My Nephews and Niece

It's been a while...

Twitter

Hey everybody(in a british accent) i decided to join something, not sure what you would actually call it, but it's twitter.com. Go check it out, follow me, i'll follow you etcetra. See ya'll in a week or two. 

The Grammies

I've often thought it would be cool to some day, record an album, sell millions of copies, do big tours, have all the girls squeal when I would start singing, and just be all around famous. I still think that would be cool, but that's not really what I want. Sure if it comes to that I'll take it, but I pray to Jesus that I don't get a big head. 

I watched a little bit of the Grammy Awards tonight, and as I sat there I thought, "It would be awesome to be a nominee for that someday, and even perform at it," and I started to imagine what song I would sing and how I would dress and how I wouldn't act weird like everyone else that performed and how I would just be so awesome. But then I got thinking about it, is that whatJesus wants for me, shoot, would I even enjoy it? I really don't think I would, at least, if that's what I was striving for. Then, as I watched more of the awards, I became rather disgusted. The people that performed almost seemed to be deranged. There were a few good artists that I enjoyed, but the rest of them I was kind of like, "How did you get here?" Granted, I am rather biased against the Jonas Brothers, but still, the way they danced on stage, the way they looked at the audience, the way they carried themselves, and just the whole aspect of their performance style disgusted me.

Ok, time to stop hammering the Jonas brothers, they actually are awesome... if you're a 12 or 13 year old girl- eh hem... anyway. But after the announcement of the song "I kissed a girl" or whatever it's called, I almost felt depressed. I began to realize that almost the whole secular, mainstream music circle, is way out of whack. I can't calculate it, but something just doesn't seam right. I definitely wouldn't be proud to tell the Christian people that I look up to that I was apart of it. And I almost wouldn't be proud to tell "gentiles" (for lack of better words) that I was a part of it. I don't think I'd even be very happy with myself if I was apart of it. I don't really know how to make this come across right, but it would feel like I was rejecting the gospel. Even if I didn't reject it I still think I'd feel ashamed of it. 

(am I making sense to anyone?) 

I don't know, that whole world just seems so materialisticly worldly, so much that I think I would have to push my convictions under the bed in order to succeed in it. 

What do I know, it may really not be that bad, but is it what God want's for me?

Fun in the Snow

More from the Joy family

Joy Family

So I'm finally putting up some pictures from the Joy's shoot. I don't have any of just Luke, I don't have access to those right now. I'll put some more up when I do.

super useless

Somebody at work told me about a blog with a list of useless super powers. It's pretty awesome you should check it out. superuseless.blogspot.com

Grant Mroz Senior pics

Here are a few pictures from Grant's shoot.

And The New Year Approaches

I'm really excited about this next year for some reason. Maybe it's because it'll probably be the start of a new chapter in my life. I'll be graduating from high school and I'll proceed to figure out what I want to do with my life.... and that's the tricky part. I've been getting a really strong sense lately that there is a lot more to life than I know there could ever be. More, in the sense of spiritual activity, or God activity. I don't really feel called to missions or even, the one that I can see myself doing, full time worship ministry. All have really felt called to, is being open to anything, if that makes sense. For a while, I felt like God was telling me to be open to the military, which, by the way, is at the bottom of my list. I said ok and was praying and thinking about it alot, but nothing ever happened. I don't know where I'm going with this, but oh well. I guess what I'm saying is, I am anticipating something great, but I have no idea what it is. I've been reading alot about faith in the bible and how faith works. One thing that I really want to see happen in this next is an awaking of faith in the church. Not necessarily faith for miraculous healing even, but just faith. Faith is hope for the promise unseen. I have really been having a desire to live more by faith, but I'm not sure how. I've read a lot about it and prayed a lot about it, and now I feel like I need to act on it or I'm just gonna loose the desire for faith, but I'm not sure how. Like I am putting it into action as problems come up and I leave them to God, but like I really feel like I need to get on the offensive with this faith thing. Another thing that I want is to really get to know God. Actually, that's like the biggest thing I want. I think if I genuinly know, him and his heart, all the other spriritual things will follow. But it's not so much that I wanna work on that next year, or this year, but I want to start now. I've often anticipated huge spiritual land marks in my near future, but my future came and went and nothing happened. Was it because I got lazy and didn't get my soil ready? Another thing that I want is when God inflames a passion in me that I don't just be passionate when I feel like it, but constantly pushing further into it. I don't if I'm even making sense, if you've even read this far for that matter, but who cares if you didn't, atleast it helps me to sort out my thoughts. Love and peace.

The Parade

Merry Cuteness

This is my nephew Keaton and my niece Zooey. This is the Christmas greeting I got from their mommy. They live in California. I get to go see them in february, I'm so excited.

Masquerade

Here's a little some some from the masquerade. I've determined that I need to get a flash, maybe I should go get one on Friday.

Group Blog

Hey, so I've started the group blog, here is the url, 2vs10000.blogspot.com

I need Tim, Jessa, Bailey, Clair and Josh to email me at hisoriginalpickles@yahoo.com so I can get your email and I can add you as an author.

Run To The Lights

This was at Silver Dollar City's "Run to the Lights". You pay like twenty five bucks to register and it benefits this single mom's organization called the caring people. The run starts at ten pm but we went a couple of hours early to ride rides. So you get in that night for twenty five bucks, but then you get a free pass to come back any time before the end of the season except saturdays. It's a sweet deal, you all should do it next year.

Cooking At The Burgio's

This food was most yummy. It was awesome, goooood, delicious, grrrrrreat, and the fondue ladies, was fabtabulous (I didn't think to get a picture of that, sorry)

Photos Da Nodos

Awareness

The more I interact with the world outside of my family and friends I see more and more people talking about awareness. I met a girl the other day who had pink in her hair for breast cancer awareness, so that's the first one (and actually the only organized one) that comes to mind right now. But I'm sure there are all kinds of other disease awareness groups out there, and either I haven't heard of them yet or they're called something different. There is probably an AIDS awareness, diabetes awareness, ms awareness, cb awareness, downs syndrome awareness, and the list could go on and on. So which diseases are you supposed to be aware of? The ones you're inflicted with, the ones your family is inflicted with, the ones your friends are inflicted with? Or maybe just the one that really sticks out in your mind for some reason? Why not all of them? And why just be aware? Granted, most of the time we're not aware, but is it enough to be aware? You can be aware that if your stand in the middle of a highway you're gonna get hit, but not do anything about it. You can be aware that your diet is poor and that you will have critical health issues in a few years and still not do anything about it. You can be aware of an artery on your person that has been cut into and that is bleeding profusely and not do anything about it. So what does happen when you don't do anything? Well...... YOU DIE!!! That's what happens. Think about it, is it really enough to just be aware? And is it enough to be aware of just a few things? You could be aware that you've got indigestion and take some tums or something but not be aware the the tums are old and stale and diseased (if that's possible, I don't have a clue about tums's shelf life). Or how 'bout this? You could be aware that you are out of money and food so you go work to make money to buy food, but not be aware that the IRS didn't get as much of your money as they wanted and your not saving enough for whenever they penalize you. You could be aware that you have a brain tumor that is gonna kill you sooner or later and have it removed, but not be aware that you also have a blood clot that's going to kill you. You could be aware that your mother has breast cancer and help her and everyone else who has it, but not be aware of the dude at walmart that always gives you a cart and smile, while his wife is at home suffering from ms. Of course, then there is the popular argument that you can't help everyone who has problems so it's better just to focus your energy on one group. I disagree. I'm not sure why, but I just do. Maybe it's because that argument seems selfish, I don't know. But, what I do know is this. We need to be aware of as much human suffering as possible, but we can't stop there. We need to do something. Now I'm not saying you have to go looking for every possible ailing person that there is and try to help them (of course, that might not be a bad idea). But at least keep your eyes open for struggling sufferers, and do all you can to make their struggle easier in the short time that you have contact with them.

Human suffering awareness, be more than aware.

Group Blog

What's up peeps. I'm addressing mainly tim, jessa, bailey, and clair, those of you who have blogs already. I have and idea to make a blog that we are all authors of just for some diversity. Like, we can all publish stuff on it. It might be fun. Leave a comment to let me know if you are in.

Mariachi Bliss

So here is another cheesey music video I made...... It's pretty dumb, but if you know me well enough, you'll enjoy it :)

I Just Love Good Food

My family is friends with Ronnie Hardt (that's right, heart with a d), this guy that went to culinary school and has very good taste when it comes to preparing food. So every once in a while he comes over and cooks up some mean grub and we have everybody over to eat it up. This time he made three different Italian pastas. The one you see in the pictures is linguine with a pesto sauce. It was pretty good, but not like "wow" or anything. While we were chowing down on that he began to prepare the second, which had a very different red sauce. This one was really awesome. Then came the grand finale. Chicken with some sort of pasta and this incredibly awesome white sauce. This one was... WOW! I mean, like awesome. Unfortunately I was to busy eating to take pictures of the rest of the food, but who wants to take pictures of awesome food when you can eat it anyway?

Bowling

So a bunch of us went bowling labor day weekend (that was a couple of weeks ago. Gosh! it takes me forever to post anything) so if you wanna see the twin power pictures, otherwise known as group shots go to bailey's blog. So here's the action shot's.

This is one of Tim's bowls

This is one of David's

And I'm not gonna tell you whose this is  ' )

Colorful Colorado

So I'm finally getting around to putting some pictures from vacation on here. I have finally experienced first hand why they call Colorado, colorful. Enjoy

On the summit of Long's Peak 14,259 feet(taller than Pikes Peak which comes in at 14,110 for all you Pikes Peak peoples) four of us started climbing at 2 in the morning and only two of us lived to reach the summit... not really, we all made it without incident. 

This shot is... well hmm... lightningy! that's right, a little ratatoulli (however you spell that) for ya

"the sound of clean air toilet"

This was way to cheesy to put on my music blog, so I put it on here. I did a loop of the bass, a view master lever, a drum, and a toilet flush, and then played the guitar over it. Oh ya, and I also looped a dime store recorder over it that's not quite in tune so... ya.

the sound of clean toilet

bunches and honey bunches of pictures

Well here is the biggest post of pictures i have ever posted, I've left numbers at the bottom of each photo for easier commenting purposes. enjoy.
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little boy - same little horse

I came across some pictures the other day of me as like a four year old on the same horse i am on in the previous post. See, this horse and I go way back.

big boy - little horse

Over the weekend I was at my friends house battling boredom. As I walked around in there basement i noticed the old rocking horse (not an actual rocking horse, but the kind on springs that they've had ever since i can remember... literally). Out of my boredom I decided to mount my trusty old stead that i used to ride years ago (cheesy, I know). Anyway i decided to document the event so hear they are. Oy too dough bang (that's Portuguese for "hi, how are you?" that's only how you pronounce it, that's probably not even close to the spelling, but that should go at the first though anyway, oh well, what i mean is, see ya later)

Loads of Pictures

Ya I know, i haven't posted anything in a while. So what? That just means loads of pictures all at once. I've got a lot to do... pictures of a long canoe on top of my new (or not so new)car, close up of a moth, fasion shoot pictures, and... finally some slip and slide pictures. They aren't really of the slip and slide but after. So, enjoy.

After the slip and slide
Ok... Um... that looks creepy girls

Dead Truck

Most of you who read my blog have probably already heard about this by now, but what the heck it's something to talk about, right?
So lately my truck has been running a little rough, but not to bad. Well today i was running some errands to Ozark from Springfield for work when i realized i was low on fuel. As I went to fill up i thought, "You know, maybe a higher octane rating will help this roughness problem." So i fill her up, start her up, drive her off. no problem. I finish running my errands. By the time I got back on the highway it was making this awful clicking noise, it was loosing power going up the little hills, and whenever i stopped at a stop light I had a hard time getting going again.
As I pulled back into work i started to get looks from all the dudes that were working outside, and I'm like, "ya, I know my car doesn't sound so good right now!"
Well then one of them told me that a lifter was stuck(whatever that is) and that i should pour some extra oil in there to get it unstuck. So i tried that, but it still never stopped. I had other places to be so i drove the clacker around town a little bit and it almost seemed like it was getting better until i got on the highway and started to head home.... Clair was right behind me and she saw that i was having trouble getting going and so she called me and was like, "do you need me to follow you in case you have trouble?" And I, being the prideful independent male that I am, said, "nah, I'll be fine."
So she passes me and I fall in behind her. Then the clicking stopped "YAHOO! PRAISE JESUS!" And then..... well...... smoke...... lots of smoke..... ......and then the engine died, and i was in the passing lane and it's five o'clock traffic so there is no way I'm pulling over on the right side. So i through my flashers on and slowly, no, more like quickly before my truck stops rolling, pull over.
Now, I would've been stranded from 5 til probably like 7 o'clock or something until the tow truck got there, but thanks to my good, all knowing, all wise friend Clair... I was not. So much thanks to Clair, and much thanks to Kevin the hairy tow truck dude. Oh, and a memorial service will be held all day tomorrow for the dead 4runner, 1995-2008. PS we may try to resurrect it or something, I don't know.

Old School Photos

I was browsing some old photos the other day and I ran across a few that really gave me a good chuckle, so here they are.

None of you are gonna know who this guy is. His family was big like ours (or maybe it was bigger) home schooled like ours and I vaguely remember him. I think they still live in Branson, but I couldn't be for sure. His last name was Hurst and I think his first name was Jeff, but I'm not for sure. All I know is he looks like a fun guy. btw the two ladies in the background are my two sisters, and he was helping us move.
Well if any of have ever recognized my admiring myself in mirrors addiction, it looks like it started young. I wasn't old enough to remember doing it then, but I sure was old enough to make it a habit.

Laughing with Jesus

Over the weekend we traveled to Wichita, KS for my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary, which wouldn't have been my first choice for the weekend because, A: it was a six hour drive, B: I had to share a hotel room with my parents, and C: not much to do. Well at their church where they had the party at, I noticed a big picture of Jesus with his mouth wide open and eyes closed with a caption on it that said, "Jesus laughing" so I decided to make lemonade. I got the lighting and focus adjusted for my sister and moved all the furniture and since I was just gonna set the camera down and turn on the timer, i just decided to have her take the pictures. She got some of me, I got some of her, it was fun, f-u-n, fun.

tickling Jesus