Ending Summer Adventure Part 1

I just arrived yesterday back in the great state of Virginia; let me tell ya, if you ever venture out, you will be glad to come back home! I think it's similiar to the way the zoo animals felt in Madagascar when they left the zoo! Bad analogy eh? I'm famous for those!

For starters, Jess and I left early Wednesday morning and drove to Cleveland, Ohio. We had a great time in Cleveland, ventured to the Rock n Roll Hall of fame and then went on a dinner cruise on Lake Erie. We were sat with another couple that were pretty nice; it's always fun to meet new people from different cities. You can def tell that the city is mad at Lebron James... hope he doesn't plan on returning!

Downtown Cleveland from Lake Erie

Picture from Rock n Roll Hall of fame- we took a picture of the picture because we didn't wanna pay for it!

We left the next morning for Pentwater, Michigan, which took us much longer than anticpated because of some pretty bad traffic and construction around Ann Arbor, Michigan.

I had such a great time in Michigan! This was only my second time going, but the place certainly feels like home away from home. One of the perks of the trip aside from it being such a beautiful place, is great friends! Katy and Brad are pretty awesome people and I have such great respect for them, especially in how well they are raising their son Miles, just don't say the word "cousins" around him, haha.

The first night we were there something really awesome happened; God made himself known. There were some personal issues that their family were going through and they were really concerned about a family member. Katy's mom asked me point blank, "What should we do?", somehow, somewhere, I mustered up enough honest to say "Pray". We then sat there in the living room, all of us, and prayed out loud of the situation regarding that family member. That honestly is what life is suppose to be about, not being ashamed of faith, recongizing God's power, and utilizing it! So don't just say, "I'll pray for you", do it! (Granted I did do that once while in Michigan, which I still feel bad about, but I was hoping to not offend someone).

So I got to try my first time at water skiing! Man it was a blast. The first time I got up, and then felt like my legs just wripped apart at the hips! My legs went everywhere. After the first intital shock of getting up and crashing, I started to have a real blast with it! I def want to learn how to wakeboard now, I think that would be a real blast. The second day we did it Jess was able to get up too; she didn't stay up long but she was certainly a trooper! Here are some pictures of us skiing.

OUCH! haha, man that one seriously hurt!