well tonight was our last night for our church to be meet at The Legacy Hotel…
we will now be at The Woman’s City Club (it’s not a girls building i swear)…so for those who are in the little rock area and have been debating on coming out…well you should…it’s gonna rock! (sort of)
directions?
in other news…
i’m not big into long engagements….october 6th ladies and gentlemen…(mark your calenders and come!)
(4 months…3 days…)
I’ll be marrying this girl…
well i just made it back from chicago and decided to post some pictures up of our trip…(this will be kind of a photo journal)
i’ve been chicago a few times now…but this is the first time i actually took pictures…
kim waiting in the airport from little rock…(we flew american…which mean “delayed”)
he was one of the first guys we saw in chicago…i just thought it was funny
the bean…(you have to take your picture in it…i think it’s a rule)
we decided to go on a boat tour of the city…we were one of the youngest ones on it…see
some shots of the city…
just a random shot of us on the balcony of crate and barrel…kim worked there when she lived in chicago…so we decided to take a picture…
some thing we passed a long the way…
and then i decided we should go visit the place we had our first kiss…and that’s when i asked…
she said yes!…(yea!!!!)
chicago was so nice…they threw a parade for us!
complete with motorcycles…
and a crazy jet/car!
they even had fireworks for us…(thanks chicago)
chicago was great!…and something tells me i’ll probably be remembering this trip for quite some time…
well everyone…i’m headed to chicago tomorrow (wednesday) with my girlfriend, kim, to visit the family she nannied for about a year ago (long sentence?)…
…anyway…
i really like chicago so i’m pretty pumped about it…(and i’m going with my girlfriend…so it’s that much better…(and i get to take pictures!))…i’m sure i won’t have internet so i may be non-existent for a while…
so…until sunday (maybe)…take care friends…
I decided to spend monday evening taking some pictures around little rock…
here are a few…
Clinton Library Fountain
Clinton Library Park
Sunset from the Capitol
State Capitol
It’s late here in “the rock†(official nickname for little rock…no really…it was like voted on and everything) and quite rainy…
I decided to stay up a little later tonight than normal because I’m not going to work in the morning…I’m singing in a funeral…my great uncle (grandpa’s brother) died on Monday and my family wanted me to sing “Amazing Grace (My Chains are God)†for the service.
Anytime someone dies you automatically begin to recall the memories you had of that person…
Sim (great uncle) lived next door to me…he was around 75 and had dementia pretty bad…it was to the point that he sometimes forgot how old he actually was which then made him forget what limitations come with being that certain age…
Let me explain…(and this story is quite funny if you can picture it)
(once upon a time)
There is a barn behind my house (remember I live in my grandparents old house) that stored a number of things…tractors, mowers, tools, bikes, gardening supplies, etc. Well Sim would sometimes find his way into that barn and decide to drag out things from time to time…
This particular day…the bike…
If you’ve never had the chance to witness a 75 year old-dementia ridden man with overalls riding a 25 year old bike through your back yard…you’re really missing out!
What’s the saying? “it’s like riding a bike…you never forgetâ€â€¦that is so true…who knows when the last time this man had rode a bike…but this day…he picked it right up as if it were day before…
Of course the dementia took over and he decided to ride down the street and someone had to go pick him up…but never-the-less…he had the time of his life…
(the end)
(My family’s pretty great…I sometimes forget…)
one of my good friends jonathan hinton was headed to the retreat this morning…and so he called for directions…
but then a called a few minutes later…
here’s how it went…
me: sup man…
hinton: yo dude…i have a little problem
me: what’s wrong?
hinton: well i just hit a turkey
me: (laughing my ace off)
hinton: it came out of no where and my windshield is crushed!
me: (laughing my ace off)
here are the pics when he showed up…
(only in arkansas)
well…i’m headed to a dudes retreat this weekend…
just dudes…god…and ribs…
(should be great!)
so saturday i was cleaning some things in my yard…with sandals on…(sandals?)…yes sandals (i wasn’t expecting to clean up things…i just happened to see one thing in the yard…then the one thing turned into a couple of things…and so on)
i ended up picking up a metal rod of some sort…and it fell and landed on my big toe…
no big deal…
but then i started to get worried…for one thing it made a good size cut on my toe…(only needed one band aid though)…but it was also rusty…
now all I’ve heard growing up is “if you cut yourself with anything rusty you need to get a tetanus shot!â€â€¦but is that true?…I mean what are the odds I’m going to lose my toe?
are there any medical peeps that read this thing?
need some free medical advice!
I’m headed to lead a camp with nathan in Gulf Shores, AL tonight…
(don’t worry…i hear they have internet there…so hopefully I’ll be able to post and let you guys know how things are going…)
but before I go…Kim and I went to the Garvan Woodland Gardens today to see the tulips….
(don’t make fun)
Here are some shots from the day…
this is my front yard…
It’s already begun…
This devastating natural disaster has the ability to make strong men weak…and weak men weaker…you can’t run from it…you can’t hide from its reign…it’s here…and here to stay (for a while anyway)
I hate allergies
