Sunday, February 20, 2011

What a weekend!!!

BIG DAY here yesterday - but a great day - Marcus is now an official Red Raider!! Jamie had a volleyball tournament in Hull at Western yesterday - so she and I took off at 7:15 this morning for that - Mike came around 11 and it was running quite a bit behind, so we had Marcus come to Hull as well since we didn't have time to go back home and get to Orange City by 3. Well Jamie's tournament didn't get over till 2:45 - Mike and Marcus took off at 2:30 (we didn't want to show up late) Coach was visiting with someone else when they arrived so it gave Jamie and myself time to get there as well (thanks coach)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marcus signing and getting the low down on the schedules and times when he is required to be there and moving in date!! August 14




A parent also had to sign - GO Mike - this is head coach with him Kyle Achterhoff

The three football coaches that were there for the event and of course Marcus


and a very proud little sister(and quite a tired one too)
From Norhtwestern in Orange City we went with two vehicles to Sioux Center to go to Dordt's basketball game - Mike and I had some of the players in youth group and have been trying hard to get to a game - we saw a very good game they played Doane and beat them 101 to 71. Well, from there Marcus took Jamie home to shower and Mike took me to Walmart to get a few things and then we had to go back to Hull and get Marcus' car. On the way home from Hull, I made reservations at Cedar Rock Grill in Rock Valley, picked up Marcus and Jamie and went to celebrate Marcus' day with a nice supper - YEAH!
Home by 8 and Brad and Kerri brought Sawyer around 9 to stay with us for a week while they go to Cancun Mexico.
And this is now Sunday..........
We are in the middle of an ice storm - churches are all cancelled for the morning for sure and the storm warning is until 6am tomorrow - so we might be home for the day. Here Mike is trying to save his Swamp Oak - it was really bending lots - he shook the ice off it and put a pole under it to hold it up - hope it works!

and our other trees have branches falling like crazy - this one is a big one and Mike just came and told me we lost another big one too :( As of now he is hoping the wind doesn't come up cuz that would cause a big mess.



Brad and Kerri were suppose to fly out of Sioux Falls at 6 - all planes were grounded - they drove to Omaha - which took them a LONG time cuz the roads were horrible till they got passed Sioux City and then they were in just rain - she just called and they have tickets in their hands to fly out at 11 to Dallas and then from there on to Cancun - so glad all worked out for them and hope they enjoy the sunshine for awhile!!







Friday, February 11, 2011

Special Prayer concern



Western Christian would like to extend our Christian sympathy to the family and friends of Trisha Wood. Trisha, a junior at Western Christian, was killed Friday morning Feb. 11 on her way to school in a car accident. Trisha is the daughter of Todd and Deanna of Sheldon, Iowa. Please keep the Wood family and the extended Western Christian family in your prayers. Details of the funeral are pending.

This was posted on Western's web page today - very sad day at Western.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Kim's birthday was Sunday Feb. 6!

Not sure if you all know but Kim is working on a cruise ship sailing around the world - She departed from Germany in November and will be back next May. This is her dream job and she is loving it and having a great time seeing the world. This picture is on magic mountain in Moorea. Yesterday on her birthday she was in Apia/Samoa snorkeling on the beach on her afternoon break. The ship usually ports every day or few days and she has break from 1:30-5:30 every day to go site seeing or just relax. I was at a ballgame the other night(before Christmas) and she called me from Hawaii on her afternoon break - she was just walking along the beach and was in the states so decided to quick call. So happy for this experience she is getting to go on and from this picture - it looks like a gorgeous place! On the ship she is a head waitress in the top 12 rooms on the ship and I'm sure she is extremely good at it.
What a birthday to remember - Happy Birthday Kim!!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Another Snow Day!!!

No school yesterday because of lots of snow and now today no school again because of blowing snow and extremely cold temperatures!!

Marcus already got called to go work at VIP - hanging parts to be painted - so he is gone and Jamie just got called from Becky to babysit her kids today since they don't have school and she needs to work!!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Time flies!!

This is Marcus' first day of high school his freshman year - Aug-'07
This is his first day of Senior year - Aug-'10
I have been working on some things for graduation and just can't get over how much he has changed in 4 short years!! He is becoming such an awesome young man and we are very proud of him and all that he has accomplished - he is now 80 lbs heavier than when he started high school and just developing into an individual. As he plans for his next chapter in life we wish him the best as he has some big decisions to make!!