i am my father's daughter.

This is just something I am working on for my dad...still needs some work...
Haven't decided if it will be something for Father's Day or for his 50th birthday.
Let me know what you think...



To you, he might just be a familiar face.
An aquaintance you aknowledge with a nod.
A friend you welcome with a smile.
Maybe you've never met him.

Perhaps he has helped you out in some way.
By doing his job or being a friend
You've made memories with him,
and you've lived life with him.

Most know him by his sense of humor and awnry side
And wouldn't want it any other way "bossman"
A priveledge to know him? I'd say yes!
Who doesn't want someone like that around.

For me it's just different.
A new memory each day
Mistakes are made and lessons are learned.
An encouraging word when needed.

You don't see the same man I do
I get to see all the sides
Everything that makes him who he is
Things that you may never get to see.

He's not just a familiar face
Not an aquaintance
Not just a long time friend
He's my father, my friend, my hero.

He's everything in a person I'd like to be
The sense of humor to the tender side.
I smile because I know I am my father's daughter
And I wouldn't want it any other way.

Re-Connect...spring retreat

So just a couple pictures from the retreat.

The theme of the trip was "Re-connect" not only with each other but with God. Along with all the study time we had some great bonding time during the team competition time. There weren't enough kids that a couple leaders had to fill in...me being one of them. My team was named

T-trenton
E-eric
A-abby
M-melia

J-jessica
A-amanda
C-christopher

We really worked together great and pretty much dominated all the games.

Everyone got a long great and had a blast.

The last night we played capture the flag in the dark and had a couple issues. The first being that my team won the first game so a few kids felt the need to complain about it...then on the other team quin and abby were gaurding their flag and a strange guy came up to them and was talking to them. Keep in mind it is dark and late outside. Then during the second game most of my team mates including me were in jail and with all the comotion on our side of the field christopher decided to come and save us...well he was sprinting as fast as he could and seth being on the opposite team was trying to stop him. I was out of the jail enough with my hand out to be saved that my leg was in the middle of them as they collided into each other. And to make this already long story shorter, seth ended up with a swollen nose, we think a minor concussion, and found out today that he broke his nose. Christopher ended up with the right side of his face swollen and a black eye. Other than that ordeal everything was great and everyone had a great time.

We played a game of ultimate frisbee and kick ball, and somehow I ended up on the ground during frisbee and had grass stains on my knees. Abby was on my team and if you know her, you know she doesn't really say much, so it was fun to get to know her and get her to laugh and smile with me. I kept telling everyone that she was the one that pushed me down. Obviously not true but she would get a big grin on her face and would laugh.

Lots more happend but I don't really want to sit here for hours typing...but you got the high lights of the trip. =)

God is good!

4 Wheelin Fun!

Time to catch up.....

EASTER SUNDAY
After church me and dad went up the mountain....

I forget what this flower is called but I learned that it only blooms every 7 years. We came across it Easter Sunday...I thought it was awfully pretty. God is good!

A HUGE muddy puddle...that thankfully there was a way around.

More ruts and stuff in the trail.

SATURDAY

Ok so saturday I went up the mountain around 6 with Rob and Tammy... they ride 4 wheelers...so we thought it was a nice evening for a ride. My dad was gone so I went by myself. I surprised myself with how well I did in some of the places we went. It was crazy but fun!


This is NaNook...I think is how you spell it. It means great or big bear in eskimo I guess. He belongs to Tammy's son and they were dog sitting so he got to ride with me. The sunset from up top the mountain. =)

We were up there until after dark...it was nice to see such a beautiful sunset.

SUNDAY

This Sunday after church Ron and his grandkids came out for a quick ride up the mountain...so just a coupke pics of them. Zach looks awfully cute in his helmet.

Hailey and Korrin

Ron and Zach

After they left my dad and I went to work around the house, the weather was so nice so we took advantage of it. Moved a bunch of stuff around and cleaned things out. Did some work with the excavator...so after all that we were just sitting around when Rob and Tammy showed up with their 4 wheelers and wanted us to go up with them. We sat for awhile and I got just a little too much sun. I'm still red. So then we headed up the mountain. Most of the same stuff that I did went I went before but still fun. My dad had been driving so when I thought all the crazy stuff was over I took over. Well I thought wrong!!!! We got into a couple insane situations that I wouldn't want to have to drive in again but I did real good and didn't flip it over or run into anything so that was good. We all survived. So here are just a couple pics of them standing around.

Here is Tammy...she was alright with me taking the first picture but after a couple she told me she was the one that takes the pictures.

Here she is pointing at herself giving me the spiel...ha. This would be my dad after finally making it up one of the hills.

Happy Ressurection Day!

Happy Easter!

Went to church this morning, it was great! The service was packed and everything was great!
After church I headed to the grocery store to get something to fix my dad for lunch.
Came home and ate then headed up the mountain.
It was fun, the wond was pretty cold but other than that it was lots of fun. We played in the mud for awhile and then headed home. Once we got home something was said about keys, and my dad realized that he didn't have his truck keys anymore. So after a quick run in the house and fill up the rhino we were off again. Back up the mountian we went in search for the lost keys. I was just praying that we found them, it wouldn't have been a very good way to end the day. It only took about 10 minutes or so to find them. I spotted them in the dirt. Thankfully! God is good!
Now we are doing a video call on the computer with my family in Kansas. A good day!

Hope everyone else had a blessed day!

A new light.

For awhile now I have been in this weird funk.
I have had some mixed feelings about so many things and haven't really been sure how to work it all out.

I have felt like I have lost so many people in my life lately. Friends of course come and go. We change and move on but they are still going to be our friends. We can still count on them when it all comes down to it. It's the way life goes and people change and move on. I however have felt like I am stuck in the same place and everyone else has passed me.

So it's on to making changes and taking my life back. Here's to taking chances, broadening my horizons and moving on.

So, "thanks" to my original "FRIEND" for challenging me yet again and helping me to see a different light. Even though so many things have changed, you're still there with an encouraging word.

I used to know....

I used to know you
But you went away.
I used to know you
But everything changed.

I used to know you.

We used to be friends
But you went away.
We used to be friends
But everything changed.

I used to know you.

I thought I knew you
But you went away.
I thought I knew you
But everything changed.

I used to know you.




I used to know you...
but everything's different now.
But I can't say I am sorry about it.
You chose your path.
It is, what it is.
Not even gonna worry about it anymore.

Update on my boring life.

Well I haven't blogged in quite some time.
Nothing really going on. We finished working in Springfield thankfully on Friday. I am so relieved that there will be no more commute. The days seem so long when when you have to drive so far.

Today was a beautiful day! I got to open up the doors and windows. It was very refreshing. I'm looking forward to the warmer weather.

Other than that nothing going on with me. Things have been pretty boring.

I'll update if something exciting happens.