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Spirit Week

Spirit Week at NBBC:

Monday, October 16: Geezer Day Tuesday: Pioneer Day (Green and White Day)

I think your green umbrella really adds a nice touch, Amy! ;)Wednesday: Pastel Day
Danielle rebelled and wore red - so I chose to blog the pic of her in the background so you could see how out of place she looked. Hee, hee! ;)

Thursday Dr. Olson proclaimed as the Day of Rest. It was supposed to be cartoon day/video game character day, but then they moved that to Friday which was supposed to be space day. BUT we went HOME! (here we are all stuffed in the car!)

Laura and I, however, had already bought things from goodwill to be fairies. (before we knew about the surprise day of rest), so in order to make good use of our purchases - cheap though they may have been - we decided to bring them along with our 1 back pack (Jordan's rule - which I'm proud to say we were able to abide by! We are very good at packing efficiently). So we had our fairy wands and fuzzy headbands along, and managed to get a picture of Jordan wearing one - he grabbed it when we weren't looking and just wore it the whole way because he loved it so much! titter - heehee!

...spirit week was fun,
AND it was great to end it by going HOME and spending a wonderful time with our family! Hopefully soon I can post about that - I'm obviously behind in blogging! :P

What Happened!?

Haha! Just happened to see a picture of Al Gore on MSNBC and our entire room was shocked that it was him! Just thought you all would enjoy some before election and after pictures of Al Gore! Haha! Time hasn't been good to him...

Special Family

Obviously I am behind in blogging, cause everything I am blogging was a couple weeks ago, but once again...A couple weeks ago I was sitting in chapel and as they were announcing visitors I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Pastor Derrick Suttles was here with his youth group! Derrick was Jason's very good friend at Ambassador Baptist Bible College when Jason attended there for a year. Derrick came up to visit us over Christmas break. We called him our southern bro and he called us his northern fam. We all made some good memories together. But then Jason transferred to Bob Jones and we only saw him once after that until Jason's other friend Brian got married and Derrick and Jason were both in the wedding. Derrick had gotten married and was about to be a daddy. But we lost touch again until now - this time I got to meet his wife, Katie and his little daughter, Emily, and found out that another one is on the way! It's so neat how God keeps making our paths cross. That weekend I went down to visit Julie at MBBC and we went to the outlet mall together. When we parked we got out and the first thing we saw was a bus from Huntsville, AL! I knew Derrick's group was going to Maranatha after N-land but we still thought it was pretty crazy they were there! So we hopped on the bus and asked if we could have a ride to Alabama. Heehee! They are such a sweet little family and I hope God causes our paths to cross again soon - maybe next time when our whole family is together and we can all catch up!

Norway Parade

I didn't get to be here for the weekend of the Norway Parade, but Jenn, Jordan and Laura went, and Laura used my camera to take pictures so I thought I would go ahead and post them. Our church does a Viking's ship float every year, and then the people in the float dress up like vikings. Anyone from the church who wants to come walked through the crowd passing out tracts and invited teens to an activity for later that afternoon. It's a great outreach opportunity, but also a lot of fun. Jessica and Karis looked so pretty in the dresses their mom made and a blacksmith there taught Emily how to make a cross, so she walked away with a neat souvenir! One of my favorite pictures is the one of Jenn by the big buffalo! She's so tiny! Heehee!

Crackers and...?

The girls were hanging out in our room a couple weekends ago, and we were all supposed to be getting HW done....but that can be a difficult task to accomplish on weekends. They were sitting on our "couch" looking at stuff on Amy's laptop and eating cheese and crackers -- then the cheese ran out....can you find what's wrong with these pictures?

...silly friends of mine!

Jordan in Action

These are just more pix from society football that I never got to post of Jordan playing. He was DEFINITELY the best player for Spurgeon!

12-foot Falls

Just a couple Sundays ago we went to the 12-foot falls in the afternoon. It was a beautiful day - plenty of sunshine, didn't need a coat, etc...it's crazy how fast the weather changes up here in the north! The pictures we got were really pretty, though! It's just gorgeous scenery! Thanks for taking us, Jenn and Jordan! :)

Society Football

This year "the people in charge" did away with the GA football team, so all the GA's had to go back to join the society teams they had been apart of before they graduated. Some did not graduate from N-land so they don't play, I guess. Jordan's society had been Spurgeon. So this year he's been playing football for them. Laura and I have only made it out to two of their games. But it's always fun to watch - though I must say, His team was MUCH better last year! Laura got a picture of Jenn and Jordan heading back home after one of the games after which

we headed back to the dorms, but took a detour through the dark FC and I scared Laura REALLY good! Hee,hee!

But I think she blogged about that - so you can just read her blog and I'll spare myself and you a long story.

scroll down...i blogged lots!

Sundays at Norway

Our ride to Norway with Jenn and Jordan is completely full now. This year Emily McKeown joined our ride to church. I met Emily 2 1/2 years ago at Leadership camp, and we both assistant couseled together up at Pioneer Village. It was easy to pick up where we left off, and it's been fun having her come with us on Sundays. She fits in very well - like she's apart of the "kampus family". We always have a good time, and now we have yet another girl to ensure the car is filled with chatter and giggles and to help us convince Jordan that we just HAVE to stop at the mall! Heehee! This week Jordan has consented to the idea of taking us to Goodwill to get stuff for Spirit week! (Maybe we can help him find a costume for "dress up like a video game character day" - he can be his "the Rock" from Halo II! - I'm sure he would LOVE that! haha! Just kidding!) Emily goes with Laura and I to the nursing home on Wednesday nights. We sing, play the piano, share testimonies, and she also brings along her recorder and plays along with most of the songs, and then we spend some time afterwards talking with them. The people love it - and so do we! Laura and I were also given the opportunity to do Junior Church the last two Sundays of every month. We usually have between 25 to 30 kids. Last time we used the last 5 minutes of our time to get a picture. Alex Whitt arranged all the kids. I think it turned out pretty good considering the amount of kids + time. They are all so precious, and such good kids! We are so thankful for the church at Norway - this year it is much like a home church! It grew a lot over the summer, and has continued to do so to the point that we now have 2 services. God has truly blessed.

Friends

The other day laura, meg, dani, and i went to the daily grind just for fun. We took a bunch of pictures to blog, and I never got around to blogging them till now...so here you go, mom! :) miss you! (get your computer fixed soon!!!)

Alyssa's Birthday Party

Mr. Gaugler reserved the Daily Grind for his niece, Alyssa, for her 18th birthday, and invited a bunch of people to come. He made his famous cake, etc... We all had a good time, and sang "Happy Birthday" to Alyssa the Mr. Gaugler way. Before we cleared out of the Grind, we played a few rounds of Mafia. I hope you had a happy day, Alyssa, and have fun being 18! :)

Sister Date

After getting into the grind of school, Jenn and I took an evening to catch up at the Daily Grind (do u like my pun? heehee!). We had a lot to catch up on and were there from 7 till the Grind closed at 10, then got in the car and parked at the dorm and talked till curfew, and I'm sure if we'd have thought of it, we could have called each other then and talked till lights out. I'm so thankful that Jordan and Jenn are up here - I don't know what I'd do without being able to drop in and say hi or calling and saying, "wanna meet at the grind?" They are always such an encouragement to me! (and to my friends!). Thanks guys - and Jenn, we need to go on another "date" pretty soon - it's already been weeks ago since we went! Love you!

Kampus Kids

After the Opening session the first week of school, we had our first "Kampus Kids" night of the semester. Of course it's a required event as is almost everything up at Northland (heehee), but as Jordan said in his invitational email to the "family" that "The reason that it is required is because some families simply don't have as much fun as we do, and the 'kids' would rather spend the evening away from 'home.' However, this is not the case with our family!" We always have a good time together. Jordan got an x-box last semester, so our first kampus kids night we watched the guys play Halo. They did a good job and pretty much crushed the other campus family they were playing who were linked across the hall in another apartment. We had another kampus kids night on the 5th - which also happens to be Jenny's birthday - and another night of halo had been planned. BUT! Our "mother" jennifer and "aunt" rachel planned for the girls an evening in Iron Mountain at a Mary Kay party and then shopping afterwards. When we got back the guys surrendered their controls long enough for us to play a round (unbeknownst to the guys across the hall) while they made blueberry shakes. We held our own enough for the opponents not to believe we were the ones they were playing against, but after awhile they beat us pretty bad, and then they believed. Haha! It was a good time - and like always, we ended up staying till curfew - probably the only kampus family that does that :)

Norway Fair

Our first official day here at school August 1st, Jenn and Jordan took us to the Norway Fair just like they did last year. Mr. and Mrs. Swenson were still here this time, so they came along. But the sad part was that we had to say good bye to them AT the fair! They only stayed for the Demolition Derby. It was a pretty good one - and lots of people were there from our extension church including Dr. Lamansky and his boys, Philip and Drew. Afterwards we walked around to see the booths set up and to pick out what looked like the scariest ride. It was called the bullet and was SOO scary! It swung back and forth like a pendulum and got higher and higher, and then would finally go all the way around and plunge to the ground and then go around again! It really made you want to just get off, but then when it was over, you almost wanted to go again for the excitement (except the line was too long). When we got off we each discovered we still had four tickets to "spend" - so we went on another ride - the spider (or whatever it's called here), which is a little more layed back. So we got a good picture of Jenn and Jordan before it started. It's a whirly twirly ride. Jordan didn't think it was that exciting of a ride, but we girls had a great time! Hee, hee! Thanks for the fun night, you guys! Can't wait till next year!! ;)

More Rodeofest Pictures

Here are some more pictures from Rodeofest. Meg got a picture with some of the girls she was able to hang out with. And we had fun seeing some of the girls from our extension church in Norway. Emily got her face painted and even caught one of the bad guys! Good job, Emily! :)