Summer's End

It's official, summer has come to an end. Growing up, I always associated the end of summer with children flocking back to school. Don't see any reason in changing that view now. Before I really start to write this blog, I'd like to thank everyone for stopping in and reading. A huge shout out to my friends over at Rookie Blue News. They are like my own person band of FanGirls who I won't compare to Justin Bieber FanGirls. A huge shout out to Chuck as well for promoting and pushing everything I seem to produce, edit or publish. Now, what was I doing? Writing about Summer.

My summer has been stressful but rewarding. I got to see my two nephews whom I have not seen in a year but they can be a handful. My older, but not oldest sister can also be a handful and she tends to drive us all nuts. Not to mention she drinks milk and uses ketchup like they are going out of style. In the month she visited it, what would normally take my house hold a year to consume in ketchup was gone. It's quite crazy really.

I tried to keep a lot of my summer low key and good wholesome fun. At 23 years old, alcohol has never been factored into my idea of fun. That's not to say I won't kill you like Dexter in a game of beer pong! I took a few outings with the family to Laser Quest, Malls and the amusement park. All of which were quite fun, except a few malls trips that turned into me being dragged out to lug around peoples purchases. ( Amusement Park Video Located at the Bottom)

The movies, Movies are something my Dad and I bond over quite a bit. For as much as I talk, my Dad doesn't sometimes we are like Chalk and Cheese. My oldest sister often joins Dad and I for a night at the movies as well. Our tastes are often pretty streamlined, until I find a romantic comedy, Guilty Pleasure! This summer we saw The Incredible Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises and The Expendables 2. I personally wasn't all that thrilled with Spider-Man or Batman. Expendables 2 was amazing. With my younger nephew over and us seeing movies much to big for his age. I took him to see Dairy of Wimpy Kid, which turned out to be really funny. I didn't mind, I have read the books. I actually recommend them for any growing child.

Another theme for this summer has been, Pools. I have been kind of a serial pool hopper this summer. It was one pool to the next. I'd  recieved a GoPro camera last Christmas, and boy did it get some use this summer. Some of the church youth and myself had a lot of fun recording our fun and games in the pool and creating memories that will last us a life time. ( The Dog Days of Summer Pool Video is at the bottom)

Through out the year I do a lot of networking. Most of the time it's for my video editing, but I love networking and getting to know new people. One of my networking highlights of the Summer has been getting to know Cody Jackson The One Boy USO who I affectionately call my baby jar head. This young man reminds me a bit of me. In love with his country's armed forces, thirsty for the war stories of  veterans and learning all he can. He plays baseball, wants to be a catcher just like I once was. He's pretty much the little brother I always wanted. Code however took it all to the next level. While most kids his age are inside playing video games, you can find him shaking veterans and enlisted soldiers hands thanking them for their service. Promoting his mission to send care packages for those on deployment or debating over which jerky to send at Sam's Club. I don't hold high respect for very many people but Cody sure holds a lot of mine.

That pretty much concludes my Summer. It may not be anyone's idea of a great summer but it was for me.
Please enjoy the videos.
-H