Saturday, January 20, 2007

Camping!!!

Well after the party we went camping on Sunday. Some good times, good times. We were kind of bummed becuase they said that there was no swimming in the run because of the Manatees and I guess that they didn't want anyone messing around with them. But it was still cool. Got to walk around there and check out some trails. Just sat around the fire and did the usual camp thing. At least we had a cool grill though and were able to eat some real food of hot dogs, cheese burgers, and in some cases, steak! Can you believe that we forgot to bring the smore???? I guess it's okay since you can run to the local convience store and be back in 20 minutes hahaha!!

So while that was gettting taken care of we continued to play Mafia and not realize how cold it was getting as the night went on. Fire is such a cool thing.....ironic isn't it? Anyway, made our smores and threw some stuff in the fire and watched it burn. Played some music on the guitar and talked. Time seemed to have gone by really fast. Nice good times.

The girls all went to sleep in their tent in the next lot over, which you could reach by trekking the very short trail. We must have kept a lot of people up cause I think that we were the last ones to hit the hey and we were very loud before we split to head for our tents. The guys probably went to sleep at around 12 or 12:30. I don't think the girls went to sleep until 3 cause they were watching a movie on the portable DVD player. I believe Pride and Prejudice was the movie.... At least they were really living out of society by not having the normal necessities.

But it was all good though, we had a plan to wake up early before them anyway to complete Operation Water Balloon!!!. hehe... Well, we got up early and were supposed to start filling water balloons and putting them in special strategic places. But it was so cold that our only concern was getting the fire piping hot again and getting warm from that. Perhaps the part of sleeping in the tent that had no protection from the cold had something to do with it. Oh BTW, if you can't sleep with Helicopters flying over head, or trains coming and going every hour or so, then bring some ear plugs when you camp there.

It worked out all good though cause Jarius was able to sneakily get the water ballons filled and put in bags ready for us to attack. Although I wished that since he and Tony were already up, they could have at least stopped the racoon from taking something from out of the cooler. I can't believe that they got the one opened. Check out the prints that they left us.





Anyways, we all got wet in the end. Mostly because James punked out on the guys and double crossed us. What a loose sore. It was tons of fun and look forward to doing it again. Maybe next time we can canoe longer. For the full pics of the camping trip go here

And check out this wicked awesome video that Chelsea made. Just tink back of the good times and SMILE!!!! Aights, next time on JBMJ news.....The Tampa TUNE!!!

Thursday, January 18, 2007

It's a party everyone!!

So the DW party was awesome. Good music, good dancing, good times....yup good times. People were popping and locking, breaking, and even flipping. What was really cool too was meeting all the pioneers there. Glad to see so many having a balanced good time. Quick shout out to Jarred and his trip to Bethel in March and Erik in hopes of him getting a response to MTS sometime soon.

Well, here's the pics. Maybe you can find yourself somewhere, kinda like a "Where's Waldo" game to play.



Zander parents



Shawnda and Chelsea



Chelsea and random peeps



Shawnda and Natalie



Shawn and Danny



Teaching Natty how to swing







Shwan and Rane (aka Kid n Play)



Shawn showing us how it's done



Little girl doing some floor work





Breakin'



Windmill



Danny and I



Katie Bird!!!



"Keep smiling, keep shining....Knowing you can always count on me, for sure....That's what friends are for."



Chelsea, Danny, and Jason.

Stay tuned for more pics of the "Camping Trip".....duh duh duh....

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Aren't you glad you went!!????

Wow, what a cool night tonight. Had a good day in servicio and finally got around to spraying the house to keep the bugs out. Chels had a great idea of going to City Walk later so that's what we did and guess who we run into right away??? Well, Glad you asked. Mike Vallely!!! If you don't know who he is just ask Tony or check out the vids on his site He's also got a tv show on Fuel

So it was a pretty cool night. The cover band was really good too. I don't know how he sounded like so many of the guys that really sing those songs when they sing so differently. Got some beads too towards the end there. Gave em away but it was still fun. Here's the pics.




Tony and I with Mike V.!!!!!!



Blurry group pic in front of the sign



Another blurry pic but whatev



Everybody's in motion



No really, it was a happy night...



Shawnda and Chelsea



Arielle and Katie Bird




Tony and J4



"Orange Avenue"



It was their first "concert"






The "Colleran" while surfing with clothes on...



This is how she stays so thin



Chelsea, Tony, and James glaring with red eyes.



"Meh"...



Ariel's "Happy" face

Goodness, it's really late. I'm going to bed or else I'll fall asleep while introducing the speaker tomorrow morning. Live long, live good. Sigi.

Sunday, January 07, 2007

And so the Journey begins!!!

So we went to Daytona today to see our friends make their public declaration of their dedication to Jehovah God. We're so proud of you. Here's the pics so that your friends and family can more easily get them. Remember, it's just a start so.....start getting to work and join the rest of us in Pioneering!!!! Thanks to Jensen for video taping and thanks to Tony for taking the photos.


First up, it's Cole!







Katie Bird!










First one in, first one out.





Cool stuff in the Window case in the Foyer.






Hair still in place...






"I got sweet moves mom"



Just another face I found.



Cole...."Get a haircut!"














We went to the Rivera's afterwards. Awww.....Isn't this cute? *barf*