The Awards Ceremony

this is the awards ceremony...
caleb's team for the novice quizzing got 6th place... here they are
caleb, joel, rebecca, brenda, and robert
BIG FRO BIG FRO BIG FRO OH YEAH BIG FRO!!!
this is nortwest oklahoma. i loved watching them... and the tall one on the left is my buddy joel. :)
our district team got 6th i think too
here they are
coach paul johnson, ryan saba, david tantlinger, carissa smith, jonathan burkey, jennifer mcclure and brent schnipke
LET'S GO NWO!!!
casey's district team got first!!
YEAH KANSAS CITY!!!
this is the olivet regional team
yeah kent!!
and our regional team... of which we are sooo proud!! they were AMAZING!!!
here they are
jennifer mcclure, coach todd thomas, jonathan burkey, bethany kindle, laura johnson, and brent schnipke
"LAND OF THE COUGERS!!!" "M! V! N! U!"
and here are some of the top quizzers... sorry not really sure what's what, i'll tell what i think... comment and correct me if i'm wrong!! thanks much!
this is the top 20 novice quizzers.
caleb got 11th i think
YEAH, CALEB!!! THAT'S MY BROTHER!!!
and here's a farther out picture
uh...i think this is district top 10...
GO KENT!!!
the top 10 experienced quizzers i think... brent schnipke got 6th and jennifer mcclure got 4th!!
YEAH BRENT AND JENNY!!!!!
the top 10 regional quizzers... jonathan burkey got 10th, joel from north west oklahoma got 7th, jennifer mcclure got 4th and casey got 1st!!
YEAH JONATHAN!!! THAT'S MY BROTHER!!!
YEAH JOEL AND JENNY AND CASEY!!! YEAH!!!

The Family Vacate!!

after my parents picked me up from SWID camp, we went to st. louis for the night... and check out this bus!! we took a picture for dino core... we think it's his long lost relative!! maybe they could go rhino hunting together!


anna, me, cabes and alli outside of the spaghetti factory with the arch in the background

YUMMY!!!

we went on a carriage ride all over the city... it was a blast!!



anna and the driver


ha ha... caleb took a picture of the horse's poop bag. he and anna were very impressed by it!



then we went to the arch... and we went up in it!! it was AWESOME!!


this is the city from the top of the arch!

this is the baseball stadium... this night the kansas city royals played the st. louis uh... something. :)


anna me and alli inside of the arch shuttle.

after st. louis, we dropped alli off at mal's house and spent the night at a hotel in oklahoma city. then we went to church at northview and got to hang out with the baileys... all four of them, and emily, tommy's girlfriend. it was awesome!

then we headed to texas to visit uncle jim and aunt betty and tim, virda lynn and keith and jake, ben and dwayne.
tim, uncle jim, and aunt betty took us to the decatur memorial park...


here we all are at the park.

after visiting with them for a few days... wish that i had pictures of ben and jake and dwayne and virda and keith to show... i totally forgot to get the camera out... we headed back to oklahoma city for Bible Quizzing... Q 2006. we picked jonathan up from the airport and hung out with the quizzers for the week. i got to hang out with lots of friends... adam and mallory from snu, alli's friends from kansas: anya, casey, missy, and of course allison!, northwest illinois pieoples: kent, kayla, kirsten, kyan, amy jo, nathasha!, friends from ohio, friends from olivet: matt, jason athialy, aleesha, new friends: steven, cody, and many more!! it was a blast! we played many rounds of rook.
one night we went to the memorial... it was me, anna, brooke, teri and theresa schnipke, mom and dad. it was really neat, and sad, but beautiful. here are some pictures... and anna and brookey used sidewalk chalk and drew messages on the path.















here's me and the girls...

me and my little brother caleb...

and a couple of me and my little brother jonathan. it was a great vacate!!