Days to Remember

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Kansas City and Colorado Springs

Kansas City, June 20-26

We went to Kansas City for a week in June to see Kyle's mom, Beth and his sister, Kimberly. We had a great time relaxing and helping Beth pack up her home. She had recently sold her home (the house that Kyle grew up in!). One of Kyle's best friends from high school, Matt, also got married while we were there. We had a great time seeing a bunch of Kyle's old high school buddies.

Dudley made the trek with us to see his grandma! He did really well in the car...he was passed out most of the time.

Kyle and I at the wedding...glow sticks and feather boas...they had a great DJ!

The Best Week of Your Life....

Frontier Ranch 2006 - Carrollton Young Life

Shalen's cabin of at the volleyball tournament...we were awesome!!

"The Night that Never Ends" Dinner and singing on western night.

Shalen's cabin on Western night.

Kyle's cabin before riding horses.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Crooked Creek

So...apparently I am not very good at updating this thing regularly. Since the last post, we took 50 kids to camp at Frontier Ranch in the beginning of June. We had such a great time. God really used that time to not only talk to the heart of kids but to also encourage my heart in ministry. It was such a great time serving along side Kyle and the rest of our leaders.

Next up was a week in Kansas. One of Kyle's good friends from highschool got married and gave us a great excuse to spend a week with Kyle's mom! Dudley made the trip with us!

Now...we are at Crooked Creek Ranch in Fraser, Colorado. We will be here until August 11ish. We have had a great time so far! Kyle is working VERY hard and I am enjoying getting to know some of the other wives. It's absolutely beautiful and the weather is amazing...so no complaints!

Monday, May 15, 2006

May Update

Just a quick update on what we have been up to...

* We celebrated Kyle's 31st birthday on April 22 with a sushi dinner and a Texas Ranger's game!
* Kyle was also surprised at Young Life club one night with an impromptu birthday party complete with cake and clown!
* Camp, camp and camp! We have been busy signing kids up for camp!! It's coming VERY soon!

and what we have coming up...

* Kyle is leaving today to go on a 2-3 day camping/hiking/retreat in Arkansas. Please be praying for safety as well as a rich time with the Lord.
* June 2-10 Kyle along with about 9 other leaders are taking over 50 kids (!) to Frontier Ranch in Buena Vista, Colorado. Frontier Ranch is where Kyle became a Christian when he was in high school. It's a special place! Please be praying for the hearts of the kids who will be attending camp this year! Every summer hundreds of kids are told about Christ at Frontier Ranch and many of them will recognize Him as their Savior for the first time!!
* June 20ish-27ish - We will be going home to Kansas City for a few days to see Kyle's mom and sister and to celebrate the wedding of Kyle's good friend, Matt and his bride, Jenn.
* July 7ish through August 15 - Kyle and I will be taking off to Crooked Creek (another Young Life property) in Winter Park, Colorado.

That's us! We hope everyone is doing well!!

Monday, April 03, 2006

Our 1st Anniversary

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We went to San Antonio to celebrate our first anniversary! We had a wonderful time!! The weather was amazing - nice and sunny! Sunny enough for me (Shalen) to get a pretty bad sunburn...bummer!

Dessert!

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We found these amazing, HUGE chocolate covered strawberries! We had them for dessert both nights!

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Chit!

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This shirt cracked us both up....

Our top layer of cake...

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tasted MUCH better last year!

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Out for dinner for our anniversary!

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Monday, March 20, 2006

Young Life Ski Trip 2006

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We had a group of over 100 join us for a family ski trip to Buena Vista, Colorado. It was a great trip!

At the top of Monarch Mtn.

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At Frontier Ranch

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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!!!