Done With Summer School

Today I finished summer school, so I am done till the fall. wahoo. Everything has been going well here. Last weekend I played tennis for the first time and that was rather embarrassing on my part, but overall a fun experience. I talked to Bethany last night. She is doing well minus the huge amount of reading and writing she has to do. This weekend the Mariners are playing the Rockies, so that is kind of exciting to see who will win. Other than that not much else is happening around here. Continue prayers of strength and wisdom for myself and pray that all the grad work wont become overwhelming for Bethany. ~Semper Fi

Paper done.

I got my research paper done for class and turned in today. Only have four days left till I am done with summer school. wahoo.

I got a call from Luke today. He got a job at a small accounting firm and starts on the 10th of July. He and Emily also got approved for their apartment, so they will be moving in soon.

The last couple of days we have played softball here at the house, which has been a ton of fun. I will probably call Bethany tomorrow night. Other than that not a whole lot has happened since my last post. ~Semper Fi

9 Days left

I got nine days left of summer school, then I'll be done with school for the rest of the summer. wahoo. My research paper rough draft is due this week.

Things regarding the person involved in the previous post seem to improved a bit, but I am not real sure and it may just be a surface/temporary change.

I talked to Bethany today and she is doing well. It was her first day of grad school today and she has a ton plus some to read for her classes.

Other than that life is good. Good day. ~Semper Fi

Yikes

The title says it all. How do help someone who is so hostel to you and anyone else even when your taking him get to work, picking him up and having no acts of hostility towards him, its been nothing but kindness and he still is spewing hostility. He tried to provoke me into fighting over nothing, I don't know what to do, so I beg you all to pray for wisdom, guidance and strength in dealing with this situation.

Where has honor gone?

Can any one tell me where peoples honor has gone? What happened to it? Why do so few people care about it or have any? Honor and integrity are so very important to me. Well enough ranting.

On a really good note I talked to Bethany today, she is doing well and will be starting school next Monday and two days ago I talked to Luke. He and Emily are doing well, but still job searching in Minneapolis. I'm tired so that's all. ~Semper Fi

Here fishy fishy

Friday went fishing in the pond and man are the fishing getting big. We even have a water moccasin living in the pond now which I have been assigned to kill, so that will be an adventure. Saturday went fishing in the Little Red with Dan and the stinking fishing were so irritating. We were using corn for bait because trout really like it, but we would toss some in the water and it would be gone in seconds, we put our hooks in the water with a piece of corn on it and the fish would come up like it was going to strike then turn at the last second, arg it was so irritating, but lots of fun at the same time. School starts tomorrow, I am kind of looking forward to it but not really, oh well the sooner it starts the sooner it will be done with.I heard some more about my Grandpa, they had him outside doing some weeding and being active, good news indeed. Please keep him and the rest of my family in your prayers and pray for me to stay strong and diligent in my walk with Christ over the summer. Oh yeah I got those pictures of Cole and I from Bethany and got them posted on my photo site under Montgomery. ~Semper Fi

Yarrr

Monday, I got to talk to Luke for a bit on the phone, him and Emily are doing well and he may have a job soon. There was also a big bbq here at the house for Memorial Day. Tuesday I went fishing with Dan again but there were no fishing to be seen, not a single bite the whole time, it was kind of a bummer. I talk to Bethany on the phone for while and it was really nice just to chat an catch up. Even though it has only been a week and a half since I have seen her it feels more like a month. Wednesday I worked out side and got a lot of stuff done and then went with Caleb and Allen to help build a staircase at HUT and drink Chai, mmm tasty. Over all it as been a really good week, especially getting to talk to Luke and Bethany. ~Semper Fi

Good Stuff

Today I went to church and the service was really good. After the main lesson and communion, several people shared what God has been doing in their lives or asked for prayers and it really felt like a family and the way the church is supposed to be. This afternoon I helped clean up a fallen cherry tree for about two and half hours, it was a big tree and hard on the chain saw too. When I got from that I went swimming and after awhile Cole came and went swimming too, so that was fun. I also went swimming with Cole and Sara yesterday for a bit too. I got the apartment all cleaned up today, it felt good to get it all nice and clean. Now am relaxing and enjoying good ole StarWars A New Hope while I type this. Anyway keep my family in your prayers and continue praying for wisdom, fearlessness and strength for me. ~Semper Fi

Fishing

Yesterday Dan and I went fishing on the Little Red River for a few hours. I hooked seven fish and landed six and Dan hooked two and landed one. It was a lot fun and the fish were feisty and difficult to hook. There are more photos on my photo site under fishing.

Today I got the stone path completely done and Jim just has finish up the stones on the stairs and it will be all done. Then I will put up some pictures. Next I will be starting on a stone path that goes along the side of the apartment and around the corner a short distance to where some of the guys park their cars, so the will keep me busy for a while. Well that's it for now. Semper Fi

Update

Luke and Emily's wedding was really nice. It was exciting to see them finally get married and to hang out with Luke again. I was a little nervous about the wedding because it was the first time I had ever been in a wedding and on top of that I was the best man. Luke's "greatest" fear during the wedding was loosing the rings in a vent, I didn't do that but I did drop one right before I handed them over, that got a little laugh out of the spectators and I got some laughs out of it latter, but it was all good. I put up the pictures I took on my photo site. Bethany left Sunday afternoon and will be home in Colorado tonight. I was really glad to get an extra week to spend with her before she left so I had time to prepare for her leaving. Lord willing I will be seeing her in August at Caleb and Lindsay's wedding and then for Thanksgiving at her home. I really do miss seeing her and Luke everyday and I am still not fully adjusted to everyone else that lives here now. Well that's the update. Semper Fi

Off to Luke's Wedding

Today Erin and I are leaving for Luke's wedding in Memphis and I am really looking forward to seeing him again. Yesterday I got he main part of the rock pathway finished up and will be starting on a short section between the stairs and driveway soon and will put up some pics of the finished pathway when I get it done. I have been sleeping outside in my sweet tent since Monday night since it has be wonderful outside. I also took some neat pictures of a toad I found in the sand pile while filling the wheelbarrow up. On Tuesday Bethany, Cole and I went on a walk and it was another glimpse into a possible feature and it was a lot of fun talking Cole for a walk. Bethany took some picture of Cole and I when I had him up on my shoulders and I will post those as soon as I get them from her. I am still adjusting to having all these new people living here and once Bethany leaves it will really just be Sara B and I left from the original group for the summer. That does leave me in the senior guy position and an example to the younger guys here. Oh yeah my Grandpa is doing better and is home now. Continue to keep my family in your prayers. Semper Fi

Friends Leaving

Yesterday was graduation and a lot of my close friends graduated, so many of them have headed home. Luke, Alycia and Bethany are the ones I am going to miss the most. Luke left today for Memphis and it is just starting to sink in that I won't be seeing him everyday any more and that really makes me sad, he is a brother and my right hand, someone I can call in a time of need. I will get to see him this coming weekend for his wedding, as I am the best man, so I am really looking forward to it. After that though it will be quite awhile before I get to see him. He will be missed much. Alycia left yesterday but will be back for summer classes in a week or two, so it will be nice to be able to hang out with her before she heads to Texas. Bethany will be leaving this coming Sunday so I will have another week to hang out with her before she heads home. I will being seeing her and quite a few other friends in August for Caleb and Lindsay's wedding, so I am looking forward to that as well. It's been a tough couple of weeks with all the church crap going on and my grandpa having a stoke and to top it all off with close friends leaving, ugh. I will be spending time in prayer tonight as all the emotions from the past week are coming up. Please keep me in your prayers and especially the rest of my family. Semper Fi

Happy Happy

I got some really good news today about my grandpa. He was moved out of ICU today and they had a speech therapist in today to help him learn to talk again and is teaching him how to communicate with pictures and my Grandma said his personality was back is really exciting. Oh man I am so excited about his recovery. I still ask for prayers for him and the rest of the family.

Today I worked outside for about three and a half hours and had nice lunch in the gazeboo with Bethany. Also Bethany's family got in tonight so I got to meet them and had dinner with them. Oh yeah I also helped my sister move some more stuff out of her dorm aswell. It's been a busy and productive day. Semper Fi

Yar

Today I found out my grandpa had a mild stroke last night and is currently in the hospital while the doctors try to get his heart rate and blood pressure under control, other then that there is little else the doctors can do right now, he is in God's hands now, God's will be done.

Sunday we did an amazing race for Amber's birthday that Bethany and Sara B put together and it was a lot of fun looking for the clues and then having to figure out where to go for next from the clue. Monday, Bethany and I went walking before riding in the van to Sara B's softball game in Nashville, AR. It was a long drive of about three hours but it was the state tournament. They ended up losing in the semi-finals, so that was a bummer. Today I had my first final out of three and it went pretty well. I also raked rocks out of the volleyball area for almost two hours, it really reminded me of our yard back home before the grass grew. Bethany and I also went walking again today and I just finished a studying session for my database final tomorrow at 1:30 its my hardest final and I will be glad to done with that class.

That's it for now. Please keep my family and especially my grandpa in your prayers. Semper Fe

Nice day it was

Today was quite nice indeed. Went to school and walked Sarah to class after chapel while chatting, then I went and worked on my stupid database project that is almost done, finally bleh. Went to class and then had a meeting with a db team to work on it some more and then finally came home and got to work outside for a bit. I got the horse shoes set up and worked on the stone walkway some more. Later Bethany and I went on a nice walk and we talked about a lot of stuff, it was just a nice time. Vesnea made some dinner so I ate with her and Courtni before vegging out before going to bed, so here I am writing about my day and now I am done. Good night. ~Semper Fi

Weekend Fun

Saturday it literally rained and stormed all day long except for a pause around 7 and that's when Dan and I went out on the pond in the canoe while it was really windy and paddled around for a bit which was quite difficult with wind blowing. I also played a lot of cards and some other games and watched some tv.

Sunday went to church and then around 3 Bethany and I plus Cole with Sara B meeting us there, went to see Harding's last game baseball of the season. It turned out to be a good game with Harding winning in the bottom of the last inning. That's pretty much what I did this weekend. ~Semper Fi

Dads for the win

Today while I was putting the tools away after putting two poles in for a volleyball net it occurred to me how much I have learned from my dad and since Cole has been around lately, reminded me how important a father is in a kids life, since he doesn't get to spend much time with his father. Anyway today I have used my cement making skills and how to support the poles and make sure the stay level from my dad and I started working on the rock pathway again which I also learned how to do from watching him. There is so many useful skills that I have learned from him and also the lessons I have been taught from his on actions in integrity and honor, on how important it is to keep them even if it cost your job or some other less important thing. I have learned much from him and am very thankful for him.

Everything is going really well at the moment. The school year is almost over which is good, but also saddening at the same time because some of my closest friends will be graduating and moving away but I will be sure to keep in touch with them on a weekly basis. My spiritual life was in a valley for a bit because my priorities were not correct and when I realized that I fixed them and now everything is back to were it should be.

I would ask that all who read this keep my family and grandparents in your prayers because they are in the midst of a war with Satan going on at church back home. Also pray for the rest of the body there so their eyes will be opened to what is going on there and put a stop to Satan.

May God's will be done always. Semper Fi

Happy Birthday Bethany

Today was Bethany's birthday so we had a really nice dinner party for her with a bunch of friends. I got her some potted white tulips and made a little story/card for her and she really liked them. She also got some other funny gifts and some neat ones like a bread maker. The dinner was really good, Amber made the meatballs Bethany always has for her birthday and there were some really good green beans and ravioli. We had a lot of good conversation during and after dinner and it was just really enjoyable.

Last night we had an amazing thunder and lightning storm, I so wanted to get up and watch it but it started after 12:30am and I was really tired. I get another three day weekend since I don't have to get up tomorrow and only have my 11am class to go to. I really need the extra sleep I almost fell asleep in math class today ugh.

Stupid Mariners lost tonight by walking the wining run in, what a way to lose. bah

Anyway it was a really good day aside from being tired, but it's time for bed. God Bless. ~Semper Fi

Amazing weekend for the win!

This was probably the best weekend I have had this year. Friday started it off, I got to have breakfast with Bethany and Sara, because Luke skipped his 8am class and we skipped chapel, so I didn't have to go to school till 11am and then only for an hour. Came back and watched a moving with both of them and then went and cleaned my bathroom and fixed a thing on Bethany's car before we went to see a baseball game. It turned out the game was not at home and Sara need to find some more sources for her paper so we hung out in the what I guess is the social work and related fields resource room looking for books and I even found one that was useful. A lot of the books had funny/strange titles and what not. Then we took care of some other errands that needed to be done on campus. After that Harding Academy had a baseball game so we went and watched that for an hour or so before we headed home. Later that day several of Bethany's friends came over and had a fishing party, man was that a lot of fun. I caught the first catfish and had a dorky picture taken which I will post as soon as I get them from Bethany, we did that till it was dark and even some in the dark. I had forgot how much I like fishing.

Saturday got up and went to breakfast as usual and then after breakfast went fishing again. Bethany, Sara and I were out fishing for 4-5 hours and man did we get some sun. I have an awesome farmers tan now, it looks like I dipped my arms in read paint. After fishing I helped Ray planet some trees before getting ready to go to Spring Sing with Branson, Bethany and Sara, it was pretty good and had some funny parts but I still don't like it all that much. Sometime after that Amber and Jess came over and I went on a walk with them and Branson and we actually saw a live armadillo, it was pretty cool.

Sunday I got up at 6:30am to go to a sunrise service with Sarah, Mandy and my sister Erin, it was alright. Came back to the house ate breakfast and took a short half nap till it was time to go to church for the second time. It was a really good service and the sermon was interesting for the parts I was awake for, crummy previous nights sleep for the lose. After church we had a really nice lunch and chatted with friends and then I went to the den to watch some tv and ended up taking a much needed nap, it was nice. After that Branson, Ryan and I moved some rocks for the pathway I have been working on and then went to a picnic with a bunch of friends. We played with a frisbee for a while and then ate. After eating and chatting and laughing, we got a soft baseball out and played catch for quite awhile and some of them went played with a volleyball, so we got out the gloves and played with a real baseball and that was nice. We headed home and Branson and I got out in the canoe and chased a goose around on the pond till it finally flew off, that was fun. Then we and Amber, Bethany and Sara sat out in the gazebo for all most 2hrs talking and just chilling, that was really nice.

I really enjoyed hanging out with Bethany and Sara this weekend and all the fun stuff we did with friends just made this an amazing weekend. Thank you God for allowing us to enjoy your wonderful creation. ~Semper Fi

Finished with seminar

Well I did my seminar today and it went pretty well. Boy am I glad that is done and over with, no more 7:05 am seminars on Friday. woohoo! I feel much better and am just really happy to be done with that class. Life is good. ~Semper Fi