The Hut Trip
Fetching a pail of water
This pump has not been greased in a very long time. It took a lot of energy to get that blue jug full. It took like 15 minutes and every one gave up after 30 seconds untill I got in there where I busted out a lot of water and pumped for like 5 minutes when my arms got tired. It was funny watching the others try though. that little kid Nick in the front of the picture put all of his weight on the lever and barely moved it the kid behind me Alex gave it like 5 pumps and couldn't go for any longer. The bigger kid in the blue was about to hang in there but couldn't compeat with the greatest which is that big strong guy in the front pumping out that water, and the kid on the right well he thought he would be a bad ass to untill he realized how hard it was. Hell even the teacher couldn't hang in there.
SOS Outreach
A group having fun
In SOS we had a word of the day for each of the 5 days. We got the word the day before and had all night to come up with a definition or what you think it means. On the first day we had Courage as the word and my definition was, "To have the will power to overcome your fears." The second was discipline and my definition was, "To push yourself but know where your boundaries are and be able to keep yourself from doing something that might end in injury or worst." The word or the day on the 3rd day was integrity which is being a good sport. Wisdom was the 4th day and I see it as someone learning from experience not out of a text book, if you are wise that means you have been there and done that. For the final day the word was compassion which for me means loving what you do and striving to get better at it, striving to board other mountains learning certain things people just cant teach.
Mark Harrah
MY Dad
My dad was born in California. He was the 3rd born out of 4. The oldest; my aunt Rosa, next in line; my uncle Mike. then there was my dad and about a year after him was my uncle Andy. My dad is a very hard working man. He is 43 years old and still pouring concrete. He finished high school at Eagle Valley in 1986. He was 2 credits short of getting his diploma so he just got his G.E.D. It only took him 6 years to get himself set financially to have a kid, and support my mom. In 1994 I was born in Glenwood Springs at the Valley View Hospital. Almost 2 Years later my brother was born in the same place. At the time my dad owned a modular in Buffulo Valley. Not long after my brother was born my dad bought 7acres of land just south of Silt. He put up a 3 bed, 3 bath house with a 2 car garage. The house is 2 stories tall. All of this my dad paid for in cash. He also has a 5th wheel camper trailer, a 57 Chevy pickup step side, along with an 87 K5 Blazer. For storage and a hang out spot my dad built a 3 and a half car shop on the proporty. The one thing that stands out of all the things my dad has taught me was that if you want something you have to work for it. Never barrow money for something but pay for it yourself.
Birth Story
It was about 4:30pm on July 17,1994. My mom was in the living room, not long after getting back from City-market, watching TV. She ran to get her shoes when she got her first really bad contraction. Then she tried crawling because of the pain. My dad helped her into the car and drove her to the hospital. When she got there the nurse put her in a wheel chair. They Rolled her in a room that was very plain. My moms blood type is B-Negative and my blood type is O positive causing my moms kidneys to shut down. The midwife’s name was Joy Core and she delivered me. I was born at 8:13 on July 17, 1994,6lbs and 14oz. I had a full head of black hair about 4 inches long. Hazel eyes. My dad and his mom were there.
Fundraisers are in rebound are fun and eventful. The hike to cross was really nice, the sun was out so it was a great day to tan or burn in my case. The requirement was to get sponsors for making it to the top. I got 10 bucks from each sponsor and I got 15 sponsors raising 155 dollars. It only took me an hour and a half and I was sitting up there for 30 min before anyone else in my class got up there. It was another 45 minutes before the last person made it up. We had lunch and and played a couple games. Then we hiked back down I stayed behind and walked slow at the start and then speed up after a lil while.