A day at SMOS

Today I went up Sivercrown Mountain for Silvercrown Mountain Outdoor School. It is a class every friday that I do. I go with Weslie Hegel, Emitt Simmons, Tyler McGee, Kita Ward, Bethanne Kelley (My Sister), Paul Kelley (My Brother), Leland Brodahl, Josiah Arrell, Mike McGee (Tyler's dad), and Gerhard Carlson. Its definitely an energetic bunch. We built fires today in groups of 2. Leland and I were in one group and We got our fire built in 2 matches in the snow without using paper, birch bark or pitch. I may become the tech guy for SMOS which means I will be the website editor and builder. Bryan Carlson (Gerhard's Son) might teach me how to work the website. I can't wait, it'll be a really good learning experience, since thats what I'm going to go to college to do. The website is http://www.exploresmos.org/. Here's a video of us having a little fun on ice.

The daily

This last week has been alright. I got to see my friend Gabe. He moved to Phoenix Arizona recently. Then he came back to say good-bye and that was cool. We went up to outdoor ed on friday and that was cool. We traveled down the canyon at Mr. Carlson's house. I can't wait until we get to rock climb up there. Its so beautiful.

I'm starting to like Amber Caparas, the American Idol contestant. She is one christian who is on fire for God and now is in the spotlight of america. She has some power right now, that is so cool.

Basket ball has been ok. We recently lost against St. George. They are pretty good. We lost by like 40 points. It was bad. If you follow me on Twitter you would know. My username is 15Kenneth15.

I'm going to sum my post up with a really funny joke:

A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY. The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game? The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap. Politely she declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.

He explains, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5.00, and vise versa."

Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep. The lawyer, now agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5.00, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500.00." This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a $5.00 bill and hands it to the lawyer.

"Okay," says the lawyer," your turn." She asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?" The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. No answer. He taps into the air phone with his modem and searches the Internet and the Library of Congress. No answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and coworkers, to no avail. After an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500.00.

The blonde says, "Thank you," puts her head on the pillow and goes back to sleep.

The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, what's the answer?" Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to sleep.

Kenneth

Are you ready to drive yet?

Yesterday, my mom, sister and I were in Colville all day. We went to church and beth went to her volleyball practice. Through the entire day I was reading those Washington Driver Guides. My mom really really wants me to be able to drive. She was wishing the entire day that I had my drivers license. I was able to drive except just recently my permit expired, so I couldn't. Now my mom wants me to go in and get my license. I really want to get my license but at the same time, I haven't driven in like 2 months. I don't want to fail the Driving Test. I am still catching up on some reading for the test. But, I am still nervous about the test.

Kenny

Thoughts...

Lately my thoughts have been wildly going everywhere. It almost seems uncontrollable. I could be doing my history during school and learning about how the land is formed, and then all of the sudden I'd be thinking about the Ancient Language of the Elves in Lord of the Rings without even realizing it. My mind just trails off course so quickly. I think that has been my major issue lately. I keep getting sidetracked. I just have to keep my focus on God. Whenever I get depressed about what I am thinking about (forgetting what I'm thinking about is not what I should be thinking about) I just have to realize why I am depressed or feeling wrong and focus back on God. It works every time, too! Imagine that. God has been helping me a lot lately on not focusing about the past, but on the future, on the man I am to become. I am so thankful that God is always there for me in my times of troubles and depression. Thanks, God.

Passing On....day by day

Another day gone well! I had an excellent time teaching kids at spanish today. Even though they were the tough one's today. We get 4 different age groups of kids and somehow the older ones are more rebellious......hmm.... I just got signed up for my new online college course for the second semester of spanish. Thank you mom for all the hard work you do for me on helping me get signed up for classes and just all my schoolwork stuff. I am truly blessed to have a mother like you! I can't wait to see what God wants to use me for with all this spanish. Maybe I'll be a famous mexican song writer and singer. I actually wouldn't mind doing that and I'm sure my mom wouldn't mind either! Today me and my dad started our workout schedule that we are doing together. Yesterday we finished our maxes and today we did 3 sets of 12 on each workout, and there are 12 workouts. It all is done on the BowFlex that we have. They are pretty handy workout machines, and it is a good reminder of how out of shape I got over winter break. But I am determined to fix that.

Kenny

Just another day...

Well, today was my first day working out with my dad. I really enjoyed it! I'm not like surprised but I just think its cool. He comes with me to the school now when I go to teach spanish so I am spending a lot more time with him. It will give us a chance to build up our father-son relationship more. I am glad I will be spending more time with him and God. I am so excited to see what God has in store for me. I am reading an email devotional that automatically sends it to my email. It is called The Rebelution and their website is http://www.therebelution.com/ and I really like it.

My iMac

Wow! Ok, my new computer....ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yah.....Its a New iMac 21.5 in. and it has a wireless keyboard and mouse.
btw thanks Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa for helping out a ton on buying it....Love you all! Not just for this.......lol

Kenny