The girls (Jenni, Kim, Sonya, Beth and myself) went to "American Idols Live" last night. It was quite fun, especially to see Chris perform, though my fellow concertgoers got a little more caught up in Idol Spirit than I did.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Who are the REAL American Idols?
Duh, we are!
The girls (Jenni, Kim, Sonya, Beth and myself) went to "American Idols Live" last night. It was quite fun, especially to see Chris perform, though my fellow concertgoers got a little more caught up in Idol Spirit than I did.
The girls (Jenni, Kim, Sonya, Beth and myself) went to "American Idols Live" last night. It was quite fun, especially to see Chris perform, though my fellow concertgoers got a little more caught up in Idol Spirit than I did.
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Addendum One to Colorado: Forgot to Post
To Kansas City: Day Seven
We've spent far too many hours together in the van. We're halfway home though! Waiting on the pizza to come to the hotel room.
Sonya and I created a list of "superlatives" for the kids: best dressed, funniest, best hair after whitewater rafting.... We're going to hand them out at youth Wednesday.
Quote of the Day:
As Sonya and I were determining the "superlatives," Matt Taylor calls from the back of the van, "I think I should be most prettiest."
Unless something completely crazy happens, I think we've determined the Quote of the Trip:
When the doors opened Saturday morning for the opening session, everyone raced in to get seats, for United was in the house! One of our girls, small and quick, had a load of books and jackets ready to throw down in a full row of seats for us to come in right after her and sit down. Doors open, she's in, we follow. In less than two minutes, she meets our group in disarray saying, "That lady came in and took our seats." So, we regroup and get the kids back over into the far back section that they'd been stuck in for every meeting to that point.
In the meantime, our youth pastor Jeremy goes down to the lady and the kids filling up "our" row and gets her to admit that she in fact came down and moved our stuff. To which he says to the lady, "This [pointing at the chairs and her kids] makes you stinky." He takes a couple steps, turns, points and says, "Stinky."
We've spent far too many hours together in the van. We're halfway home though! Waiting on the pizza to come to the hotel room.
Sonya and I created a list of "superlatives" for the kids: best dressed, funniest, best hair after whitewater rafting.... We're going to hand them out at youth Wednesday.
Quote of the Day:
As Sonya and I were determining the "superlatives," Matt Taylor calls from the back of the van, "I think I should be most prettiest."
Unless something completely crazy happens, I think we've determined the Quote of the Trip:
When the doors opened Saturday morning for the opening session, everyone raced in to get seats, for United was in the house! One of our girls, small and quick, had a load of books and jackets ready to throw down in a full row of seats for us to come in right after her and sit down. Doors open, she's in, we follow. In less than two minutes, she meets our group in disarray saying, "That lady came in and took our seats." So, we regroup and get the kids back over into the far back section that they'd been stuck in for every meeting to that point.
In the meantime, our youth pastor Jeremy goes down to the lady and the kids filling up "our" row and gets her to admit that she in fact came down and moved our stuff. To which he says to the lady, "This [pointing at the chairs and her kids] makes you stinky." He takes a couple steps, turns, points and says, "Stinky."
More pictures of Baby Elizabeth!
My brother is slowly but surely keeping his two sisters updated with pictures since we can't be there with the family in MI.
Mom and Daughter meeting:
Sweet face:
With Grandma & Grandpa Chapman:
Sweet Grandma:
Grandpa doing what he does best, napping with his head against the wall:
Mom and Daughter meeting:
Sweet face:
With Grandma & Grandpa Chapman:
Sweet Grandma:
Grandpa doing what he does best, napping with his head against the wall:
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
A child is born!
My brother called last night at 9:10 with the news. My niece, Elizabeth Ann, was born at 9 p.m. on Monday, July 31, was five pounds and nine ounces, 19 inches long. Everyone is doing well! Man, you gotta love that middle name.... Jason sent me some pictures...
Introducing Baby Elizabeth Ann Chapman:
The Grandpas:
Meeting Grandma & Grandpa Chapman...the coolest parents ever, might I add:
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Colorado, Desperation, All Things New
Well, we're heading back from Colorado in the morning, hitting Nashville Monday evening. It's been a good week...I love Colorado! I've been posting daily blogs on myspace this week...I'm going to transfer them here. Just some humorous anecdotes and stories.
To Topeka: Day One
So, we're on our way to Colorado Springs. Day one was fairly uneventful as we just drove and drove and drove our way from Nashville to Topeka, Kansas.
After checking in to the hotel and dinner at the local mall's food court, we snuck out to the closest (and maybe only) Starbucks in the area. Thank goodness for wireless internet at the hotel where I could search for the location of the closest Starbucks.
Tomorrow it's on to Colorado and the Springs! I cannot wait to see those mountains!
Quote of the Day: "My blanket smells like tator tots and BO!" - Elise
To Colorado Springs: Day Two
Today's drive wasn't so bad. Kansas is pretty boring but it's nothing the iBook with DVD player and the iPod Nano with David Crowder, etc. can't get you through.
We arrived in Colorado Springs around dinnertime. A fantastic view of the mountains are out front.
Tomorrow it's whitewater rafting!
Quote of the Day: "I have no muscle. It's only skin and really big bones." - Matt Taylor
To the Arkansas River: Day Three
Today's adventure took us whitewater rafting. Good times! Sonya and two others fell out of our raft. They got a good soak, and now I'm red from the sun time.
We had a couple of "oops" moments on the way back. Jeremy, our youth pastor and driver of the lead van at the time, almost got a speeding ticket. We were held back from crossing the Royal Gorge because our van was still towing the U-Haul trailer (which Sonya and I decided was OK since I have a huge fear of large suspended bridges).
My personal favorite moment came just now...taking the van with U-Haul through the Starbucks drive-thru.
Desperation Conference starts tomorrow!
Quotes of the Day...
As he buckled his extra short life jacket for the rafting adventure, Matt Taylor says, "They gave me the emo jacket. All it needs are little pockets."
As she tried to grab a hold of rocks along the shore to pick up the group's rafting photos on disk for processing, our river guide Allie says out of frustration with herself, "Oh, Jesus Christ!" Upon remember she's with a church group, she immediately and profusely apologizes.
As Jeremy drove away from the cop, he says, "He didn't clock me doing 62. I was doing at least 70."
To Desperation Conference: Day Four
So, after having a lazy morning, catching up with my friend Brandan who works with Desperation, going out to the park, etc., we finally got to the part of the trip we came for...Desperation!!
The first night started with Desperation Band leading worship and John Bevere speaking. It was a night of thinking about who God really is and getting an eternal perspective. A great start!
Quote of the Day...Matt Taylor is on a roll!
When asked by Sonya why kids wear different color shoestrings like he had (one white and one black), he replied, "Well, one of mine broke."
To Desperation Conference: Day Five
Had a good day at Desperation today. The morning speaker David Perkins was great and Lisa Bevere's talk to the girls in the afternoon was fantastic as expected.
Tomorrow...HILLSONG UNITED!
Had a load of kids, not from our group, cut in front of us at the KFC tonight at dinner...how annoying!
Listening to my friend Brandan's CD right now...sounds good.
Quote of the Day:
One of the kids, Josh, came out of the hotel for the evening service with the hat he thought he lost, saying "My worst fears came true. Room service stole my hat." (He left the hat on one of the tables in the lobby.)
The group sitting behind us tonight was pretty distracting, a bunch of chatty Cathies. Sonya turned around to give them a look, one guy said, "Hi" and she replied with "What's up?"
To Desperation Conference: Day Six
Today was the day! I'm sure it wasn't merely because Hillsong United was in the house but man, some of their songs hit me harder than anyone's. Add 7,000 other people in the same spirit to those songs and something happens. I'm ready to come home.....in a good way, not a homesick way.
Quote of the Day:
"It's a dude!" - Said by Zack when he called the number some girls gave him through the van window...it was their youth pastor's cell phone.
"Shut up and eat your manna, sucker!" - David Perkins paraphrase of what Moses might have said to the three million complaining Israelites in the wilderness. And I thought I had it bad....
P.S. I have the greatest roommate ever!
United from the camera phone:
To Topeka: Day One
So, we're on our way to Colorado Springs. Day one was fairly uneventful as we just drove and drove and drove our way from Nashville to Topeka, Kansas.
After checking in to the hotel and dinner at the local mall's food court, we snuck out to the closest (and maybe only) Starbucks in the area. Thank goodness for wireless internet at the hotel where I could search for the location of the closest Starbucks.
Tomorrow it's on to Colorado and the Springs! I cannot wait to see those mountains!
Quote of the Day: "My blanket smells like tator tots and BO!" - Elise
To Colorado Springs: Day Two
Today's drive wasn't so bad. Kansas is pretty boring but it's nothing the iBook with DVD player and the iPod Nano with David Crowder, etc. can't get you through.
We arrived in Colorado Springs around dinnertime. A fantastic view of the mountains are out front.
Tomorrow it's whitewater rafting!
Quote of the Day: "I have no muscle. It's only skin and really big bones." - Matt Taylor
To the Arkansas River: Day Three
Today's adventure took us whitewater rafting. Good times! Sonya and two others fell out of our raft. They got a good soak, and now I'm red from the sun time.
We had a couple of "oops" moments on the way back. Jeremy, our youth pastor and driver of the lead van at the time, almost got a speeding ticket. We were held back from crossing the Royal Gorge because our van was still towing the U-Haul trailer (which Sonya and I decided was OK since I have a huge fear of large suspended bridges).
My personal favorite moment came just now...taking the van with U-Haul through the Starbucks drive-thru.
Desperation Conference starts tomorrow!
Quotes of the Day...
As he buckled his extra short life jacket for the rafting adventure, Matt Taylor says, "They gave me the emo jacket. All it needs are little pockets."
As she tried to grab a hold of rocks along the shore to pick up the group's rafting photos on disk for processing, our river guide Allie says out of frustration with herself, "Oh, Jesus Christ!" Upon remember she's with a church group, she immediately and profusely apologizes.
As Jeremy drove away from the cop, he says, "He didn't clock me doing 62. I was doing at least 70."
To Desperation Conference: Day Four
So, after having a lazy morning, catching up with my friend Brandan who works with Desperation, going out to the park, etc., we finally got to the part of the trip we came for...Desperation!!
The first night started with Desperation Band leading worship and John Bevere speaking. It was a night of thinking about who God really is and getting an eternal perspective. A great start!
Quote of the Day...Matt Taylor is on a roll!
When asked by Sonya why kids wear different color shoestrings like he had (one white and one black), he replied, "Well, one of mine broke."
To Desperation Conference: Day Five
Had a good day at Desperation today. The morning speaker David Perkins was great and Lisa Bevere's talk to the girls in the afternoon was fantastic as expected.
Tomorrow...HILLSONG UNITED!
Had a load of kids, not from our group, cut in front of us at the KFC tonight at dinner...how annoying!
Listening to my friend Brandan's CD right now...sounds good.
Quote of the Day:
One of the kids, Josh, came out of the hotel for the evening service with the hat he thought he lost, saying "My worst fears came true. Room service stole my hat." (He left the hat on one of the tables in the lobby.)
The group sitting behind us tonight was pretty distracting, a bunch of chatty Cathies. Sonya turned around to give them a look, one guy said, "Hi" and she replied with "What's up?"
To Desperation Conference: Day Six
Today was the day! I'm sure it wasn't merely because Hillsong United was in the house but man, some of their songs hit me harder than anyone's. Add 7,000 other people in the same spirit to those songs and something happens. I'm ready to come home.....in a good way, not a homesick way.
Quote of the Day:
"It's a dude!" - Said by Zack when he called the number some girls gave him through the van window...it was their youth pastor's cell phone.
"Shut up and eat your manna, sucker!" - David Perkins paraphrase of what Moses might have said to the three million complaining Israelites in the wilderness. And I thought I had it bad....
P.S. I have the greatest roommate ever!
United from the camera phone:
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Rumor Mill: Starbucks & The Israeli Army
June 7, 2006
Starbucks Rumor Response
You may have heard a rumor about Howard Schultz, Starbucks and the Israeli army. The rumor is false. Neither chairman Howard Schultz nor Starbucks fund or support the Israeli Army.
Starbucks is a non-political organization and does not support individual political causes.
***I work for Starbucks and never heard this rumor. Have any of you?
Starbucks Rumor Response
You may have heard a rumor about Howard Schultz, Starbucks and the Israeli army. The rumor is false. Neither chairman Howard Schultz nor Starbucks fund or support the Israeli Army.
Starbucks is a non-political organization and does not support individual political causes.
***I work for Starbucks and never heard this rumor. Have any of you?
A cat's flea collar
Overheard by a Starbucks barista describing the Tazo Calm tea (our chamomile tea):
"...it smells like a cat's flea collar."
Tazo and Starbucks prefer this description:
A comforting blend of chamomile, rose petals and other soothing herbs. As the name gently implies, Tazo Calm has a lovely floral bouquet with an apple-like flavor and distinct toasty notes. Naturally sweet, in a nice light way, with a smooth finish.
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