ROOTED Winter Retreat 2012

There's no place like the Granlibakken!

Halloween Open Mic Night 2011!

Oh there's nothing like a good'ol costume party! We had tons of fun, thanks to Brett and Matt, our Mc's for the night. Tyler and Andrew helped too! And thanks to Gina who decorated the place in an amazing way! It was a great night!

AsOne 2011

This was a new kind of labor day weekend trip for us. But it was definitely GOD-led! He showed up at Woodleaf among young adults from Lakeside Church in Folsom, UC Davis, Capital Christian, Sunrise Community Church, and even Chico! There is new momentum and movement to unify Christians as ONE body! We can't wait for next year!

Granlibakken Winter Retreat 2011

Oh man, these annual winter get-aways just get better and better! 31 of us had an amazing time, thanks to God!!

Masquerade Ball 2010-2011!

I don't know that I've ever had a better New Year Celebration!! What fun, and I have to shout out BECKY SNYDER IS AMAZING! Because that girl went to town on working for this event and it turned out so awesome! Thanks to Brett, Matt, and Zach Ryan, who were our SUPER COOL MC's for the evening. Lots of people invested in this, Alyssa, Dev, Tamara, Thank you thank you thank you! What a great party!!

Halloween 2010! Get your costumes on people and come party!!! Big thanks to April Evans and Melissa, Devenie, McKenna, Macie, and Brett Woods for all their uhmazing help!!! It was a blast, the food was great, fun dancing, games, candy, AWESOME!!!

Hume Lake 2010 . . . AMAZING!!

BEACH CAMPING 2010

We had 60 people this year in Pescedaro, CA for our beach camping trip and it was a blast! We got dirty, ate good food (that is if we could get to it before the raccoons did), launched water balloons, played beach volleyball, ultimate frisbee, football, built sand castles, found shells, took long walks, and so much more! The beach was beautiful. We all got fried and looked tomatoes. God blessed us greatly!! =)

Summer Time! 2010

It's that fabulous warm time of year again. . . summer time! I've been a bit slow in photographing some of our most fun events (such as pool parties and nights out on Beals Point) but here is what I've got so far.

Winter Retreat 2010

I think everyone who went this past weekend to North Shore Tahoe can TESTIFY that God truly blessed us with an amazing time. It was absolutely awesome, praise be to our King who loves us so much! From the moment we left, to the moment we returned home, Christ's presence was so undeniably blessing us!

Christmas Formal 09!

The pictures are self-explanatory. Basically. . . we had a blast!

Halloween Party 09!

Ben and Darla were so gracious to let us use their awesome house this year. And it was perfect for ROOTED's annual costume bash. We had lots of kitty cats, a vampire, lumber jack, a priest, 2 Dorothy's, army men, FBI, a bumble bee, an angel, and a lady bug. . . and so much more. Winners for best costumes went to Jonathan Shea, Westley Cone (all because he wore his tighty whiteys on the outside of his pants) and Sarah Hileman! There was great food, great games, great dancing, Goonie watching and overall great fun! April and Phil Evans worked their tails off to make this party happen, and they did a tremendous job! Thanks to everyone who pitched in food, decor, and effort to decorate and set up for the party! AWESOMEEEEE!

Hume Lake 09!

The Forty who represented "Rooted" from Sunrise had an amazing time at Hume this past labor day weekend. The music was good. The speaker was good. The food was good. And the fellowship and chance to focus on our Savior without any other distraction was awesome! Out of 5 tournaments, Sunrise walked away with 3 championships and almost took all 5! Liz and Randy Baldwin just barely lost the ping pong tournament. And Greg and Steve and their team came in second in the basketball tournament. Matt Fadling walked away with the "Get that chicken" championship. Greg, Randy, Liz, Dave Pelz and Steph Long dominated the volleyball tournament. And Joe Snyder came in a close 3rd place in the kajabe kan kan tournament. Praise the Lord for watching over us, protecting us, and meeting us exactly where we were that weekend-spiritually. Our Savior is GREAT and we thank Him for the time we had at Hume!

Meet Olivia!

Sweet Olivia Grace Hartin is here! After 31 hours of labor she joined her mom and dad (Mindy and Jeremiah) in this world and is blessing them every day.

Olivia

Yosemite 09

So a group led by Randy Baldwin and Neena were brave enough to hike half dome in Yosemite this past weekend. I heard it took about 12 hours round trip to get to the top and then back down again. If you look closely at one of the pictures below, there is a trail of people making their way up to the very top of half dome. But they are so small it looks like a line of ants on a ant hill. Good job guys! Climbing half dome is never something I will be able to say I did in my lifetime. =)

Sunday Sunday!

We had a fun Sunday! Our morning worship was great. Phil and Sarah and "the band" are just doing awesome. We are so grateful for them all. We wished Aimee a Happy Birthday with a big sign and group photo that we emailed to her. And then we headed to the Pelz's House for some AMAZING TACOS!! Thank you Randy and Terry and David! It was a great day!

Beach Camping!

Beach Camping was amazing and such a blast! We played beach volleyball, ultimate beach frisbe, played Bible jeopardy, sang songs while making smores, sat in the sauna, and listened to reggae music in the parking lot while making tacos and burritos. The landscape was gorgeous. The weather was cold. And God gave us a great weekend!

Girls Just Want to Have Fun!

I don't know about you guys, but the ladies are having FUNNNN!! So far we've painted ourselves with henna, gone to a rivercats game, and we're looking forward to our photo-shoot and night out at Chevy's this Friday. More picts to come!!

With the end of Adversarial April comes the victorious winners. . .THE GUYS! Though they were trailing the leading girls in the last three weeks, they came back and won the extensive relay race last night by 200 points and 10 feet. The girls started off leading the race but then the guys took a huge leap ahead. Finally in the end it came down to Lauren and Aaron Hight crab walking on the grass to the finish line. The girls by far had the most spirit and the most new friends join us, but alas, it is their fate to feed the opposite sex a Nice meal on a date to be determined! Good job guys! I really thought the girls had it this year. It was a close one!

Winter Retreat 09!

Our winter weekend at Sierra Pines was so much fun. These pictures are only a glimpse of our weekend. Once I get more photos that other people took on their cameras I'll add another slide show, maybe even a video of some super fun sled runs! God definitely blessed our time there. We had good heart to heart moments, hilarious skits, worship, games, Godly challenges, and Snow, Snow, Snow! If you missed out this year, join us next year, it's going to be even better!