College here I come

Big Changes are Here

2008-07-12T01:58:00.002-06:00

I have a new blog!!!

Check it out here... or at www.weslorenzen.com

If you like history feel free to catch up on old posts on this blog

4th of July

2008-07-06T01:41:00.005-06:00

So I am not sure if I mentioned this in any other previous posts but my brother Dave had some unexpected leave from the marines and came out to Colorado for a couple of weeks. It was fun to have him here. He keeps me busy so I don't get bored, if anything he is there to hang out with me when we are both bored but oh well. We celebrated the 4th of July last night with family which was pretty fun. I attempted to capture some fireworks with my camera which I have not done before. In hindsight I should have made a few changes to my shutter speed but I still found a couple that were still kind of cool photos. There is also some pictures of my family in the morning... shortly after we just got up lol. They are pretty classic. Anyway I hope everyone had a good 4th.

That one was about 5 miles away I think

Take 1 - (pre-starbucks I might add)
Take 2 - (Got to love family)

Bake for 5hrs and then Enjoy AWESOMENESS

2008-07-01T13:55:00.006-06:00

So I had a pretty busy weekend this past weekend. I worked all day Saturday and then went on a double date with my roommate and his girlfriend. We had a lot of fun but it made for a really long day. Sunday was a big day as well. I took my younger siblings and my good friend dan to the warped tour up in Denver. Its basically a big rock music festival. I only went to go see Relient K which was one band out of like 40 lol. So I spend most of the day baking in the high heat and getting very sunburnt. Relient K only played for 30 mins but it was totally worth it. Relient K is probably one of my favorite bands. They had a signing event after they played where they would autograph your stuff. Both me and Grant have been huge Relient K fans for a while but I have never met them or seen them up close so I wasnt going to pass this up.

We stood in line for an hour or so but it was totally worth it. We actually got to meet all the members of the band and get their autograph. It was TOTALLY AWESOME!! lol I only had the camera on my phone to capture the event unfortunatley, but at least I got to capture it in some way. Grant was freaking out too, It pretty much made his year to meet them. Its kind of funny because you have those special situations which only last like a min but after you leave you think of 20 different things you should have said, or should have done differently. That definitely happend on sunday but either way it was awesome to meet them.

yep...more sunset pictures

2008-06-19T23:38:00.003-06:00

So you guys are all probably pretty tired of seeing pictures of Colorado sunsets but I cant help but take pictures of them. They are just so amazing :) Anyway I took these on the way to my friends house. We had an interesting night...we accidentally got another friend of mine in big trouble with his boss which was really awkward. Basically my friend told us we could get some free food from his work place and his manager wouldn't care..well his manager cared...a lot lol. It was pretty bad.

I miss my friend...

2008-06-18T21:11:00.003-06:00

Paige gets home on friday and I am pretty excited but for now I miss her...

Lego Fun

2008-06-16T21:57:00.003-06:00

Well I was looking around the other day and I found some un-opened lego sets. I used to LOVE playing with legos and putting them together and playing with them. So I put them together and it was a ton of fun. I took some pictures so you can all admire my handiwork.

Its been a good couple weeks. Nothing to major, with paige gone I pretty much just work and hang with friends. Its not to bad I guess. I am excited for Paige to get back. She got back for about a day and then headed off to Girls State and she will be back on friday so thats always nice.

Work has been frustrating recently I cant really say a whole lot about it but I cant wait to go back to my Boulder store. Anyway i should be getting to bed I have to work super early tomorrow. I hope everyone is doing well.

Bye Bye

2008-06-10T17:48:00.002-06:00

I took Paige up to the airport the other day she was headed off to her dads house. We had a fun day.. We had a good lunch at Grandma and Grandpa's house, he headed up to Denver got some starbucks, spent some time Park Meadows and then enjoyed some dinner before I took her to the airport. It was fun :)

just step outside

2008-06-01T21:13:00.002-06:00

I love Colorado... I can walk out my front door and see this...

quick

2008-05-30T00:00:00.002-06:00

Well I really need to be in bed because I have to work early tomorrow but I just thought I would write a quick note. I have really been amazed at how God answers prayer. Especially prayer that has been going on for a long time. One of my best friends started down a bad path near the end of high school. I was worried about him and prayed for him quite often. He continued to go farther and farther down the path and ended up in some really deep muck. I kept praying but never really saw any results which was frustrating. But a couple months ago he got into some real big trouble and it really shook him. He has completely turned his life around in a way that I never even imagined possible. He is so hungry for God is ridiculous. He is like a totally different person. Its been so encouraging to hang out him on this new journey.

And now as my amazing cousins leave for africa to pick up their adopted twin children the prayer that they have been praying for years will finally be a reality in way that they probably never even imagined. God is doing big things...its awesome to be a part of them.

Cookies!

2008-05-27T20:21:00.002-06:00

The rest of my family went up to visit johns sister in fort collins on memorial day and I stayed home with the dog. I spent some of the day with Paige and the rest doing laundry and hanging out with Emma. I did make cookies though... They were yummy! Here are some pictures.

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Wow long time no post

2008-05-18T17:59:00.004-06:00

Sorry I have been slacking the blogging recently. Its been a crazy couple weeks. I moved back home and had a couple days to settle in before I started working full time at my new/old starbucks here in the springs. Its been pretty crazy. But its been nice being home. I do miss boulder though. I hate to say it but I really like working at my other starbucks better than here. but as I get more settled in to my store here hopefully it will even out. I drove up to boulder last night to pick up a few things from my old starbucks. I thought I would take some photos along the way. I have another busy work week and then the weekend to graduation party hop it should be pretty intense but a good week. I hope everyone is doing well. Talk to you soon hopefully.

This one is probably one of my favorites

Cleaning...

2008-05-08T02:06:00.002-06:00

So my roommate moved out earlier today so I have been all by myself in my apartment :( So sad right? But luckily I move out tomorrow morning so I won't be too lonely. I have been cleaning like crazy. My kitchen looks incredible its like brand new!! The rest of my room will be clean soon hopefully. My parents are coming up tomorrow morning to help so that will be nice. Moving out of an apartment is a lot different from moving out of a dorm. I couldn't wait to get the heck out of my dorm lol. But moving out my apartment is a little bit harder. Probably because its more like a home than a dorm is... I don't know.

Its been great to be done with school. All of my friends have pretty much already left so I am getting really excited to go home. Anyway I should probably head back to cleaning and then go to bed. I will talk to everyone later!

Done

2008-05-05T12:39:00.002-06:00

I am finally done with everything. I finished my last final this morning. I am exhausted but relieved to be done.

Campus Crusade Rocks

2008-05-02T01:11:00.004-06:00

So we had our summer kick off party tonight. It was a ton of fun. This group of people is like my family up here at CU and I love them to death. This summer is going to be rough, rougher than last summer because I have really made some deep connections with these people this year and leaving them isn't going to be a ton of fun. Summer is a weird thing if you think about it, everything changes. Who you hang out with, where you live, what you spend your time doing, its all different for 3 short months. Like I have mentioned before I am ready for school to be over but I am not ready for the change. But on the bright side of things, I do have good friends in the springs I can hang out with. My roommate will be in the springs so that will be sweet. And probably the most awesome part is summer with my girlfriend :) and G-man. Anyway here are some pics from tonight...

The Cha-Cha Slide... Seriously who likes that song? lol

Middle Front Row and 3rd from the right on the Top Row with the red thing around his neck are going to be 2 of my roommates next year. I am pretty excited.

So we had to dress up in what we were going to be doing all summer that is why I am wearing my beloved starbucks apron.

yeah... lol

Late

2008-04-30T21:02:00.004-06:00

So I went out today to capture spring at CU because its amazing. Unfortunately I was about a week past the peak of blooming. And by the time I got out to take pictures it was starting to get dark and the lighting wasn't very good. I was not impressed at all with the pictures I got. Below are a few of the somewhat acceptable ones.

looks like snow but its just pedals flying off the tree it was pretty sweet actually.

Long week

2008-04-25T17:06:00.002-06:00

Its been a long week. I have gotten into a poor sleep schedule unfortunately I have been up really late and sleeping really late as well. It hasn't been the best but hopefully I can work it out this weekend in time for finals week. I have a good mix of a paper, group presentation, take home final, and one real final. It should be a good week and half :) I am about to head out to work. I cant believe I am saying this but I don't think I am ready for summer to be here. I am ready for school to be over, but I have building a lot of good friendships recently and I am bummed that I wont see most of them for the summer. But we will all be back for fall so I guess its not to bad. Anyway I will talk to everyone later!

Life keeps going

2008-04-21T00:30:00.004-06:00

I am starting to realize lately that life just keeps going, and by lately I mean the past 2 min. I was sitting here trying to remember all that has been happening recently and I suddenly realized that life just keeps going from one thing to another and it doesn't stop.

I registered for classes next fall. It should be a good semester. I spent most of last week figuring that whole thing out. I also sorted out my transfer to my old store for the summer. I am done with this semester in two weeks. I am moving out of my apartment and back home in two weeks as well. So out of nowhere I am ending another semester, starting a new summer, and already have things lined up for another new semester in the fall. Pretty crazy!

This weekend was pretty packed as well. I went to Paige's prom on saturday so I spent friday picking up my tux and running errands. I took pictures of G-man before HIS prom that was on friday. Then went and saw Andy at Tri-lakes. Spent saturday finishing errands and getting ready for prom. Got home from prom around 4am sunday morning. Slept till it was time for John's birthday party. Had some awesome food. And then I spent the rest of the day just hanging out. On a side note having to take a break every sentence and eat my Capitan Crunch before it gets soggy is starting to drive me nuts.

We all got a surprise today when my step-brother Dave randomly showed up at the house after being deployed with Marines for the past 6 months or so. He came back for a couple days before he goes into training for his second deployment. It was probably the best birthday gift John could ever ask for. He was so happy all day.

I am always afraid to make my blogs really long because I feel most people have already skipped to the pictures anyway but oh well :) There are some good pictures of G-man's prom as well as Paige's prom. And I will also say that after looking at the new pictures on Joanna and Taylor's blog I am ready for another vacation to small town, PA. Anyway here are some pics...

Thats Grants date Courtney..she is a cuttie

G-man came to take pictures too

Grants group

He wishes...(It was Courtney's dads car)

The kid is a stud what can I say

Every New Day

2008-04-18T03:58:00.001-06:00

"here's is my heart, let it be forever yours, only You can make every new day seem so new"
~Five Iron Frenzy

MXPX Concert

2008-04-14T13:00:00.002-06:00

So I went with my friend Dan last night to the MXPX concert. It was a lot of fun. I wasn't a huge fan of the bands that came before, but MXPX was pretty awesome. Grant wanted to go but they were playing at a sketchy venue and I didn't think it would be good if he went. Lol and I was right it was crazy.

But the biggest news was that I got to shake the lead singers hand!!! It was the closest thing to meeting a celebrity I have experienced. I was pretty lucky to meet him. I was waiting in line to get a T-shirt and a poster for G-man and it was taking forever. Eventually I got them and I turned around and there he was taking photos with a couple people. I didn't have a camera with me, and I didn't really think to have someone take a picture with my phone (my friend Dan was outside already). So I just told him I loved the show and shook his hand. He was really nice and genuine, and seemed very appreciative that liked show. It was pretty cool I must say. Anyway I should get going. Just thought I would share my first celebrity encounter. I will talk to everyone later!

Spring is trying

2008-04-12T16:16:00.004-06:00

Well I had a fantastic birthday this past monday. My had dinner with my family and my mother made a fantastic meal and birthday cake for me. It was very delicious. And then on monday Paige took me out to dinner on a wonderful birthday date. It was a lot of fun. All and all it was a great birthday.

Spring is trying to come out around Boulder. The weather is consistently getting better and the grass is starting to get green. Its so beautiful around here in the spring. One of my favorite times of the year actually. I took a few pictures around campus. CU is having the Conference on World Affairs, they hold it every year. I have heard is pretty cool, they have like panels you can go to and listen to all these world leaders and experts discuss world issues. They put up flags all across campus it can be pretty awesome. The flags were a little lame this year but i took a couple pictures of those as well. I should head out, I need to get ready for work. I hope everyone is doing well! talk to you all soon.

Cursed with lateness

2008-04-10T13:56:00.000-06:00

I am cursed with lateness. I have been late to pretty much everything my entire life. every semester is the same, I start the semester on time to all my classes. But by the end of the semester I am always late no matter what! Usually I am about 5 to 10 min late to my first class every single day. It drives me nuts!!! If I try to wake up earlier my alarm won't work, if I try to take a quick shower I don't lol. Its a curse I am sure of it.
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Good but Busy Week

2008-04-04T23:28:00.002-06:00

Well like my title would suggest I had a pretty busy but good week. I had a lot of school work and I worked a good amount this week. But I found out that I am doing better in my classes than I thought which is always nice. I had a store meeting this week, I am not sure but I think they are pretty awesome. Getting to see everyone at the same time doesn't happen often. We have some really exciting changes coming down the line at Starbucks. You will have to wait and see what they are. Its an exciting time to say the least.

Crusade was great this week, it was good to see everybody after spring break. One of the girls got engaged over the break. It was pretty exciting stuff. The only downside to this week was that I havent gotten to see Paige. And I probably wont till later this weekend. It should be a good weekend though.

I get a haircut tomorrow..which is slightly overdue lol. And I took G-man bowling tonight which was sweet. So its already looking like a good weekend. Anyway its late I am tired so I am going to bed. Talk to everyone later.

Back Home...

2008-04-01T01:19:00.002-06:00

This is pretty random but I just saw on tv that 1/3 of Americans have had ground beef in the past 24 hours. Thats crazy lol. Anyway back to what I was saying. I am home now, coming home from a vacation is never fun but its good to be home. I had a nice flight back. I was connecting through Chicago but apparently they had some pretty bad storms there and I was going to miss my flight to Denver so they put me on a direct flight to Denver. But it turned out the seat they put me in was in First Class so I flew home with tons of great space to stretch my legs. It was fantastic. The food still kind of stunk but oh well.

Like I said in the previous post I had a great time on my spring break. Small town and small college life is a very nice change of pace. I had lots of time to relax, sleep in (until Taylor found some creative way to wake me up) and take in the sights. But I did a lot of exciting things as well. Played intermural sports, watched sports, visited friends, visited pittsburgh, took photos, ate out, and got starbucks. It was amazing lol. Its been a while since I have taken a vacation, i forgot how awesome they are lol. I uploaded an album with a bunch of photos I took.

You can check it out here

I hope you like them, I need to get back to homework :( I will talk to everyone later. I hope you all are doing well.

PA madness

2008-03-28T21:38:00.002-06:00

So I am having a sweet time out here with my cousins. Its been a lot of fun. Its interesting to experience the small college life compared to my huge mega college life. I really like it actually, everybody seems to know everybody and its a tight little community. I can go three days without seeing the same person at CU lol. I feel that the small college life is more conducive to the " college experience" those crazy random things that cant really happen in any other time of your life. I have already had some awesome ping-pong games, whiffle ball tournaments, and some sweet volleyball and football games. I have sat on a porch in a local coffee shop watching it rain in small town Pennsylvania. Its been a fun change of pace. We went into Pittsburgh today it was a lot of fun. I got some sweet photos I will put them up here pretty soon. I am not to excited to go back lol. But anyway I should probably go. I will talk to everyone later. Look forward to some sweet photos.

Flying rocks

2008-03-26T05:52:00.000-06:00

So I must say I feel very business-like typing out a quick email out before my plane takes off and I am not going to lie I am enjoying every second of it lol. I love to fly its awesome! Got to go!
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Happy Easter

2008-03-23T16:11:00.003-06:00

So its been a while since I have posted sorry. The past few weeks have been kind of crazy with tests and projects. But I am finally on spring break and its awesome. I have been slacking on taking photos recently. I actually really miss taking photos its been a while since I have taken some good ones. but I have managed to take a few here and there. Nothing exciting but its a glimpse into my life I guess.

This is my living room...although we don't have that sweet table anymore

This is my starbucks...its small but awesome

The other day was actually the 8th year since my dad passed away. I can't believe its been 8 years. It seems like such a long time. I took these photos over the summer, I thought this would be a good time to show them to everybody. Its a pretty place to say the least...

I have been published!

2008-03-12T00:35:00.002-06:00

I got interviewed for Campus Press here at CU. I am near the bottom...

Check it out...

I have never been in a paper before.. Pretty exciting!

Ugh

2008-03-11T14:02:00.002-06:00

So I have been working all weekend on a presentation for my economic history of europe class and its been pretty difficult. I was doing the presentation with 3 other people. It was a lot of work and by the end of it I had a really good grasp on the article I had to present on. However due to our schedule we never actually got together we just divided the work and communicated through email. We all had a good understanding of the article. But when we presented today our teacher was such a jerk. She was sarcastic and kept interrupting our presentation. She would sarcastically ask us a question we would answer and then she would roll her eyes and tell us to keep going. She was so rude! She has done this to many other groups who were presenting. Ugh! what a jerk

sorry needed to vent

I always knew I was smart...

2008-03-11T01:26:00.002-06:00

So apparently Boulder, CO has been named America's Smartest City... You can read more about it here...

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8218390?source=rss?source=sb-digg

I would like to point out that Fort Collins home of the CSU Rams is listed as 12th.... Thats pretty much all I have to say about that.

Raisin Bran Frustration

2008-03-06T01:17:00.003-07:00

So I dont know if there are any Raisin Bran fans out there but I have a bone to pick with Raisin Bran... Well first of all let me get this out of the way.. I think everybody can agree that the raisins are the best part of Raisin Bran. Ok now that we have established that we can move on. While eating Raisin Bran you try to get a balanced spoon full of raisins and bran which is difficult because all the raisins fall to the bottom of your bowl. But when you start to reach the end of the bowl you have consumed all the bran that you can and you begin your search for the raisins that are left over (because they are the best part). But you cant see if there are any raisins left because the milk hides them. You start moving the spoon back and forth, and as you do you catch little glimpses of raisin flow by... so naturally you try to spoon them out but you can never get them. Seriously thats so frustrating! I sit there for five min or so just trying to find raisins, I eventually give up and clean my bowl... Only to find like 4 raisins!!!

I can just see some of you "well why don't you just drink the milk and then find the raisins?" Well I understand that some of you might drink the milk of your cereal after you are done with it... See I don't that. Never have.. probably never will.

Thats pretty much all I have to say.. back to homework...

Girls are pretty awesome

2008-03-04T12:25:00.001-07:00

God definitely knew what he was doing when he gave girls the ability to tolerate pain better than guys. If girls that were in pain and handled it like guys do nothing would ever get done.

Paige was really sick last night, she was having really bad cramps and she kept throwing up. She was up all night texting me because she couldn't sleep and she never once complained about it to me. I had a small little cold a couple weeks ago and all I did was complain about how congested I was and so on. Even my mom who lived with pretty bad backpain for the longest time rarely complained and somehow managed to still get everything done. Seriously if I had back pain like that I wouldn't get off the couch and I would complain all day long.

Way to go God for thinking that one through!
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Blog Crazy

2008-02-28T18:31:00.002-07:00

So the past day and half or so I have been writing a paper for my School and Society class. Although its not your typical paper. I asked if I could do mine in "blog format" my teacher was pretty excited about the idea. So if you care to check it out, you can read my Educational Traditions paper at the following link...

http://traditions-in-education.blogspot.com/

Mind you its no masterpiece, and although all the stories are made up, the educational content of the paper is mostly from a bunch of readings. Which were cited correctly I might add. Anyway don't feel like you have to read the whole thing its pretty long.

Way to Busy

2008-02-25T22:17:00.002-07:00

So I have been pretty busy lately. I wont bore you with the details but last week I spent more time at home than I did in Boulder. I was home sick last weekend, went back up on Tuesday, came down Wednesday night, came back up to boulder on Thursday and came down to the springs on Friday. I have been here all weekend. We had a basketball tournament on Saturday and we ended up getting 4th place (out of 5 but thats ok lol). We had another game tonight. I feel like I have been going and going without a real rest. I am now really looking forward to Spring Break. Hopefully I can get out of town for a change of pace. (like PA wink wink lol)

Paige has been going through a rough time. Her mom and step-dad have been having some trouble recently and she actually ended up moving out of her house with her mom to an apartment. I spent a lot of time this weekend helping her and her mom move in. Your prayers would be much appreciated. Its been a difficult time for Paige. I have been trying my best to be supportive but I don't always do a good job. So you could probably pray that I do a better job too lol.

Anyway I have to go study for my Astronomy test tomorrow. I hope everyone is doing well. I will talk to everybody soon.

The birthday boy

2008-02-22T00:49:00.004-07:00

He is a stud what can I say....

Update

2008-02-18T00:34:00.000-07:00

Well it was a busy weekend. I went to Sadie Hawkins with Paige on Friday, the theme was opposites so we went as Mac and PC :) it was awesome and I was definitely Mac! (it was totally my idea too lol, pretty dorky I know)

On Saturday I came down with the cold that grant had all week. So that was a ton of fun. I also managed to mess up my computer slightly by trying to install Windows on it with this special program that I have. It didn't really work but I managed to fix everything and we are back in action. (thankfully)

And today was a very fun day. G-man turned 16 today! He had a rocking party at Fargos pizza. He had a ton of kids there. And therefore acquired quite the bounty of gift cards and cash lol. He easily has more money than I do right now. But oh well, I will definitely put some pics of the day on here as soon as I can.

Anyway that's a little update, I have to go switch some laundry around and then go to bed! Yay!
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Cranky

2008-02-12T14:21:00.000-07:00

So teachers should really try not be cranky because it puts a damper on the educational experience....

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So much to Blog so little time

2008-02-12T01:53:00.001-07:00

So I am always thinking of stuff to Blog about like...

How awesome Starbucks is for offering free instore wifi to all partners coming up this spring

How special Olympics bball is going (3-1)... so pretty good :)

How my paper on Aristotle took me 5 days to finish when it should have only taken 3 hours (very frustrating)

How Paige is going through a very hard time and could definitely use some prayer (more details to come)

Maybe I just suck at blogging but I can never seen to sit down at my computer and write something out. Anyway if any of these topics stand out to you and you would like more information I will gladly give you more info.

Its pretty sad that I could only manage to get this out through my phone but I had to write down all these things otherwise I would forget what I wanted to tell you guys. Anyway I hope everyone is doing well. Talk to everyone soon
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2 Year Anniersary

2008-02-06T15:35:00.000-07:00

Well about this time two years ago I was pretty much in shock. I just asked Paige to be my girlfriend. The dork I was all through middle school and most of high school just got a girlfriend. And she was pretty!! How did that happen?? Anyway I really had no idea what to do next lol. Well I must have done something right because two years later I am still with this amazing girl. We have had some hard times the past 2 years but all the good times far out weigh the bad. She is becoming such a awesome woman of God and I love that. I am very lucky to be with her. And I am excited to see what the future holds for us both. But for now Happy 2 year Anniversary Darling!

Amazing

2008-01-28T01:39:00.000-07:00

Paige found this and told me about it tonight. I just watched it and its incredible. I am not sure where it was done but its powerful...

untitled...

2008-01-27T18:23:00.000-07:00

So there is a lot of pressure to come up with a witty and clever title for your blog, and to be honest sometimes I sit here in front of my computer for 20 min trying to think of one. This time I just decided to skip it and just start writing before I lost my motivation to blog lol.

And another thing, I feel like I am constantly saying sorry for not blogging as much so by now my apologies probably don't mean anything lol... I am ok with that. You will just have to wait sometimes to see a new blog entry... you'll get over it lol. So I have been kind of busy lately, this special olympics basketball league is a ton of fun but its proving to be a lot more driving than I thought it was going to be. But its totally worth it at the same time. Our team is pretty good but for whatever reason (maybe me) we always lose. I think we won one game last time I played on the team.

Well we are feeling pretty good because we won our last game against the hardest team in the league. It was a great game. Rough but great. The team we played almost got kicked out of the league last year for playing dirty. Basically because their partners (like me) would score a lot and steal from the special needs kids all the time. They also had two or three special needs kid who were just as good as I am but everyone felt bad guarding them really well because they were special needs so they would score like a ton of points. Well I put a stop to that lol. I started to put some serious D on the partners and the other kids who were really good. And the rest of my team pretty much did the rest, it was awesome. G-man put up a lot of good shots but unfortunately didn't make any, but he is shooting so that is important.

Here are some pics of a "hike" (even though it wasn't a real hike because we didn't use any real trails...which I was somewhat bitter about because it led to me falling and getting all muddy and wet but anyway) that Paige and I went on the other day. It was really nice out and a lot of fun. Its a good thing that I have like freakish long arms because a lot of the pictures I take of us wouldn't work otherwise lol.

Dont give up on me!

2008-01-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

So I am lame and I haven't been blogging much recently. But don't give up on me because there is still hope! I have pictures! Its pretty exciting I know lol. Its been pretty busy recently with going back to school, and the special olympic games, and work, and various other little things that have to get done. I haven't even really used my computer much more than just 5 min at time this week. But I am finally catching up on computer duties (one of which of course is to blog and put up pics). I hope everyone is doing well. Sorry again for the lack of blog action. I will try to do better and have a more exciting life...no promises though lol.

So this is my sweet room, notice the awesome menus :) there is no place like home

This is Grant rocking out to Guitar Hero

This is his "serious I am so good looking with my guitar pose"

This is our sweet team! Go Bucks!

I am rebounding- check out that vert!- thats got to be like 2 inches

Here is G-man playing some sweet defense

Take that sun!!!

2008-01-09T06:44:00.000-07:00

So I am up before the sun and I must admit its pretty funny because it has been a while since I was up this early. Why up so early you might ask? Well I am surprising Paige at school with some good tasty Starbucks! I think my mom gets frustrated sometimes because of all the years she had to fight to get me out of bed and to school, and I can snap out of bed at 5:45 with no problem to surprise Paige lol. What can I say? Sorry mom

I love the morning actually, I am just never up to see it lol oh well
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Special Olympics B-Ball

2008-01-07T10:50:00.000-07:00

So this year I am going to be playing as a peer partner in the special olympics bball season. I did this two years and it was honestly one of the best things I have ever done. G-man plays on a team with me and we go to games every monday night. I pretty much have the same team that I had 2 years ago which is sweet. My role in the game is pretty much to pass the ball around and give everyone a chance to shot the ball or dribble. I am allowed to score once a quarter I think but for the most part I keep the game moving. I love it because I get so attached to the kids on my team and its just a blast. Plus it gives me an excuse to come down every monday lol. I will hopefully put some pics up throughout the season.

Break has been so much fun so far. Paige had to go back to school today and it was a bummer because I have had such a fun time with her over break. We were able to go on a date the other night (which is rare) and we both had such a good time. The break from school has been wonderful. I didn't do as well as I wanted to last semester but it was a rough semester. I had the whole roommate thing at the beginning of the year, I started working and going to school for the first time, I had some absolutely wild professors, it was a crazy semester. I am not quite ready to go back to school but I am ready for a new fresh start this next semester. Plus spring semester always goes really fast so summer is just around the corner lol.

There is a lot of cool stuff that happens during spring. I have my 2 year anniversary with Paige in February, G-man also has his birthday in February, and my birthday is also in April so its a good time of year. Anyways I am heading out, I will talk to everyone later. Have a good week.

Christmas Fun

2007-12-31T00:36:00.000-07:00

So I know its like 6 days past Christmas but I took a few pictures of the Christmas fun, well mostly of Emma and her Christmas present and the white Christmas we had. Here they are..

I am out of my post Christmas depression. I still miss it however. But soon enough it will come around again :) I have been hanging out with a lot of my friend that are in from out of town. Its been pretty fun...but I am SO ready for my girlfriend to get home tomorrow from her trip to her dads house. I am looking forward to a new year as well. But I will probably blog about that more tomorrow. I am heading to bed. I hope everyone had a great Holiday season. Talk to yo soon.

Post Christmas sadness

2007-12-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

So getting older sucks, every year Christmas loses a little bit of sparkle. Even with the awesome white Christmas we had something seemed to be missing. It isn't any thing that my mom or my parents have control over. Its hard to explain. I am sure when I have kids and I see how excited they get it will bring back some of that youthful excitement that seems to go away as you get older. But for now I will enjoy the rest of my sweet white Christmas. I got my annual Starbucks on Christmas so that makes everything a lot better. I will put some pics up of all our festivities when I get back to my computer. Have a fantastic Christmas everybody!!!
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Christmas Time

2007-12-24T14:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of blogging recently, I have been busy finishing up finals and getting ready to come down for break. Well I am home now its amazing. I have had a great couple days relaxing, hanging with Paige and the family. Its been incredible. However with such joy comes sorrow..I am talking about my post-Christmas depression of course. Every year as it gets closer and closer to Christmas and Christmas Eve I start to get sad knowing that this amazing and joyous time of year won't be around for another whole year! As Christmas day starts to wind down it gets worse. It takes me a couple days to get out of it before I start going on with the rest of my life. My mom however is exactly the opposite, probably because she is kind of scrooge lol.

Yesterday I went with Paige and her family up into the mountains. We went to Breckenridge to find some place to go sledding. In my 10 or 11 years of living in Colorado it was my first time to a little mountain town. I have been to winter park but thats about it. Breckenridge was sweet! What cute little town. And the Starbucks.....One of the coolest ones I have ever seen. We didn't go inside :( but it was in a little yellow house and it was awesome. Anyway I took some pictures of our sledding adventure so here they are.

yep I pushed her in the snow

That 4Runner is my beast..And I love it

Last one

2007-12-19T09:03:00.000-07:00

Well I am getting pretty close to putting another semester of college behind me, I have one more final today at 1:30 so I am on my way to Starbucks to study for a couple more hours. I can not wait to be done :) i hope everyone is doing well! Only 6 days till Christmas!!
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Go Long

2007-12-17T00:35:00.000-07:00

So I went to the Mecca of Consumerism or as I like to call it Wal-Mart with my mom and grant today. We went to get a few small things and to get some pictures for Christmas cards. We were just walking around and we were in the crafts aisle for some reason. My mom stopped to look at who knows what so I decided to take one of those rolls, or spools, or balls of yarn whatever they are called and I threw it to grant like it was football. Being boys we find great fun in throwing stuff around. Not really sure why but we can get the biggest kick out of throwing anything really....but thats beside the point.

So me and grant are throwing this roll of yarn around in the aisle. Mom is still oblivious so we keep doing it. Grant tells me to go long and he throws it pretty hard. I run down the aisle (past mom thus giving our shenanigans away) and caught it. Mom turns around with that "what are you doing face" and I start laughing because I know we are busted but its hilarious. I simply responded by saying "oh we definitely weren't pretending this yarn was a football and therefore throwing it around" followed by more laughter. She wasn't amused

She told me to put it back but being the defiant boy I am I thought I would test how far I could go and throw it back to grant. I hesitated a bit (still laughing) and then threw it to grant. Mom was not happy and went to go get it from grant, thinking that he would be easier to persuade. Well grant catches it and as mom approaches starts acting like he is the star quarterback avoiding a sack. He is like dodging and weaving to get past mom. He finally gets past her and throws it back. At this point my mom has broken down and is laughing too. We all thought it was hilarious. I put the yarn back and looked at the old lady who was watching the whole thing..lets just say she wasnt amused. lol I am sure most of you are like "I guess you had to be there" but I thought it was pretty funny.

Cow!!

2007-12-14T19:16:00.000-07:00

I am sitting here in Chick-fil-a getting some much needed chicken, waffle fries, and tea when the Chick-fil-a cow came out to say hi to the 15 or so kids in here. All of a sudden i wish the highlight of my night was seeing the cow. I mean how awesome it must be to be young and the only worry you have is when the cow is going to leave. No finals worth 1/3 of your grade, no GPA to keep up, no crazy professors or finals on Saturday. Just dinner, play time, and then the cow. What a deal lol. Well I should get back to studying :( hope everyone is doing well!
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I am lazy

2007-12-13T02:35:00.000-07:00

So I am sitting in my bed blogging on my phone. Sure I could use my computer its only like 20 feet away but because my apartment doesn't have wireless it is tethered to my desk. So I have decided to cozy up in bed and blog on my phone. I found an old printer that will work tonight, this entire semester I have been printerless and its been a pain so I am excited about that.

I went to New Life's family meeting tonight. It was pretty amazing how God is so powerful and can turn any bad things into good things. The whole church was praising and worshiping God with such passion it was incredible. I have never seen the church body worship like that before. The church already seems stronger and more unified than ever before. It was good closure for me to worship with my whole church and to press on to bigger and better things through Christ.

Well my little thumbs are getting sore so I am going to say goodnight. I hope everyone is doing well! Ttyl
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Hey hey hey

2007-12-10T23:16:00.000-07:00

Well I am kind of slow and I am sure any blogging member of my family could have told me this earlier but I just found out how to post on my blog from my phone lol. You would think I would have known this but oh well. Maybe this means I will blog more... Maybe not :) we shall see. Anyway I am going to bed, talk to everybody later
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Humbled

2007-12-10T22:48:00.000-07:00

I am going to bed early tonight. I have a good amount of studying I should do but i cant stop thinking about the events yesterday. As the day went on more and more info came out about what happened yesterday. Names and pictures of the victims emerged, info about the shooter came out as well, the story of the security guard and her role in taking down the shooter also was told today. I have been in a weird mood all day, and especially tonight. I haven't been able to really put a finger on my emotions but tonight I finally found one. Humbled. The tragedy of what happened yesterday really puts a perspective on what you think is important in your life. The tragedy also puts persecution into perspective, all around the world there are Christians who face this kind of tragedy and persecution every day. I can't think of any other word other than humbling.

God has shown in incredible ways his sovereignty and deliverance for his people. He has turned what was meant for harm into something that will impact lives for the better. I think most of all I am humbled in God's presence in this whole situation. I am filled with aww at what he has done.

I will go to bed with a humbled heart tonight. This week before finals is going to be hard, if you could pray for strength to get through this hard time with school and with all the recent events. That would be really nice. Anyway I am going to bed. Talk to everyone soon.

New Life

2007-12-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

There was new life in many ways today. It seemed like a lazy Sunday morning when we first heard the news about the shootings at New Life. When I am home for the weekend I never miss church. Even if my parents are not going I always go..even if I am 30 min late I never miss church. However this morning I woke up kind of late and just decided not to go to church. The rest of my family made the same decision. I was feeling kind of bad about it actually. Then I heard the news.

It is a hard thing to grasp really. Its hard to imagine this happening so close us. Both location and emotional wise. Its not like it happened in town some place. It happened 10 min away from our house. Not only that but it was at the church my family goes to. The mix of emotions is pretty intense.

There are a couple things that stand out abundantly clear to me. The first one being the spiritual warfare involved with all of this. Its so clear to me that God is raising up some incredible people at New Life, and He is doing some amazing things throughout the church. Things that satan doesn't like. When I see stuff like this I see satan being desperate. he knows God is doing amazing things and he has to try to stop it somehow. But really at least to me it only strengthens my faith in God and in his power.

The other thing that stands out to me about all of this is the renewed life it brings to my life. I mentioned earlier how I never miss church, but today God stepped in and changed that. It really serves as a reminder to me of God's plan in my life. Obviously God has very specific and incredible things for my life. Things that were so important that He would step in and keep me from going to church. Its been really amazing to think about really.

Well besides what happened today I had a pretty decent week. Mostly really busy with school thats why I wasn't blogging much. I had a good weekend hanging out with Paige and the family. I am about to drive up to Boulder so I should probably go but I hope everyone is doing well. Keep praying for New Life and the families involved. Thank goodness we serve such powerful God.

Busy Weekend

2007-12-02T15:26:00.000-07:00

Well its been a busy weekend. I had to work on friday and then I cleaned my apartment. My friend donevan came up and spent the night with me. On Saturday I went to go see Paige cheer at the state competition. Unfortunately they didn't win. But they got 3rd which is still pretty awesome. I was so proud of Paige she worked so hard to get there and the team still did really well regardless. We went to go get food after that. I came home and took grant to go see Enchanted.

And then today is Poopface's (as I so lovingly call my mother) birthday. So we are celebrating that and then I have to run back up to boulder. But it has been a good weekend. Happy Birthday Mom!!

Thursdays

2007-11-29T23:22:00.000-07:00

So Thursdays are pretty big days. Most of my work for my other classes is done by thursday. With the exception of my math class, in which case my homework is due tomorrow. Thursday is also the day where I finally catch up on dishes. And yes...This means that dishes only get done about once a week maybe twice. As this may come as shock to some of you, I will remind you that there are only two people in my apartment. And we really don't use a lot of dishes so really its not to bad. But bad enough it needs to get done. Thursdays are also Campus Crusade nights which is probably my favorite part. I love going to fuel and the people there are just awesome. Every other week I go to a small leaders meeting before Fuel which is by far my favorite part. Its a fun group and we just have great fellowship. What a blessing it has been in my life to be apart of that group.

OH and the lights I mentioned the other night... I actually went and helped decorate the Fuel house for Christmas. It was pretty much awesome because I think Christmas is pretty much awesome. Anyways I was helping them light the tree out front when I suggested that we put lights on the whole house. Much to my surprise they thought that was a great idea. So the whole group pilled into the car and went to target to get some cheap lights. We got some and I went up on the roof and put lights up on a house for the first time EVER. It was awesome, whenever I get my first house I am going ALL OUT its going to be sweet! Not like tacky or anything but stylish and sweet. I said I would have pictures of my masterpiece but unfortunately I forgot my camera so I don't have any. But trust me it looks sweet!

Well I should probably get going, those dishes are calling my name lol. Hope everybody had a great thursday!

Lights!

2007-11-28T01:04:00.000-07:00

Merry Christmas!! I put up Christmas lights on a house for the first time ever tonight...pics will follow soon :) That is all...

I am full

2007-11-23T01:18:00.000-07:00

Well it was a long day but a good one. I had the privilege of having two meals today. One at Paige's house with her family and one at my house with my family. It was a fun day. It was also great to spend time with both families. But as mentioned above..I am full.

Even though I am full I wanted a snack so I just sneaked a little bit of left over mashed potatoes and gravy and ate it out of a bowl like it was ice cream...It was amazing and it hit the spot I am ready for bed and for some good rest. I am so thankful for all of God's blessings in my life. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Christmas is just around the corner... :)

perspective

2007-11-20T01:06:00.000-07:00

luckily for me life is a lot bigger than just starbucks. On the ride home from work tonight I felt like God was convicting me of what I was known for. If I were to ask any random person that knew me ever so slightly how they would describe me...Chances are they would probably say I was obsessed with Starbucks. And up till today i would have taken that has a compliment but I started to think what a lame thing to be known for. A beverage, thats what my name is usually associated with...

I want to be known for something bigger than just a beverage. I want people to think of me and think of my Heavenly Father. I want to be associated with my God and not my starbucks drink. Dc Talk kind of set the bar I think lol. I want people to label me as a Jesus Freak. God has done SO much for me...yet to be honest..I remain silent for the most part. Why am I not out shouting it? I spend entire blogs talking about red cups and my frustrations with a donut shop... Is that really what my life has come to?

In all reality I live a full life. I go to good school, I have great friends, I have an awesome girlfriend that has been such a blessing in my life, I have the best little brother anyone could ask for, I have an incredible family, I have great (most of the time lol jk) parents, I have a dog that i can use as a pillow and a foot warmer, the list could go on for forever... I am tired of being silent.

Here are some pictures of my full life...for which the Glory goes all to God

Me being a dork...Its pretty typical

Much Better

being a dork again

The Fam'

Me and G

Emma

"With Christ Which Is Far Better"

Colorado is Awesome btw...

Warning Rant in Progress...

2007-11-16T17:50:00.000-07:00

Ok I need to get this off my chest my apologizes if this offends anyone....

When you pay 4 dollars at starbucks you don't just get a "cup of coffee" You get an espresso beverage!!! There is a huge difference! If you were to actually pay 4 dollars for a cup of coffee at starbucks you would get 41 oz of coffee. When you get that 4 dollar drink you are getting milk, foam, espresso, syrup, whipped cream, and any other toppings you want. You are not just getting water that passed through coffee grounds!! It drives me nuts when people order there triple venti, soy extra hot, no foam, extra whip cream, 6 pump white mocha and then complain when they pay like 4.50+ for their drink. Then they say "man..5 bucks for a cup of coffee what has the world come to?" It drives me crazy I tell you.

OK and another thing you CAN NOT compare Dunkin Donuts to Starbucks!!! They are not even close to the same thing. Dunkin Donuts is a DONUT store with coffee, Starbucks is a COFFEE SHOP. If you were to walk in to a Dunkin Donuts and get a cup of coffee and then you asked them where the coffee came from, how was it washed, how was it roasted, how you would describe its flavor, and what food it would pair well with...They would have no stinking clue and they would suggest you pair your coffee with a donut. They are a donut shop with cheap nasty coffee that only taste good if you dunk your fatty donut in it! Dunkin Donuts has done nothing but try to copy starbucks from their "dunkin donuts card" to their gingerbread latte. And yes its cheaper...but thats because they use cheaper ingredients that are not as good. So settle for your crappy coffee from dunkin donuts if you want, if you want to know what good coffee taste like go to Starbucks.

OH and another thing America does not run on dunkin donuts!!! What an awful slogan! There was ONE dunkin donuts in colorado springs, its was in a bad part of town, and it was a stink hole. They recently had to shut it down. Maybe the east coast runs on dunkin donuts but the west definitely doesn't. So stop including us in your slogan... and who really feels like "running" after having a dunkin donut and their crappy coffee anyway?? There is not a single thing about that dumb slogan that makes sense.

pheww I feel a lot better... Once again sorry if this offends anyone, I hope everyone can get a good laugh out of it at least.

Pictures of Joy

2007-11-10T00:50:00.000-07:00

So just incase you live on another planet this is the red cup of 2007... It makes me happy to say the least...

ITS HERE!!!

2007-11-07T22:16:00.000-07:00

Christmas at Starbucks begins Tomorrow!!! Ha ha ha I made my first drink in one of the red cups today. I think it was a latte.. Anyway its fun to be on the other side of this joyous time of year. The red cups look greater than ever!!! I even got my first Starbucks holiday shirt! I must say I am pretty excited about it. I am going to have pictures soon :) Anyway I have a lot of homework I should get started on but I will talk to everyone else later!

News Alert!!

2007-11-06T11:34:00.000-07:00

I had a productive Monday! ...I know I was shocked too. However Tuesday is still up in the air lol.

Short Weekend = Unhappy Wes

2007-11-05T01:34:00.000-07:00

Man this weekend flew by! I can't believe its Monday again. It was really dark on the drive up to Boulder, there was no moon or anything. I love it when its like that because you can see the stars really well. Anyway I don't I think I really had much interesting stuff to say. Not to mention I am falling asleep at my desk so I am heading to bed. I hope everyone had a great weekend! Talk to you soon.

Oh Halloween...

2007-11-01T23:27:00.000-06:00

So the funny thing about going to a huge university is that people are odd and sometimes it is really hard to tell if people are dressing up in costume or they are just weird like that everyday lol. Halloween in Boulder is a pretty wild time, I somewhat fortunately was just a work all night and didn't really have to deal with the madness. I say somewhat fortunate because I was at work till 1am and I had to study for a test I had today. I didn't get to bed till 4:30 ish; thats the latest I have stayed up in a while. Needless to say I am pretty tired. But I am so glad to be done with the week. Anyway I am about to crash I hope everyone is doing well. Here is picture of the coolest little brother ever....

Yep he is gangster lol we are so proud!

God Provides

2007-10-30T23:47:00.000-06:00

So I love how God provides for little things. I have been in pretty dire need of an oil change but I have not been able to afford one. So today I went to pick up my tips from work today not expecting anything really. I was pleased to discover that I got a lot more than I was expecting. Enough to go get an oil change tomorrow and have a little extra left over for whatever. Its not a huge thing but its the little things that God does to provide that are sometimes the most awesome. Anyway its a cool story, and my Toyota will be happy to get its oil changed tomorrow. Speaking of which... here is a picture of my beast.

New Look

2007-10-29T16:58:00.000-06:00

Well I got bored with the look of my blog and I thought I would change it up a little. The other one was kind of boring...just blue and grey. This new template has a little bit of life to it though. I like it. I hope you do...

Is it Christmas Yet?

2007-10-29T01:24:00.000-06:00

So I just got back from work and its been a long day. I have a pretty intense week ahead of me as well. Not to mention Halloween is on Wednesday. I am not a big fan of Halloween, its kind of stupid I think. Its really only a small wicket you have to go through to get to the good holidays like Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS!!!! Mmmm...I Love Christmas!! But most of you already know that so that is all I will say for now.

I had a fun weekend hanging out with my step brother David and with the fam. It was good to see Paige as well I missed her. Well its late and I am about to fall asleep at my desk so I am going to hop in bed. I hope everyone is doing well, Talk to everyone soon!

A good start

2007-10-24T10:28:00.001-06:00

I am preparing myself for another productive Wednesday (really its only productive because its crunch time and I cant afford to procrastinate anymore). Anyway I have been to my classes for the morning and I think I am going to start the rest of the day with... chocolate cake, starbucks, and time with God. I feel like it cant get much better than that. Anyway I hope everyone else has a productive Wednesday. Talk to everybody later!

Too Cool for School

2007-10-18T22:51:00.000-06:00

Obviously my little bro is way to cool to be taking a picture with his nerdy brother....

Random Things about My Life

2007-10-16T09:37:00.001-06:00

Last weekend Grant came up and spent the night with me in my apartment here in Boulder. It was pretty sweet

My step-brother David is on pre-deployment leave from the Marines and will be home for the next couple weeks which is also way cool.

I had an economics test, and part 1 of a huge history midterm the past two days. They were rough but I think I did well. I have part 2 of the history midterm on thursday.

I have something big going on wednesday that could use a lot of prayer

Me and Paige are doing awesome, I am loving seeing her on the weekends, we have been together for just over 20 months now

Paige hurt her shoulder pretty bad at cheer practice yesterday and could use some prayer as regional and state competitions approach quickly

I am getting some serious laundry done due to are awesome new washer and dryer that we got recently

I have watched more baseball on TV the past couple days than I ever have before in my entire life and probably my entire future. All due to those crazy Rockies who pretty much are kicking butt.

I have also come to the grand realization that every story that I tell begins with the phrase "So I was at Starbucks the other day..."

Thats pretty much what is going on these days in a short and to the point format. I hope everyone is doing well and I will talk to you later.

Productivity Report

2007-10-08T23:44:00.000-06:00

Monday- no matter how much I plan to get done on a Monday hardly any of it gets done by the end of the day

Tuesday - Although Tuesdays are productive... they are not near as productive as they could be

Wednesday - Most productive day of the week!

Thursday - Not incredibly productive, but better than a Monday.

Friday - ha ha.. no productivity at all

Saturday - pretty self explanatory

Sunday - has the potential of being very productive but usually ends up being only marginally productive

I really hope this applies to more people than just me...I would feel pretty lame if it didn't lol. Well after yet another classic Monday performance its time to cut my loses and get some rest...Tomorrow shows promise!

Finally...

2007-10-08T17:32:00.000-06:00

Well I finally got a job at a Starbucks here in Boulder! I am pretty excited about it I am not going to lie. It will be nice to make a little money again. I am about to leave for a store meeting but I thought I would give a little update to all of you out there. Talk to you soon...

Colorado Gold

2007-10-02T17:16:00.000-06:00

Check out the photos of beautiful Colorado in the fall...

http://picasaweb.google.com/neznerol/ColoradoGold

Starbucks how I miss thee...

2007-10-01T01:10:00.000-06:00

Well I can't remember if I have blogged about this at all but I am not having good luck transferring to a Starbucks here in Boulder. For a couple reasons... One I have been really busy with all the craziness that has been going on; and two well... there are 30,000 students at CU and 5 starbucks its not easy to get a job at any of them. Anyways so I haven't worked at Starbucks for like a month now. But I had the chance to cover a shift at a store in Monument this weekend and it was awesome. I missed working there so much!! It was great to be on bar again and making drinks...and I can't believe I am saying this but it was great to be in drive thru again. I had a lot of fun, it definitely got me motivated to start bugging people up here so that I can get transfered.

It was a pretty good weekend I guess. Poor Paige got food poisoning and was mega sick all weekend so that was a bummer. I didn't really get to see her much unfortunately. But luckily she is feeling better, and she has tomorrow off of school to rest and heal some more. Our washing machine FINALLY died this weekend. The darn thing was 20 years old! The dryer isnt much better and its like 16 years old. So we are finally getting new washing and drying machines. I am really excited...I am not sure why but I have always wanted a new washer and dryer. It should be pretty exciting!

So that is pretty much my weekend...oh I forgot I went up in the mountians saturday morning and took some photos... I will post all of them on my picture site soon but I will give you a little sample of what you'll see on the site now...

ouch

2007-09-29T01:06:00.000-06:00

So the other day I twisted my ankle pretty bad. That was about a week ago and it doesn't really hurt anymore. But it does look like it hurts lol. So I thought i would put a picture up so everyone can see :) I have been putting ice on it and taking Motrin all week. Its not really swollen any more just kind of bruised. Anyway here you go...

Hello

2007-09-25T00:53:00.000-06:00

Hey I am still alive :) just incase you were wondering... Sorry again for not blogging very much, I have been really busy these days. However I went to Paige's homecoming this past weekend it was a lot of fun. The theme was the 40's so I dressed up in my Grandpa Johns old Air Force Uniform. It smelled like moth balls...which I was not able to get out to save my life. Here is a picture from the night. Like I said it was a ton of fun. I am going up to Aspen this next weekend hopefully to take some stinking sweet pictures. I will definitely post them on here. I hope everyone is doing well. I am hitting the hay, talk to everybody soon!

Better

2007-09-19T00:44:00.000-06:00

Why I always choose to blog right before I need to go to bed I don't know lol. Its pretty late so I will try to make this short. Things have been better recently, the craziness that dominated my last two weeks has settled somewhat. I am trying to get in a good routine for school which has been pretty successful so far I guess. Things with the fam are good, things with the girlfriend are also good. So overall things are a lot better than they have been the past few weeks. Which is nice. I am getting anxious for fall and all the amazing photos I hope to capture of it this year. So yeah thats just a little update... I am going to bed. I will talk to everyone later! See ya

It never ends..

2007-09-11T23:41:00.000-06:00

Well the craziness from last week has carried on into this week and it is much worse than it was before. Things have been escalating all week and its been really intense. I am incredibly stressed out and exhausted. Today has been the worst day of all and there are many more hard days to come unfortunately. Another mis fortunate is that I can not tell any of you guys about it. But I can tell you what to pray for... Pray for strength, rest, peace, comfort, and wisdom through this whole ordeal. Like I said hopefully at some point I will be able to share more but for now this is all I can do. I hope every one is doing well. I will let you guys know if anything more happens...

Craziness

2007-09-09T23:48:00.000-06:00

Well this past week and this weekend have been full of...well craziness. Unfortunately I can't write about any of it for a bunch of reasons but I will say that it doesn't have anything to do with Paige or my family or anything. But you can trust that is has been a very rough couple of days. If you could pray for strength, healing, and wisdom during this time it would be much appreciated.

I did get a little reprieve from the madness this weekend. I came home and went to a football game and watched Paige cheer. I spent time with the family. I hung out with friends. Spent some more time with Paige. OH and got my hair cut.... Lets just say I got way to much cut off and I don't really have long hair anymore which I am not happy about but oh well at least it grows back.

Well I should get some rest, school is up and running again tomorrow and its going to be a long week. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekends and I will talk to you later.

I am a lame blogger

2007-09-04T23:58:00.001-06:00

So I have decided that I am a lame blogger. I should write a whole lot more but I don't. Once again a lot has happened since I last gave an update. God has really done a lot in me. He is molding me into the man that I have always wanted to be. I feel like i have become dependent on Him and only Him. Its been quite the experience. God is using me and testing me even as I write this.

My roommate troy and I will be starting a bible study in one of the freshman dorms this year. We both feel really called to lead it. Boulder is a dark place but God is starting to change that. I believe that there will be some big changes for CU in the future.

Paige and I have decided to get back together but not quite like before. It was a short break I know, I really didn't know how long it would last. We both have crossed emotional boundaries with each other that we shouldn't have. We needed time for God to heal our hearts and for us to be fully dependent on Him and not on each other. Our relationship will be very different. We both feel that God has called us to run the race of our lives in separate lanes for right now. Both of our hearts belong completely to God and not to each other any more. Even though we are in separate lanes we both are happy to have a best friend and someone who cares for us. Its hard to explain but as God fills both of our hearts separately its great to have that best friend there with you. Paige is still my girlfriend, and I will still buy her flowers from time to time. And we will go out on dates and I will hold her hand. But I don't need her to complete me or fill me like I used to. God has done that and I am SO grateful.

Anyway that is what has been going on. Pray for strength as I am continuing to grow with God. I hope everyone is doing well. I need to go to bed, I should be doing homework instead of blogging but oh well. lol Talk to everybody later.

Blessed

2007-09-04T23:48:00.000-06:00

I am so blessed to have a family that loves me. To have friends that really care about me. To have a girlfriend that is also there for me... I have never really met anybody who hasn't had any support of any kind. Until recently that is... This person has pain that I cant even imagine and honestly has no one to turn to. He believes in God but has a hard time feeling that amazing peace that can be found through Christ. He is hurting. My heart aches for him. He has pain that no man can fix, only God. I just hope God uses me to show his love...

Don't ever forget how blessed you really are...

Just Incase you were wondering...

2007-09-02T15:26:00.000-06:00

CU definitely won this Saturday against CSU. 31-28 So we pretty much have bragging rights for the rest of the year. It was a good weekend!

I am ready

2007-08-27T22:53:00.000-06:00

In the rain, overlooking a huge valley, a man stood and worshiped with the angels and every living thing to praise the Almighty God. It was there in that rain, with those angels, overlooking that huge valley, where God outlined the man and filled his heart...

With joy the man responded to his Almighty Father...

I am ready now, do what you will

Life Update

2007-08-26T22:52:00.001-06:00

Well I haven't blogged in a while and a lot of stuff has happened lol. Sorry about that. I have been kind of avoiding blogging because some of the stuff that has been going on has been pretty rough. But I figured I should let everyone know. Some of you probably already know this stuff...

Me and Paige decided to take a break... We both reached a point in our walk with God where we needed to take the next few steps by ourselves. Because of the death of my dad I have had a hole in me for a long time that I didn't want to admit that was there. When Paige came along she filled that hole and she did a good job for a while but deep down I knew that only God could fill that hole completely and eternally. Last Wednesday God led Paige to tell me it was time for God to fill that hole. I didn't want to admit to it but eventually I knew it was time for God to fill it.

Its been really hard, as most of you know Paige has been a huge part of my life and I love her very much. Its been hard to not have her there. However God has begun to fill that gap. He has been doing amazing things in me. I have been so close to him recently. I am excited to see what God will continue to do in me. Its sounds so cliche but I feel like I am becoming a man lol. Its sounds stupid I know but I feel like I am really maturing and growing into the man that God has always wanted me to be. There is much more to be done but God has done amazing things so far. I miss Paige a lot and I know that someday we will be together again... when I am not sure but I have hope that we will be so much better when we finally get back together. God is finally satisfying areas in our lives that we looked to each other to satisfy. And I am really excited about that.

So thats the major thing that has been going on. Oh and I am also back up in Boulder and I start school tomorrow. I had my last day of work at my starbucks last Wednesday. I moved up to Boulder today. I love my new apartment and I am really excited about my roommates. I have a 4 bedroom apartment and I have my own cozy little room. Its pretty nice. Pictures will be coming soon! I have my computer back and like I said I have class tomorrow. Oh and I don't know if I mentioned this before but I have changed my major to business and no longer architectural engineering. I got really tired of engineering and I didn't really want to do that for the rest of my life. I still am not sure of what I want to do but I think business will give me lots of opportunities.

I am taking some fun classes... microeconomics, sociology, finite math, and history of Colorado. It should be a good semester. I am sorry about the lack of posting it will get a lot better I promise you. God is SO GOOD! I hope everyone is doing alright. I will write again soon....

Tired

2007-08-19T02:17:00.000-06:00

Well I just got off work and its like 2am. I am pretty tired. I am still using this stinking old computer. I miss my apple... :( School starts soon and I am not to excited. Although i really think i will enjoy my new classes its still school.

I had kind of a fun project the past few days. The Crusade group at CU website has been down for a while and they needed a temporary one. They chose to use a blog for a temporary fix, its a good idea to me. Its a pretty easy way to get info out, and they can update it all the time. Anyway so the director for Crusade group at CU asked me to help them create a blog and get everything set up. I was honored that he asked me and had a lot of fun creating another blog. It definitely inspired me to change my boring old blog into something more fun...but that will come later. Anyway If you want to check out what I worked on you can see it at www.gotfuelatcu.blogspot.com

Well I should go to bed I am pretty tired. I hope everyone is doing well! Enjoy your sunday

My Apple has a bruise

2007-08-16T23:04:00.000-06:00

Well I can't write much because I need to jump into bed because I have a long day tomorrow. But I am writing from a silly windows computer. My Mac is broken. My mom broke it...well not intentionally and I don't think she did anything really but it broke while she was using it. The screen wont close. Thats really the only thing wrong with it. The screen wont' latch close, it will take 5-7 days to get it fixed so I have to use this dumb windows stuff. Anyway I guess I cant really complain I had windows my entire life till recently...that is until I fell in love with Apple. Anyway I need to get to bed. Talk to everybody later...

2007-08-14T00:23:00.000-06:00

I can't really describe it in words...but God loves me and I love Him

Pictures

2007-08-09T15:47:00.000-06:00

So I took a bunch of cool photos on the way back from Nebraska and there are a bunch so I am just going to make an album on my picasa page and you guys can check them out there if you so choose too. I hope you enjoy them. The things you find on the side of highway is pretty interesting. Most of the pictures are from this little place called milford and an old church that is run down and kind of falling apart but still really cool.

Here is the link to this album

http://picasaweb.google.com/neznerol/NebraskaPics

Busy Week

2007-08-09T08:20:00.001-06:00

Well we got back from Nebraska on Sunday, I celebrated my year and half anniversary with Paige on monday with an awesome day of Bourne. We watched the first two movies at my house and then went and saw the third one in the theaters. It was awesome!! I had such a good time with her. Things have been really good between us recently, I am so blessed to be with her. :) Anyway i have been working the rest of the week. I took some awesome photos on the way home from Nebraska I will put them up soon. I have to grab some dinner and run to work. I hope everyone is having a good week.

The open road

2007-08-02T22:25:00.001-06:00

Well it was a LONG day in the car but oh well we are here and we are safe and that is all that matters. Here are some pics from the trip... :)

To Nebraska I Go

2007-08-02T02:36:00.000-06:00

Well I will head out tomorrow to go Omaha with my family. It should be fun, I am looking forward to getting out of normal routine for a few days. Plus it will be fun to stay in a hotel for a couple days. I love hotels!! It will also be nice to get a break from work. Its been pretty tense the past few days, people are getting really frustrated with the new manager and their is just a lot of drama going on. So it will be nice to break away for a while. I finally got out and took some pictures the other day, I had been going through a photo withdrawal. I am hoping to get some sweet ones on the trip. Anyway i thought I would put some up. I should really be getting to bed, I am pretty tired and its going to be a long day of driving tomo. Pray for safe travels. And i will talk to everyone soon...

Yay for Family!

2007-07-30T10:56:00.000-06:00

Well the past few days I have had the privilege to spend some time with my awesome family. All the cousins that I grew up with here in Colorado are back with their families for a little family get together. It was so much fun to see everybody. With a total of about 17 or so adults and 7 kids under the age of 8 we all had dinner at my Aunt and Uncles house up the street from me. It was quite the adventure. Paige came as well and had a great time meeting everybody and playing with all the little kids. On the way home with a big smile on her face she started to tear up a little and she told me how much she loved my family and how great they were. lol it was cute.

Family is so important, unfortunately for kids my age I feel that it is often underrated and not valued as much as should be. I am so blessed to have the family I do. God was definitely looking out for me.

Well I should get going I have to run some errands before work tonight. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their week. Talk to everybody later

Sorry for lack of posts...

2007-07-24T12:53:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't had many posts recently I have been kind of lazy. I have a good couple days the past few days. Paige finally came home from her church thing and it was SO nice to hang out with her again. She had such a good time, and I am so proud of her. Her faith is so strong, it was a real life changing experience. I went to the Desperation confrence at New Life last weekend and it was awesome. David Crowder Band was there as well as the Desperation Band both were incredible! David Crowder took a Guitar Hero controller and turned it into a real guitar it was hilarious.

Well I know this is kind of short but I thought I would give you guys an update. I have to go get my hair trimmed. Its gotten pretty long lol. Anyway talk to everybody later!

Did you catch the new Hannah Montana yesterday?

2007-07-15T21:22:00.000-06:00

How about The Suite Life of Zach and Cody??? One thing that I love about summer is spending time with my little brother. And i must admit its a pretty sweet deal. I play video games with him, wrestle around with him, and watch a lot of tv with him. And when we watch tv...we watch Disney Channel. I have been watching a ton of Disney Channel. I am all caught up with Hannah Montana, Suite Life of Zach and Cody, Cory in the House, Life with Derek... you know all the good ones lol. Its not a bad deal really, Hannah Montana and Suite Life are pretty funny actually. The other ones are pretty stupid.

But thankfully my life isn't completely filled with commercials for High School Musical 2, I watch a lot of Discovery Channel too. Pretty much anything on there I watch. Love... Man vs. Wild, Dirty Jobs, and everything else. I love History Channel and all those other nerd stations lol. And before you start worrying that I watch to much tv...I am reading a book too. I know hard to believe but its true. Its called In The Meantime..the act of proactive waiting. Its about what to do before you figure out what you want to do with your life. One of the assistant pastors from New Life wrote it. Its good I like it. Anyway thats a little snap shot into my life these days. I should go..Hannah Montana is on.. ha ha jk..well not so much lol.

that really was a joke... ha ha....ha :/ Talk to everybody later.

Is it the 22nd Yet?

2007-07-11T14:26:00.000-06:00

So Paige is at this Desperation Summer Intensive thing at New Life. Its basically a church camp for high schoolers on steroids lol. Its a pretty cool deal actually and it was not easy to get into. Paige is loving it and having some great time with the Lord. Its what she needed after some of the crap thats been going on with her family recently. She won't be back till the 22nd however. And I know its selfish of me but I miss her, and I am kind of jealous that she got to go to this sweet summer church camp thing lol. But even though I miss her and want to see her I know that there is nothing better for her than what she is doing now. And I am glad that she is there. I just miss my girl.

So work has been pretty interesting these days. My store is basically starting to become completely different. We have all new management and we are getting a bunch of new people. John is a shift at my store and he is a really cool guy, after my favorite assistant manager left john was the person I went to because he was a lot like Peter. Which makes sense considering that Peter and John are best friends lol. Anyway he is leaving now, he is moving to texas. So basically now I am losing all my cool bosses lol. Its kind of sad but its not all bad I guess. I do like my new manager he is pretty cool. But anyway, if you are in town you should come see me at my starbucks, I don't get many visitors. Well I should get going, but I hope everyone is doing well and I will talk to everybody later. See ya!

Lets Go Fly a Kite...

2007-07-04T01:28:00.000-06:00

So today was a blast. Paige has had a rough couple days so I thought I would take her out today and do something fun to get her mind of things. So I surprised her with a kite and we went to the park. It was so much fun, we haven't had this much fun in a while. We got pretty good at the whole kite thing too... Our kite could fly up to 200 feet in the air and we got it to go that far it was sweet. It was so nice to laugh and joke and just have some good clean fun with Paige. She had a blast and it was exactly what she needed so that was good. We went to the sky sox game after that and watched the fireworks it was a good night. I got some pics of the kite madness today I hope you like them..

Mini Vacation

2007-06-29T23:39:00.000-06:00

Well my little mini vacation is pretty much over. I haven't worked since Monday and I must say as much as I love work it has been great to get a way for a while. Its been good to get some rest and hang out with Paige a little bit. I probably won't have a big pay check but oh well. I had a urge this week to indulge in my nerdness and get a new gadget to play with. I have saved up some money, so I got a new phone...its fun I like it. I am not sure I really need it...but its nice. Ya know every kid has the things they like to spend money on. Some buy clothes, some throw parties, some get stuff for there car...I am nerd and I buy a smart phone because I think its mega awesome. lol oh well, I am just hanging out right now watching Conan O'brian and its pretty much hilarious. One of my favorite bands Relient K is on tonight, I am pretty excited. Well I hope everyone is doing well, I am going to go get some ice cream. Enjoy your weekend everybody.

Toasty...well sort of

2007-06-25T00:51:00.000-06:00

Its been real hot around here. Well hot for Colorado I guess lol. Luckily my starbucks is nice and cool. I have been working a lot the past few days. Its a bummer because just a few days ago my favorite boss quit. He was the assistant manager that trained me and was my go to person. He taught me a lot and was a great guy who was a ton of fun to be around. There was a lot of politics going on and some people were starting some nasty rumors so he just decided to quit. He is a good guy. Its been kind of boring without him. The store is kind of crazy these days. We are going through a ton of changes. On of the other Assistant Mangers got her own store in Denver and left, then our Manager decided she wants to just be a Barista a spend more time with her family. Then my favorite manager quit. So basically we are getting totally new management lol. Its a little crazy but oh well it will work out eventually. I miss Paige a lot, its always hard when she goes to her dads house because her phone doesn't really work so we don't talk much. But she will be home soon and I can't wait. But for now I am watching the food network :) with my spoiled big fat dog who is taking up most of the couch. And I am doing pretty good, I hope everyone is having a great week. Bye for now.

A long week

2007-06-20T12:31:00.000-06:00

Well I took Paige to the airport yesterday to go visit her dad. Her neck is feeling better but its still pretty sore. I miss her a ton. I am so bored without her its pretty funny. I will work the rest of the week which will be nice, it will keep me busy. It should be an interesting couple weeks because our new manager will start to take over. I am just sitting around watching Mythbusters right now and the day is going pretty slow. I am loving my new car though, its working fantastically. Anyway I am going to grab some lunch I will talk to everybody later.

Arent we cute?? :)

Prayer Request

2007-06-15T16:45:00.000-06:00

Hey everybody just thought I would throw out a quick prayer request. Paige was at a cheer camp thing this past week and she was doing a back flip and her spotter didn't spot her very well and she fell on her neck pretty bad. Her chin went down and bruised her sternum pretty bad, she bit her lip real bad, and hurt her neck really bad. They think she might have torn some of tendants in her neck. She has been in a lot of pain the past few days. The poor thing is handling it pretty well but I can tell she is hurting. She just got some good pain medication from the doctor yesterday so that should help, but still pray that her neck can recover well and that she will start feeling better. They had x-rays done to check if any bones were broken, thankfully none were but its still kind of serious so just be praying for her. She won't be able to do cheer leading for a while which she is pretty upset about but she has no choice. She is going down to her dads house in Texas soon so hopefully that will go well as well. Anyway I know I am rambling. Thanks for the prayers I know she will appreciate them. See ya everybody!