caroline!

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/video/player2.php?file=042409showcase1

the last clip of the video is caroline at the mariachi showcase on thurday

Where the wild things are

http://www.hulu.com/watch/64652/movie-trailers-where-the-wild-things-are#s-p1-so-i0

stuff for my birthday...

A camera

A french press and a coffee grinder-could be a cheap one i don't really care

a pocket thesaurus

a small spanish-english dictionary

bookman's gift card

a regulation frisbee

and whatever else...

Spring Break

So i thought i'd elaborate on my spring break. I had a lot of fun. The first weekend was at San Clemente where we spent time hanging out on the beach and going to starbuck's to read the bible. It was a pretty sweet time. Then we met up with the women at Pine Valley. We spent three days there reading the bible and working on the camp. I got to hang out with Ruben De La Huerta in the afternoons because we were working on the same job. We were stapling purple vents to the ceiling but we actually spent most of the time unjamming the staple gun. It was great. While we were there I finished writing 3 songs and got some great time reading the bible. Matt Karolak and I also dominated at a dice game called bunko. We spent 7 games at the top table because no one could beat us. The last day in California we spent in San Diego. I went with a few people to Seaport Village and had a fun time walking around checking out the shops. Callie and I had fun trying on hats at a ridiculous hat store. Then we spent some time reading the Bible on the grass underneath a nice blue sky. Overall a fun time. Later on we had a great fire time sharing and singing. The next day was long. We left for Tucson at 830 and should have been back by 430. But on the way we had some fun time sitting on the side of the road waiting for AAA. We read some poetry and talked about different stuff. Then we stopped for cake made by Callie and Matt in phoenix. In the end I got home at 1030. It was a great time connecting with people. Overall a great weekend. Here's some pictures.


At the beach in San Clemente


Ruben and I at Mission Beach


Matt and I dominating at Bunko


We went up to a cross at Pine Valley to hang out and talk


At the hat store :)


Oh yeah there was a tire swing.

And here's a poem I wrote:

I see the blue sky
The sunset behind the hills
I see a rose
All from my windowsill
And they are beautiful like you

I see the trees
And the mountains as I lie
I hear the thunder
Rumbling on high
And they are strong like you

I’ve seen the ocean
And tall waterfalls
I’ve seen wide plains
And canyon walls
And they are glorious like you

The reaches of space
The depths of the sea
The many places
I haven’t seen
They are mysterious like you

So I will praise your name because I see
The wonder of creation so near to me
So I will praise your Son because I know
The great Creator who made it all

More to come

So this past week I was at pine valley with the navs which I will write more about later. For now i have a few poems the first of which is below with the title fittingly being "At Pine Valley."

At Pine Valley

I went to bed last night
With tomorrow on my mind
Hopeful of a greater day
Thankful for a time at Pine

Now that the day has past
I realize that I am
So lucky to know Jesus
That amazing sacrificial lamb

Without Him I would not know
The people that I know today
The people who make my life
So great, it’s hard to say,

What to do without the Lord
Or the people that I know through Him
So grateful that He paid it all
So grateful that He took my sin

Work was kinda frustrating

I sit
Mind blank
lacking inspiration
building frustration
each passing respiration

Into the pit
last thought sank
Here I'm pining
For an idea, realizing
What poor timing

Now lightbulb lit
Then crushed by a tank
Oh well, I'll write
Then I might
Set things right
Do you feel my plight?