Just when you thought you may have seen it all...you were wrong, because you never saw one of the Power Team's crusades!! If you ask them, "The Power Team is a strength based ministry specializing in growing churches through Family-Focused Evangelism." ...and by "Family-Focused Evangelism," what they really mean is "inspring and uplifting stories of how they found Jesus, followed by rock music and awesome displays of their brute strength!" Check them out. Dudes even have a Wikipedia entry. Examples of the displays of strength that we saw: Baseball bats broken in half, steel bars bent with their biceps, breaking stacks of bricks with their heads, tearing phone books in half, rolling up a frying pan like a burrito...and the list goes on. We now have a torn-in-half license plate on our mantle, signed by the whole team.
My sister, Leslie, got married to Alex Esparza in Monterrey, Mexico in August. Like a good, loving family, we all showed up to support. Along with lots of her friends. Even Justin came along to celebrate the occasion. Here's a few of the favorite photos.
Princess, Kevin, and I went to a Nats vs. Mets game when Kevin was down visiting DC from Pitt. We went with Lauren and her dad and his friend - always an interesting experience! It was a "premium" game, which for us meant FREE bobblehead Abraham Lincolns!!
He did me the honor of letting me play the hymns. It was definitely an uplifting experience for all in attendance, and I'm so excited for the positive changes that will surely be taking place in his life in the years to come.
re were going to be (aw yeah) more fireworks. We decided it would be more fun to ride our bikes, and so we did. Once we got there, we learned the show had been canceled due to "technical difficulties" (huh? Did someone forget to schedule the fireworks this year?), so instead we got a pint of Ben&Jerry's and created our own fireworks show (don't ask) before we took a midnight ride down the GW Parkway bike path, back to our home sweet home.
I got to see some of my family very briefly at the beginning of June for Colin's graduation from VCOM med school - first graduating class, baby!
Right before we parted ways, Mia asked me when I was moving, too. Ouch. It was a looooong drive home.
nd kept the invites to a minimum. It was definitely a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. Good times were had by all. We got to introduce the game of Poi Shoe to the world - built with golf balls, some rope, and PVC pipes.
We enjoyed some killer crab legs at a local restaurant. It's true, they give everyone star sunglasses before you leave.
off, took a little jaunt up to the horse races in Baltimore to say hi to the Queen, and THEN came back to give us a show. This is the picture I'm most proud of - and it wasn't even intentional. I was just trying to catch the dude camping out for a nice view on top of the plane, at the exact moment the Thunderbirds zoomed past.
Have I ever mentioned that Princess's job is awesome? She has the greatest connections there, and every so often, I get to share in the fun. Earlier this year - I think it was May? - she used her networking clout to get tickets to see the welcoming of Queen Elizabeth by President Bush, right outside the White House. (She was here to see Jamestown.) So, Marcia and I went off with Princess to visit her mummy.
