That's the only thing I can think of to describe things right now. Talk about a hectic summer.
In my last post I wrote I would post about my trips earlier this summer, but I'm too busy to do it now. (Maybe I'll put up a long, comprehensive post reviewing summer at the end of it). Today was the last day of 5th Street Baptist Church's "Avalanche Ranch" VBS program. Eric and I helped out at it all week. It was a lot of fun. Eric had said beforehand that he wanted to get all the badly-behaved kids in his crew, and he got his wish. (It was a good illustration of "Be careful what you wish for--you just might get it." You'll have to ask Eric or comment on his blog if you want to hear any horror stories).
Today all the helpers celebrated with a big water fight, but they went too fast for me to get any camera recording of the action. Joe, one of the guys from 5th Street, persuaded my poor little brother Philip into buying a big yellow squirt gun from the prize table, which turned into an instrument of terror in the hands of a few rowdy teenagers several minutes later. (Again, ask Eric if you want details of the massacre). Poor little kids, they never know how manipulative older kids are with them.
I'm sure anyone even vaguely familiar with a teenage boy from Collinsville had heard the teen boys there are going to High Point Camp (they never update their website) next week. The 2007 theme is "Wild, Wild West." My friend Josh Bradbury has uploaded a preview from YouTube. Since German Dodge Ball is the classic game of Collinsville (and we're pros, as some people claim), all the boys from Collinsville are planning to challenge another team down in Pennsylvania to a GDB match. I have a feeling it's going to be a kamikaze mission (especially since you can win or lose points for one of two teams the entire camp is divided into). We already know that once we issue the challenge, the other team is going to form from the biggest, baddest opponents the rest of the camp can find. (i.e., the game won't be a piece of cake). But despite that ominous fact, Corey and Eric have said we won't think about losing unless it happens and that if it does, we'll walk around with sacks over our faces for the rest of the week.
Wonderful advice. Contact us for more horror stories next month.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Summer Craziness
Friday, July 13, 2007
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Mt. Monadnock
Below are pictures from a trip to Mt. Monadnock on Thursday, July 5. Eric and I went with the Wakims, Mrs. Bourret, and a family from our homeschooling group, the Roberges.
This was the fun part...
On top of the world...(at least in my imagination...)
Are we dorky or what?
Soon I'll post about my trip to Europe.
P.S. For all of you who hate photography, I apologize. I am aware that the majority of my posts involve pictures. I'm a camera bug and I can't help it. If you know my dad, you probably know where I got it from.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Start Of Pictorial Posts
My debate friend Silas Hathaway often posts pictures with no words. I'm going to start practicing that meditative practice.
This was taken in April.
I guess this wasn't exactly a wordless post, was it? The next pictorial post will be, I promise...
P.S. Two posts in one day. Wow! A record!
Random Stuff
Random Post #1: I do not like home maintenance. Forgive me for saying that, all you mechanically-minded people, but I had to speak from my heart. I say that after the horrifying experience of changing our downstairs shower curtain (with my dad) on Saturday. It was originally supposed to take an hour, but...it didn't. (Didn't see that coming, huh.) Scraping several years worth of gunky caulk from the cracks of your shower is not my idea of Saturday morning fun. Oh, well. Life isn't a bed of roses. I guess I'll just have to live with it....
Random Post #2: I forgot what I was going to post.
Random Post #3: Part I of my Pictorial Documentary of my trip to Germany and Austria last week (and the week before.)
On June 20 we (the Caudills and I) arrived in Munich and drove to Salzburg (on our ACIS tour bus.) We spent the evening exploring the town.
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That dash represents the pictures I was supposed to post. I just realized they're on my dad's laptop and I can't upload them from there.
Oh, well. Check back for more updated (and better prepared) info later...