First Match Back
After a month off due to my separated shoulder I had my first match back yesterday as we played Avalon in the last match of the round,...
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Shoulder Setbacks
Both Thomas and I suffered pretty severe shoulder injuries. He's decided to head home as a result of this. I likely won't play any more...
Back from Queenstown
We started working at Challenge 2000 on Wednesday. Challenge is primarily a youth outreach / counseling organization that also does some...
Queenstown Day 5 (Monday, June 10)
Lord of the Rings tour! This is probably the nerdiest thing I've done in years but I enjoyed the heck out of it. I just started...
Queenstown Day 4 (Sunday, June 9)
I go to Mass at a tiny old church called St. Joseph's before Thomas and I meet up for a late breakfast. I finally get to go skydiving! My...
Queenstown Day 3 (Saturday, June 8)
I was supposed to go skydiving today but it got called off for weather. So Thomas and I went up the gondola and hit the luge track. It...
Queenstown Day 2 (Friday, June 7)
Adrienne's brother hooked us up with a discounted Milford Sound (it's actually a fjord) tour which consisted of a four hour charter bus...
Upper Hutt Rams
We've spent most of our time the past week lifting and working laboring jobs around Wellington. Saturday we played the Upper Hutt Rams, a...
Queenstown Day 1 (Thursday, June 6)
After a beautiful flight in seeing snow-capped mountains we landed in Queenstown in late morning. After checking in at our hostel we...
Exploring Pukerua Bay
After the first week or so with Scott, we moved to Kelvin's house on Pukerua Bay. We were met with warm welcomes from Kelvin's family and...
Getting Settled
Thomas and I spend Monday through Friday working out, exploring town, and doing some digging for a wall repair at a house in Brooklyn. We...
Flight in and First Weekend
After my mom dropped me off at DTW I flew to San Francisco, then Auckland, where I had a six hour layover. My thirty some hours of travel...
Davis Grimm
A Lot on the Line
After a convincing victory against Johnsonville we move on to face a formidable Wainuiomata team that gave us a run for our money in our...
South Island Finale!
To end our trip to the South Island, we were making the journey back to Queenstown from Mt. Cook. The drive was only about 3 hours, but...
Mt. Cook Day 1
After saying our goodbyes to Jennifer and her family, we were on the road back to a familiar place. If you remember, Mt. Cook was the...
Lake Hawea Day 2
(Pictures show Rob Roy Glacier in winter and summer) After a surprisingly cozy sleep in Buttercup (Jennifer’s name for the trailer), we...
Lake Hawea Day 1
After a great trip to Milford Sound, we woke up early, checked out of our hostel, and began the road trip up to Mount Cook. Mount Cook is...
Queenstown Day 5
We woke from a cold night in the car, and made our way back to Milford to begin our kayaking trip. When we arrived, we began talking with...
Queenstown Day 4
After an exciting ski day, I woke up the next morning to pack a bag for a couple days as Davis and I prepared for our expedition to...
Davis Grimm
The Score Says it All
As I got off the plane in Wellington I was pretty tired, but I knew I would only have time for a short nap before our practice that...
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