Like I Promised Pictures of Luke

Lucas

To go with my blog about me shaving my head, I got to meet a kid named Luke F. Luke is 3 years old, and just recently he was diagnosed with cancer. I feel very blessed to have met him, I feel like now I have a better understanding of how cancer affects the rest of the world. Now I am a little late on blogging about him seeing as how I met him before the event. Thankfully he has started chemo, the cancer has started to decrease, and Luke is on the mend. I am very thankful to have met Luke and will continue to be praying for Luke and that he would make a full recovery.
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St. Baldricks Cancer Foundation

Once again sorry that I haven't blogged in a while. So, I will catch you guys up. I recently became involved in an organization called the St. Baldricks Foundation. It is an organization that helps raise money to fund reseach for children who have cancer. It is a really neat organization, and I feel very grateful to have been able to be involved in it. What I went in and tried to raise as much money as possible, which in turn would go to help fund research for kids who have cancer. Then all the people who were involved in it would meet(in my case at the Claddaugh Irish Pub), and we would all get our heads shaved. Now for those of you who don't know me, I grow my hair out really long, and for me to get my hair cut is pretty crazy. On Sunday between 1 and 2 o'clock I proceeded to get my head shaved. Now this picture is the only one i could find where my head was completely shaved. Enjoy!!!

Good Advice

Have you ever had that one person that you could really confide in? Mine is my Uncle Fred. My Uncle Fred is a person that I really look up to. He is the Senior Minister at Ionia County Church of Christ, and a great uncle. I have known Fred for a long time, and I have really grown to trust him a lot. He has been known from time to time to offer some very good advice to me. He has been through high school just like me and so every once and a while he'll have a new peice of advice for me. Whether it be about how to stay ahead academically in school or just life advice. Although just recently he offered me a peice of advise, and I have to say that I think it is really going to help me in the future. I really have a lot to thank my Uncle Fred for, he has been there with good advice whenever I need it. Really all I can say is Thanks! Oh and Fred if you are reading this, the advice was very helpful. I took action right away. Thanks!!!

Havent Blogged In a While

Have you ever had that time in your life when things are just absolutely crazy. School, things at home, after school stuff, stuff on the weekends. I have to say it has been really crazy these last coulple of weeks. I have been really busy with school and youth group and what not. And to top all the craziness off you have these things that jump and catch you off your guard, you know the things you don't expect to happen and the BAM!!! Your wrong because it just hapenned. Thats kind of the way it has been in my life lately, and "Frankly" you just have to step back and take a look at everything, and then try and find the best in all of it. Tomorrow though I am gonna have my first real chance to kind of sit back and have a good time for the night. We are hosting a super bowl party at my house, as a youth group event. It is going to be a lot of fun. The game, 360, Wii, cards. The whole thing. Needless to say I am super excited.

Merry Christmas

So once again Christmas is here. Seems like just yesterday I was waking up and opening presents. Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. Yes your probably thinking only because of the presents right, well no. A lot of it has to do with getting together with family and just having an awesome time. Not to mention the two week CHRISTMAS BREAK THAT WE GET!!! This year on the 20th my familly and I will be going down to my Grandma and Grandpa Howard's for christmas, and then my Grandpa and Grandma Weller are coming up on christmas eve for our christmas eve church service, and then will stay a few days up here. I'm really excited for what this holiday season will bring, and I hope you are too. So that said have a great holiday and a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Senior High Youth Group Lock-In

About three maybe four weeks ago The Senior High Youth Group of South Lansing Christian Church had a lock-in. I know its kind of late to be blogging about it but since I just got a pic I thought, what the heck. It was a total blast. The night consisted of video games, nerf wars, sardines, dodgeball. The whole shabang. Basically to sum it up, it was awesome. So as for the pic, on the left is Kenan Steere(a kid in our youth group), and me on the right. To visit our youth ministers blog click here.

Blogging In Chemistry

So yes you read it right I am sitting here writing to you while in Chemistry class. We have finished the computer assignment and now I have some down time. So I'll leave you with some thoughts from this week. I was babysitting my cousins this past weekend and they told me a joke that I really enjoyed. What do you call a bear with no shoes... Bear Foot!!! Yah I know right, I think its hilarious. Well thats it, I know there aren't very many thoughts but that is because I can't think of them. Later!!!

Deer Camp

Well I am sitting here on the couch at my Uncle Jeff's House in Mount Pleasant Michigan getting ready to head for the cabin. I'm physched!!! I look forward to deer camp a little more every year, we get to totally act redneck and there is nobody there to tell us we can't. There is gonna be about eight guys up here at the cabin this weekend, and i'm hoping everyone of em kills a deer. Deer camp consists of a lot of traditions. On Friday night the hunters will go to Jays Sporting Goods to pick up a few last minute things for Saturday. Then we might come back and watch possibly the coolest movie in the world... Eskenaba in Da Moonlight. Yes that one, it's gonna be a total blast. Well I gotta run but just below here is a place to leave comments. Feel free to tell me about your deer camp experience(or just hunting experience).

Grand Ledge Round 2

Tomorrow Grand Ledge goes onto take on Rockford in the second round of the playoffs. It will be a tough one. Rockford is 9 and 1 and they are a big football team. Thats not to say the least about Grand Ledge, we are 10 and 0 and I honestly think we have what it takes to win tomorrow night. I am really excited and interested to see who will come out on top. I have posted a poll on my blog just under the about me section, feel free to vote.

Comedy Night

Well Comedy Night is coming up at my church. It is going to be sweet. Check out Chad Cronins Blog for more details.

Happy Halloween

Well once again Halloween is here!!! I'm really excited yet really bummed at the same time. We have a football game tomorrow night that we're marching. The fun thing is that we get to wear costumes, the bummer thing is that I won't be able to Tricker Treating with Ashlee(my girlfriend). I'm pretty bummed cause I wanted to go but I'm excited at the same time to go and march in my costume at the football game. Anyways what are you gonna be for Halloween!!! I am going to be the Burger King!!! My costume is totally awesome, and to top it off my snare drum is going to have a whopper looking drum cover on it. It's going to be sooooooooooo sweet. Well I hope your Halloween goes amazing. Feel free to comment and let me know what your going as.

Ref Tackles Running Back

I recently was watching the highlights on ESPN when they showed a highlight where the referee tackled the USC quarterback midplay. Now me personally after seeing the replay over and over again I was just absolutely amazed. It's hilarious!!! I got to see a little play by play action. Him getting set, the arm shiver, and then just bam. The ref lights up the quarterback midplay. Everybody was saying he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I say he did it on purppose. No doubt. I think because he never made it pro, he just had to make at least one tackle, and tackle he did. Feel free to coment and let me know what you think.

First Deer

Sorry I know its been a while since I have blogged. Just recently I spent this past weekend up north in Claire Michigan. This past weekend was the youth deer hunt in Michigan. I had hunted on Saturday morning, I saw three doe but nothing was close enough to shoot at. That evening I went out and sat in the deer blind, I hadn't seen anything until right about 5:30 p.m. What looked at the time to be a doe was just walking a row of beans, just eating and chilling out. I got my gun up, I was shaking so bad. I had the gun up and down from my shoulder at least three times before I was still enough to shoot. Finally I shot, I had drilled him right through the vitals he ran about 20 yards and then went into some brush. He was done for. I had killed my first deer, and as it turned out it wasn't a doe, it was a buttonbuck. He turned out to be a little smaller than he looked from my blind. It was a 200 yard shot with an 8mm rifle, and for all you hunters out there they all look bigger through the scope. All in all I am and was pretty excited, it was my first deer, and it turned out just the way I wanted to.

Band Camp

Well I finally returned home from band camp on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. Last year I was going to band camp shortly after I moved, this year I was different. I new a whole lot more people. This years show is from Gladiator and Ben Hur. I am on the snare line, and playing was a blast. Hopefully the rest of the year will be awesome.

Back From the Northmen

This past week I spent my time eating, burping, farting, playing cards etc... I was at the Northmen. I had a total blast while I was there. For those of you who don't know what Northmen is, let me tell you. It is a christian camping trip for men and boys (no girls!!!). It really is a great trip and provides a good chance to just get away from all the home stuff. I had a blast and am ready to go back.

Lake Liki Lake Liki Liki Lake James

Finally the Dan Smith I Love Lake James music video was posted on the tube. I am in it like 7 times so i wont tell you all of them, ill just let you find me. One I will tell you about is when there are a bunch of kids running and screaming, i'm the one to the left of the kid in red shirt. Hope you enjoy!!!

Lake Liki Lake Liki Liki Lake James

Here is one more video from church camp. It is a parody of Charlie Bit Me. It features a 6 foot 9 inch black guy and a short bearded white guy. If you haven't seen the original click here and then come back and watch the video that is already on the blog.

Lake Liki Lake Liki Liki Lake James

This past week I was at Lake James Christian Assembly enjoying the senior high week. I had and awesome time, and I would tell you more but why do it when my Dad already does. This week for missions a guy named Dan Smith from Momentum Christian Church came and talked to us. For those of you who don't know who that is he wrote the parody of Baby Got Back called Baby Got Book. He was awesome, he was funny and he was a white guy who could rap. It was awesome. He made a song called I Love Lake James. He made a music video that involved all of us campers. I am in it so when it comes up on youtube i'll post it. So here is the video of his Baby Got Book.

Back From the Border

Early Sunday morning my Dad and I returned from Tecate, Mexico. While we were there we had the chance to do lots of things in which were beneficial to the mission. It was my first mission trip, and I really enjoyed it. We built a roof on a building that is gonna be used for church classrooms, we also cleaned up an extensive amount of trash. Keep checking back to my blog as I will be posting pictures of the trip.