Sunday, December 16, 2007

Broomball and T-Wolves


This past Friday we finished up our December staff training. Throughout the week, we took a personality test and talked about how our personalities work as a team. We helped one another think for how we could work better as a staff team in light of our different personalities. At the end of the week, we played broomball as a staff team. For those of you that do not know, broomball is like hockey without skates and played with a ball. The object is the same as hockey (score a goal). It is loads of fun, but it left us more sore than we ever have been in our whole life. The picture above is of our staff team on the ice.

After the game, Charlie went with Ben, Drew, Trey, and Mark to a Timberwolves basketball game. (They are the NBA team in Minneapolis). We got to sit 8 rows behind the opposing teams bench. We got these great seats because we were at the game 2 hours before tipoff to pass out the promotional item for the game. So all we had to pay for these great seats was a few hours of time. Not a bad deal. This is the second game Charlie has gone to with these guys, and definitely not the last. It has been a real good time for him to build relationships with the guys, and the Lord gave him opportunities for good conversation while at the game. Here are some pictures below of the guys, the Sonics (opposing team), and Kevin Durant (the probable rookie of the year in the NBA)

(L to R: Trey, Drew, and Ben)

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Christmas Tree Shopping

We went to cut down our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, making it an official Brooks family tradition. We took Jennifer's sister, Laura, with us this year. It was definitely colder this year than last, but we managed ok. Here are a few shots of the adventure



Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Christmas Train

Growing up, we had a train going around our Christmas tree every year. Lately, my dad sent up the trains up to us in Minnesota and we set the track up in out loft area. Here is a video of the train in action.