We arrived in Seattle- Beautiful city- just ate at the "high life"-
Its an old firehouse. Now it's time for bed- my body says it's 1am-
goodnight from Seattle

The view from up here.

Bekah wanted her picture with the Moose. I don't know why, I just take
the pictures. Now off to Seattle!

A little pit stop in Minneapolis on our way to Seattle - if only we
could stop and see our friends

Here we go

Date 1- Seattle, WA - leaving from BWI

Our Friends 

We had to leave them behind because 

Rebekah's clothes took up to much room. 

We'll see them soon

Joseph, Diana, Sarah, Mariah, Jeremy, Kegan, and us - Apple Picking followed by an apple pie

We arrived- safe and sound- goodnight

Somewhere between Pittsburg and DC I am enjoying a cookie and
Starbucks (shoutout to Jeremy and Sarah for the treats) while Rebekah 
winds us through the rolling hills of PA. It's nearing the midnight
hour and we are still a distance away from our destination.

Our view for the next 2-3 hours. Yippee!

We are officially homeless. A bittersweet moment as we leave our first
home. So long Elkhart...hello D.C.

I took this at RedRobin in Fort Wayne IN. Made me think of my cousin
Mike Parisi- got to see him in the majors this summer- thanks for the
tickets! Get better

How to retrieve your keys from a pond... 

Yes, this is my ultimate "Ahhh! I've lost my keys" scenario. 

Pic 1 - A nice fishing outing on the Messick's Pond. Notice the red encircled keys. I like to hang the clicker in my pocket and let the keys hang out so they don't scratch my phone. As you will see below this is not a very smart idea and has plagued me ever so much with loosing my keys.

Pic 2 - Note how the keys are missing from my pocket. I did a little casting and cast my keys out of my pocket and right off the dock. Jordan, Steve and I are now watching the bubbles of where the keys disappeared, contemplating their recovery and wondering "How deep could it really be?"

Pic 3 - Well lets see how deep it is. This is only a small pond... mind you, Jordan and Jimmy both caught 18" Bass moments early... and I hate ponds for fear of having a bass mistake my fingers for worms.

Pic 4 - So I still haven't reached the bottom...

Pic 5 - Time to get a little adventurous. I have reached the bottom, but no sign of the keys :(

Pic 6 - Time to go all in - Head first, both hands - Important Note - I recently lost 19 pounds. My jeans are not very tight anymore. There was a close call at one point, but thanks to Steve and Jordan I remained in my pants.

Pic 7 - Ah, Success! 

Special thanks to Grant Black who just happened to have his camera to capture this wonderfully embarrassing event!

Yes, the clicker still works. 

What time is it? Apple Pie time- compliments of Rebekah, Sarah, and
Diana- thanks girls.

Pumkin Sitting

Bekah picking Apples

Now that's a fire! Hayride and Bonfire at the Messicks

Joe's BIG catch - 19 1/2"

So I am the first to catch! 8 1/2" oh yeah

Because of this man I am up way to early and fishing? Oh well it's
only 32 out. What! Brrr!

2 is always better then 1... Is that the correct "then/than"? I always
get them confused. Actually I often use poor grammer when typing-
thanks dad! Ha!

Vocal Tracking Day 1- went better then I thought. 2 songs left for me.

And in the left corner...

In the right corner...

Recording "Grace" - yep! We're both in there. 4 take later we captured
the natural sound of our office.

From computer to phone to internet

Oh how sweet the sound

Tracking for our new CD with Dan Lawonn-