Utterly Mielke :-)

Home Improvement!!!!

2009-01-29T12:48:00.000-08:00

I feel like one of those TV shows where they come in and totally renovate your house except we're the ones doing all of the renovating! If you want to see before and after pic's check out my facebook, I got tired of trying to do that twice! Hope you enjoy the picture tour!

Here's Dan's part of the house! He asked if he could do what he wanted
with the basement and so he has turned it into another
guest room with a Roman theme! It's pretty cool! He's got some neat ideas!

He painted the floor to make it look like marble!
The floor drain now has a gold painted cover on it as well!

Sterling helping Dan paint the window's! Dan painted the pillars as well!
He's pretty talented! They are made out of cardboard!

Here's the painting in progress!

Here it is before the marble look!

The floor in the study!

This used to be the room with the icky trim!
It is now our mocha room! :-) I can't wait to get a coffee
scented candle to burn in here! This is our guest room and study
so it will be nice and cozy for visitors!

I'm not sure what happened to this picture,
but it's the study from inside the closet!

Marcus's Room! It will be decorated in Minnesota Vikings stuff!
Shh. . . don't tell my dad . . . ( a Green Bay Packers Fan!)

Still needs some touch up on the trim, but it's almost done!

The closet and windows

The pretty window in the master bedroom!

From inside the closet. We are still going to do one more coat of red on this wall!

Looking towards the hallway!

The living room, looking from the dining room!

The dining room, looking from the living room!

These floors just shine! :-)

The project still in progress!! The kitchen!

Dan laying the underlayment!

Dan's friend, Sterling, helping!

And there you have it! An update on the house! There is way more detailed stuff on my facebook, so check it out there. We are no where near done, but are hoping to move in this Monday! I'd like to make it resemble a home a little bit just so that we can be ready for when Marcus decides to come! Time is flying by so fast! I sure hope we can get it all done before then!

Pregnant Pictures!

2009-01-29T12:36:00.000-08:00

OKAY FINE! I WILL POST MY BIG FAT BELLY FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE!!!!!!!

I will officially be 35 weeks on Sunday giving me 5 weeks left! Can you believe it!?
I keep wondering what it will be like to hold my son and not have to
give him back to anyone before we go home!! He's a squirmer and likes to stay up
late so I'm sure that we'll be a busy bundle of joy! I'm so excited and so ready for this though.
9 months is a long time and I'm ready to hold this little gift of life!!
Marcus Gideon Mielke, Mama loves you and can't wait to look into your precious face!

Grandpa's 80th birthday party!

2009-01-29T12:21:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Daniel and I went to Milltown to celebrate Grandpa Ekblad's 80th birthday! Pretty exciting! We had a lot of fun visiting with family and playing games!

I'll be Home for Christmas!

2008-12-29T10:56:00.000-08:00

It was really neat to get to go home for Christmas! Last year we were on our honeymoon for Christmas which was totally amazing, but there's nothing like being home! Especially when you're surprising the family! I called Charise, my informant :-), and she got it all worked out for us to come unbeknownst (sp?) to our parents! I loved surprising them. The church was having a Christmas Eve service at my parents house and they were going forever. Dan and I were going to carol 'I'll be Home for Christmas' to them, but decided to call Daddy 1st to find out if they were done with the service yet. When he answered we knew that they were all just visiting and so we started singing over the phone to Daddy and then walked in the house while we were still on the phone singing :-) It was pretty cool! We had a wonderful time of fellowship. It was especially nice 'cause there was nothing else going on. I love coming home for church events, but it does make it harder to just be with family. It was a very precious time even if Daddy and Dan beat Mama and i in Rook :-) I can't remember the last time we had time to play a game when we were home! It was fun!

This is the fort that Dan helped the boys make!
It's on top of the huge snow pile that the plows made and goes
into an 'under ground tunnel' It's pretty cool!

The underground tunnel in the process of being made!

We all met in Mankato for lunch with the Streblows!
It was really fun, and of Course Dan really appreciated
real food :-)

Grandpa must have had quite the secret! :-)

It was Dan's idea to surprise my parents since it wasn't going to work to go to
his parents. It was really fun and it worked to! You should have seen their faces!!!
Thanks Daniel!

This is Mama and I trying to smile good for the camera and
well you can see how well that went :-)

Daddy and Charity!

Justus was so fun! We sang together at the piano! His voice is
maturing so much, it's really neat!

Not sure what they were doing :-)

Same for these two :-)

All of us at Old Country Buffet. (Daddy's taking the pic!)

I am so cool in Uncle Johnathan's sunglasses!

Daddy with his girls!

We Bought A House!

2008-12-03T12:20:00.001-08:00

Here's some pictures of our house in Albert Lea, MN. There's a lot more, but didn't have time to post them. We have a lot of work to do to make it really nice, but I'm excited to watch it turn into our home.

Side/Front view!

Dining Room

Living Room

Marcus's Room. (Will be painting this one sometime)

Master Bedroom

Birthday Blast! :-)

2008-11-03T17:33:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Daniel and I went home for the weekend and celebrated 3 birthdays in the family! My mom had her birthday Oct. 26th, Johnathan had his b-day on Halloween, and Kevin turned 1 year old on November 4th! So we had a big birthday party for all 3 of them! It was so fun to be all together. Aunt Darlene and her family came too. Family is such a blessing!

I sure love Aunt Darlene!

Aunt Doh-Doh is the best :-)

It was fun to see Charity again! She'll probably hate that I posted this one! :-) Hee, Hee!

Daddy reading Calvin and Hobbes! :-)

Isn't this an adorable picture! Kristin is wearing Seth's hat!

Fun with Grandpa!

Awww!!!

Charise, me, and Justus in the backyard!

I love this girl!

Yeah so there's a really funny story behind this tent! I will blog about it later though 'cause I don't have time now!

These two are so funny together!

So cute!!

At the b-day party!

Wont he make a great daddy? Look he's even puckering his lips to help Kevin eat :-)

Charity's House!

2008-10-19T16:24:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I got to go up to Charity's for a Pampered Chef party. Unfortunately, half way through the garlic clove being pressed I started to feel really crummy so I didn't get very many pictures, but I did get a few gems, and I hope you like the cat playing with the mouse video :-)

Aww. . . I just love them!! These are two very precious people!

"Excuse me sir, but you are absolutely adorable!"

A not so happy Kevin. :-( Oh well! I tried to make him happy!

Just thought this was funny :0)

True Women

2008-10-19T16:08:00.001-07:00

I had the opportunity to attend a Conference in Illinois on our trip back from out east. It was the True Woman conference sponsored by Revive our Hearts Ministries. Nancy Leigh DeMoss was the master mind behind the conference, and I have to say that I learned so much. There were 6,530 women present and it was an incredible experience. I was spiritually challenged, renewed, encouraged, rebuked, inspired, and convicted. It was neat to be brought face to face with my Lord and realize that all things come from His hand! Nancy said something in her session that really challenged me, she said, " When we resent or resist our present circumstances, we are literally resenting and resisting God Himself because all things come from Him!!!" What a challenge! Yes, even the hard things that come my way only touch me because God allows them. This provides both a confidence and a rest that His hand is in control and ought to make it easier for me to yield! Romans 11:33-36 has been such a challenge to me since this conference. God doesn't owe me anything, I owe Him everything! Anyway, I would encourage you to visit the website, truewoman.com and read about the conference. Read the true woman manifesto and if God so convicts you, sign it! 40 years ago a feminist group met in Chicago. . . that meeting began the widespread idea of feminism in a radical way! 40 years later in the same city 6,530 women met to determine what God's ideal of a true woman is, and just what would happen if we truly let this change our lives?!!

Nancy Leigh DeMoss is one of my spiritual heroes and I got to meet her in person. It was really neat, I got to shake her hand and talk with her for a minute! However, the thing that was even more amazing was the realization that things that are available to make Nancy Leigh DeMoss a godly woman are available to me! Nancy is just a person, but our God . . . How GREAT HE IS!

Creation Science Museum!

2008-10-08T17:45:00.000-07:00

On the way back from the east coast we had a couple days off so we stopped to see the Creation Museum! It was amazing. Unfortunately my camera died so I didn't get to many pictures :-( But It was incredible! I highly recommend going. My favorite thing was the planetarium. It is so amazing to see how vast the universe truly is and to realize that even the vastness of our universe resides within God Himself! And the depths of God cannot even begin to be unraveled (sp?). The other thing I thought was so neat was to hear the workers talking about God! You don't normally go to a museum and hear them talking about the greatness of our God!!! This museum has a powerful message that can reach many who would never step into the doors of our churches!

This is right at the entrance!

This is in the garden of Eden.

The Serpent!!!

This is not an ordinary skull! LOOK very closely at it and see if can see a Bible Story!

This is outside of Noah's Cafe! I don't know what's wrong with my smile there, but I love Dan's!

This is me feeding the fish :-) We got a wheelchair for the day for $10.00 since there was no way that I could walk through all of that with the way I've been feeling lately. You pay $10.00 at the beginning and when you bring it back you get your money back! I tell you what though. I have a greater appreciation for what people who are confined to them go through. You are treated very differently!

They have beautiful outside gardens too!

I had the most handsome chauffeur! He was a very wonderful escort. As he always is.

Thanks for the fun time Dan!!!

New Jersey Beach!

2008-10-08T17:29:00.001-07:00

We had a great time visiting some dear friends in New Jersey. Both Dan and I went to school with David Lore so it was fun to reconnect and get to know his wife better. We stayed there for 3 days and had a wonderful time of fellowship. They decided to take us to the ocean which was really fun and then Dan preached in their church on Sunday. He did an excellent job and once again I was very proud of him! It's so wonderful to be married to a man who is in love with God's word and can exposit it soundly, accurately, contextually, and under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Anyway, we had a great time with the Lore's and wish we could have spent more time with them.

There was a 2 and 1/2 mile boardwalk along the ocean. We walked there for a while and then went down to the ocean itself.

This is under the W!

David and his wife Becca.

Aww!! So romantic!

Muscle man! You all do realize he is holding 2 people right! :-)
I must say that I love this picture! What a blessing you are to me Daniel!

Friends are such a blessing from God. Thanks for the fun weekend!

Gettysburg!

2008-09-26T06:28:00.000-07:00

Daniel and I took a detour yesterday because we weren't on a time schedule. We decided to get to Gettysburg and take a quick tour. It was really fun, though I was extremely exhausted afterwards. It was cool to drive through. We didn't have time to see the whole thing, but we tried to hit the highlights! We are in Frederick Maryland right now about an hour from DC! I've been feeling better than I have been, but I still have a hard time eating normally. However, I have been able to eat a lot more than I was which is good! Daniel's been preaching at Christian Schools everyday and I've been staying at the hotels waiting until we drive to the next place. This weekend we'll be in New Jersey somewhere staying with a friend from college. Daniel will be preaching in his church on Sunday.

Fun with My Nephew

2008-09-11T14:58:00.000-07:00

Here's some fun pictures of my adorable little nephew! Enjoy! I have given up trying to catch up to where I am at with pictures so I"m just going to start with the present! :-) I've been really sick lately and I don't often get the good computer to update with 'cause Dan needs it for work. So it's to the present and I'll just have to try to post all the other pic's from tour sporadically (Yeah Right :-) Anyway, since I've been so sick, Charity and Kevin came to take care of me for a few days. They did a good job. Kevin was such a good reminder of the joys that will follow all of this turmoil, and Charity was such a gem. She cleaned my house (even my fridge), and just helped me keep my mind off of how I'm feeling! I thank God for her. My mom came up the week before to help out too! God has blessed me with such an amazing family!

Fun with Mama! They are so cute together!

Aww!!!!!

I'm so cute!!! :0)

This is my favorite picture of him! He was such a treasure.

2008-06-23T21:51:00.000-07:00

Here's a fun picture of us outside of the church in Moose Jaw! We had a youth activity here and a VBS training session with them. It was really good. Daniel did most of it, then divided us up with all the kids to have them try to present the plan of salvation to us in a clear manner. It was very good for us and the kids. In fact we got the idea from Pastor Seiler when he did a VBS training session in our church. It is very effective.

Here we are with the youth from the church in Moose Jaw after our

youth activity!

Here we are playing Gold Rush!

Uh Oh Dan! You're gonna get caught! It kinda looks like he is trying to do an imaginary basketball move!

What a beautiful sunset. I love the sky in Canada. It's so big and so amazing to look at.

Working on a Roof!

2008-06-23T21:29:00.001-07:00

Here's our latest work project! We were helping Pastor Duguay in Swift Current Saskatchewan. They are rebuilding a house that they bought. It's a pretty neat operation but a lot of work. They were needing to get their roof done so that they could stop dealing with buckets when it rains. We got a lot of it done though not all of it. Well, I should rephrase that, the rest of the team worked on the roof. I took pictures 'cause I was feeling pretty sick. Oh well, I got a lot read :-) The Lewis's came to help out and be with Sarah before we head for Calgary Alberta!

Sarah and Dan working hard on the roof.

Ian, Dan, Steve, and Sarah

Steve and Mr. Lewis catching some sun! It looks like Dan I know, but it is Mr. Lewis!

More of the roof!

The look from the top!

2008-06-21T21:36:00.000-07:00

We had a day off and so we went to a park and were . . . well, to put it frankly we were idiots! Here is the course of our day!

Peek-a-boo!!

This was supposed to be like Kuszco and Patcha climbing the wall as you can see it didn't really work, but it was fun!

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis (Sarah's Parents). They are so awesome. They climbed all over the play ground with us and everything. It was a blast! Thanks for the fun day off!

The name of the park was Candy Cane Tree Park.

Steve is suddenly the Spittin Image of Buddah!

Here we are outside the legislation of Regina, Saskatchewan. It's very beautiful.

All but two of the Lewis family.

Steve and Sarah's brother Ian duking it out!

Me and Sarah!

I love spending time with my husband, but one of my favorite things to do is laugh with him! I love you Daniel!

Here's a video of my conquer of Daniel! Enjoy!

E3 travels

2008-06-16T17:04:00.000-07:00

The E3 team all together in Canada!

Steve and Daniel doing one of the many work projects of the week with Pastor Ironstand

We saw a young cub enjoying a meal of dandelions. It was really cool. Dan and Steve both got out of the van to get closer (stupid boys) but the cub walked back into the woods!

Steve having fun playing in the sand! :-)

Pastor Warren Ironstand and His daughter Georgia! He is a part of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). It was really fun working with him and his church family on the Reservation. It was a unique experience. They had a fair during the middle of the week and he had to stand there to represent the RCMP! He reminded me so much of my dad. He looked like him, talked like him, laughed like him, and even preaches like him. Wow, I missed you daddy!!

Daniel playing with the Quad. I admit, they were a blast! I'd never gone before.

One night that we were there just Daniel and I went on a really long quad ride and had a really fun time. It was really good alone time which we don't get very often.

Isn't God's rainbow such a sweet reminder of His power? Dan and I saw this on our quad ride. There was a double rainbow, but it was kinda hard to see. It's just so beautiful up here. God's handiwork is all around us pointing to an all powerful Creator!

I can't help but be amazed that God takes time for me.
He is faithful in every area of my life, even when I don't understand. Praise Him for His Sovereign Hand!

2008-06-03T14:10:00.001-07:00

We are finally on tour! We've been busy doing a lot of things and seeing the hand of God at work in our lives which is exciting. If you'd like to be a part of our prayer letter mailing please e-mail me at Christas6@gmail.com.

Pontoon ride that didn't quite work at Milltown! Lots of fun

fellowship!

Two girls from Milltown!

Dan, Steve, Pastor Hargis, and Mr. Nutzhorn working on the building project for the foster kids!

Cassie and Orlando! Great kids at the home.

Steve teaching Sarah how to work the saw! :-) Pretty funny!

2008-06-03T14:04:00.000-07:00

Dan and I are done taking care of Josh now. It is so sad. I've taken care of him for 5 years and I can't believe it's over. We went out for supper at the Sportsman's Grill and had a wonderful time. Thanks for giving me the privilege of watching him Judy. It has been fun to get to know you all. I love you guys and Dan and I look forward to keeping in touch with you.

2008-06-03T13:58:00.000-07:00

Before we left Dan and I had Charise up for a visit. It was really fun. We had a hobo breakfast and even got talked to by the police. It was hilarious, they thought we were doing drugs when all we were doing was cooking bacon :-) What great memories right Charise?

Graduation!!!!!

2008-05-08T18:07:00.000-07:00

He's Graduated!!! Can you believe this? He has worked so hard and I am sooo proud of him!

This is a picture of the Ekblad brothers Ben and Steven.

They are both in the service, and so they asked them to be the flag

carriers.

I love this picture of Daniel. He looks so smart.

He did it!!

Danny Rose, Sam Helberg, Dan, and Michel Hackett

Mom, Dan, Luke

All the brothers! Love this picture!

Dan and Pastor Seiler. Dan and I started going to Faith Baptist church in Albert Lea after we got married, and it has been such a blessing. The Lord has used Pastor and his family in a huge way to challenge us and teach us so much about His Word.

I love you Daniel. Thank you for all your hard work. You are all I need and all I've ever wanted. Thank you for being my husband, friend, and confidant. I love you Daniel.

Easter Weekend

2008-03-27T09:27:00.000-07:00

What a joy to be able to go home for Easter. It was such a treasured time. My whole family was home. I can't even begin to tell you all how much that meant to me. I just love my family and wouldn't trade them for anyone in the world! God has truly blessed me above and beyond what I could ever ask or think!

It's kinda blurry but such a treasure! Charity has a better pic. of this on her blog!

Peek-a-boo with Grandpa!

I love this picture. There is nothing like the love a mother and a baby!

Reeses and Kevin

Grandpa and Kevin! You'll never meet a prouder Grandpa!

Aww sooo sweet!

Can you believe that I am married? I can't, but wouldn't trade it for anything or anyone in the world!

Marshmellows in Hot Chocolate

2008-03-27T09:12:00.000-07:00

We had a very interesting weekend. Friday and Saturday we were in Des Moines Iowa for an all night youth activity. It was all inner-city kids and a little intimidating. Now you all must know that I am not at all prejudiced or racist, however we did feel like marshmellows in a cup of hot chocolate (as one of our team members said) because we were the only white people there. It was a very eye opening experience. There was 200 kids there and talk about roudy. It made me so thankful for my family and how the Lord blessed me with the Gospel at such a young age. It made me appreciate the education that I have and the training I have to read the Bible exegetically sound. It made me sooo very thankful for all that God has given me and I raise my eyes to the heavens praising God for his goodness to me and awed that he chose me! Dan did a great job challenging them. On Saturday we were only at the one church and so there was only about 20 kids and Dan did an excellent job! (I've sure married an amazing preacher. I'm excited to see where God is going to take my wonderful husband!)

A Special Dessert

2008-03-27T09:06:00.000-07:00

Dan made me a special desert called Dirt Pudding! There was gummy worms in it and everything. It was very creative and I loved it. (I gave him my gummy worms though).

We had Johnathan over to help us finish it off.

Nebraska Trip

2008-03-27T08:27:00.000-07:00

Dan's spring break and my spring break were two different weeks, however it still worked out for me to go with him on the E3 team's spring tour. We toured through Nebraska and had an incredible time. Our team wasn't complete because Sarah couldn't come which was disappointing because that made me the only girl. However, it was still fun. I wanted to post earlier but my camera was being stupid, as usual!

From left to right, Steve, Jason, Daniel, Me! This was a really cool tank outside of Lincoln. We don't know what it was for it just was really cool so we took a picture. Real original Huh? :-)

Heath and Louis Rippentrop live in Fremont, Nebraska. Heath was one of Dan's groomsmen so it was fun to see them. We went to their house and played on a Wii for the first time. I wasn't to impressed with the Wii, but it was fun to play with them! They took us to a really nice steak house and Dan ended up finishing my steak because it was so huge! I guess I'm just a wimp when it comes to lots of food! It was really good though.

This is the true equation for trouble and complete randominity!

On Tuesday of break we didn't have any meetings scheduled so we went to the famous Omaha Zoo! It was pretty cool. My favorite exhibit was the swamp exhibit! I didn't get a picture of that because it was dark in there, but you felt like you were in Florida, Alligators and all! I love this picture of Daniel.

This is me by the water exhibit. If you look close to the top of the picture there is a penguin. You'll have to use a good amount of your imagination since the penguin swam faster than my flash!

This was the base of a tree in the Amazon forest exhibit! It was massive.

Daniel, Steve, and Steve's family, playing with the Gorilla statues. They were just being themselves!

Dan and the tortoise having a face off!

Daniel and I went to the IMax theater with Jason and watched a movie about the whales and dolphins. There was so much save the whales propaganda but it was neat because of the 3D feature.

This is a cool story. Wednesday night we didn't have a service because we'd done 2 Christian school chapels that day so we went to a random church called Karen St. Baptist Church. After the service the lady that you see in the above picture asked if she could pray with me. I sat down with her and she asked me my name! I accidently said Christa Schofield (not used to my new name yet:-) and she looked shocked. She said, "As in John and Loretta Schofield?" And of course I said yes. It turns out that I have heard about this couple my whole life and yet had never met them. My Grandpa Smith led Mr. Semoraska to the Lord when He was going to be a Catholic Priest. Ever since then they have been close friends with my Grandparents and my parents have kept in close contact with them as well. It was soo neat to be able to meet them and even pray with Mrs. Semoraska. It was so funny. After she found out who I was she said, "When you first walked in the door, I thought you looked an awful lot like Loretta!" (I haven't heard that one before :-) It was so neat because we weren't scheduled to be there according to our plans, but the Lord had it planned. What a neat thing to see the work of the Lord through my Grandparents! Praise God for His great salvation and for the joy of fellowhsip within the body of Christ!

God is in Control

2008-03-04T11:41:00.000-08:00

I saw this online and I couldn't help but think that it is so applicable to every avenue of our lives. God is in control no matter what happens.

Home sweet Home!

2008-03-04T11:17:00.000-08:00

This last weekend Daniel and I went home to Granada. It was so fun to be able to go to church and see everyone there. Each person there has played a huge part in my life, and I would not be who I am today if it weren't for them. There was a baby shower for Aunt Darlene, and Michelle Flohrs. It was really fun.

Charise and Aunt Darlene. Aren't they cute?

This is Emma Grace and once again I can't figure out how to turn the picture around.
She's beautiful and fun.

Charise and I. She is so fun. We've gotten so close. Thanks for putting up with me

Mama and I had the opportunity to talk for a good hour or so.

It was so fun. I can't remember the last time we got to talk for that long.

Wedding Time

2008-03-04T09:55:00.000-08:00

Wedding Pictures are so much fun especially when they are from your own wedding wouldn't you agree? I've wanted to post wedding pic's for a while now so I thought I'd try again today!

I cannot believe how blessed I am to have Daniel as my

husband. Isn't it amazing to see how God does the

impossible. I was never going to marry him, and now I couldn't

imagine living without him.

These are some of the closest brothers that I've ever known.

They love each other fiercely. I love that I can now

count them as my own. I've gotten to love and appreciate each of them.

This is a crazy lot for sure. Each of them reminding me of the

glorious gift of friendship.

Family is one of the most treasured possessions that I have.

I love each of my syblings, and dearly miss seeing them as often as

we used to be together. Each one has a special place in my heart

with special memories that only they can give. I love you all.

I am so thankful that both Daniel and I have such Godly parents.

I look up to them and see the fruits of faithfulness and desire that

our lives might obtain the same kinds of fruit. Thank you to our parents

for all that you did to make not only our wedding possible, but every

avenue of our lives.

When it came to picking my bridesmaids I already knew who

they should be. The dearest most precious girls in my life . . . and

well, here you have it the 4 most precious girlfriends that I have.

Sophie was sooo cute. When she got down to the front of the aisle,

she had run out of petals and turned around and looked back

showing us that she was all out of petals. It was soooo cute. Then

she fell asleep during the ceremony and I guess I kept dragging my train over her head.

I'm amazed that she slept through that. I love this picture.
It makes me smile.

Voices of Praise! This group of girls are so treasured.

We started singing together when we first moved to Granada our

friendship has continued to grow even beyond college, marriage, and

all the other changes that have been brought into our lives.

I love you girls. Thanks for being a part of our special day.
We sang White Christmas with Mrs. Clay at the Reception. It was

so much fun!

This is the little boy that Dan and I take care of. His mom Judy and stepdad

Paul are a blast and we couldn't have asked for a better boss or job. The neat thing

about the whole situation is that they are also our friends. That is so fun.

Thanks for coming to our wedding Josh!

Grandpa and Grandma Schofield holding baby Kevin. It was so fun to have them there for our speical day. Josiah was so cute with Kevin.

He makes a great Uncle. Wow, isn't that weird to think of Josiah as an uncle?

And this is my adorable husband. He loves corndogs

mainly for their aesthetic value :-) Don't worry

He really doesn't smoke:-)

The Lord is Good!

2008-02-22T09:44:00.000-08:00

The Lord is Good to me! I cannot thank Him enough for his faithfulness to me even when I fail Him. He has blessed me with a wonderful godly heritage and now a wonderful godly husband! The verse that comes to mind as I ponder his goodness is found in Psalm 34, the same passage Daniel used when he proposed (vs. 3). However the verse i want to focus on is verse 8. "O taste and see that the Lord is Good, blessed is the man that trusteth in Him". Praise God for his goodness to the children of men. I have nothing of mine own right to offer to God, and yet He desires fellowship with me that He may show me Himself, and I may Glorify my Father which is in Heaven. What a Mighty God we serve!

More Honeymoon Memories

2008-02-22T09:34:00.000-08:00

I just loved our honeymoon and so I have to post more pictures about what we did. It was just INCREDIBLE!!!

Dan and I went off roading on Christmas Eve and hiked in knee dep snow.

It was so fun. We found this really beautiful spot. I love the tree arching over us.

We were truly in a winter wonder land.

What can I say, we're honeymooners:-)

One night Dan and I went deep into the woods behind his parents cabin and built a fire.We sang songs and just talked for a couple hours. needless to say we were freezing by the time we got back. Hot cocoa was never more appreciated.

Towards the end of our honeymoon we went and spent a few days in Duluth.

We walked down by lake superior and it was breathtaking.

Spirit Week at OCS!

2008-02-22T09:10:00.001-08:00

I didn't get a lot of pictures during Spirit week but the one's I got were pretty funny. It was only 3 days long. We had a blast. The first day was Decade day, Day 2 was class color day, and Day 3 was School Spirit day. I only have pictures from decade day. I dressed up in the 80's.

Luke let me borrow his 8o's leather coat, Daniel let me borrow his shirt, and the rest was mine . . . including the hair! The kids at school got a kick out of my outfit. It was kinda weird though 'cause I was the only teacher who dressed up that day. Oh well, I had spirit anyway.

Christy, Val, Jessica, Me, and Heather in the Kitchen at OCS!

I love these girls. They are all in my choir except Heather. All of them are seniors

and a lot of laughs. Spanish was a riot with them. However I am no longer doing spanish or phy-ed so I don't see Heather as often.

Jamie and I. She is in my choir too and also goes to my new church in Albert Lea. She is so fun and it's neat to see how God is working in her life.

Laurel and I. She is a huge help in my choir. She plays piano for me when my real pianist is gone.

Fun with Family

2008-02-22T08:54:00.000-08:00

Charity, Seth, and Kevin came down and we all went bowling.

Johnathan and Luke joined us and we had a blast.

I didn't bowl so well that day but I made up for it at the valentine formal where I creamed Daniel. To be truthful I did a very bad job the second game but hey I still won the first one :-)

This one is kinda blurry but it was the only one that had everyone in it!

Double dates are so fun; especially with the little runt in the background:-)

This is the most beautiful baby alive, and I'm his Aunt Doh-Doh! There has never been a prouder aunt than this one. Look at his little face!

This is the sweetest picture. I love spending time with Johnathan.

He somehow wriggled his way into my heart!

Honeymoon Treasures

2008-02-22T07:06:00.000-08:00

Daniel and I went up to his parents cabin in Northern Wisconsin.

It was amazing. The snow was beautiful and our time together was very special.

It was absolutely a wonderful time and I couldn't have asked for a better time together.

I was going to post wedding pictures first but for some reason this computer wont read my disk so I'll post these instead!

Dan took me to Famous Daves! It was so fun. We had a really good waitress and lots of yummy food! What a blast!

In the middle of our week we went snowmobiling! It was my first time! Wow!

I love this picture! This is in his parents cabin where we stayed.