Dude......

It doesn't get much better than this.

Surprise!!!

All of these people surprised me at Dukes!

I feel special.

Sinclair!!!!!!!

Here's some great news.

They raised all the money they need!!!! The entire Smith family will be traveling to China to pick up their newest member of the family. God came through once again. Geez I wish I could have the confidence to trust in God. I don't understand why I don't!!!!

Congrats to all of us who will be blessed by Sinclair!!!!

:-)

I am just so happy. I am being blessed with another great niece! First Shiloh, and now Sinclair. I just might be the luckiest Uncle on the planet!

Let's see, I think that makes me an Uncle to about........holy moly....about a million!!!!!

Maybe it's time my siblings become an Uncle or an Aunt other than me. Sounds like a good idea to me!!!!!

:-)

Please Donate!!!!!!!

Tummy breakfast at the Cocoa Beanery in Hershey, PA

Interesting Day

Some of you will know a little about this post. Some of you won't know at all what I'm talking about. And there are those of you who will know exactly why this post is so personal to me. You are the ones who won't think it's so silly.

I marched in a drum corps called The Cadets back in 2000. It was a great summer. I was in a great drum corps. We even won the world championship title. It was a great summer. I learned so much about drumming, and about teaching. But what I learned most was how I want to live the rest of my life. It was one of the few moments in my life where I really felt like I can be successful at anything. I really felt great about myself. Those of you that know me well know that this is not an easy task. I tend to be down on myself quite often. But that summer with the Cadets, I felt on top of the world. People that were close to me actually looked up to me. they were proud of me.

I knew that summer that I really had to thank. Tom Aungst. Tom is one of the most influential people in my life. He taught me so many things. My summer with The Cadets and with Tom helped me define how I want to live my entire life.

Tom resigned from The Cadets. His partner in crime, Neil Larivee also resigned. Neil and Tom developed the program and wrote all the percussion music. They were also the core of the design team. But what they did for The Cadets was so much more. They showed young people what they are truly made of. There are a very select few that really saw how hard I worked that summer. Most of you wouldn't be able to comprehend how hard I worked that summer. I find it hard to comprehend how I did it.

I wanted to say thanks to Tom and Neil for doing an amazing thing for my life. I get choked up just thinking about my summer with The Cadets. You guys are the best, and you are irreplaceable. I'm sure The Cadets Percussion in the coming years will be great. They will play their butts off, and they may even win some championships. But those young people will never be blessed the same way all of your alumni were blessed. You guys did a great service for me, and I am eternily grateful.

Think Think Think

I'm about to go have some breakfast. I'm meeting a good friend who marched his first year of drum corps. Tenor player with the Blue Stars. I'm anxious to see what he's like. I've known him for a couple years now, and I know this is exactly what he needed. He needs to feel strong and successful. I really hope this season did that for him. I also want to see where he will march next year!!!



I'm sitting here in my office just surfing, Facebooking, Drum Corpsing, etc etc. But it's about that time to head out.

Adios!

Yum yum diner

This diner is yummy. Why go to a fast food joint when this place is
right down the corner?!?!

August

Well tonight I have the night off. Megan and I plan to have a peaceful evening of food, and movies. I'm looking forward to it. This Monday is the beginning of band camp. Oh boy. That's the beginning of when drumline takes over my life. Man I wish teaching drumline actually paid well. We are doing a wonderful service for these young people. It's so rewarding to watch them become young adults. It feels great to have parents come up to me and tell me I was a big part of why their son became a man. It's just great. But of course, that doesn't pay the bills. I use to think that it would or should. But....well I have learned my lesson.

I have some things in the works. Please pray that they will all turn out. I'm so faithful and nervous all at the same time! Nutty.

I miss the beach.

Ok time to go. Adios for now.

Perfect

I'm sitting in the green room at work right now. I'm listening to my
iPod at full volume so I won't have to listen to everyones useless
jabber.

It's perfect.

Sent using Brian's iPhone

August is in full swing. I'm nervous!!!

Well tomorrow starts my crazy Fall Marching Band schedule. It should be interesting. I'm looking forward to many things. I'm still pretty nervous about other things as well. I may have some answers over the next couple days. We will see how it turns out. Tomorrow evening is a big night.

I'm not sure what else to put up on this Blog. Well, I did go to Allentown this weekend for the drum corps show. It was AMAZING. I haven't had that much fun at a drum corps show in YEARS. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from the night. But let's just say that it was a great night. I saw some friends I haven't seen in about 8 years. It reminded me why I love Drum Corps so much.

Well I think it's time to put my tired mind to rest. But not until I put another load of laundry in.