherds house. We played the great game known as nertz. Im not too good at it. I end up just cheating and stuff. But i still lose everytime. but i just like beign around everyone so it works out. My philosphy at that game is if your not winning cheat and just have fun. HAHA. GREAT TIMES. 

BTW God is awesome. 

Greenville.....

Today i woke up in the amazing town of Greenville North Carolina. Its a great place. But when school is not in session there is not a whole lot to do. 

Whit, Bryan, and I went to covenant church. It was a good time. I got to see the great Sid Bradsherd. Bryan strofman was there as well so it was awesome getting to see those guys. The lesson today was on sex. Which was different but it was good. Im so tired of going to covenant and hearing about money all the time. So it was nice to have a different talk for once. 

After church we went back to copper beech and sat around our table and talked. Jess came over and we talked about various things going on in our lives. We don't have a TV in our apartment right now and its kinda nice. The conversation is always going, and its just fun talking to everyone. We then headed over to the storage unit and got some stuff to move into our apartment. I needed to get my bed sheets and stuff so i didn't have to sleep on just a mattress tonight with no pillows. 

We then headed over to gregs house and his dad cooked us some bomb chinese food. Gregs dad is an awesome cook. I mean he does own the world renowned beef barn. So after eating a great meal we sat down and watched con air. Such a classic guys movie. All about this guy going home to see his girl, and beating people up on the way. And to top it all off he saves the day and his daughter embraces him at the end of the movie. Such a great movie. 

We then came back to the apartment and i read some of my new book i got as a preseant from heather. It is a little book known as Wild At Heart. GAAAA It is SOOOOO GOOD. I have just read two chapters and i loved every second of it. So thanks heather for the awesome preseant. The night is over and im about to make a phone call and go to sleep but today has been great....

GO PIRATES!!!

Side Note-- Jesus was a warrior. Everyone thinks of God as this dude who just went around and played with children all the time. He certainly did that but he was also a warrior at heart and longed for adventure, and danger. 

The Morning Of

SOOOOOOO...... Yesterday i woke up at my good old house in Concord NC. After helping around the house for a little bit i packed up my things, and bryan and i began our journey to the great city of Raleigh NC. I was in a rather good mood because i was going to get to see an amazing band play that night known as the morning of (www.myspace.com/themorningofrock), and i was also going to get to spend some awesome time with Heather Carnahan. 

Bryan and I began our journey with some awesome renditions of old praise hymns in the car. After that we decided to call some people and leave funny messages. Every time bryan and i ride in the car together it is always good conversation and super fun adventures. We continued our journey but when we got to raleigh we had to experience the worst thing ever..... TRAFFIC.  I absolutely hate traffic. We had a GPS with us so i just put in to go on a alternate rout and we completely bypassed all the traffic. IT WAS AWESOME!!!! 

So we arrived at our destination. We roll up and Heather came out to greet us. She was looking beautiful as always. I gave her a big hug and well that was awesome : ).  (emoticons rock).  We chilled for a while and then the great Aaron brooks rolled up. GA it was good to see that kid. We embraced and such. We then sat down and ate an amazing dinner prepared by Mr. Mike. We had a great conversation and laughed alot. 

We then rolled over to the concert. We went a little early and we had to listen to some sucky bands play. But hey it is what it is. We all danced around like goons. It was pretty fun. These girls were totally checking out bryan and aaron it was rather funny. After hearing 6 other bands the Morning Of took the stage. And i am pleased to say that was worth the wait. They were really good. The girl in the band had great vocals and great stage presence. They were just so thankful for us being there and watching them. So that was a great time. 

After the concert we of course hit up the cook out. I mean it was late you got to go to cook out. We then went back to heather's house. Heather and I went on a walk and had some good convo. Bryan went to bed. When Heather and I came back i woke up bryan because he told me too for some reason but i think i just scared him. We found out later that he didn't even know what was going on and was in a daze. 

Today we woke up and began our drive to the great city of Greenville. We arrived and reunited with the great Whit Whitwell. I have to say that is was so good to see him. I mean he is awesome. I love just talking to him because he gets so excited about stuff, and is so passionate about things. It reminds me that life is great and to be thankful for what you have. Because Whit is so happy all the time and so full of joy. So that just brightened up my day. 

We got our keys to Copper Beech and we came in to see our new home. IT IS BALLER!!!! We reunited with jess, amanda, and ashley. It was good to see them. They our new neighbors so it was fun to joke around with them. Later in the day i went on a run around ECU. It was a great time. I saw college hill, and i said to my self. IM GOING TO OWN THIS HILL. So i did. hahaha. I am now back at my apartment and chillin. Im probably going to go chill with jess, amanda, and ashley and then probably go read wild at heart. Heather bought it for me. So i am excited to start that. 

Side Note- Be happy. God is so good. Dont spend time being sad. There is so much to be thankful for and so much that makes us happy. So dont dwell on things that make you sad. Dwell on what makes you happy, and what you have been blessed with. 

THE MONSTER!!!

Whats up team!!! 

Today i woke up to a list of stuff that i had to get accomplished. Since we moved it has been pretty stressful around the house. So my dad yelled at my mom about something and then i got yelled at and it was just not a good time. So i got up and proceeded to work on this list i had to accomplish. At sometime i knew i had to call copper beech about stupid apartment crap. So i called them and they gave me some problems about paying my rent, but after some talking we finally reached an agreement and it all worked out. 

After dealing with copper beech my sister and I proceeded to work on the lists of work we got for the day. We got alot of stuff done so that was good. It made my parents happy and that was good. I cooked dinner for everyone and it was fantastic. I made enchiladas and i have to say i did a pretty good job. I love cooking food. I love food in general but it is so much better when you prepare it yourself. You feel so much more accomplished after words. 

After eating dinner bryan, kevin, and I went over to the mall and walked around for a little bit. We went into books a million and looked at some cool books. I mean what else are you going to do in a book store. 

After words we proceeded over to the great place known as cookout. One of the greatest things on earth. I wanted to get two coke floats. But i did not want to carry two separate cups. So i walked up to the window and i explained my predicament to them. I made the suggestion that i pay for two and they just put it in one big cup for me. After the person checked with the manager for top level clearance on the situation she came back and confirmed that it was a go. I decided to call the creation the MONSTER!!! They thought it was a good name at the cook out and said that next time i come they will know what i am talking about. So i created an awesome drink at the concord cook out. I know be jealous. 

Anyway that pretty much sums up my day. It was stressful at times. But the creation of the monster made it all so worth it. 

So hey!!! I just wanted to give a quick shout out too two avid readers of my blog.... Jennifer and Bartley Cook. Yeah heather told me that you guys read my blogs so i wanted to give you a shout out. From what heather tells me you are awesome people, and i cant wait to meet you. Hopefully it will happen sooner than later. congratulations on the new bundle of joy that will be coming into your life in a couple of months. 

Side Note-- Pick up your cross and cary your load. Im not trying to call people out or anything. But sometimes we forget that we do have a burden as Christians, and it is responsible for us to carry our load. We should not become complacent and comfortable. We need to take risks and stand out. So pick up your cross and cary it. 

Kevin, Phil, Bryan, Carolena, and Brad

What is up my dear friends. It is my favorite time of day (other than when i get to eat)..... BLOG TIME!!!!

So yesterday Kevin, Phil, and Bryan cam over for a great time. Bryan, and Kevin are working at a tennis camp and they are staying at my house. Phil came over to just chill out. I cooked this pasta dish for all of us to enjoy that night. It was yummy. Then after that we decided to play a great game known as sequence. Kevin and I won 11 games in a row. We are pretty beast. There was just no stopping us. We pretty much are the number one sequence team in the world. 

After that Bryan and Kevin went to bed, and phil and i went up stairs and watched a movie known as American Dreamz. It is a satire about american idol, and america in general. Its pretty funny. After that Phil went to sleepy land and i made a phone call to heather and then went to sleepy land as well. 

This morning i woke up and went downstairs and rocked out to the across the universe sound track. It was pretty fun. Phil, and I then went out on the lake with Phil's brother in law. We went wake boarding. Well i tried but it hurt my forearms. I could not hold on to the rope anymore. So i just gave up. We then did some awesome tubing action. It was super fun. I love tubes. They always make me smile. We had a great time and a good discussion. 

After the lake phil and i headed back to concord to eat some dinner. We played some more sequence. Kevin and I did not dominate as much as we did the night before. But it was still fun times. Then we went upstairs and chilled and watched some TV. This cheesy magic show came on and Kevin and I could not stop laughing. This guy appeared out of this box and there was cheesy smoke and green lights going on. IT WAS CRAZY!!! Carolena and her friend brad chilled for a while. We played guitar hero and i love guitar hero. Its kinda my life. 

Anyway i love chillin with these guys. They always make me laugh. It is such a good time. We can just sit and laugh about non-sense for a while. It is fun times. 

Well I'm out. I love you guys. REPRESENT. 

People Watching!!

What is up friends!!!! 

So today i woke up at the bright and early time of 6:30 in the AM. Yeah not the most fun thing to do. We got off the ship in Vancouver Canada. We rode the bus to the airport. I have never really seen much of Vancouver, but it was a pretty phat city. While we were driving i saw a cirque de sole tent. It was PHAT. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to go see a show sometime. we got on the plane and began our journey back to the great state of North Carolina. 

We landed in Denver and we have a 4 hour layover. Its all good since i have free internet and can sit on my MAC and Blog. HAHAHAHA That sounds so much like I'm an aspiring writer. There is not a ton to do in airports. Sometimes i just lay down in the middle of the floor and take naps. its always a fun time. But another great activity to do in a airport is people watch. You see people from all over the united states. So it is pretty fun times. I always have a fun time trying to find EMO people. Some of them just make me laugh, and some of them look pretty hardcore. There was this girl with a pretty awesome Tattoo. So that was something cool to see. 

BUT .... The best thing to watch ever in the airport is people that are running to their gates. It is so funny to see people try to do like the half walk/ run. Lets just face it people there is no cool way to run to your airport gate. But its funny to watch people to try and make it cool. Also it is fun to see dads trying to hurry up their wives and two kids with all there roller carry ons dragging behind. Anyway I'm sure if anyone has spent time in a airport you know what I'm talking about. 

Well life is good and i cant complain once again. Spending time with my family all week was great. I mean sometimes we got sick of each other but its all good. Family is great. 

Once again i just want to give a shout out to daniel, and sarah thomas i love those guys. I  read  a comment from sarah and it made me really happy. SO GO THOMAS'S!!!  or how ever you spell it. (sorry sarah i was never good at english)

Side Note--- Friends Friends Friends. Surround yourself with great people because it will make you great.  If your friends challenge you and you challenge them then you will both grow in your walk with God, and in other things. And plus friends are just awesome. 

My great Alaskan adventure!!!

Well it is nearing the end of my cruise, and i have some extra internet left, and some free time so i thought i would blog my trip. So here we go!!!!

We flew into Alaska on monday june 9th. It was a nice change of scenery. You looked out of the airport and you saw snow covered mountains. We took a hour long drive to get to our cruise ship. We got on the ship around 10 at night, and we were pretty tired from traveling all day. So we ate dinner and went to sleep. 

The next day was just a day at sea. So i pretty much just spent the day chillin. I worked out a little and read the Bible some. It was good times. The next day we were in college fiord. It is just bay with glaciers and all this awesome scenery. At night we chilled and ate dinner. After dinner we went to see a show with our friend Laurie in it. She is one of the main singers on the ship so it was cool to see her perform. After that i went to sleepy land. 

On wednesday we were in glacier bay. It is pretty much like it sounds. Its a bay with glaciers in it. It was super beautiful. Then after seeing the wonderful scenery we went to eat dinner once again, and saw another show. 

On thursday we were in Skagway Alaska.  It is a town with a population of 800 people. So it was nice and small. I went into town and walked around for a while by  myself. It was pretty nice. I then went a little hike and found this waterfall that someone told me about. I sat down by it and had some amazing time with Jesus. It reminded me to not take the earth for granted. God has blessed us with so much and sometimes we just over look it. 

We then went to the capital of Alaska the next day, Juno.  I love it there. It reminds me of a mini san francisco. I walked around town with my sister and my mom. We went into this art gallery and i bought a piece for my room. I love art and this is my first piece so i was pretty excited about it. It was some old school alaska native art. Should look cool in my room. I got to talk to heather on the phone that day so it made me happy. I Love talking to that girl. She just always makes me smile and laugh. 

We then went to ketchikan the next day. My father, sister and i went on this awesome zip line course. It was so phat. The longest zip was 700 something feet. We got up to 35 mph. Pretty BALLIN!!! I then walked through town once again. It was good times. 

today is the last day on the ship. It sucks leaving such a beautiful place. But I'm ready to get back and see all of my friends. Im heading to Greenville on the 21st. so I'm pretty hyped. But on the 20th im going to go check out a little concert in raleigh, and see some one special!! But the cruise was awesome and i had a great time. 

Side Note-- dont take stuff for granted. God has blessed us with so much. We tend to over look things sometimes. If we just take time to slow down and look around we will see Gods beauty in everything. He is such an amazing God and his creation show how amazing he is. So sometimes just slow down and look around and see what a great place we live in. 

Time to pack

Today i woke up at around 11. My father came up and got me up. He is super excited because we are leaving to go to Alaska tomorrow. Probably one of his favorite places in the world. 

After waking up and taking a shower i started to gather the cloths i want to take with me on my trip and took them downstairs to wash, and iron.  I enjoy ironing my cloths. I feel like I'm so responsible or something. Like I'm really doing stuff on my own. I dont know sounds kinda stupid. But thats how it makes me feel so i just wanted to say that. I got everything packed in my suite case and then I sat down and took a little break from packing. 

After a while i felt the sudden urge to play some drums.  I went upstairs and played for a while. It was a great time. Then i decided to go get my Ipod and play to some of the old worship songs we used to play in chapel. I played how great is our God, give us clean hands, show me your glory, oh praise him, my glorious, he reigns, and holy is the Lord. It took me straight back to high school praise band. It was awesome. Those songs will always have a special place in my heart because i loved playing with phil, john, and jason. It was great times. Even though no one really sang any of the songs it was still a great time. 

After playing my drums for a little bit i decided to go on a run. I ran around 2 miles. It was great. I came back and took a shower and chilled and watched an episode of Flight of the Conchords. It was so funny. If you enjoy dry humor i highly recommend this TV show. its and HBO series so you would probably have to rent it from blockbuster, but its worth it. 

Now I'm just chillin and watching the NBA finals.  Im about to call heather in a little bit, and i cant wait to do that. I love talking to that girl. Its just awesome. 

Side Note-- Set Goals!!!! I went on a run today and it was too the club house and back. Its around 2 miles. At the beginning of the summer i wanted to be able to run to my clubhouse and back by the end of the summer. I never ran much so i began to run everyday. It is not even july yet and i have already accomplished my goal. If you set goals and set out to achieve them you will be surprised how quickly you can can accomplish them. so i challenge you to set goals in your personal life, in your work outs, and in your spiritual life. Its a great way to get things accomplished, and can be very rewarding!!

Yeah im a bum, so what!!!

Well i woke up today at around 9.  My grandmother was leaving to go to Florida so i wanted to say good bye to her. After i said good bye i went back up stairs and went back to sleep. lol. 

So then i woke back up at around 12. Yeah I'm a bum. My sister, katie and I went downstairs and made some breakfast. And by breakfast i mean pizza rolls. If you read my blog everyone knows that i love pizza rolls. So while we ate our pizza rolls we watched Little Miss Sunshine. Its so funny. I love it. It has great filming and the plot and everything is just awesome. If you have never seen it i suggest you go see it. 

After that i just went upstairs and played drums for a while. After that i watched some more TV. I then i decided i needed to be active. So i went outside and went on a run. WHEW!!!! IT WAS HOT!! I dont know if anyone noticed but we are experiencing a heat wave. So after my run i just sat there for a while and recuperated. I then went back upstairs and watched some more TV. Holly called me and told me she was going to come over and chill. 

Holly came over and we watched various movies that were showing on HBO. It was a good time. We just chilled and talked and laughed at stuff on our computers. After that i went over and saw jamie jordan. She was in concord for the night so i went and talked to her for an hour. It was good to catch up and talk about random basketball stuff. 

Just wanted to give a shout out to Sarah Thomas. She is an awesome person and i love her. I always had a great time in her class. I was always goofing off and acting like a goon. But it was so fun.  Sarah is a great person and i will always remember her and how awesome she was. 

Side Note-- Since i bummed around all day i dont have anything really. I mean God is good all the time. So i cant really complain. GO JESUS

The best day and a half of my summer vacation!!!

Well I'm not going to lie. Im pretty excited about writing this blog!!!!

So yesterday i woke up in Statesville at Bryan's house. I took a shower and got dressed and went to get in my car. I drove over to the Russell Stovers store to pick up some goodies for Heather's mommy. I grabbed some food at micky d's and then began my journey over to Heather's house. The drive seemed long for some reason. It was only 2 hours and 15 minutes but i think it seemed longer because i was so excited to get to Heather's house.  I get into Raleigh and called Heather to get directions to her house. 

I arrived in front of Heather's house and there she was too great me. She came down to my car and i gave her a big hug. Not going to lie it felt good to finally give her a hug and hold her for once. (sorry for anyone who thinks thats cheezy or anything but it is what it is) After that it was time to meet Mrs Carnahan.  I walked in with my chocolate gifts in hand and introduced myself. I gave her the presents and she gave me a big hug. After that we chatted for a little bit and laughed alot. it was a good time. 

After that Heather and I went to the park. We got on the swing set and swung for a little bit. Then we both realized that it was 1312231 degrees out so we decided it was time to go to the mall.  We rolled over to the mall and i saw a best buy. Of course i had to go inside. I picked up the across the universe sound track. One word ---PHAT!!!! After that we proceeded over to the mall. We walked around for a little and then decided to get chick fil a. It was yummy, always is. Then we walked around some more and i spotted a build a bear. I asked Heather if she ever done one. She said no so i said well we need to go make one. We went in there and after some arguing over which bear to build Heather picked one. So we started to build. Heather did the build a bear dance and kissed the heart and sealed it with a kiss. It was pretty freaking funny. The guy who helped us was really cheesy. but it was funny. Then it was time to name it. Heather asked me if patches was cool. And i said that is a freaking awesome name. So Patches became our new friend.  After the mall we rolled back to the Carnahan estate. 

When we got back we decided it was time to do our devotional together. It was awesome. Its so cool to be able to talk about God and share about him with Heather. Its one of my favorite things that about heather and I.  After the devotional and time with Jesus we went downstairs and waited for Mr. Carnahan to come home. I have never been so nervous in my life. He walked in and i introduced my self. I gave him so nascar goodies. And i think i won him over with that. So after the initial meet i feel like things went good. So that was awesome, and i was glad i got that behind me. 

After chatting to the pops for a lil we needed to get ready for dinner.  I took a shower got dressed and walked downstairs and chilled at the table for a little bit.  Then Heather came down stairs. She was rocking some sick skinny jeans, and gold flats, and a nice top to go with it. Bottom line...... She was looking gorgeous. We rolled out to olive garden and got a table.  We sat down and goofed off.  We both ordered and ate our delicious food. After dinner we went back to the house and ate some cheese cake and chilled with the parents by a fire. It was a good time. We went up stairs after the fire and watched TV. We decided it was time to watch billy madison so heather found the old school VHS tape and we popped it in. Only to discover that it was taped over. We both were pretty upset about it. So we said well we need to go rent it. We went over to blockbuster and on the way we sang to hey jude and i must say we sounded just like the beatles. We got the movie and went back and watched it. IT WAS HILARIOUS!!! Love that movie, it never disappoints. 

After the movie heather and i went on a walk. Towards the end of our walk we decided to bust out like we were in a musical so we started jumping on stuff and doing random dance moves in the street. Yeah we were so good we could be a Broadway. After the walk we got on our computers in heather's drive way and stole internet from the neighbors. So that was a good time. Then after that heather and i just chilled in the drive way and talked for a good while. It was a great time. I just love talking to that girl so much. It was about 2 am and we decided it was time for bed. 

I woke up this morning at the bright and early time of 9:30. Heather came and woke me up so it wasn't as bad as just waking up on my own. We went downstairs and enjoyed some pancakes. After that we chilled a bumed out for a little bit. Then it was POOL TIME!!! i love the pool.  So we went to the pool and swam around and acted like mermaids and such. yeah we are goons. We got a little hungry so then it was time for a cook out run. I think this is like the 5th day in  a row i have had cook out. After we ate and chatted for a good while we went back to the pool. it was around 3 and i had to leave. It was a sad time.  I packed my things up and said thank you for the hospitality. Heather walked me to my car and i gave her a big hug goodbye. It was sad parting ways after an amazing day together.  I drove back home and chilled with some friends on the lake. But my time with Heather was the highlight of my summer so far. 

Side Note-- Let God into your life. It is so hard to drop your guard and let God control things, and give things to Jesus. It took me the longest time to do it. But i finally did and i have not been happier since.  I am so much closer to Jesus than i have ever been, i love life, and i have a great girl in my life now.  Im so grateful for everything. I know that if i had not giving everything to Jesus i would not be where i am right now. So just give everything you have to God.  He will bless your life in ways you never imagined. He has done it for me!!!

Pool Shark

Today seemed like it was going to be absolutely boring. But by the end of the day it turned out to be a great time!!!!

I woke up today at the sound of a text message from a special person. I returned it with another cool text but apparently that person did not get it. I went down stairs and began to get out my clothes for my big day tomorrow. I washed them and ironed them because i wanted to be looking extra fly for the day.  i packed up my clothes and then bryan and i proceeded on a sojourn to statesville. 

We arrived in the ville and went to Bryan's basement. We sat down in front of the T.V. and chilled out for a few moments. Then we went upstairs and made some awesome turkey sandwiches. I love turkey sandwiches.  After that our dear friend Holly came over.  I love that girl she is such a great friend.  We were chillin and Holly began to talk to an old friend Daniel Thomas. I love that guy.  He knows so much about politics and stuff like that. I like to just sit and listen to him talk sometimes.  We used to play mafia and I'm not going to lie we had some pretty epic battles.  I used to love sitting and talking to him about music. Widespread panic will always be a favorite band of mine because of him. I miss him and wish we could hang out more but it is what it is. (that was for you DT)

Later that night brooke, lauren, kevin, and melissa all came over.  It was awesome chillin out with them. it felt like the good ol SCS days in the basement again. I dont miss highschool, and love college but when you can feel like you are going back in time its always going to bring back great memories and great time with friends.  We chilled and shot some pool in the basement. Brooke and Lauren had a pretty good convo with Heather on the internet and they talked about all kinds of fun stuff like shoes and clothes and such.  After we chilled for a lil bit we went to cook out ( i love cook out if you cant tell from my other blog entries) 

We came back and bryan and kevin are playing some pool. They keep hitting the ball too hard and saying in a weird hispanic accent "too much gusto!!!" its funny you probably have to hear it to laugh. Its a great time chillin with these two tennis stars. Kevin representing for Clemson, and bryan reppin for the Pirates. Just a shout out too those two schools. 

Tonight i go to bed pretty happy because i get to wake up and take a trip to Heathers house. Not going to lie i have been smiling all day about it. And bryan keeps making fun of me about it. But i could care less im pumped up. 

Side Note--- The world is great. Love it. thats all i got!!!

Blah

I woke up today and bryan, my sister, and I all went over to work out. We rolled up in the gym at Hendrick Motor-sports and there were all these people in there. So the head trainer Mark came over and told us we were a little early and that it would be better if we come later in the day. He was cool about it. But it was just super awkward. So we did our work out in a little under 30 minutes and rolled out. It was one of the more awkward things in my life. But it is what it is i guess.  

After that we went for a run/walk. Well lets be honest here it was more of a walk. lol We came back and just chilled out for a while.  I spent some time with Jesus, and i wrote a devotional for someone and i to go over on thursday.  Im pretty excited about that. Not going to lie. Some friends came over and we chilled for a while. We went over to the mall and ate dinner. We walked around and went to this yoyo stand and bryan did some more cool tricks. 

After that we went back to the house and went to the pool. Bryan and I just goofed off for a while and acted like little kids. It was fun. I talked to my friends about this awesome person in my life and told them about how we meet and stuff. No matter how many times people ask me to tell them about that I never get tired of sharing.

We came back to the house and are now watching John Tucker Must Die. Its a pretty funny movie.  the rest of the night we are probably just going to chill out which is always a good time. 

Side Note -- I was stressed out a lil bit today but i spent some time with Jesus and he made it better.  God is so awesome and he helps with everything. I need to just remember to rely on him and i can always come to him for help. 

A day with Bryan Oakley

Well today i woke up in a pretty freaking good mood. I was pretty hyped up about the day because my good friend Bryan Oakley was coming over. 

I got out of bed and took a shower.  I went downstairs to get some food. I looked around and saw that we had some pizza rolls in the freezer. I popped some in the toaster oven. After they were done i sat down watched some TV and enjoyed my delicious lunch.  There is just something about pizza rolls that makes them so yummy!!!!

After my lunch bryan arrived at my door. Not going to lie I was super excited to see him. It was only the second time we hung out all summer.  I showed him around the new house and then we went to go work out. We drove over to Hendrick Motorsports and used their gym. All the pit crew guys use it and stuff, so it is a pretty phat gym.  We got to meet Rick Hendricks personal trainer.  He was a super nice guy and we chatted a little bit. After we were done working out we noticed a cooler with gatorade shakes. These are quite possibly the best protein shakes in the world. So we asked the head trainer, mark, if we could have one. He said just to help ourselves to whatever we needed to in the gym. So that was pretty sick. We came back and went on a run together.  Then we went to the neighborhood pool. We chilled and talked about the future.  It is always awesome to talk about what is going to happen in you life. 

After that we went to the mall and looked for a book. Sadly the mall did not have it. But we did go over to this stand with all these awesome yoyo's. Bryan was doing some cool tricks and the people walking by kept looking over at him doing all this crazy stuff with the yoyo.  After the mall we went to Harris Teeter. I got food for dinner and i came back and cooked for everyone. While we were at dinner we had the most random conversation. It involved talking about possible guys to fix my sister up with and boob jobs. Im not going to elaborate. But you can make up your own story. Im sure there is no way you can make up a boring story with those two topics. 

After dinner bryan and i sat down and watched a night at the museum. Now we are currently watching american beauty. Today was awesome and it was a good time to just hang out with bryan oakley.

Side note---- I dont really have a huge side note today. But just enjoy life. Enjoy your friends. Stop and take the time to look around and see how awesome everything is. God blesses us with so much. So go out and enjoy it!!!!

BLOG TIME!!!!!

HELLO FRIENDS!!!!! 

So today i woke up in charleston at my sisters apartment. After i got up we went out to brunch at O'Charleys. It was good, i got the chicken parm sandwich. Never had it so it was a nice treat. After eating we rolled out of Charleston and proceeded on the trip back. It was a very stressful ride for various reasons. We stopped to get gas and i gave Heather a call. It was good to talk to her it was a nice little break from all the stress that was going on in the car. 

We got back to the house and ate dinner. It was rather good my grandma cooked some italian food. So it was great eating. My sisters friend Katie Bennett came over. It has been like 63247890374 years since i saw her so it was good talking to her. We looked at some of my sisters pictures from her trip to mexico. It was a good time.  

After that i went on a run with my sister. It was a great time.  I have really enjoyed running lately which is funny because i used to hate it. After i ran i decided to weigh myself.  and i am down to 252!!!!!! Which is awesome. So i have lost a total of 28 lbs from when i started all this jazz at christmas. just wanted to brag about that. HAHAHA

Side note---- This is going to be a quick one. but just wanted to say to put God first in everything you do. He will bless it and help you with it. And if you build things upon God it will never fall because it will have a strong foundation. Can't really share why i thought about talking that but it is what it is.