A Tale Of The Absent Blogger....

Ok, I am really terrible with keeping up on this blog and I apologize. Man, life gets busy and it is something that I just don't think of. I will make it a goal of mine to start keeping up on it. I do have some cool stuff coming up including: Parents coming up to Portland, 4th of July Festivities (which i may not get to do if my work double keeps me at work too late), then wedding season.

So lets get in my time machine, go back to this last month and take a glance at what has gone on. Lets see... well i have been dating Kristen now for just over a month and that has been great! This last friday was Kristen's birthday and so i planned a surprise adventure day to the coast since she hadn't been out there yet. Picked her up at 10:30 and then drove out 26 west, starting out in Ecola state park. This truly showed an amazing view of Cannon beach and haystack rock.It is a pretty beautiful coastline. Then here is a picture of Kristen with the beautiful viewpoint behind her.
After we left there we went into cannon beach and hung out in the little city there. We had lunch at this cool little tavern which i actually ate at probably a year ago with my buddy kyle. After lunch we got back in the car and headed north to Astoria! Yes, this is where the movie the Goonies was filmed and I really think it is cool up there. A very old city that is sort of San Francisco esq as it is a very hilly community. This magazine mentioned the Astoria Column was a must see thing so we went up to the highest point of Astoria to check it out.So there was approximately 163 steps going round and round up the center of that column that we climbed to see the amazing panoramic views from the top. I'm not going to lie though, coming down those stairs quickly going in circles over and over made both Kristen and I start to get motion sick, hahaha. Maybe someone will pay to put in an elevator soon =). On the left side of the last photo you can see a bridge that is somewhat Golden Gate esq, that bridge is actually 4 miles long and spans accross the Columbia River to get to Washington. It is a really fun bridge so I drove us accross that and we saw a sign for a place in Washington called "Cape Dissappointment", so with a name like that, we couldn't turn down such an adventure. We drove for about 20 minutes or so to get down to this place and look at each other and ask "what the heck is this place supposed to be?" Don't get me wrong, it was a pretty drive but this place lived up to its name... we left dissappointed. After a long day of adventuring we decided to take the 2 hour drive back home to Tigard. Got some chinese food, played some darts, relaxed and called it a day.

Lets see, what else has gone on in the last month.... I am still playing softball in my mens softball league every monday night which has been a lot of fun. We still haven't won a game and are in a league where guys have been together in their teams for 10 plus years but non the less we are having fun and are finally getting more competitive. I am just happy that getting out there after not really playing baseball or softball for probably 15 years that I am still decent (not great, but still a little athletic). This upcoming monday we are playing the only other team who hasn't won a game so we will soon find out who is the worst team in the league, and you better believe we are going to battle this one to the death.

Lastly, I'm just realizing these days a blessed I am by the community of my church. There are some really cool people in this body and this is the first church i have been a part of as an adult where I feel truly like we are living in community together, sharing burdens and joys. I love sharing meals every wednesday and just a cool place to be with people and be mutally blessed. God is still doing cool stuff in our church body. It is now summer, so weekend attendance is hit or miss right now with all the vacations and whatnot but It has been going great. Worship is still going very well and I love the freedom I have to lead this congregation in worship.

Life is good!