College Friends!

Well i had a wicked good weekend!!! My friends Kyle and Anton were in Maine and they came over Saturday night. We were going to play disc golf, but of course it rained when they got here so we went bowling instead. My friends John and Jeremy came and even though they are completely different than each other we all had a good time. After bowling we went back to my house and had pizza and watched the Red Sox!! I WAS BORED OUT OF MY MIND!!!! Then i made some wicked good brownies to finish the evening off! Sunday night Anton and Kyle preached in the church they were working in so I went with a couple of my friends to see them. They did a wicked good job!!! Anton spoke on the Joy and Kyle spoke on reaching your family. They were encouraging and convicting and I can't say when the last time that I wanted to go to the altar so bad!!! The Lord really used them. Then afterwards the pastor wanted to take us all out for a bite and when we got there half of the church had showed up!!! It was still fun though. I'm so glad the Lord gave us the opportunity to get together!!

Kyle, Anton, Me

Anton, Kyle, Mike, Sharon, Me

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!

JOEL HOUSE believed there was a price to pay for freedom. He believed there was a cause worth fighting for. Fighting for America was his passion. On June 23 during his 2nd tour in Iraq Joel was taken home to be with the Lord.

He was from a small home town in Maine and it was a devasting blow to all. My parents grew up with his parents and it has been a serious 4th of July. The people of Lee, Maine have really pulled together. They had the funeral tuesday and my parents have been attending and trying to be an encouragment to the family. Joel was raised in a christian home and loved the Lord till his death!! He was the first of 109 grandchildren and great grandchildren to die. He comes from a very close family. This is the famous painted rock in between Lee and Lincoln. I've helped paint it myself once!! It was painted in loving memory of Joel House. LET FREEDOM RING!!!

I LOVE CAMP!!!

Well i had a wicked good time at camp. I went up Sunday afternoon and got back this evening! I made it to Lincoln a little early for church so i visited my Great Aunt Bobbie. We went out for dinner. Then i tried to get to church right on time maybe a minute late hoping not to have to talk to the pastor's sons, but of course they hadn't even started yet and Ben (one of the most annoying people on earth!!) asked me to sit with him since i was by myself and since everyone thinks we're friends i did. Ben is so full of himself and he sat there in what looked like camp clothes and drank his cup of coffee through the whole service which his dad didn't even preach cause they are watching videos for sermons now except they aren't sermons just lectures about creation!! They really need someone to move into the area and start a good church. They are celebrating they're 10th yr anniversary this weekend and still no one new in the church! Its really sad.

I enjoyed camp so much!!! With the sun coming up in the morning on the beach it was the perfect setting to eat breakfast and read your Bible. Its so peaceful and we had some loons hanging out in front of our camp all week!! I love to listen to the loons!!

So I worked wicked hard at camp. It got moved back so i had to clean up what was under the camp. DISGUSTING!!! Then i raked the beach up and me and catherine raked some of the lake in front of the camp cuase our neighbors Ballards don't care about their section and have let the weeds grow up big and the muck is starting to move in. We picked a ton of clams and then we swam to the rock and wiped the slime off!!! Harder to find since we moved the camp and we always measured by the front window!!! We spent a little time with our neighbors the Libby's. He took us for a tube ride!!! Me and Catherine are never to old for that!! The only problem was he got the double tube for his kids and they are a lot smaller than us so our feet were hanging over edge!! Then he had me take the next couple kids for their rides so now my arms are a little tired!!! We borrowed Glo's kyaks this morning and went inton Bear Brook. WE didn't see any wildlife. Not even a frog. We did end up finding a monster of a blood sucker though. Biggest one i've seen in a long time!! We killed it!!! We spent our night playing cribbage and mille bornes!! Nan and Gramp and Uncle Barry and his family came out for dinner for the 4th!!! Unfortunatley i had to leave to get back for work so i headed home and spent the night by myself. I stopped at Nan and Gramp's first to grab the last 2 muffins Nan made yesterday!!! She makes the best ones!!!! I stopped and got the necessities to survive!! I got some hotdog bunns to go with my red hotdogs and baked beans, strawberry milk and waffles for breakfast!!! Can't wait till the parents come home!!!

Me and Gramp

Me and Nan

Starting The Fire

The Blood Sucker!!!

Playing Cribbage

Kyaking!!

Ladder Ball!!

Sleeping In!!!