This past week has been full of excitement!
I started last Sunday driving our church van pulling a wagon full of Kids in a parade! Honestly, what's more fun than a parade?
Once the parade was over I traveled to camp camby our district camp group for Junior and Senior High Camps. Three other people from my church went with me. We had an awesome time. One student responded to God during an evening service and told me, "I don't want to tell you what I was praying about. But I will tell you I plan on coming to church a lot more!" So that's always good!
Then Friday morning I woke up and traveled to Ottawa Illinois the town I went to High School in. I married a couple at Starved Rock Lodge. We had rehearsal on Friday and the Wedding was on Saturday night. The wedding went perfect.
While I was in town I was able to spend a ton of time with most of my Family. I slept at my Aunt and Uncle's home for two nights. They have three little Kids Drew (7) Kate (5) and Drake (2). They are about the best looking kids you will ever see!They also have as much energy as I have ever seen. (Although their parents claim that its only when I'm around!) We had a ton of fun.
They woke me up at 7:00 AM on Saturday morning. I heard them all walk slowly into my room trying to giggle quietly. I peaked at them from under my pillow and I heard one say, "Who's going to wake him up?" then Drake the youngest said, "I will!" And then he screamed in my ear "WAKE UP!!!" I faked like I was scared and then they all jumped on me in bed while Drake began to sing, "Drop it like its hot!"
I really can't think of a much better way to get woken up in the morning!
My friend Jake Heaton who is interning in Sterling Illinois drove down and hung out with me on Saturday. He drove down and we went to Marseilles (my home town) for an event called the freedom ride. They expected over 30,000 motorcycles to show up for a war memorial event they have in town. It's a pretty big event! The town only has 4,000 people living in it! It was pretty crazy! I might have some pictures of that day up soon. We hung out with my Grandma, Mom and Step-Dad. It was really good to see all of them!
Jake and I left the freedom ride and went to starved rock. We went to St. Louis Canyon and climbed to the top of Starved rock. It was a lot of fun to hang out with him and enjoy creation together. I love that kid!
I attended Ottawa First Church of the Nazarene on Sunday with all of my family. My mom and Step-dad, Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Gina and Andy, Roger & Cortney and their 3 kids. It was really cool to worship with all of my family!
I'm sitting in Jeremiah Joe's a coffee shop in Ottawa about to leave for Bourbonnais to eat dinner with a good friend! I'll just say I hope it goes well!
So it's been a great week a few other things I did: Dinner at Sam's Pizza, dinner at Uptown Bar and Grill (the restaurant I learned to be a gentleman in! :) ), six hours of hiking, farmers market, meeting Henry the Hobo, lunch a Betty's, sitting by the river, being with family!
I hope you have a great week!
