Julie + Andrew

Last weeked we got to see my wonderful friend Julie Wiant marry Andrew Meyers in good old Holland. It was a beautiful wedding and so much fun to see her get married!

Here is the happy couple, Mr. & Mrs. Meyers, Congratulations!

Now we have matching pictures from our wedding days:

It was also great to see my dear friend Steph Post, who came in all the way from the Dominican Republic:And of course, what's a wedding without a picture with my very own someone special...

Kalamazoo Christian = State Champs

Two weekends ago we went to Lansing to watch the Kalamazoo Christian basketball team win the state championship! It was quite a game, with a few tense moments close to the end that the Comets quickly overcame. You can read the full story online at http://www.mlive.com/highschool/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/120564661582260.xml&coll=7#continue , which includes a quote from Corey at the very end.

Here are some pictures- Corey is #11. If you click on the pictures you can see where he is a little better...



Here's Corey making a shot...
And wondering if it's going in...
This is the first few moments of celebration after the win. Unfortunately my camera died at this point and I was unable to get any pictures of the team with the trophy.

Congrats Comets!

Carolyn's Bathtime Adventures

This weekend we went to Michigan and had a wonderful time visiting Ryan and Amber, going to Julie Wiant's wedding shower (yay Julie!), and hanging out with the fam. A great time was had at all of these occasions, but as might be expected, the only pictures I have from the weekend are of Carolyn. So, without further ado, I present to you Carolyn's Bathtime Adventures.

Ooooh, I love to play in the water!

maybe I should put my feet in it....

or maybe the water needs a kiss....

this is an awesome cup...

would you like to try my awesome cup? full of soapy water?

I am happy to share...

sometimes I think I'm getting cuter every day...

Jobs

It's true- the day has finally come, Bryan and I have both been offered and accepted jobs! Hurray! Bryan will start working at ATI after he graduates in May, and I will start working at Outreach Community Ministries on Monday. ATI is a private outpatient physical therapy clinic with locations all over the Chicago area, and I will be working with young moms in the Wheaton area. We are both very excited about these new developments, so we thought we would share them with you, the blogger world :) .

Babysitting

Last weekend we got to babysit little Hannah Pace while her parents went to dinner. Look how much she's grown!

2 hrs old

5 mos old

She does a great "deer in the headlights" look...

And of course she loves her Uncle Bryan

This Old House

When friends come over to our house for the first time we often hear, "Wow, what a cool old house you live in! It has so much character, we just love it!". Most of the time we agree, but tonight we experienced more of the Old and less of the Cool.

Apparently somewhere in this giant building one of the Cool Old Pipes is clogged, and our kitchen sink is currently full of our upstairs neighbor's shower water. Only it's black. Soapy, but black. Gag. So, as any more showers from him will surely flood our kitchen, we got to meet our new neighbor (did I mention we had not met him yet before tonight?) by asking him to please not shower. Lovely introduction, don't you think? He'll probably pee in the shower now.

Here is Bryan, dutifully plunging the sink. Completely ineffective, but a great manly effort.

Oh, and as a sidenote, the ladybugs have decided to invade again. In February. During a snowstorm. Are they really seeking shelter or just harrassing me??? Shouldn't they be dead???

Drama, drama, drama...

Texas

Over the weekend I got to go to Texas with my mom. It had been 2 years since I last went down there to visit everyone! It was a great time of visiting, eating, chatting, driving around, and enjoying that Texas sunshine.

Here's mom and Papa looking at old slides from when they lived in Europe. This was my mom's pet project for the weekend, and I must say it was quite a success.

Aunt Nancy watching the slide-viewing.
Granny and Papa sitting together in the living room at Grace House. I like to hear him still call her babydoll!
This is my mom's "focused" face. We saw this a lot this weekend in relation to the slides.
Here is Cade's basketball game. He's quite the sportsman (#1). They didn't win this particular game, but it was fun to watch him play.

Peyton has gotten so much bigger since I last saw him over the summer! He likes to show his muscles and generally run around everywhere.

A quick moment of sitting and reading with Aunt Nancy. So precious.

Somehow there are no pictures of Uncle Jack, Kelsey, Mark or Erica from this weekend, but we had fun seeing all of them too! Hope it's not quite as long between trips this time!