Santa Cruz Pictures

Wordless Wednesday

Santa Cruz

Last weekend I went to Santa Cruz for the first time. It's really pretty there, the town has a cute little boardwalk with cute little shops everywhere. We camped at Manresa State Park right along the beach. I've decided I don't really like camping in California. Way to many rules. We didn't want to buy firewood so instead we secretly broke tree branches to start a fire and keep warm. Saturday all the boys went surfing while the girls watched from the beach. The waves were ok, it was really crowded though. The weather wasn't too bad, it was sunny but a little windy. I ended up with a sun burnt nose. We also went to a reggae concert featuring Sashamon and Tribal Seed. It was fun to just dance and enjoy the music. Didn't get much sleep over the weekend but it was fun to just relax with friends and have a good time. I'll post picture later :)

Built Tough... Ford Tough

I made a list... of random things to blog about. Today, I will blog about my love for big trucks! Fords! I love driving big trucks. I feel safer and I feel like nobody can mess with me. My first truck, which I got for my 16th birthday wasn't that big, but I put some big tires on it and it was fun to goin four wheeling in. It was a red Ford Ranger and it had a cool sticker on the back that said "Silly boys! Trucks are for girls!"

For high school graduation I got a bigger truck! A black F150! Since I've gotten it I put a 6" lift on it, bigger tires, new exhaust, tinted windows, grill, and steps (which are currently broken). I wish it was taller, but it's good for now. Isn't it pretty? :D It's my baby.

Katchafire Concert

Went to my first reggae concert this weekend and it was awesome! A big group of my friends from school (12 of us total) and my little sister who came to visit for the weekend took a little roadtrip to hickville (Redwood). When we got there, we checked into the hotel and then went to the venue. The concert was in a little community center. It was small and there were a lot of weird old kooky people there. The concert was super long but also super fun. We danced for 4 hours and were pretty sore the next day! Katchafire was awesome! Me and Amanda were sad about one thing... we didn't get a t-shirt. We're going to try and order one online though. Enjoy the pictures!

Robbie: Pre-Concert

Group girl shot before the concert

Me and Eirene

Dancing!

Sisters!

Me, Trevor, and Chelsea with a Katchfire band member. He had the coolest leather shorts!

Booty Shot! Ashley didn't get the memo I guess.

Mik, Dan, and Pat.

Mik trying to ruin our picture! :)

Rain, Rain, Go Away.

Sunshine one day.

Huge rain drops the next.

I hope my sunburn turns into a tan :)

My awesome sister comes to visit me tomorrow!

I am suppose to have a lab field trip today and a softball intramural game. Neither of those things would be fun in the rain.

Rain Rain go away, come again another day. Haha I remember singing that song as a wee little kid.

I have to go to the book store now. To buy a gardening book for my gardening class. Uhhh more books. Why are college books so dang expensive? They already charge us an arm and a leg to go to school.

I'm already counting down the days till the weekend.

Sunny Califronia

I'm back in sunny California. California is not my favorite place but I'm liking it right now because the weather in Oregon is coldy and rainy still. I still miss home though. Yesterday we started a new quarter and all new classes. My class schedule is not very fun, because I have 3 labs. This quarter I am taking: Natural history of California (Science), accounting system in small business, women of the bible, history of western art, microsoft word, and organic vegetable gardening. Is it weird that I have already figured out my finals schedule for June? Oh and some new news. I'm signed up for summer classes. Only the first session though which lasts 3 weeks. Trying to get a little bit ahead.

3 more days till the weekend!
8 more days until my sister comes to visit!

Update on Grandma Mary...
She got to go home today, well not exactly to her home but to my house. My mom will be taking care of her for awhile. She is still in a lot of pain from breaking her pelvis and she gets confused a lot. She currently thinks my aunt got married to a guy name Ryan last weekend and that she went to the wedding shower and got a quilt (we do not know anyone by the name of Ryan haha) so theres funny times and sad times. Thank you for your prayers :)

Springbreak

Although I didn't get to go somewhere warm for springbreak, it was good to go home. I like going to school in California but I also miss my family and friends in Oregon a lot. I really miss hanging out with my sister too. We have lots of goofy fun times together.

So this week I....

• Visited my grandma a lot
• Played the Piano
• Got a Pedicure :)
• Went Shopping with my mommy :D
• Had lunch with my best friend Marissa who I haven't seen since Christmas!
• Played rock band
• Tried to do some odd jobs to make some money
• Watched Twlight! (I can't wait till the next one comes out!)
• Went to the movies and saw Fired Up with my sister
• Made silly music videos
• Read a book
• Got my hair done

I usually am not looking forward to going back to school but I hear the weather in Angwin is sunny and I need sunshine. PUC, here I come. I'm ready for new classes, sun, fun, and.... having friends to hang out with again because I only have two friends that live at home and there gone this springbreak. Two more days and I'll be back at school.

Elk Hunting

Springbreak started by going on an elk hunting trip with my family. We left Friday afternoon and drove most of the way in stayed in some friends cabin in Prineville (One of my favorite towns. I totally want to live there some day)! Saturday morning we woke up early and drove the rest of the way into the cabin. The cabin we go elk hunting at is on a huge ranch which is owned by some friends of my dads. To get to the cabin you have to drive over an hour on a muddy dirt road from the main road, so were pretty much out in the middle of nowhere. My sister and dad drove the ranger and me and my mom drove my dads truck. I had fun driving in and getting the truck all muddy!

Before...

After...

So that afternoon we get all our gear together and dress in our camo. BTW, camo is awesome! You could roll around in the mud and nobody would know because the mud would blend in! Saturday we ended up chasing elk all over the ranch. To make a long story short, some other guys were hunting on the ranch. They killed one elk and wounded another. By wounded I mean the elk was shot and then ran off. So they ended up tracking the wounded elk the rest of the day. Me and my dad end up seeing the wounded elk across a valley and decide to shoot at it. So we get the gun all set up on a tree and range find the elk. It was about 386 yards away. So I shoot it three times and we think its dead right? No. It starts walking up the hill! This is one tough elk because it was shot before we started shooting at it. It was too late to go look for it that night so we decide to look for it on Sunday. Sunday rolls around and we look for it all day and never find it. So it was another unsuccessful hunting trip :( Oh and I think I forgot to mention. We were hiking and all the sudden I told my dad "Dad, I think I smell elk". Thirty feet later, there’s one of the elk the other people had shot. How crazy is that? I can smell elk! Its just part of my awesome dinosaur skills :)
The weather for the weekend was pretty crazy. We had sunshine, snow, rain, and lots of wind. This morning when we woke up it was 18 degrees, brrrr! Oh! We also got to shoot lots of guns! Here's some more pictures from the rest of our fun weekend!

The scope hit my dad in the face. Mommy fixed him with a pretty bandaid!

Looking for Elk!

Me and Ashley shooting the AK47 & AR15

Driving around in the ranger, trying to stay warm.

Final=the worst invention in the world!

I just want to go to bed and sleep till tomorrow morning!
The last time I slept was... Sunday morning.
Yep, I stayed up all night. Wanna know why? Because I had 4 finals today! Actually I'd be sleeping now if I was done with finals, but I have another one at 5:15, at least its not like an actually test. I just have to turn in a project and have a short exit interview.

7:30 Computer PC Operating Systems
9:45 Sales Management
12:30 Parables of Jesus
5:15 Business Communications.

I've never pulled an all nighter before. Pretty sure, its not my favorite thing.
Don't worry. I wasn't alone. During finals week they leave the lobby's open so we can stay in there all night studying. I just sat by the fake fire studying for hours. I think finals is the worst invention in the world.
The good news is, I think it was worth it because my finals went pretty well today.
One tomorrow: Statistical Methods
One Wednesday: Issues: God & Human Suffering

Then HOME Wednesday night!