Back to LIfe Back to Reality

Does anyone remember that song? I can't remember any other words- so don't take offense if it is ugly. I only remember that line and that's what I'm singing today. We are home from camp for a week then we have our last camp of the summer. I got to stay with girls this week. They were so great. A definite change of scenery from hanging with the boys all the time. We were at a camp on the Okoee in East TN with no internet, no cell service, and no AC!!! That's right no AC!!!! But we made it and God showed up and it was incredible. We met Team WordPlay and Tom Richter and tons of students from the Cleveland area and some from Virginia. If you want to hear more about camp check out Daniel's blog.

Joe got married to Kari today. Everything was just beautiful and the rain held off till the reception (which was inside). Maybe I'll post some pics tomorrow.

ROAD TRIP

Anyone ever taken a road trip? I think I can now check that off my list of things I've never done. We left last Tuesday and we headed out west. Now this wasn't your typical road trip, this was a Daniel Doss Band trip where we had to get out to the West Coast to play 3 shows with Casting Crowns. We traveled there in our red Trailblazer and let me just say that thing is marvelous! We got there safe and sound....and we drove for about 40 hours straight- taking shifts through the night and through a wind storm. We made it to Fresno, CA on Wednesday night late and stayed there. We were all pretty glad to get out of the car and rest for a little bit, but on Thursday we were off again to Roseville, CA which is on the outskirts of Sacramento, CA. Then after spending the night there on Thursday we went to Corona, CA which is right outside of LA. Then after spending the night there we turned around and began our week long journey home. We went to Flagstaff, AZ on Saturday and played there. That is a really cool city. We got to eat lunch there on our way out west and we even saw a poster promoting the show that was coming up. The place where they played was an outdoor amphitheater and was really beautiful, tucked away in the woods. We are now at a Fuge Camp in Glorietta, NM and then we play in Oklahoma City on Sunday then our road trip will be complete!

Here are some pics from our adventures!



Quite a few hours down the road....yes Bryan is really driving, but turned around for a quick pic.



The guys playing and opening up for Casting Crowns!



This is one of my favorite pics- the guys are listening so intently to Daniel. :)
*This was during the Casting Crowns part of the show.




The Daniel Doss Band and Casting Crowns after the show.



Just a glimpse of the beautiful sights we were able to see on the way there and back.

Going back to camp

We are headed to FUGE. I was able to go to Fuge all 4 years of High School and have some marvelous memories from those summers. Now a few years later we are headed back. When Daniel was a youth minister we never went to Fuge camps, but this year we've been asked to go to Glorietta, NM and lead worship June 9th-14th. (When I say we I mean the Daniel Doss Band...I simply tag along.) But as I was packing I looked up the website for Fuge and got excited all over again. Someone in High School is about to have the time of their life at camp and God is going to rock their world, like He did mine all those years ago. I can't wait to see it happen from the other side.

Freshman Year we were at Union University for Centrifuge.
Sophomore Year we were in Mobile, AL for Missionfuge.
Junior Year we were at Belmont for Missionfuge.
Senior Year we were in Washington, DC for Missionfuge.

We had so much fun each and every year and our Senior year was when Melanie and I decided to be roommates in college. Fun times!