Around Father’s Day I always do some reminiscing about my childhood and my Dad.
This is how it all began… My Mom was 13 when she met my Dad. Sure enough they fell in love and soon this happened….
My Dad loved baseball… this is him when he played for Colerain High School. He was drafted to the farm team for the Reds but did not go cause he would be traveling and would have been away from his family.
My Dad was in the Coast Guard. I believe his job was a fire fighter. He would tell me stories when I was a kid. One story I remember is when they got in trouble, as a punishment they would have to do push ups while holding their rifles and on gravel.
After they were married for awhile this happened…
My sister was born.
Chrissie in her senior year at high school.
Then sometime later…
My brother was born.
Rob in his senior of high school.
And I guess they saved the best for last…
I was born… actually I was an “oops” baby, so I was not planned like my brother and sister were.
My Dad holding me shortly after I was born.
My senior year.
My Dad loved his family, but he also loved his Corvette… I am not sure what year it was but it was a sting ray with a split window.
He also loved to play golf… I miss playing golf with him and his coaching out on the course.
At Montgomery Inn Boathouse and we met Boomer Esiason. I am not sure why I wore pants like that… I guess they were popular in the 80′s.
One of my favorite pics of my Dad and I carving pumpkins.
I was able to cross off two and half (will explain in a minute) tasks on my bucket list so far this year. The first one was the mission trip to another country and not watching TV for a week which also happened while was in Honduras. Nothing like killing two birds with one stone. The third or the half is I technically have enough credits to have my four year degree but since I am getting more schooling I do not actually have that piece of paper that magically qualifies me for an awesome career (or so I am told). I thought crossing that one off halfway was in order.
What I hope to accomplish this year
I have some goals for this year as it pertains to my bucket list. I would love to cross off number 59 (learn Spanish), 56 (Sponsor a kid through Compassion International), 55 (bike 100 miles in one weekend, this will be crossed off in a few weeks!), 22 (Get all my A+ certifications), 18 (Learn to play the guitar), and for the scary one…
My friend from UPS is getting a group together to go SKYDIVING!! –> 3 (Go skydiving). So if anyone who reads this wants to go skydiving this is your invite.
Thought this would be a good place to show some clips from the movie The Bucket List (which if you haven’t seen you probably should rent it…now).
Coming off this mission trip to Honduras a changed person I have been looking for the next adventure God has for me. I never thought I would have a heart for mission work but I can not wait to go on my next adventure. I found one adventure that I will do in the near future. While I would love to quit my job and leave to do this, it is not feasible at the moment. So I am adding it to my bucket list and I plan on doing this when I graduate college and when I am between jobs.
It is called The World Race. You visit 11 countries in 11 months and you live out of a backpack for those months. Crazy I know… but I can’t wait to do this. Go check out the website and read all about this crazy adventure –> The World Race.
Its hard to pack for trip where your really not sure what is the best items to take. That is my day for today+homework and hopefully I will have narrowed it down so I am not carrying too much in my pack.
A couple of days ago I posted Ryan’s talk about his time in Kenya. I realize that 45 minutes is a long time and some of you may not have listened for that reason. I do recommend to take the time to do so but if you do not have the time here is a 11 minute section of the talk about Eliud. Its an amazing story and I want you to hear it.
I have been gaining a new perspective on life recently. It all started when Ryan when on a mission trip to Kenya to blog about his experience. Here is his talk synced up with the pictures he took on the trip. Its about 45 minutes but its well worth it, especially to hear Eliud’s story near the end of the talk. So grab some tea…coffee or whatever you drink and enjoy!
I am going on my first mission trip out of the country to Honduras and here is a list of things I hope to accomplish on the trip.
Continue gaining a new perspective on life.
We are hiking into the jungle (about a six hour hike..give or take). I hope I finish!
I am leaving my safe place to go to place that is not comfortable. I am beginning to step out of my comfort zones in different areas of my life. I am learning to be less selfish with my time and enjoy life as it comes.
Get to know the people I will be traveling with.
Working on my relationship with God under different circumstances.
Well that is all for now… I plan on posting a new blog post everyday until I leave.
What does it mean to live life to the fullest? This is a question I have been asking myself a lot lately. Often we think of living life to the fullest means being able to buy whatever and whenever we want. What if living life to fullest means giving up some of those possessions to help sponsor a child in another country. What if it means giving up a week of vacation to go on a mission trip.
I will admit I am skeptical of some of these programs. Ryan and Allison are over in Kenya on a mission trip with Compassion International, and after reading his blog posts with his honest look at the company and the impact they are making in kids lives, I am sold on wanting to sponsor a child.
So follow Ryan @ thisisreverb for a honest and touching look at their time spent in Kenya. My friend Kelly (who by the way is an awesome photographer, check her stuff out @ daphnephotostudio.com) posted a similar post earlier about these same feelings. Read her post titled, feeling guilty for having a good life. A lot of the same emotions she is feeling is also what I am feeling at this point in my life.
I am blessed to have great friends and I love it when I can relate to my friends because of the emotions they feel about a certain topic. I know this is what life is about… living life with each other and sharing awesome experiences with each other.
Well the basement is finally complete minus some few touch ups here and there. I have yet to move over there but after the baseboards are painted I will begin to migrate over!
Welcome to a new category titled Iphone Pictures. Photography is a hobby that I enjoy and while I have really nice camera I always do not like to carry it with me. Going on the principle that the best camera is the one that is with you I decided to start this category. All the pics were taken and edited on the Iphone.
The renovations have begun on the basement… I will be posting pics as the work continues.
This next pic is unrelated but had to throw it in here. I snapped it one night when I got home from work which is about 2 am. Never seen a halo around the moon that big.
My sister was born.
