Here are the rest of the pictures from Saranac 2009. We had a great week with the kids from Towson High. Unfortunately my camera did not survive the trip. We had a little unfortunate accident on the parasail. Apparently high winds and uneven weight distribution in the harness between three dudes isn't a good combination.
We had a cool opportunity recently to take photos at a charity golf event to benefit Urban Young Life and FCA. Matt Stover and Brian Roberts organized two teams consisting of Ravens and Orioles players. A lot of great players showed up; Markakis, Flacco, Koji, and of course, the mighty Steve Hauschka just to name a few. Aubrey Huff was clearly the individual at the event...
Jonathan Ogden gave one of the best lines of the day. Arny asked what was the difference between football and baseball. Ogden's response, "Guaranteed money."
Look at Buck's perfect hair. If I were a gutsier guy I would have asked him to call my brother and say "Miguel Tejada throws to first."
I was very impressed with the number of Orioles that showed up on their day off. I'm sure the Urban YL and FCA folks are appreciative. More pictures can be found here.
We just got back from Lake Champion this afternoon. It was very weird being a married person at camp and not having to work our butts off. Kind of nice. Anyway, we got a chance to see the new dining hall which looks awesome and catch up with old friends.
It was also pretty incredible being out on the frozen lake. Apparently 13 inches of ice can hold a lot of weight. More pictures can be found here.
The wife and I will be out of town this weekend at Lake Champion as I do program Geese and Horrigan for a Campaigner Weekend. We decided a video would be something funny to add to our incredibly hilarious, thought-provoking, and creative program for the weekend.
The basic premise is that is that Geese is a plumber and Horrigan is a nerd. They are both trying to get people to join their clubs and that's where I come in and pick on them. At some point they will say, "Man, that guy has been picking on us for years..." and this video will commence...
Now 4 years ago, the three of us were also in charge of program for a weekend. We had a similar idea for a video...
As you can see, we subscribe to the theory that the wheel does not need to be re-invented.
Last night was our annual Young Life Christmas party. Team Towson represented with Christy's bridesmaid's dresses. For all the photos click here.
Yup, that's our Associate Pastor's family. The week after we showed up at their house at 6:30 AM and no one was awake to let us in. Good times.
We have just gotten home from our Young Life fall weekend and after a nap this afternoon, we are still in the process of recuperating. Here are the pictures from the weekend. Enjoy!
If you are in town on November 15th and interested in helping send high school kids to camp, please register to run in the 2008 Run for your Young Life 5K. For more information visit www.yl5k.com
We had our first club of the fall semester last Wednesday and it was a blast. In the picture above, it has been said that the kid next to me looks almost exactly like me. So to play it up, we had him come out as Mini-Me. The sad thing is that many of the kids had no idea who Mini-Me actually was. Here are all the pictures.
A couple of weeks ago Team Metzger was at Young Life camp at Rockbridge, Virginia. You can check out all the pictures here. There are quite a few of them.
A few pictures from club this evening. It's really nice to have the zoom lens back.
Oh and we bought a house today. We'll have pictures up from that later.
A little diddy that Ben and I whipped up in about an hour.
A little while ago I posted pictures from Team Towson's trip to Sears with cheesy Christmas sweaters. CZ and I decided to hold a couple back so we could give our parents the picture of Christy with her arms around me in a nice, K-Mart frame. They love it. Christy's mom is begrudgingly proudly displaying the portrait on her mantle. The full set can be found by clicking here.
So amidst all the craziness of getting engaged last week, Throwback Thursday was neglected. Therefore due to popular request, I dug up an old Gary Wilmer classic. Enjoy.
So each year our team of Young Life leaders decides to wear some sort of "uniforms" to the YL Christmas party. This year we chose cheesy 80's sweaters and stopped by Sears to get our pictures taken before going to the party. You can see the rest of the pictures here.
There's a lot more to this video than just Christy and Susan walking out of an outhouse. Inside jokes. Ask me to explain the next time I see you if you would really like to know.
So instead of a video for Throwback Thursday, I'll use these pictures from my summer at Lake Champion in 2005. I look back now and wish I had take more pictures of one of the greatest summers of my life. Here it is.
Pictures are up from our weekend at North Bay. Yes, the short-shorts made a return. The entire set can be found here. Some of the pictures in the set were taken by Christy Zuidema and Brody Bond.
These photos were taken by Brody Bond.
We ended up with about 100 runners total. Not bad for year 1. I'm looking forward to growing this event and making it huge in the next few years. Thanks to everyone who came out. You can see the complete set of pictures here.
