Coming Soon!

As you can see I've been pretty busy making some changes such as the background and other small things will be added.  If you have any comments I'd love to read them.

One night after volleyball I was heading out to my car. When Sis. Frazier told me that I needed some new stories on my blog. I told her that I would get on it and I did. Her daughter Hannah came up to me the next day and told me I did really good. I have a future post dedicated to Bro. Frazier and that will be coming soon. For now today's post is dedicated to Sis Frazier and Hannah my editors and # 1 Fans. They just started a blog and I'm looking forward to reading it. Maybe even tell them that they need a few new stories? Haha I'm joking! A post about their new blog will be coming soon also!

Bro. Frazier, Sis. Frazier,  and Hannah.

*Drum Roll*

 In other news! This week is AZ Camp Meeting and I'll do my best to add a few things here and there. The major things will be here next week! I have some exciting stories coming that are in the works!

 Last week was Pacific Coast Camp in Ventura, California hosted by Bro. Frazier. Not the one in the pic above, but a different family with the same name. My friend Christina and Cassia were out there. So this past Sunday when I talked to them I found out I had a new nick name, "The _____ Guy"! I'm putting the story together and will be out shortly. I can't let out the details now, but be sure to check next week for the story!

I feel like I have a great line up coming so I better start working on it! Until next time amigos!

-Jose

To Swim or not to Swim?

Wow! I can't believe it! It was 115 yesterday! So you would think that I went swimming but nope! I just don't like my pool. My cousins and a friend came over while I was at work. So they swam and splashed their hearts out. They even got pizza and forgot to leave me some! Go figure... Boy will be Boys!

It looked something like that, but when I got home I couldn't even find the box!

So to swim or not to swim? I talked to a friend about it once I just don't like swimming. She thought there was something wrong with me. I just don't like the idea of getting darker or sun burnt. So I decided to go to the gym and swim in the Olympic pool since no one was using it near closing time.

It doesn't look far or hard but after swimming two laps back and forth going for a 3rd lap I was too tired. It was great exercise tho! Hope everyone is having a great summer!

-Jose

Giving out my blood

Hey everyone! I wish I posted this a few weeks ago when BJ first started. Well currently he is about to finish his phlebotomy program! Next week will be his last week then he is done! Congrats little bro! So, he needed fifty people to draw blood from. I decided to surprise him last night by going right after work to help him.  I was used 6 or 7 times and it wasn't too bad. He was able to draw blood from me and some of his classmates drew blood from me too. This last time I started worrying about getting the needle in my arm and that is because they were starting to get really sore. So here are some pics! I had a great time and this was fun.

Here is the start with putting the needle in my arm.

Now he is attaching the tube to collect blood after finding the vein

Taking the tourniquet off as he draws blood.

I was telling him to hurry up the tube was full. Pull it out!

New Record!

 During Youth Retreat in March I had a small pain in my knee. I wasn't sure what was wrong and I acted like I was fine. I would limp and it discouraged me because I wanted to be normal not handicap. I didn't know at the time what happened to my knee until 2 months later when I went to the Doctor and explained it to him. After seeing several doctors I was told you got to get surgery before it gets worse. Then being told no running, volleyball or any thing that would put pressure on my knee was hard to take. I didn't know if my day could have got worse. Now just a few weeks later its time to get back to the normal life.

I've been going to the gym every night working hard trying to get back into shape. One goal I have worked on is improving my mile time. When I first started running my mile again. My time was 22 Minutes and 37 Seconds... Wow... that is pretty sad. I know. It gives you an idea how bad I injured my knee and the condition it was in after recovering. I would run and then have to walk or limp because it was so weak. The following weeks I slowly improved and got to the mile time of 9 minutes. I guess that was okay, but it wasn't good enough for me!

I decided on Tuesday night after church I'm going to break my record what ever I got to do. My friend Lily told me not to exercise that I needed to rest. She was probably right, but I had my mind set on the goal. When she found out I was going to run I told her sorry and she understood that I can be stubborn at times. I'm so thankful for my friends who care about my well being. Anyways, back to the story!

It was going to happen tonight! Now is my time is what I told myself and I took off running. I was going to make a new mile time and faster than ever! I ran around the track and each lap I pushed myself a little harder. Not looking at the time as sweat poured down my face like never before. My eyes burned as sweat fell down from my fore head, my breath became short, my legs burned, and I kept telling myself you can do this as I sprinted on.

I had to run this four times to make a mile.

I ran past the finish line as I passed my fourth lap and hit my stop watch. I slowed down. I was Exhausted. I thought Lily was right I shouldn't be running. Trying to catch my breath and wiping my face with a small towel. I then looked at my stop watch. 7 minutes and 15 Seconds! I was so happy! I forgot about everything and started laughing. I did it! I made a new all time record! Now I'm taking the day off to rest because I really need to before I push myself beyond my limits. I'll go back on Friday to work out.

This quote is so inspiring to me. I was told it would take me a few weeks to several months to get back into my normal routine. I was determined and made a goal for myself. Every time we have a set back. It is for a come back. Set your mind on a goal and stick with it. Don't let anything or anyone discourage you from completing your goals because you can do it! So with that I wish you all the best in achieving your GOALS

-Jose

P.S. Be sure to check out my friend Lily's blog @: http://lily-priscilla.blogspot.com/ 
To my good friend. Thanks for being a great friend to me!

Back on Track!

Wow! It has been a while since I have blogged and I got so much to catch up on!

I have several stories so I'll be posting those! First of all I'm back on track! I'll be blogging every day and I'm back to working out. For some people you may have not known I ripped my meniscus in my knee back in March. 3 long months... Finally! I can start working out now again at the gym and running.

For those who don't know what that means I tore the cartilage in my knee that is between both of the bones. It really did hurt and I don't have any good pics to show because I don't want to gross out anyone. Just Google it. Thank You everyone for being so patient! Hope you have a great day!

-Jose

Crazy Hats and Crazy Socks

The inspiration for this story comes from one of the Pre-K students at my job. I think every girl knows the store little miss matched. For those of you who don't know what that is. It is a store that has a bunch of girl stuff that doesn't match. *shrugs* Who knew not matching would be the 'In-Style'.

Sydney came in with her mom and she had mismatched socks on. I thought they were pretty cool.She smiled when I told her that I thought she had Cool socks! Her mom laughed and said that they were shopping and that is what she wanted but didn't know why they only came in a package of three. I never understood that either. They looked something like this from this pic.

So talking about crazy socks there are many different types! I love seeing the designs that they have and how people match them. So I posted some pics of some that I have found a my Favorite.

Sal wouldn't these look cool?

Do you want to spend $40 on these?

If you want to spend your money on socks be my guest! I'll be sure to tell you they look nice and that I like them! And now for crazy hats! I've seen a few friends who wear hats and they look really cool! It's diff. When I saw pictures from the Royal Wedding I thought some of those were outrageous!

I guess you never know what will be in style. Hope you all have a great day!

-Jose

I want to be just like you...

It's Fathers Day this Sunday! I haven't decided yet what I'll be doing for my Father or Grandfather.
Meanwhile at work it has been really busy everyday.  I dress up every day since I work in an office and I never know if I'll be teaching or meeting with parents so I like to look professional. Last week there was a new student and I did my best to help her feel welcomed. Kindergarteners can be shy, but also very honest too. As I was playing Tic-Tac-Toe with 3 of them one told me, "You dress like my daddy for work." The three girls began to giggle. After finishing the game my littlel buddy Sergay asked me to tie his shoes for him. So I got on my knee and he put his foot on my knee and I tied his shoes like I do every day. When I told them that I was done he said "Thank You." Then, "Jose, when I get older can I do your job? Because I want to be just like you." His sincerity was touching and it made me think. When they see me I hope they see a reflection of Jesus.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

-Jose

You must be smart

When people ask where I work. I always tell them Sylvan Learning Center.  Then the next thing people say is, You must be really smart! I don't always feel very smart. To me its just a job and I'm very good at my job.
What do I do? I'm a Teacher's Assistant and an assistant to my boss as well. Lately I have had the opportunity to work with the Kindergarten students in Basic Reading which has been a lot of fun. There are so many stories I can tell from working with them. I'll have those up soon called, 'I want to be just like you' and 'Crazy Socks and Crazy Hats'.

-Jose

My friends and their little 'Girlfriends'

 

The rivalry has begun! I'll be posting a poll soon asking if you think Chris and I should accept our readers ideas or not in this contest to 100 post. So here we are # 99! While Chris is counting up to 100 I'm counting down. It looks like I'm behind but I'll catch up after work today.

Like everyone I have siblings too. Out of 3 of them that I have I get a long with BJ the best. So one night we were having dinner with Scarlett and her parents. I found Scarlett's boa and told her to put it on and wrap it around BJ for a pic. She did and thought it was silly. If your around me and BJ with Scarlett and Lola. Lola will ask Scarlett who is her boy friend? She has said it's me, BJ or Brett. She is so funny. If we had a lil sister we wish it could be her. Bj is a BIG fan of Scarlett's blog, scarlettandthepinkcamera.blogspot.com. Check it out! She does a great job and she would love for you to follow her.

Adrianna and Andrew

It's hard to pick on my best friend so I won't say too much. She was his lil school girlfriend. It was pic day at GCA when we took this pic during our senior year. It's a cute pic.

This past May Adrianna graduated from Kindergarten at GCA! Here is a more recent pic of her with Andrew.

Here is his real girlfriend Megan. She is a great young lady and just graduated from GCA!

Oh and how can I forget my good friend Christopher and his good friend Victoria! She is a great friend! Victoria is smart, funny, sweet and etc.. I'm sure you'll agree if you ever meet her. Sorry buddy, just had to throw it in. :p I took this pic and he did the edits. It came out really good! See Chris I was very nice.

Well I better get back to work now. Until Next time!

-Jose

Heritage Conference 2011

                           To me this is breaking news! I'm so excited about Heritage Conference!

100 Post Contest

I made a challenge with my friend Christopher. Who can do one hundred post first? So on Monday our contest will start. I've been thinking what will I be posting about? How many post am I going to do in a day? I really need to be creative! So I'm going to take my camera with me and we are gonna start traveling and taking pics so I have stories to post.  Before I go on let me introduce you to my friend Christopher.

 

I'm looking forward to what he'll be posting! Check out his blog and follow at http://onemoresteponemoremile.blogspot.com/

He told me he has some plans that I'm involved in so I'm going to try and keep my guard up. Anything is possible. He would be one of my partners in crime if I was out to do a prank. TP a house isn't that much fun, but for those of you who haven't seen a house TPed here is one.

I would hate to be the one who has to clean this up. Haha!

P.S. This isn't in AZ. If I showed you a pic of someone's house here you might just recognize it! Anyways! I'm looking forward to what I'll be posting and we'll see who wins. I have some great ideas and will be posting as much as I can.

To my friend, Christopher, "May the best man win!"

Have a great day everyone! Thank You again for reading my blog!
Sincerely,
                Jose

Miracles

It has been such a crazy week! Work has been even busier and I'll try to post something every day next week. I feel like that will be a miracle if I can make the time for it. 

What is the definition of Miracle? "A miracle is an event attributed to divine intervention."

So what are some of the miracles that we find today? How about when you wake up each morning alive and breathing, going to church and standing in the presence of God? Those are just some of the things we might take for granted at times.

Yesterday in the 100 degree weather I saw a grandfather carrying a little girl, maybe his granddaughter (9 or 10?) on his back. Before I could pull over to ask if they needed a ride somewhere they sat at the bus stop in some shade. I thought wow he had the strength to hold her that must be a miracle.

Unable to sleep during the night I went to Wal-Mart since its 24 hours to do some shopping. I sat in the parking lot to finish listening to a song. As I watched the parking lot I saw a car driving thru the parking lot crazy as ever. To myself I thought there  really are crazy people at Wal-Mart. The car parked beside me and a lady ran out right to a shopping cart that was nearby. As I watched she grabbed a purse out of the cart. Then she began to pray. I stepped out of the car and told the lady, "Wow, that is a miracle." She was crying and told me it was because she was on her way to California and needed her purse because it had her license and money.

Finally the greatest one to me was hearing a story from a friend who told me how his family all made small sacrifices to make their mom's dream come true. That is a miracle to me! They unselfishly gave and now she is going to achieve something she always wanted. It reminded me of what the bible says in Proverbs 19:17 "He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again."  I know God will bless that family.

You can never out give God so what holds us back from allowing us to be used by him to make a miracle happen? Now I ask myself, "What is in thine hand?" I want to do something for God and while it may seem small it will be Big, maybe even a miracle to someone else.

-Jose