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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Rapid City, 2005

I had a really great F.O.T. in Rapid City. The weather was excellent the entire time. I don't think there was ever more than a light sprinkle for precipitation. Highs in the mid 60's and lows in the 30's.

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The teen activity was very enjoyable. There were 36 teens in attendance. We had pizza, played a few games, & then went on a 3 mile (or so) hike to the top of a large hill. On the way back Josh Kerr, Sharon Rowbal, Derek Lee and I went down the opposite side of the hill than the main group. Along the way Derek found an old frisbee. We tossed it around for awhile until we got to the bottom. At the bottom of the hill was a small river which all of us could cross except Derek who couldn't get his foot dirty becuase of the recent surgery on his toe. So Josh had to cross back over and give him a piggyback ride across. Since we were in a small group and could move quickly we ended up being 10 minutes ahead of the main group. So during that time we threw the frisbee around until Sharon decided for some unknown reason the hurl the frisbee back across the river (she says it was an accident). Josh and Sharon looked for it but couldn't find it. So we were forced to pass the time with stick fights. Sharon and I were up first. I grab a tiny twig as a joke and toss Sharon a larger branch. I pretended to fight for a little bit until she started swinging really hard. I ran away so she throws the branch at me a hits me in the knuckles. It was quite painful. After that the group caught up and we finished up the rest of the trip together.

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The family day took place at an indoor go-kart place. I only raced once on the go-karts because there was only one track and two types of karts so they had to take turns. But there was paintball and batting cages so that's where I spent my time.

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The Formal Dance was excellent. I helped set up for it. That helped me to appreciate the incredible amount of planning and work involved to put something like that together. It turned out really well. The song selection was good and the entertainment was quite enjoyable.

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The messages given throughout were amazing. Mr. Gilchrist gave a sermon on how important we are to God, how compared to the universe we are a "bacteria on a grain of sand." But God still has a tremendous plan for us. He takes the time to teach us and give us every chance to follow His ways. That was the sermon that sticks out most to me but Mr. Monson, Mr. Millich, Dr. Fall and Mr. Ehmen gave great sermons as well.

I was to lazy to make an entirely new post for my blog when I already had a good one youth-web.

Monday, October 10, 2005

I'm an awesome punter.

It's sad really. I check my blog to see if Josh posted on it.
It's time I post one. Let's begin with sports. I saw a NHL hockey game for the first time in 16 months. That was cool. The Vikings are terrible, but what's new? My football team is 5-1 with two games remaining. Both of which should be victories. In my last game I had a 49 yard punt (from the line of scrimmage, I line up ten yards back). Which is quite impressive considering the best NFL punter had an average of 46.9 yards per punt. I was happy about that one.
School is going well. I'm getting above a 99.5% in all of my classes. The only reason I'm not getting a 100% in choir is because I was chewing gum one day. That means I have to go to a concert or musical of some sort to get extra credit to get my grade back up to an A+. As of today my teachers have been informed of the me being gone for the next week and a half. YAY!
I'm really looking forward to the feast. Only one week until it starts. I got two new suits, a new pair of shoes, and a couple new shirts. That's not the reason why I'm looking forward to the feast but it's still nice. Mr. Monson said that there were going to be 30+ teens at Rapid City this year. That is more than last year. There is also going to be a dance, which they didn't have last year.
That's it for now. One of these days I'll have to take some time and write a long, interesting post...
Does anybody know why it doesn't show the indents when I publish my post?

Sunday, October 09, 2005

NHL

Experiment #2.
The Minnesota Wild are 1-1 and playing their third game against LA right now. Dwayne Roloson is still awesome. We need more ice hockey. Hockey stick puck skates ice goalie

--Kerr

Monday, October 03, 2005

Arachnid

I'm posting becuase I want to see what links will come up. I mean, Joe doesn't post, so what's the harm?
Anyone not like spiders? I usually don't, but they are pretty cool. Garden spiders are pretty cool. They're pretty big and have a neat yellow and gray color pattern. Technically, scorpions are arachnids too, since, ya'know, they have eight limbs. They also have tails.
The things you learn.
Joe is not a fan of spiders. He often cries at the mentioning of the word. The sight of one sometimes sends him into convulsions and such. I've tried to help him get past his unrational fear through exposure. You know, if he sees one, I will pick him up and hold his face to it. Or I'll throw the spider at him, things like that. The only way to get past it is to face it. i'm just helpful like that.