Saturday, April 28, 2007

Happy 19th Birthday, April!!

Happy birthday to my wonderful roomie, April Marie Ryan! On the 21st she turned 19, (and today she had her 12th spiritual birthday!) She was home over her birthday, so we haven't had a party for her here yet, so I just thought I'd post a bunch of pix of her. I have had so much fun with her, and am thankful the Lord made us more than just roomies, but good friends! I love you much, April!





Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear April,
Happy birthday to you!

Friday, April 27, 2007

Happy 25th Birthday, Julia!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

On April 14th, Julia turned 25! I wish we could have all been together and had a party, but I suppose that will have to wait probably until late summer :( (It's too bad Jenn and Jordan live WAY up NORTH!) But we were thinking of you, Julia! (and you still have to send me your bday list!! ahem!!) heehee! I'm so thankful to have you as my sister-in-law! I love how you're just like another sister, and I feel like I've known you my whole life! :) God has been so good to our family in who He has chosen to place in it. I miss you and Jason tons and hope that we can make it down to IA or u can make it up to MN the week I'm home. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement and the investments you've made in my life in the 6 years we've known each other. I love you SO much! Keep celebrating your bday - it's still April! Heehee! xo (ps. did you get your 25 bday spankings?)

Friday, April 20, 2007

The Birthday Girl

I seem to be good at blogging everything a month behind. heehee! But now is better than never! I didn't want this wonderful girl's birthday to go without being noticed!! On March 19, Laura Lynn Swenson celebrated her 20th birthday! No longer a teenager! She's so lucky she got to be home for her birthday and had a wonderful celebration with her family (even though she had a cold over spring break - no fun). But when we all got back to school, we threw a "not so surprise" party for her in the Grind! Heehee! It was such a fun time! I LOVE YOU, Laura!!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Happy Birthday, dear LaLa...

Happy Birthday to YOU!

ooo! look! presents! :)

Meg, Amy, me, Danie, and LauraAwe - it's all of us together again! Except Audge is missing :( Danie flew up from California and spent a few days with us! It was wonderful having her back - we all miss her and Audge like crazy!

Here's our professional family portrait. Jenn and Jordan are going to get an 8 x 10 and hang it in their living room to remember their dear daughters forever! :) We always have a bunch of fun together on our way to and from church every Sunday and Wednesday. And sometimes we behave so well that we get to go out for lunch on Sunday afternoons or have an evening of fun at their apartment! :) Thanks "mom and dad!" :)

Here's the party! - Thank you, Mr. Gaugler for the cake! It was the best one I've ever had! :)

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Pooh Popped!


Well, this is a rather silly post, but I thought it would be fun to blog about :) The night before spring break when we were all packing TO GO HOME! (which is why our room looks messy - so pardon the mess), we had to make sure our room looked especially nice since we had ladies conference visitors staying there in our absence. Winnie the Pooh was one of my birthday balloons, but he had started to deflate, so we had to pop him before we left. We each tried our hardest - in the videos it looks like we were hardly trying, but we REALLY WERE! We finally did pop him, but we didn't get it on video, because it took all three of us - so there was no one to video it. It was pretty funny, though. I'm surprised none of us had bruises on our heads from when he collapsed in the midst of us! haha! Hope it made you smile!

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Bible Exit Exam


I just thought I'd let you all know the wonderful news that I passed the exit exam! YAY! (actually, I mostly wanted to post something quick so the first thing you see when you open my blog is NOT nasty pictures of me with a nasty little game posted by a little culprit - AHEM! - Jenny!) Heehee! So now, I'm that much closer to graduating! PTL! Thanks so much for your prayers for me! Keep praying - 3 1/2 more weeks to go!

Sunday, April 08, 2007

A Smile and a Recommendation

First, I wanted to just give everyone something to smile about today...



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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

My M 'n M!

It's ME! :)