Our nieces were an absolute hoot on Christmas. They are just the perfect ages for tearing open the presents! They kept saying "Oh my gosh, look what I got"! Hope you all have been having a great Christmas!
12.25.2007
Merry Christmas!
Our nieces were an absolute hoot on Christmas. They are just the perfect ages for tearing open the presents! They kept saying "Oh my gosh, look what I got"! Hope you all have been having a great Christmas!
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11.28.2007
1.5 year anniversary
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11.26.2007
Thanksgiving fun and more!
We also really enjoyed spending extended time with Joe's parents and helping them put up their Christmas decorations. Joe's parents had never had a artificial tree before so wanted our help putting it up. Andrea has become a pro at this endeavour (and filling in the holes) because her family has always had an artificial Christmas tree. Here is the final product!
Another pivotal time of our stay in Lewisburg, Ohio was playing Joe's mom's favorite game - Aggravation. We played probably ten times before Joe won. Here is a picture of when he won! He was so excited and kept jumping up and down. His mom was laughing so hard she was crying!
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11.16.2007
Fall Retreat
Oh.. now how we long to work these wonderful students and report to campus!
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10.04.2007
Running...in pain
I (Joe) started running last week to get back into shape. I ran a couple miles each day for several days and then I ran 5 miles with Andrea's sister Jill on Friday. After that day, the arch on my left foot was in a lot of pain. We are blaming my new running shoes.
I bought the shoes this summer for a great deal. After a couple good deals, the Asics shoes were only $15. I hadn't planned on running a lot in them, but I just needed some new shoes. After last week, we inspected the shoes and realized there wasn't much arch support in them. So we decided to buy some insoles for them. Normally you take the original insole out and replace it with the new insoles. Unfortunately the originals were glued really well into the shoes. I tried keeping the original insoles in the shoes with the new insoles in place, but the shoes became uncomfortable. So...tonight I decided to rip out the original insoles.
It was a brutal scene, but after much pulling, ripping, and cutting...most of the original insoles were removed. The shoes fit much better now, but that was an awful task. There still remains parts of the original insole, but I didn't want to spend my entire night removing all of the remnants.
Here are some pictures showing what remains of the original insoles:Needless to say, despite the new insoles my arch is still very painful. I think I injured it pretty good, but I hate to stop running. I have been running again this week as well. I ran 1 mile on Tuesday, 5 miles on Wednesday, and 5 miles today despite the pain.
Andrea has also been out and about in the neighborhood. I have refused to let her run with me due to the problems she has with her knees. But she has been walking/running(even though she shouldn't be running) in the mornings around the neighborhood as well.
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9.29.2007
Illinios State University and helping around the house!
We were able to make a short visit to Bloomington, Illinois to Illinois State University. This is one of the schools we will be working on when we report to our ministry assignment. We were so thankful to be able to hang out with our future co-workers and to have them show us around campus! Here are a few pictures from our afternoon at ISU!
So, besides visiting ISU, we have been busy with home renovation projects. As many of you know, we are currently living with Andrea's parents in Lima, Ohio. Her parents are in the process of updating the decor throughout their whole house. We figured we would help and gain knowledge of painting walls (since we may have to do it when we purchase a house someday). I think Joe really likes painting! Here are some action shots!
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8.02.2007
25 Percent!
We just crested over 25 percent of our monthly financial goal with our support! We are a fourth of the way to going to Illinois now. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and monthly financial giving!
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Mountain Biking
This was Joe perfecting his skills at a mountain bike park.
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Colorado!
This was during our first hike. We hiked with our friends Royce and Liz to the top of Horsetooth Rock. We climbed about 1,500 feet topping out around 7,000 feet above sea level after about 2.5 miles of hiking. Once on top, we were able to see the great plains to the east and the great Rocky Mountains to the west.
On top of Horsetooth Rock
This was our second hike with Royce and Liz. We drove into Rocky Mountain National Park for a 10 mile round trip hike. We started at 7am at around 9,475 feet in elevation. We climbed about 2.5 miles to the tree line. We continued for another 2 miles to Flattop Mountain and then onto Hallett Peak cresting at 12,713 feet in elevation. We arrived back to the car at 3:30pm exhausted, tired, sore, and Joe having drank 7 liters of water. Our hiking group: Royce, Liz, Andrea, Joe
On top of Hallett Peak!
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7.12.2007
July 4th Fun!
So, July 4th was a little while ago, but we had such a great time with family that we wanted to post some pictures! Hope you all had a great 4th of July, we know we sure did!
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6.28.2007
Moving!
So, officially we are moved out of our very first apartment. We happened to move out on one of the hottest days of the year, but on the bright side, it didn't rain. Some of our friends came to help us, which was wonderful! We got everything into the Uhaul quickly and everything fit! Here are some pictures from moving day!
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6.25.2007
Joe's Hometown
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