I’m a little late but if my memory serves me correctly, I graduated from CCHS May 19th, 2004. 10 years ago! Crazy. I can’t believe it’s already been ten years.

I remember that summer was full of bon fires with friends.

Men’s league softball.

And late nights hanging out and preparing for the next chapter in life.

I had no idea what the future really held for me but I was sure excited.

I remember leaving Gillette in early August in my little red eclipse that I love so dearly. I think I made it to Bartlesville in just over 11 hours. This is typically a 16 hour drive but my driving style at the time allowed for a little bit of “Time Travel”…

Oklahoma Wesleyan University, this was going to be the foundation of the next chapter in my life. I was going to play college soccer and get a degree.

The first person I met was Adam Nash.

This was the beginning of a great friendship. AO.

Now almost 10 years later, one of my best friends to this day, is Adam.

My 21st birthday at Lake Tahoe.

College was great.

I made a lot of great friends.

Played college soccer.

Ran track.

And had a lot of good times in the process.

A few of my summers I spent at Camp Timberline in Colorado. This was hands down one of the greatest life experiences I could have ever ask for. I met some amazing people, lived in the mountains, and got to be a positive influence on a lot kids.

I wore a wig a lot…

And acted really weird…

I made a lot of good friends.

Especially with this dude! Rock out.

Four years college went by, just like that!

I graduated Summa Cum Awesome…

Now it was really time to grow up.

Adulthood.

It was time to get job and make my own way.

It was 2008–2009 and things were rough. So I moved in with my friend Jonathan.

We had parties! and a lot of good times. We got on the bus, more often then not.

I got a job at the Buckle. That’s right, The BUCKLE. It wasn’t my dream job but it was a job and it payed the bills.

I stayed up late at night playing Tecmo Superbowl on volume level 1 because Jonathan got up at like 4:30 in the morning for work.

After about 6 months I moved to OKC and took a job with Funnel Design Group.

It was a great first (career) job.
I worked on some cool projects.
Learned a ton!
Made some more friends.

Made lots of connections.
Won an Addy.
Road the office bikes around OKC a lot.

During this time a lot happened.

Friends got married.

People had kids.

I traveled.

Made new friends.

Moved.

Moved again.

Discovered myself more.

Read books.

Had a lot of good times with old friends, reminiscing about the past.

I met a beautiful girl.

I asked her out, she said yes.

We hung out, a lot.

I fell in love.

I asked her to marry me, she said yes!

It took me 27 years, but I grew my first full beard.

I got a new job.
I work at LifeChurch.tv now.

Guess what, I made some more new friends!

I’m getting to do some really cool stuff.

Well there you have it.

That’s a brief look back on the last 1o years of my life. I’m am thankful for all the blessings in my life, all the friends I’ve made along the way, all the great experiences I’ve had and all the memories I’ve made. Thank you to everyone who has been apart of it and made it so amazing. I love you all.