Big Ticket Festival

Free tickets are always good. I hadn't planned on attending this festival but free is good. So I grabbed a youth group kid and drove 2 hours north. We saw Superchic[k], Kutless, Chris Tomlin, and the Newsboys. I'm not too proud to admit that at times I'd wished I'd had ear plugs. It was way loud. Here's some pictures.

The Newsboys were really good. I really appreciated their testimony and talks between songs.

The picture below is Kutless. It was great to watch the old people throw their fist up.

Chris Tomlin did a good job at leading some worship during his concert. I wasn't into it at first but I warmed up to it as he got to some songs that I knew.

A few pictures

I just happened onto these pictures. I thought they were good enough to share. Plus I know what you really want to see and it isn't pictures of fish.

I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night

I read an article Monday that was pretty good. The author quoted C.S. Lewis. “Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home”. Yesterday I enjoyed a pleasant inn. I wasn't in a great mood. I'm tired and things at church had me a little down. The neighbor brought over a slip and slide and the girls played on it. I even went down it a few times. We had a bunch of fun. Earlier Steph took Colleen to the store so it was just me and Laura. We were sitting outside in the shade talking. I've found that I have to ask a lot of questions to keep Laura talking. She may be a little too much like me. But anyways she asked me "Why are you asking so many questions?" I told her that I wanted to know more about her. She replied, "Cool". It was a good night that totally changed my mood. Thanks for the "pleasant inn" God.

Michael Jackson and Bill Gates

What do you get when you combine the two? This guy. Steph saw some Jim Carrey there too.

LBALACUSNAIBA

Take that Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles. A team from Long Beach has changed their name, this is no joke, to "Long Beach Armada of Los Angeles of California of the United States of North America Including Barrow, Alaska". I think that pretty much includes everyone. Count me in as an Armada fan. If you don't believe me here's the site.

Say ya to da UP eh

I'm back from a week of fishing in the Upper Peninsula. Our church does a mens fishing trip every year. I go most of the time. This year was a good year. I had a good time and only got burnt once. Unfortunately that time really toasted my lips. They are very sore. I caught four 20 inch walleye, a 19 inch, some walleye that were too small, a small mouth bass, a bunch of perch, a carp, and a sheeps head. I also went running, golfing, and made a trip to the lighthouse. Here's some pictures.