Newsboys autograph. I bought this shirt and had it autographed. This was by Everyday Sunday. Worth Dying For. The whole shirt. Me at ALIVE. Before my shoes got muddy!

Everyday Sunday was awesome! I love their song "Lies and Fear Go Hand in Hand". The Merch Tent. Just a pic. It was muddy! The crowd. This is only a fraction of all the people!! Sean McNiel. He was on American Idol in '05.

This was Worth Dying For. They were Awesome!! They led worship on Saturday. The Afters. There was girl who was standing up front and she handed her camera to the lead singer so he could take a picture of himself! Of course Newsboys was absolutely AMAZING!!!! THis was Michael Taits first performance as a Newsboy and it was Peter Fuller last performance as a Newsboy. The Breakfast song is not complete without Cap'n Crunch cereal being thrown around!

Please pray that it stops raining. I am going to an outdoor music festival tomorrow and it is raining cats and dogs!

I am going to the Alive Fest in Canal Fulton, Ohio on Saturday! I a can not wait. I need to pass the time quickly; but HOW!?!

I am pretty exhausted. Me, Andrea, and Sam, slept in the camper last night. No reason in particular, just for the fun of it.
Then me and Andrea went on a 4 mile walk/run. Then I eight a tuna melt for lunch then we went on a 1 and 1/2 mile run to Franks(a little drive in ice cream place left over from the fifties.) I got a slushy and Adrea got a slushy.
And now I am home. My dad just went to get charcoal for the grill. We are having barbecued chicken for supper, then we are going to a graduation party.
Tomorrow we are going to a birthday party for a lady we know.
-Joel

Thanks to all the soldiers who are fighting for us.
We went to a parade. It is shorter this year than usual.
At three we are going to a party at our friends house. They have a pond(well, actually they have 3 ponds, and a pool) so we will be swimming. I can't wait.

At 6 o'clock we are having a cookout. The young adult Bible study from church are coming over here. I don't know what to do while I wait. I might try sleeping. Anna and Sam are.

...Which I suppose is its self a title. Oh well.
Well yesterday we were supposed to help out with a fund raiser. Unfortunately nobody told us it was canceled. I was looking forward to all week.
So instead we went fishing at my sister and brother-in-laws place. My dad is the only one who caught anything; one wee, little bass. I did catch lots of weeds and marine vegetation. Every time I reeled in something, my nephew Brady would start crying and and saying, ''No, don't like that. Want Daddy.''
I asked him if he wanted to sit by me and he walked over and sat on my tackle box. I cast out the line and stood their for a minute. Then I looked back and Brady was holding his hands out. I said, ''Do you want to hold the rod?'' He said yes.Audrey and Brady were helping Braden(My b-i-l) carry sicks and branches to the would pile. Audrey would carry a bunch of sticks and Brady was carrying a handful of leaves.
-Joel

I have not fallen off the face of the earth, been kidnapped, or run away.(Wipe off that disappointed look off your face!) I am still hear.
My sister came home from a six-month trip to Mozambique, Africa in late April.
I just made brownies.(Yes, I make brownies at nine o'clock at night!) They taste good.
Tomorrow me and my sister are going to help out at a dinner thing our 4-H club is making for a dog show at our fair grounds. That will be fun.
I can't think of anything interesting really. Rats.
Well, I am off to bed and a book.
Ciao,
     Joel

I ran 1 1/2 miles in fifteen minutes! It usually takes me twenty! I am getting better.
We went hiking today. It was fun. We did lots of climbing.

I am getting better at running! I ran one and a half miles in less than twenty minutes! Plus the pain in my side is decreasing. My mom is making burritos for supper. One of my favorite meals.

Hi, everyone.
Church went well. I helped in the 3-5 year olds class. The main reason I helped was to keep my nephew Brady occupied while Bonnie and Braden(sister and brother-in-law) taught. Happy Palm Sunday!!!
Last Wednesday was April Fool's Day; my dad called my mom while we were at church setting up for the soup kitchen thingy, my dad called and said that the tires on his truck were flat and he had to take them in to get them fixed and the people didn't know when it would be ready, and he said that Cara called and said she had to be picked up at 5:30 instead of 5:00. She works about 45 minutes from church. While talking to my dad, my mom got this really worried look on her face and the pastors wife reminded her that it was April Fools. It was of course a joke.
Also, our car VUE was TPd. At first I thought it was our youth pastor who did it but then I found out that it was a guy named Jon and a girl named Selena.
I just ran a mile and a half. I'm beat.
Adios!
-Joel

Half an hour running on the TredMill really wears you out! I am roasting.
I hope you enjoy this video:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=2275da59ba352aa5070c

Tim Hawkins on gas stations:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=bcf87ed71c1421438299

Homeschool father and comedian, Tim Hawkins, on homeschooling:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6d6a37c89cba223c5f78

Tim Hawkins on scary bedtime prayers:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=2c8d6d5f61d0ddb88acd

Tim Hawkins favorite Bible verse:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=050bbc8d5b1a19742efc

Tim Hawkins on choirs:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=152770d652da4fbf2098

I hope you enjoyed all these!

Never run for a long time and then drink a quart of water! I just did it, and needless to say, I have stomach ache. On the up-note, I 'overcame' a sin. That sin? A bowl FULL of rainbow sherbet. It is sooo good but a looked at it and thought, This is so flippin' disgusting. I put it back and settled for milk. It's not that I am a health food freak, but that just spelled stomach ache. I got an achy stomach anyway, but hey, at least it was exercising instead of filling my face!
Ciao,
    Joel

 
> 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
> 'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside.
> I just finished cleaning.'
>
> 2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
> 'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'
>
>
> 3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL .
> 'If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock
> you into the middle of next week!'
>
> 4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
> ' Because I said so, that's why.'
>
> 5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC .
> 'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck,
> you're not going to the store with me.'
>
> 6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
> 'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're
> in an accident.'
>
> 7. My mother taught me IRONY
> 'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry
> about.'
>
> 8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
> 'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.'
>
> 9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM .
> 'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your
> neck!'
>
> 10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
> 'You'll sit there until all that spinach is
> gone.'
>
> 11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
> 'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through
> it.'
>
> 12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
> 'If I told you once, I've told you a million times.
> Don't exaggerate!'
>
> 13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE .
> 'I brought you into this world, and I can take you
> out.'
>
> 14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
> 'Stop acting like your father!'
>
> 15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
> 'There are millions of less fortunate children in this
> world who don't have wonderful parents like you do.'
>
>
> 16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
> 'Just wait until we get home.'
>
> 17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING .
> 'You are going to get it when you get home!'
>
> 18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
> 'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are
> going to freeze that way.'
>
> 19. My mother taught me ESP.
> 'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when
> you are cold?'
>
> 20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
> 'When that lawn mower cuts off your foot, don't
> come running to me.'
>
> 21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT .
> 'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never
> grow up.'
>
> 22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
> 'You're just like your father.'
>
> 23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
> 'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born
> in a barn?'
>
> 24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
> 'When you get to be my age, you'll understand.'
>
>
> 25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE
> 'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out
> just like you.'

Drum roll, please...I am teaching myself how to play the guitar! I tried learning before, and it is much easier this time around! That is all for now; I'll be posting some funny videos soon though....

WE went hiking to a AWESOME park today at the Gorge Park today. It was so cool! We climbed on the rocks and walked on the edge of some steep ledges. It was fun. We ate lunch there and then went to another park and walked around on a path their. We also got to see the old locks(As in river locks) too. We walked on the stones in a shallow part of the river there. While walking across and old rotting log I fell in. The water was probably about 6 feet(which I am not) but I managed to hoist myself out and only got legs wet(it's a good thing I didn't get my hip pockets wet--I had my moms cell phone in them!). While walking back to the other side on the log, everyone else was throwing rocks in the water so it would splash me.
-Joel