tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173521242012-02-16T02:16:26.058-06:00nothing is a waste that makes a memory...Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093155591101440421noreply@blogger.comBlogger3261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17352124.post-80431720190651372462011-02-22T14:17:00.000-06:002011-02-22T14:17:00.088-06:00

Bright and early Sunday morning (4:51am to be exact) on the 20th of February (which also happens to be my Grandpa Rabe's birthday), my brand new adorable nephew was welcomed into the world and into our lives!Bret Jordan Horak7lbs. 4oz.19 1/2 in. longCongratulations, Jordan, Jenny, & Serena! I love you guys (and I love Bret SO much...even though he didn't come out on my birthday...can't wait to

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Today (September 27th) marked David and my 6 month anniversary of dating! On one hand I can't believe it's already been that long, but mostly, I can't believe it isn't longer! He has become my best friend. I cherish and look forward to any time we get to spend together! I can't believe that the most amazing and wonderful guy in the world is my boyfriend! The Lord has truly blessed me beyond

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http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?comments&v=263584842179I know I just posted a video, these are already from 2 months ago and too cute to keep to myself. We were all so happy to be able to attend our cousin Carly's wedding around Thanksgiving in Walnut, IL! At the reception, Kaden was all excited to dance once they opened the floor up. Mom (Julia) took him on the first dance which is

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http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=259735332179&ref=mfKaden has always been a fan of my big exercise ball. This is footage from Thanksgiving when he was playing up in my room. We had all been shopping in Mankato when Jason & Julia got Kaden his first 'big boy' underwear. When we got home he had them on for the first time & was loving it! In the middle of the video he sees himself in

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http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=244704812179&ref=mf The weekend before Thanksgiving, Kaden was enraptured by Aunt Jenny's piano playing all over the keyboard at (great) Grandma's house, so the following weekend over Thanksgiving at our house, he was very particular in playing each note and turning pages just as she had done. I never tire of watching my adorable nephew do anything!

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It's out with the old and in with the new. Mom finally made the decision to do some upgrading in our kitchen :) yay! Our old refrigerator was at least 23 yrs old - older than me! But it served us well - it was a little sad watching the men roll it away this afternoon. They were both Mexicans & the one guy that helped with the installation and testing of the appliance was the talker and quite

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Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093155591101440421noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17352124.post-85495424297956174162009-10-31T21:48:00.003-05:002009-10-31T21:55:27.076-05:00

I can't believe it was already 3 months ago today that my beautiful and adorable little niece, Serena Kay, was born! I stole this picture off of Jenny's Daily Serena blog - one of my favorite blog subscriptions ;) I'm so thankful the Lord has blessed us so much by adding her to our family! I love you, Serena Kay!

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I sware, in nearly every situation no matter how bad it may seem, there is usually something to laugh about. It's another morning that was ruined by water in the basement for the second week in a row. However, as mom was putting her boots on to go down and wade over to check the breaker box, she noticed something in her boot - so she pulled it out: a leaf. She proceeded to push her foot the rest

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We made it on the front page of the local paper! heehee! :)FAIRMONT - In March, 10 local women will travel to eastern Guatemala equipped with the skill, desire and over-the-counter medications they need to serve the impoverished people inhabiting the area. The young women are third-year nursing students at Presentation College, and have signed on to give up their spring breaks to help people they

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“Walk PC” is a program at my school "taking a tour" of Presentation College’s locations.The first leg of our walking tour was from Eagle Butte to Aberdeen (Presentation College headquarters). Leg two of our "tour" will be from Aberdeen to Sioux Falls; the college offers various degrees in Sioux Falls in conjunction with Kilian Community College. The next destination in our walking journey will

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093155591101440421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17352124.post-51133573876188167652009-10-20T20:57:00.008-05:002009-10-20T21:47:08.123-05:00

I always try to blog about family birthdays. Last year I did a tribute post to both Jennifer and Jason, so this year, I have decided to do a tribute post to Jordan. Jordan, I have loved having you as part of our family and I hope you endure the 5 minute video I put together for you! (I know, it's l-o-n-g! but, you're just such a great person! So read fast cause it's not very well done cause I

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Mom and I have been long-time fans of "The Far Side" comic strips, but since they were discontinued a few years back, we've been searching for a new favorite. We happened to stumble upon an every day calendar by "The Argyle Sweater" during the $1 sale at the bookstore. It has been a dollar well-spent. We have both gotten plenty of laughs out of them. I didn't feel like putting much time into

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This passage never ceases to challenge and encourage:Psalm 139 1O Lord, You have searched me, and known me. 2You know when I rise and when I fall; You understand my thoughts from afar. 3You encompass my path and my lying down, and are intimately acquainted with all my ways. 4Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord, You know it all. 5You have enclosed me behind and before, and

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I debated posting any pictures of fall because my fall post from last year was up for so long...but, I love fall too much to not share some of the pictures I've already taken of it's beauty so far this year. Most of the colors have vanished now that the temperatures have dipped below freezing at least a couple times and some snow (now melted) has weighted down many of the leaves that were still

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At the request of Jules, I decided to blog pix of my "new do." I hadn't gotten a highlight touch-up since April, and had't had my hair cut/trimmed since May. It was looking a bit shabby: shapeless with so many split ends and highlights starting halfway down my head :P I finally made my way over to Blerth where the only hair dresser I trust (maybe someday I'll post pix from when I strayed from her

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Gen. 32:24 – 31 - 24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27And he said unto

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I uploaded this video on Facebook, so don't feel like you have to comment, I just wanted to have it on my blog, too. Kaden is the cutest little guy ever - I just love him to death and am so thankful he's MY nephew! It's been so fun to be able to watch him grow spending time with him in person, talking with him over skype or on the phone, keeping up on Julia's blog and FB, etc...I love his

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Yesterday I dedicated most of my time to my school work. Today I definitely fit school into my schedule as well, but I also used the afternoon to get a few miscellaneous projects done that have been hanging over my head. Cleaning out Josie's barn was one of them - the last time it's been cleaned out would have been sometime when Julie was home...maybe even before she ever went to college? Wow! I

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This morning when I woke up there was a fresh layer of snow on the ground and large flakes still falling from the sky! I bundled up in the big John Deere coat, put my boots on, and went out to do chores. I brought my camera along so I could get some shots of the scenery: everything covered in snow for the first time this season. After I gave Jo her food and water, I decided that as long as I

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Serena Kay HorakBorn @ 10:42 am on July 31st, 2009Weight: 7 lbs 3 ozLength: 19 1/2"Cuteness: 100%Jules & my first glimpse of mommy & baby over skype - PTL for technology (if you look really closely, u can see us in the lower lefthand corner taking the picture - heehee!)!Grandma Rabe and Aunt Jessie w/SerenaUncle JasonAunt JuliaCousin Kaden (aren't they adorable!? I'm so lucky to have such a cutie

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Thursday, July 23rd was the official due date for Jennifer of my on-the-way niece. That date passed quickly & uneventfully ...so this weekend Mom, Jules and I headed down to West Des Moines to visit our expecting Jennifer. Jason, Julia and Kaden came over as well on Sunday afternoon. It's always fun to have the whole family together! We tried to get some spicy food down her on Sunday, so we ate

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O wondrous love that will not let me go!I cling to You with all my strength and soul;Yet if my hold should ever fail,This wondrous love will never let me go.O wondrous love that's come to dwell in me!Lord, who am I that I should come to knowYour tender voice assuring meYour wondrous love will never let me go?O wondrous love that sings of Calvary!The sweetest song this sinner's ever known:The song

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While everyone was home for the holidays, we girls hit the mall for the after-Christmas sales. One of my favorite stops was shopping for Jenny at the Motherhood store. (I'm so pumped about being an auntie AGAIN!) They had FAKE preggo bellies hanging in the dressing room, so Jules joined Jenny in giving us a little fashion show. In the first picture they're doing the proud mommy pose, which is

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I got my hair cut today and decided to go a bit darker for awhile until summertime.The original plan was to add highlights after the color, but my hairdresser thought the old ones were still popping through...so maybe another day I'll go back for the highlights. I like it for now because it's different, but I'm not sure what I'll think of it in a couple days - you girls will have to let me know

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I can't believe it's taken me this long to get to 300 posts! I've been blogging since 2005, (check out my first post!) and this is all I've got. ;) haha! Anyway, I thought it would be kind of cool to post interesting facts that have to do with the number 300. I found a list, but didn't check anywhere to see if they were accurate, but it's interesting anyway! :) 6 year olds laugh an average of 300

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It was recently brought to my attention by a friend -Sara ;)- that fall is over and although it is a great season, we are well into winter, which also has it's perks (though few they may be). I'll do my best to be a faithful blogger at least for awhile. It was also brought to my attention that I tend to be a binge blogger, so don't worry, I won't try to catch you up from here on out with multiple

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Fall is one of my favorite seasons! I love all the beautiful colors! I love being able to open all the windows all day to let in the clean crisp air without worrying about the house getting too hot or too cold. I love the smells that accompany the season change. I love seeing the farmers out in the fields (mostly just the ones with red tractors ;) heehee!) I love breaking out the new season's

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HAPPY 28th BIRTHDAY, JASON!On November 4th, Jason turned 28! Since none of us were going to be able to be there to help him & Julia & Kaden celebrate, Julia planned a party for him at our house a few weekends ago. Here he is with his chocolate cake and one candle. Heehee! He only got one this year - I guess that's what happens when you can't fit them all on the cake anymore ;) J/K, Jason :) I

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A few weekends ago, the whole family came home! Mom and I look forward to the times when our big empty house can be full again! It's always wonderful to have everyone together!This picture was actually taken Sunday morning, but I'm putting it first cause it's the only picture we have from the weekend with our whole family in it :)Jason, Jenny & Jordan.Sunday afternoon we had a little celebration

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I know this picture is a bit over-used, but I just love it - he looks SO simply adorable here! I can't believe this little guy is already 10 months old! He is such a blessing to our family. I'm proud to be his aunt! I love you, Kaden!

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093155591101440421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17352124.post-53021026071410787382008-10-19T20:29:00.011-05:002008-10-21T23:13:55.050-05:00

I had such a wonderful time with Julie during my break from school a couple of weekends ago! There's nothing like time with sisters... Friday after the pumpkin patch excursion, Jules had to stay at Kiddie Kollege till her work day was over. I stayed for awhile to help get all the kiddos down for nap time, but left soon after to do some napping of my own. After being up since 3am, I was ready for

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Last Friday I got up at 3:30 in the morning so I could travel to Jefferson, WI in time for Julie's preschool class field trip to the pumpkin patch! Thankfully I made it and was able to go along. Each adult was assigned afew kids to keep an eye on because there were so many kids! I got to take care of Gregory (all the way to the left) and two adorable little twin boys: Bryce and Bryan. Poor Bryce

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Last weekend was aboslutely wonderful! Andrew and Laura finally came back to MN to visit for the first time since they got married in June. It seemed much longer ago that they had been here - but then once I saw Laura again, it suddenly seemed like it hadn't been that long ago since I'd seen her. When you're that close to someone it's very easy to just pick up where you left off. Saturday morning

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Happy 25th Birthday, Jenny!I thought it would be fun - rather than my traditional b-day posts - to put up afew pictures of us from the last few years and do some reminiscing. I would go further back - even to the beginning, but don't have any older pictures on my computer and it would be a super long post - cause u know how I can talk ;) heehee!This is the earliest picture I have of us on here.

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I was informed today by my mom that someone requested I put pictures of my new haircut on my blog, so here you go! These were both taken the day I got it done, so it's parted on the opposite side and styled a bit differently. Niether picture is actually a really good one of it, but it's all I've got. (the one looks especially wierd cause i'm resting my chin on my big old leg) :P I am glad to have

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"Blessed be the darkness, for it reveals unto us the stars!"Last night as I was driving home I noticed that the stars were especially clear and many, so I called one of my dear friends, Charise, to come star-gaze with me in my back yard. We live on 5 acres outside a town of about 300 people, so light isn't really a hindrance to the view - that's the beauty of the country! It was so dark last

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Each night at the close of Kings Kids we do a puppet show for the kids. Aunt Darlene has been writing the scripts, but I didn't get any pix of her :( We puppeteers get together ahead of time to practice and also sing songs with the kids during opening. They enjoy it so much - I SO remember those days - I loved puppets! I still do, actually! They have a way of bringing a smile to your face :)

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I've always been quite scared of spiders - but not until today did I realize just how much they bother me. It is normal to be afraid of a spider that is in the same space as you, but when they have no way of getting to you, it really shouldn't matter. Today was just like any other day. I got up early, got ready to go, grabbed all my stuff and headed out to the car. Mom stood on the step and said

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Congratulations to Josh and Amy! Amy is one of my friends from my college days up at Northland. She is one of the 6 of us girls that were always together! I got a call from her last night letting me know that Josh had proposed! So exciting! Another fun thing, is that Josh is Andrew's brother, so it won't be too difficult at least for Laura and Amy to stay in touch ;) I'm so happy for you guys! :)

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Here are a couple videos I took of Kaden on our way back from church. He's just the cutest, isn't he!? It was so hard to say goodbye on Sunday afternoon...I miss you guys and can't wait to see you soon!

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Julia and I headed back to Fairfax after the Ladies Retreat Sept. 13th. As we were driving toward JaJu's house, there was Jason with Kaden outside waiting for us - with Kaden sitting like such a big boy on the back of my car !I got a picture of them before we drove into the garage. Aren't they both so cute!? I love Kaden's jogging pants! Heehee! I had such a fun time with JaJu for the rest of the

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A month ago I was able to make a trip down to IA to visit Jordan and Jennifer. The nice thing about my school schedule this semester is that my weekend starts on Thursday morning...so I left Thursday after class and found my way to West Des Moines driving all by myself (that is an accomplishment in and of itself :) heehee! I've never been good with directions, but Jennifer explained them so

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The 2nd weekend of September Julia, Jennifer and I were able to meet up for a Ladies Retreat sponsored by Julia's church. Julia and a couple of her friends put everything together for the retreat and it turned out to be a fabulous time! I forgot to take any pictures the first day (I know! So UN-Rabe! haha!), but I have a few from the second day. The only downfall of the weekend was the fact that

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These wind farms are becoming more popular around the midwest, especially in our area. At first they were something to look at, but as they've rapidly popped up here and there in large quantities, they simply clutter our beautiful landscape. I'm sure they serve a wonderful purpose, but I'm a girl, so I don't have to acknowledge that, right? My job is to care about what they look like ;) When I

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I cannot believe how quickly my little nephew is growing up! God has truly blessed our family through the life of this precious little boy! He is the cutest boy I know and I am proud to be his aunt! Happy 9-month B-day, Kaden Dean! I love you!

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I saw this for the first time in the theatre with Jason, Julia and Julie this spring/summer when National Treasure II came out. Thankfully we were about the only ones there so no one got annoyed by our laughing. It was fun to see one of the good old cartoon characters - goofy is a favorite. When Julie and I were little our favorite "how to" with goofy was his setting up a home gym. Haha! We

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If you think of it - pray for me tomorrow (Wednesday, 17th). I have a big test in Health Assessment and I'm nervous about it! Thanks! :)

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Well, Jules, you wanted to see me - here I am :) This is what I look like as I am typing to you. I thought I would let you know that the skunk you warned mom and I about is making rounds around our house or something! Mom said she could smell it when she came home tonight. I couldn't smell it, so I left my window open........I can smell it now... So will you come back home now and be the brave

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Much Thanks to Julia for the new look of my blog! I did my routine blog checking today and found the background of "Our Life" was new and super cute! (you should check it out: www.jajurabe.blogspot.com) So I clicked on the link by her navigation bar and found a new look of my own! I kept the same general color scheme, but thought it was high time my blog got a makeover! (it's been almost 3 years

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Well, for some reason I could not get this to post for the longest time and now that it finally has, the quality is not so good. But Josie is so cute in this video! When I come back to her and praise her for keeping the rodent up there all night she looks like she's smiling :) haha! and there's also a time when she's barking you can catch her looking at me out of the corner of her eye like, "are

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Sara is one of my dear friends. She turned 20 on August 30th! Sara, I know your birthday is already past, but I wanted you to know you were on my mind even though I was away in IA! Thank you for your friendship - you're so thoughtful and you always know how to make me laugh ;) We'll have to get together one of these days soon and have a little celebration! After all, you are no longer a teen!

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Add 3 more books to that pile of fat books and it will equal my stack for the semester. I cannot believe how quickly the summer has passed!Classes started at Presentation last week and already the HW seems quite demanding. (Even at this moment it is looming over my head - but I have decided to take a short break in order to blog about it...to get it out of my system ;) Haha!) It amazes me that I

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Upon arriving at Jennifer and Jordan's Saturday morning we girls spent the first couple hours talking and catching up. We got a tour of the apartment - it is SO nice! I would link you to pictures on Jennifer's blog, but they have since hung pictures and decorated more as well as gotten bedroom furniture, so I will wait for her to blog updated apartment photos. Jordan came home around 2 in the

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One of my favorite restaurants in town is the Channel Inn. It's a local place that serves some really good food! And I love that you can eat right on the lake! I love the lake! Mom and I have been trying to find time to go there together for about a year now! (It's difficult to fit into our schedule because it has a pretty early closing hour). Last Wednesday we went for an early supper. We each

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It was such a wonderful blessing to see old friends last Sunday at our church! Christa and Charity both came back with their husbands to visit their family for the weekend, so we got to see them, too! There's nothing like the friends you grow up with - they will always be near to the heart no matter how far away they live or how few and far between the visits are. I'm so thankful for both of

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The summer was busy between Julie's jobs, and my jobs and summer school, so when it was all over we stuffed as much fun as possible into Julie's last weekend home.Jules and I on our way to feed the Clay's dogs and KITTENS!!! The gold one is the cutest! Enjoy the kitty video :) They're so cute and little! (1 min. 22 sec.) Stopped for a chicken nugget supper at McDonalds :) Dessert at the

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A quickie 5-minute video conglomeration of our time at the MC Fair!

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Here's some pix from the County Fair this year. I am working on uploading a video, but am having blogger troubles for now. Jules and I went in the evening after she got done with work. The fair is always a highlight of our summer!Here we are before we leftThe Buckinghams singing "Happy Together" After the first song they sang, the little guy on the left (I don't know his name, cause they're a 60'

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Happy 8 mo. old birthday, cute little Kaden Dean!I love you!

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Here are some pictures from our time at Okoboji on Mom's b-day weekend! I imagine if you read my blog, you read my sister's blog, because it's probably the link on her blog that gets me any readers in the first place ;) That being said, if you would like perfectly stated and full coverage of this wonderful day, refer back to her blog because i do not see how I could state it anymore perfectly! I

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Friday evening all the family arrived. We had a time getting mom to go to bed that night because she was so excited to have everyone there and hadn't a clue of what we had planned for the next day! So we were all up pretty late into the night. Saturday morning bright and early (6:30am) we woke mom up and told her to get ready along with the basics of what she should wear and bring then told her

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Here's some pictures from while we were all in IL for the wedding:JaJuKaJules & IJordan being silly - he always gets this way for picture time :)Much better! Such a cute couple! :)Most of the cousins and uncles and aunts (and boyfriends)It's SO fun to all be together again!Mom's Birthday! w/her 4J's :) Us girls at Gr'ma's churchIsn't he SO adorable giving Uncle Jordan a nice little grin! (that's

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The last weekend of July our whole family headed down to IL from our various locations. It was good to all be together again and we were all so happy to be able to see our cousin, Tiffany, get married! It seems crazy how time has flown! She was an absolutely gorgeous and glowing bride! I am so thankful the Lord led her and Tim together! They are so happy together and they both love the Lord and

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Focus on the FinishJules & I. Julie was the mastermind behind the decorating (below) - doesn't it look fabulous!?The stageFor the final program, the kids sang (Lift God's Word, Bend in prayer, and Walk God's Ways) and said their memory verse: II Timothy 4:7, 8 - "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of

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Just a few pictures from the Children's Summer Ministries:Mom & I Tossing a water balloon with vegetable oil on it and trying not to drop it! Luke's broke on him! The little kids' game. Tossing the bean bag into the circle.Sweet Sophia - she got one!Amy & Michelle. Michelle made each of the treats for refreshment time every week. She did an amazing job. Each had a title that went with our theme

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After the 4th of July picnic at the church and all the fireworks, Mom and I packed our bags to head off to Iowa with the rest of the family! It's become a tradition the past few years to get together with all the family for the weekend of the 4th! It's always so much fun!Julia's college friends, Jessica and Emily were able to be there, too! They were glad to all be together again! And I was glad

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Happy Birthday, MOM! Mom - I am so thankful there are days like these that I can take a moment (well, in my babbling mind, a moment is more like...minutes) of reflection, not only for myself, but also for others to know what a wonderful mother you are! Just a few memories...I think back to when we were all really little...one of my favorite things about you has always been your laughter. I think

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Don't worry - summer school will be over soonish and then I will stop updating you on MC library news ;) HOWEVER, at this point, I still live here, so here is my final couch update (I think...)heehee!Well, I walked into the library yesterday to find that lo and behold they have done surgery on 'my couch'! And it is as good as new! I never thought about it yesterday, but today I was a bit nervous

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Well, for some reason, I'm having problems with blogger and am not able to rearrange my pictures after I have loaded them, so rather than reload them in order, I will just leave them as is, I guess. These pictures are at Ward Park with some of our church family waiting for it to get dark enough for the fire works to start! Sophia & II let the kids use my camera to take pictures the entire time

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Every year since 2001, our church has had a picnic on the 4th of July to celebrate our freedom! There is a grill out and everyone brings a salad or dessert as well. There is always a game of volleyball going on (usually half the people out there are little kids, but my skills are about as good as theirs, so I don't mind) and other games like boche ball, bean bag toss, card games, etc...It's such

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I walked into the library today after class to work on my summer school work after being gone all weekend and as I rounded the corner to my usual spot, the sight I saw made me laugh. The pictures actually don't do justice, but they're pretty funny :) This first one is me in my new ultra-comfy spot. It is now x-tra low to the ground - like it's made especially for short people like me! :) This is

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Jordan has gotten lots of good expressions out of Kaden :) In the video Jordan is giving him a taste of the slushy punch. His taste buds don't react to the tart as much as they did to the lemon, but it's still pretty funny! He's so cute!This is one of my favorite pictures - Kaden likes to cuddle(Jordan, this should be your new profile picture ;) Jordan makes a silly face, but he really loves it.

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This video is definitely worth watching - Kaden is SO cute! (Jason and Julia are pretty cute in this video, too! heehee!)

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Caution: this is a very long post. But my whole day was actually kind of funny how everything played out, so if you want you can read - if not that's fine with me cause it's actually kind of an embarrassing post. Meant for laughs :) Yesterday morning I awoke in a normal mood, went downstairs for breakfast, chatted with my mom and jules, got ready for the day and headed off to school. In class we

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SO CUTE!

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These aren't in order by any means - but just some fun random picture from their reception!

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Best Friends Forever (besides Andrew) heehee!The Girls (Danielle, Amy, Megan, Keri, Me, Sophia, & Laura!)Such a beautiful ring and bouquet!Josh, Mike, Chad, Jeff, Andrew, um...and Mr. Swenson (typical Swenson - heehee! - I'm guessing, don't mess with these guys...)AnticipationHere comes the bride!The giving of the brideWedding Vowstrue love's kiss ;)Mr. & Mrs. Kimbrough!One big happy family! :)

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All dressed up and waiting for everything to start!

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No, Kasee is not a decoration, but I took a picture of her, too while I was going around taking pix of the decor. She was the photographer and very good at that! :)

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This video is kinda funny :) I started singing our song (This Little Light of Mine - we used to always sing it together at N-land) and then when Danie joined in with her ghetto voice, I quit singing and turned started recording. Megan thought I was videoing her at first which is the reason for the frown. Then I go visit Laura getting ready in the next room...and I have no idea why I talk about

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We all got up Saturday morning to be at the church by 8 in the morning! Julie got started right away on Laura's hair and then Laura did her own make-up. One of my favorite pix here is the one of Laura looking at her dress! (please no comments on the fuzziness - that is why i am not a photographer) ;) heehee! Kori was the other hairstylest - I think she did about everyone's hair but mine and

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Mrs. Kimbrough got the bridesmaids a hotel room the night before the wedding so we could party the night before. We had so much fun hanging out together again, but we all missed laura! She was a smart girl and chose to get her beauty rest that night (she knew the only way that would really happen was if she stayed at home). Megan, Danie & I being silly :)Keri (Andrew's sister), Kori (Megan's

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I took this video really quick before the rehearsal. It was so fun to all be together again! And we were all so excited that Laura was getting married the next day! (So you're not confused...There's a part in the middle about being "on the second page of the program"...well, I accidentally said "Laura's recital" at first instead of rehearsal, and the big thing at our piano recitals was to be on

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After Rehearsal we all went to the Holiday Inn for a catered dinner. It was delicious! Following the meal, they opened it up for anyone to tell stories about the bride and groom. It was fun to hear the sweet and funny stories about both Andrew and Laura. It was fun to try to think back over the 19 years that Laura and I have known each other, but hard to choose which stories to tell. I am so

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The Wedding Rehearsal! It was so fun to finally have everyone there and to catch up with friends I hadn't seen in over a year! But it was like we'd never been apart. I couldn't believe as I was standing there that Laura was REALLY getting married the next day! The rehearsal went very smoothly and was personally good for me just to prepare me so I didn't cry the next day!

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My Best Friend, Laura, got married last Saturday, the 28th. Thursday before her wedding we had a bachelorette party for her with a few of our good friends we grew up with that were able to make the trip here for the wonderful weekend! The beautiful bride to be with me :)Legal sisters in 2 days!The cute table decor :) Cupcakes! We decorated t-shirts. Laura and Julie worked hard on Laura's bride

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Doug came to visit again! This time it was kind of last minute, but Julie and I were able to get off work anyways, so we could hang out with him. There was quite afew things going on in the area, so we had a lot of fun! Get Smart came out in Theatres, so we went to that Friday night after he got here and got SO many laughs out of that! Very funny movie! Haha! It was also Race and Crash day over

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Happy Father's Day, Jason! Kaden always gives such good smiles for Grandma! Mom & Jenny watching the bean bag toss game (not long before Jenny chopped her hair off!! and it looks SO cute!) Check out her blog for before and after pictures: www.thehoraks.blogspot.com Jules and I after we showed our bean bag tossing skills ;) This is one of my most favorite pictures snapped by Aunt Julie of Kaden

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Isn't he just SO cute!? Heehee! On June 22nd Kaden turned 6 months old! I can't believe how fast he's growing up!

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This year was Jason's first Father's Day as a father, so they were planning to come to our house for the weekend until they found out Julia's sister, Jamie was coming up from Texas to surprise them! So we tweeked our plans and went to Iowa for the weekend! We were a little worried for awhile, though, that we wouldn't make it there with all the roads closed from the flooding.Here are some of the

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Julie came home for the summer on the 6th. It's SO wonderful to have her home again! Doug was so sweet to help her move back. They packed her car completely full of all her stuff and put that on the trailer, and then Doug brought a 4-wheeler in the back of his truck and hauled it all here. We had so much fun riding the 4-wheeler around! (Doug's the only one who got a grass stain...ahem!) We also

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093155591101440421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17352124.post-50208894888965266512008-06-23T21:17:00.005-05:002008-07-06T13:45:23.871-05:00

Doug brought Julie home to us for a weekend in May while she was still student teaching. It was fun to have them both at home and to get to know Doug even more :) Laura came over for supper and got to meet him too!

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A couple weeks ago I had the day off work so I was able to go out and have some fun with a couple of my good friends. Josiah Schofield and I went out in the morning and went to Starbucks since his family doesn't go there very often - he's one of the few that likes it. We played some games and then went to the park and played pirates. It was raining, so we got pretty wet, but it was still fun

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093155591101440421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17352124.post-86163581377371010982008-06-16T00:16:00.007-05:002008-07-06T13:46:16.360-05:00

After Julie's Graduation on Friday morning (May 2nd), we all had a cookout at Doug's house along with a few other friends. It was so much fun and delicious! Saturday before Jenny and Jordan headed back up to Northland, we went to Discovery World and enjoyed looking around at all the neat stuff - especially all the hands on things, such as "creating" a few souvenirs on the Dream Machine. Ate

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Julie Graduated! She is now officially an Early Childhood Education Teacher! YAY!I'm so proud of my sister! Love you, Jules! Here is the picture of Julie's graduated class. Jessica Asire is behind her giving the bunny ears...silly girls! This is Mom and I as we're waiting for the ceremony to begin.Fun Surprises: I saw Bobbi there! (along with Abigail Utley, Paula Burch, and Lindsey Rew who I was

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They're dating!

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Laura and I have been trying to get together whenever possible before she's married and moves to IN. It's been difficult to plan dates around each other's jobs, etc...but whenever it works out we have so much fun together! I went to her house after work and we got to sleep in the special guest room (somehow that's still just as exciting as it's always been!) I think we were up until 5:30 talking

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These are my tulips! These are my favorite flowers, so dear Mrs. Swenson planted some bulbs in this flower pot last fall and gave them to me. I've been so excited for them to bloom, and they lasted for a long time and brought me many smiles :) I can't wait to see them again next spring! Thank you, Mrs. Swenson!

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