As I close out 2010 today, I decided to make a list of the great memories! I could do negative but who the hell cares about negatives....So here is a list of some of the best things that happen in 2 O Ten.
1. I became a runner, I couldn't' even run 2 miles without dying a years ago.
2. Raced in my first 5k and 10k
3. Completely 4 Sprint Triathlon and 1 Olympic Distance one.
4. Had the best birthday gift ever when my friends surprised me by showing up to a race and for dinner.
5. Lead two awesome small groups called Dirty Chai and Time Out.
6. Learned how to handle conflict with a Christlikeness manner.
7. Grew close to a real Christian community
8. Learned about how to Glorify God and what that looks like and means.
9. Had a fulltime job with Joseph Construction where I had many great stories.
10. Learned how to truly have good heart to heart conversations and not put any walls up.
11. Graduated college with a degree in Civil Engineering.
12. Passed my Fundamental Engineering Exam.
13. Got a full time engineering job even before graduating (God truly blessed me with that).
14. Moved off campus and established a life independent from parents.
15. After 4 months of liking Kelly, finally asked her out on a date.
16. Started my first serious relationship with Kelly and learning to make it all about Christ
17. Learned how to relate my life for running/triathlons to a relationship with Christ.
18. Learned how much I love and need God's Grace.
19. Learned that its ok to be a silent leader.
20. Learned I love working with Middle Schooler because I got to coach a Cross Country team.
21. Learning to Love Christ first, not your self, your relationships, your possessions or your job.
Those are some of the highlights of 2010, I could talk for hours about each one, and I know I have many more. Now here are a couple things I would love to accomplish for 2011!!!
1. Love Christ first and everything else second.
2. Using running/triathlons to proclaim Christ's name.
3. Get more of my friends into running.
4. Complete my first Half Ironman 70.3
5. Keep pursuing Kelly like the first date we had, and keep pursuing the relationship with Christ first.
6. Become more confident in leading a bible study.
7. Continue to be a hard worker and do the best I can at Geos!
8. Be smart about my finances and save money for big purchases.
9. Be a better friend, boyfriend, son, brother and roommate.
10. Weekly remember how important it is to have intentional conversations.
So excited for 2011, a couple years ago when I worked for Young Life I truly thought the best seasons of my life were over. But I hadn't experience 2010 yet. This past year has truly been the best year of my life, and I can't wait for next year.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The Seasons are Changing
It seems to be a trend I blog every two weeks. The past two weeks have been crazy. Its been the perfect amount of time before I start my new job on Monday at Geo Services. I'm glad to jump right into the working world, God could have not blessed me any more. Its bad to say, but I now just feel like something bad will happen with all this good luck I am having.
Graduation was low key. I truly was not affected by it at all until the moment we moved our tassels from the right to left. I will even go ahead and admit I did shed at tear at that point. I was turning my back and walking out the door of the University of Tennessee with my head held high ready the conquer the working field. I do feel like UT prepared me well for my first day on the job, but I also know I'm leaving with a lot to learn. I'm leaving with lots of great memories of study parties with friends and classmates, I'm leaving weeks where I've been in tears cause of stress, and I'm leaving a university that I'm proud to be an alumni of. I jokingly like to say "I can't believe the let me graduate" I think its funny to say, and the truth is I couldn't have done any of this without the help and support of my friends...especially these past two years where I have really learned what a Christian community is.
Here is a great shot of my family post commencement.
Since graduation pretty much the only other thing I've been doing is Christmas shopping and hanging out with my lovely girlfriend, Kelly. While I'm graduating and going to work she's doing the opposite and going to get her masters. I'm super excited for her to do this and go be a teacher for elementary school kiddos. With such big changes in seasons for both of us its pretty obvious we won't see each other as much. Which leads into why its been so much fun the past month, we've gone on tons of dates to squeeze what time we have together. We've had double dates, surprise dates(it failed, my surprise date was closed), we've had sunrise dates, dates where the parents meet and so much more. It was fun to see the parents have so much fun together, I think we were both shocked how well they got along. Here are some pictures of some of the fun dates we had. These are in no particular order.
Max Patch Sunrise Hike....1 out of the 4 times you'll see Kelly up before 6. And for just rolling out of bed she still looks beautiful.
Following that date we hung Christmas lights (She likes this picture cause I'm using my tool holder in my carhartts)
We also had a blast on a double date with Krista and AJ Babel that I love getting to hang out with!!!
We also went to Grandfather mountian in October with her parents where we just acted goofy the whole time.
Graduation was low key. I truly was not affected by it at all until the moment we moved our tassels from the right to left. I will even go ahead and admit I did shed at tear at that point. I was turning my back and walking out the door of the University of Tennessee with my head held high ready the conquer the working field. I do feel like UT prepared me well for my first day on the job, but I also know I'm leaving with a lot to learn. I'm leaving with lots of great memories of study parties with friends and classmates, I'm leaving weeks where I've been in tears cause of stress, and I'm leaving a university that I'm proud to be an alumni of. I jokingly like to say "I can't believe the let me graduate" I think its funny to say, and the truth is I couldn't have done any of this without the help and support of my friends...especially these past two years where I have really learned what a Christian community is.
Here is a great shot of my family post commencement.
Since graduation pretty much the only other thing I've been doing is Christmas shopping and hanging out with my lovely girlfriend, Kelly. While I'm graduating and going to work she's doing the opposite and going to get her masters. I'm super excited for her to do this and go be a teacher for elementary school kiddos. With such big changes in seasons for both of us its pretty obvious we won't see each other as much. Which leads into why its been so much fun the past month, we've gone on tons of dates to squeeze what time we have together. We've had double dates, surprise dates(it failed, my surprise date was closed), we've had sunrise dates, dates where the parents meet and so much more. It was fun to see the parents have so much fun together, I think we were both shocked how well they got along. Here are some pictures of some of the fun dates we had. These are in no particular order.
Max Patch Sunrise Hike....1 out of the 4 times you'll see Kelly up before 6. And for just rolling out of bed she still looks beautiful.
Following that date we hung Christmas lights (She likes this picture cause I'm using my tool holder in my carhartts)
We also had a blast on a double date with Krista and AJ Babel that I love getting to hang out with!!!
We also went to Grandfather mountian in October with her parents where we just acted goofy the whole time.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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