Congats Grads!

well the grad weekend just ended and in my opinion it went very well! i just wanted to give out a big congrats from the battalion headquarters to Jason, Mike, Joel, Jordan, Charlie, Tyler and Evan! way to go guys i hope the weekend was awesome for all of you!(except Tyler since his grad week hasnt happened yet). by the way a new tradition has been made by Blake Chursinoff. if you are sarg of battalion you have to carry the flag around in the grand macrh at your grad! well i mean you may not have to i dont really make the rules but it would be awesome to continue the tradition! good work Jason fro carrying it this year for the first time! have a great week guys.

-bent ;)

Jer give the OK sign if the weekend was good

well i would have to say that this last maylong was one of my all time favs! (sorry jer and joe). i had one my best friends come for the weekend Tyler Francis which made it awesome its always good to see you man! it was at least in my top 5 all time favorite maylongs. we had sun all week and maybe 10 mins of total rain! so that alone puts it high in the rankings! the weekend started friday night at treadmill creek! over the weekend we had roughly 30-35 guys maybe more which was pretty good for numbers. we had many crib, poker and risk games played. me cam jay and lance played risk twice the first time i won the second time i was close but then the guys decided to all go after me and destroy me which they did and Cam ended up the winner of that game. also if you forgot Steve Chursinoff put up 50 bucks for the largest fish over the weekend and correct me if i am wrong but i believe Charlie won the 50 bucks! which gives me 1 for 3 so far. during the weekend we had our hot tub for the 2nd year which was amazing in it self! sunday night my Dad Bruce Jepsen joined the weekend suddenly making the beach a lot louder (which is a good thing). around 6:30 we started the 2nd annual crib tourny! me and lance made the teams randomly and the teams were as follows. Drew and Parker, Calvin and Bruce, Ben and Tyler (yes francis), Cam and Blake, Eli and Jason, Lance and Nolan, Abe and Dave, Evan and Devin, Ryley and Derrick, and Steve and Charlie. so after 2 hours of crib playing best of 3 each round we ended up with Dave Pod and Abe Martens the winners! it was a lot of fun. making it 1 to 1 for my predictions! well i guess since i stated the weather was nice and sunny and some of us went swimming i get 2 for 3 for my predictions! not bad at all. over all it was a awesome weekend just spending time together, sharing laughs, and taking things way too far! hee hee. so thanks guys for making the weekend amazing and you can check out the maylong pics at www.facebook.com on my profile! i also want to send out a big congrats to Brad Pauls who got married this last weekend! its always great to see battalion alumni get married i wish you the best Brad and every one here at the blog gives you a big salute! thanks for being apart of my life i hope our friendship continues to grow over the coming years! keep it real for Christ guys and stay tuned for some more battalion posts coming your way through the summer!

-bent ;)

Maylong

well its that time of year again! the father son maylong campout! now in past years people from age 5 to 105 could attend but now things have changed a bit it can now be called the Battalion campout for only grade8 and up are alowed to the campout! it all starts this friday till monday. boat access only! hopefully you have all been aware of the details so i wont waste your time by putting them down. so this weekend i have the foloowing predictions. 1. Geoff M will be on the winning crib team. 2. Charlie L will catch the biggest fish 3. it will be so hot this weekend we will have to swim to cool off. i would say those are pretty good predictions being some of the last ones i will ever make! so get ready for sleeping eating and playing crib cause this weekend will be full of all of the above!!! keep it real guys hope to see you out! and tight lines to Steve Chursinoff and Dev Chursinoff with their amazing maylong posts! later dayz

-bent ;)

Numero uno.Boat that doesn't leak.If it leaks,one large and one small bailing bucket.If your shy of taking bailing buckets and you are to lazy to patch the leaks study up on the ever best prayer you will ever say out in the middle of a cold lake.

2.Oars in good shape,not broken,straight grained,no knots,painted to look good.

3.Boat motors,2 is good,1 will do.Paddling(oaring),hey go for it,its your lake as much as it is mine,good enviromentally though,just like "LEAVE NO TRACE".

4.Gas,oil mix,batteries,that'll work for me.

5.Fishing tackle,gear,bait,license,derby registration,binoculars for spotting oncoming COs.

6.Spitz.

7.Lifejackets.The sooner you get out of that water the longer you can expect to survive on this GOD given earth.AMEN!This should have been #2,oh well its in there.

8.Water from home or bottled water is handy.

9.Food,self imflamatory.I'm not going to tell you what to eat!

10.Kitchen gear,I'm 531/2 years old,don't tell me what I should bring.But I will allow suggestions on what I should have brought.

11.Oh my,this should have been #3..............toilet paper,that feels safer.

12.Cell phone.Remember when you thought you would never buy a cell phone?Charged before leaving home.

13.Camping gear.Hey I'm a fair man,its your variance,its your camp,as long as I can sample your coffee....I'm good.

14.Coffee.Covered by food and camping gear,we're good to go.

15.GOD.Will be there.No preparation necessary.

16.T-bone steaks.marinated

17.Bible.If there is time to read.

18.Creamo,cinamon and honey.My preference with coffee.Give me a break,I'm 53 1/2.let me do what I want with my coffee.

19.Apple juice.To make hot apple juice morning,noon or night.

20.Rain gear.When the going gets tough,the tough get going.

21.A Dummies book on how to count score in crib hand before your opponent scores it for you period

22.$50cash.I will donate $50 to the guy that catches the biggest fish during MAY LONG as long as he has spent one night with us and he shows me his bible.Also if he is 16 or older he must show me his valid fishing license.

And GOD said..........Good luck fishing but get some camping and paintballing in too.AMEN

-Steve C

the end of the Battalion Blog?

well as you all know battalion is over........the sad thing is i dont even think anyone will read this post.......im not even sure if anyone ever checks this thing anymore! but if you are reading this you need to know some things about this blog and its future. 1. the Battalion blog is not dead or will be dying while im around. I plan to keep posting till september when i head out to briercrest. 2. come september though my battalion blogging days will be over i will be handing it over to someone else to continue the official Battalion 3739 blog. hopefully this person will be committed enough to post twice a week especially since i will be 14 hours away and i will want to know whats going on back in BC! 3. battatlion isnt actually over until maylong and then theres creation fest and well before you know it we will be at the martens pool so really battalion lives on year round so the blog will also be year round just not as many posts! so this isnt the end of the blog the end of Ben Jepsen well yes but the end of Battalion Headquarters no! keep it real for Christ

-bent ;)