David is my best man. He stood as my best man at our wedding, but to this day he continues to be my best man. He is the man who says he will pray, and then he does. He's the guy who's yes means yes and no means no. He's not just the guy who wore a matching suit and held the rings for me, he's the man who will call me up if ever hears that my marriage is in the rocks, and say "Royden, you made a covenant."
David is also a musician. We used to play in a band together called 'Skrap'. David was the guitarist. I was the lead singer. David still plays, he actually leads worship at his church. He's almost done his masters in divinity.
David and his family are avid hunters. They get their meat for the year from the forest. We used to practice in the cold room in the basement after a hunting trip. We'd be bundled in warm clothes, playing next to skinned, gutted deer hanging upside down beside us. I wish I had pictures.
While David visited, he convinced me to re-record an old song we wrote while we were in highschool. So we recorded a track of guitar and vocals onto his laptop, and then he took the recording to our old friend, bass player and back up singer (who is now in a real band about release their second album http://www.doubtingparis.com/) Ben Rogers. He sang some backup. David recorded a few more tracks of guitar, and the song never had any drums so we didn't call Shaun (sorry Shaun). I just heard the recording and it turned out really great.
Mark stopped by to jam and I thought this was a great picture of him. I'm testing out a flash for my camera.
David saw the decrepit state of my guitar and decided he'd re-string it for me. Well he didn't just restring it, he practically refurbished it. It was awesome. Thanks David, I'll try to play more for Ruth.
David's lovely wife Kathryn couldn't join us last weekend but we were able to visit them both on our way through Kamloops this past weekend where they fed us homemade deer stew. It was awesome.
We love you both. Please come back soon.
