Friday, February 03, 2006

Dudley Johnson


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We have an addition to our family....our new 11 week old puppy, Dudley!! He's a puggle (pug-beagle mix). He is just shy of 5 pounds right now but should be about 20 pounds when full grown. We are told that he will look like a miniature boxer. He has been a lot of fun!! Pray for us as we attempt house training! Ugh!!!


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Leader Weekend


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We had our spring leader retreat this past weekend at the ranch in Hamilton. We had a great time...planning the semester and spending time together!


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The Duce!!


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Kathryn on the porch


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Richard...the ever faithful seminary student.


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Monday, January 16, 2006

Update on us!

Happy 2006! We have had a great start to the new year! Our Christmas was lovely, too! We spent Christmas Eve with my (Shalen) ever growing family on Christmas Eve. We enjoyed lots of family time, food and gifts! Christmas morning we made way to Kansas City for the week. We were excited to arrive and find that Kyle's sister, Kim, is getting married! Congrats to Kim and Morgan! As always, Kyle's mom, Beth, made us very comfortable and we had a really nice time. It was nice getting to see so many people...Ty and Kimberly, Travis and Amy, Matt and Jen, Bob and Jo Ella. I can see why Kyle loves returning to Kansas as much as he does!
Mid January finds us settling into the new year. Kyle is currently in Colorado for more Young Life training. He will be returning a week from today. I am keeping busy with my new clients (I passed the test!!!) and enjoying every minute of it. I am learning a lot, but it has been a blast so far!
The Spring semester for Young Life will be starting at the end of this month. Please keep us in your prayers as the new semester begins. Many exciting things will be happening...leader weekend, ski trip, graduation, camp and much more!
We hope to hear from all of you very soon!

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Merry Christmas!


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Sunday, December 11, 2005

White Rock Marathon 2005


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Kyle, Dustin and my dad all participated in the White Rock this year! Kyle and Dad both ran the half marathon and Dustin ran the full marathon. They all did a great job! Dad will be doing the full marathon in February at the Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth.

I was the cheerleader this time.


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Dad finishing the White Rock!


Dustin finishing the marathon.


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Dustin and Hunter after the race.

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Supper Club

We hosted the supper club for December at our new apartment. We had such a blast! What a blessing it is to have such great friends! We missed Gene and Jill, though!!


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Our first guests...
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Friday, December 02, 2005

Fort Worth with friends

Most of the Carrollton YL leaders went to Fort Worth for the night. We had such a great time...dinner and an improv comedy show at Four Day Weekend. Tony and Cone were both BIG parts of the show. So much fun!!



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YL Leaders in Fort Worth


YL Leaders in Fort Worth
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