Pray for Sandy

PRAY FOR MY FRIEND SANDY! Greg just updated their blog and I learned that they have decided not to return to the DR for at least another month because Sandy is very sick with headaches. You can read Greg's post below:

Once again we find ourselves in desperate need of prayer. We spent the Christmas season in Michigan with our families and it was a great blessing. During our last week home Sandy started getting headaches again. So bad that we canceled all of our plans for that week. We waited and prayed and waited and prayed and she was getting worse, not better. Well, we were supposed to fly back to D.R. on January 8th, 2007 but instead we found ourselves in the ER with Sandy on the morning of January 7th. For those of you who do not already know we have decided to extend our stay here at home to try to get some answers. Right now the plan is to stay an extra month. Sandy is seeing a chiropractor three times a week and we are seeing doctors in the meantime. Like the doctors in the D.R. the doctors here are concluding that Sandy is struggling with migraine headaches. Sandy is trying a migraine medication called Imitrex right now, and she has been on it for about a week. The first four days brought excellent results and we were hopeful that we had found a solution, however, the last two days she has really gone downhill again. Please pray for Sandy! Pray that the Lord our God would heal her. Pray for the doctors that will be treating Sandy. Please Pray! Thank you

Flashback Friday

I came across this picture recently and couldn't believe what I saw! That's Ryan in the grocery cart...and that's Johnnie in the cart behind him with the goggles! Who would have known at that moment that I was looking at my future husband and my sister's future husband. Hilarous!

What are they doing in grocery carts, you ask? Well, this is a little event called "The Push" at Hope College. Near the end of each year, in May, a bunch of crazy guys do a race around campus and each team has their own theme. "The Push" began back in 2001 with some guys in my class, and is now on official Hope College Tradition.

Check out our friend Matt in the background waving the American Flag. Those elbow pads were drawn on with a marker.

Good Times

Friendly Advice

I have this wonderful friend Katie, who I have been friends with since I was 5. That's right...we met in Kindergarten and have been friends ever since. So, today on her blog I noticed that she may need some friendly advice, so I figured I'd post what she wrote and give you the link to offer her soem friendly advice.

She wrote:
"i've decided that i'm going through a midlife crisis. is that possible at 25, does that mean ill die at 50? this can't be a good sign. my brain keeps jumping back and forth between,
1.) i'm 25 and i'm not in a long term career, i don't own a home, i'm paying off debt and i don't know what i'm doing with my life (enter labored breathing here)
and 2.) i'm only 25, i'm too young to have a career and far too young to be married.

the problem is that either argument has me wanting to either drink heavily (not really, just kidding, no one panic) or get a new job. i'm not kidding, i'm actully stressing about this. it doesn't feel good.

what is your opinion of me joining the LA police department? my mom about came through the phone...what about everyone else?

off to talk myself off a cliff...and talk myself out of hyperventilating,
k

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Riley Children's Hospital

We're off to Indianapolis for our 10th of 11 interviews! It is so exciting to be on this journey with Ryan. He is going to be the best pediatrician EVER! By the end of this week, we will be making our list, from our top choice down, and deciding which residency programs would be the best for Ryan for the next three years. Pray for us as we make these huge decisions. We won't know where we are going until March 15th when we open the envelope to find out which of his favorite programs picked him as their favorite as well! The only problem is that everyone wants Ryan as a resident, so I am about 99.9% sure that he will get his first choice...but then again, I am a teeny bit biased

more later

the lies I believe...

"What ever happend to Flea Circuses?" I asked the question at lunch today...innocently enough, but apparently no one believed them to be a real thing except for me. I think that Looney Tunes and Sesame Street made me think they were real...
Fleas jump around so much it seems like if you put a bunch of them into the box, it would look like a circus. Did anyone else out there think these were real? ALRIGHT, alright, no more excuses. I guess now that I think about it a Flea Circus probably isn't a real thing.












Flea Circus - An Extraordinary Entomological Exhibition Featuring Trained Fleas Excecuting Acts of Skill and Daring

Tonight's Office is going to be HILARIOUS!! Yahoo.TV just posted a short clip.

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I Heart Ryan & warm weather

It doesn't seem like January. Can you see the sun shining in that picture? Now, don't get me wrong, I love it. I am pretty pumped that we have had a mild winter so far...infact, I didn't even have a coat on yesterday when I walked to lunch! The problem is that deep down inside I am nervous that this weather is too good to be true. We're going to get pounded. It's going to be negative 31 degrees. Oh, the horror!

Unless it happens on January 26th...which would be good because we will be able to take out annual cross country ski trip to Whitewater, WI.

Scott the Nametag Guy

Scott the Nametag Guy on NBC

Check This out! It will make you wish you came up with his idea...

Happy 2007!!

These are some of my best girl friends from home. Ruby, Brooke, Kristie, and Michelle. I love them dearly and New Years Eve was the first time we have all been in the same place at the same time in 2 years! We're as different as 5 people can be, but we love eachother, we pray for eachother, and we have tons of fun together.

Thank you Michael W. Smith..."Friends are friends forever if Lord's the Lord of them, and a friend will not say never, no the welcome will not end..."

I know...I am cheezy

Camp Manowe

I love my family. We have such a great time together and over Christmas break we got to spend some quality time doing fun things together. Mom and Dad took us all to Camp Manowe for a thrilling day of hiking, horseback riding, and building memories. Manowe is such a beautiful place, the staff is awesome, the horses were great...except for when aaron's horse (which seemed to be a bit of a bucking bronco) kicked angela's horse...
As you can see, the horses liked to run...eventhough we kept saying "WOAH, WOAH" and "EASY" and all of the other words we could think of to slow them down.