Late Febuary Update

We're doing well! Allyn and I both celebrated our birthday's this month and our 1 year engagement anniv. on Feb 12th. YEAH!

1 week of Feb. we house sat for an older couple we know. They had 1 dog, 4 cats, and 28 chickens. All survived. :P

pictured is an angel food cake I made last week. I hadn't made one since I was married. Grandma B always made GREAT angel food cakes. So with her recipe in hand...I took a deep breath and started. While it wasn't as high as Grandma's would have been - it tasted good and brought back memories of Grma's Angel Food Birthday Cakes.


Allyn has really enjoyed the warmer temps. The guys did 2 roofs last week and have been out at Fort Riley working on 50 work orders for repairs.




Today...I babysat for a ladies Bible study, went to Life Choice as a receptionist for a couple hours, worked on my Precepts homework, babysat Allyn's second cousin (Brooklyn in picture) in the later afternoon and made a peach pie for company tonight.





Even though it was a little cool - Brooklyn and I invited our Ah-yong and Samuel (our neighbors) to the park. We packed some granola bars along with some grapes and apples. Yum!

The Weddles are keeping Brooklyn for a couple days while her mom has surgery for some skin cancer.

Peggy had heard good news this evening from the hospital that the surgery went well and the report was VERY upbeat. Such a praise!

Friends...

Allyn and I thoroughly enjoy hosting others in our apartment. 2 recent families we've had over have been....



The Khang Family live in our apartment complex. Ahyong and I get together ever Monday to study in preparation for the Wednesday Bible Study. She's a true delight to have in my life and challenges me spiritually. CK (husband) was raised in a Christian home, but Ahyong converted from Buddhism to Christianity 5 years ago. They are passionate about their faith. Both of us couples are praying about begining a Small Group Bible study together in the near future.


The Joyce family
After a supper of lasagna, some of us played Chinese Checkers, Jinga or worked on a puzzle.
Allyn and I both love their kids. They are a neat family.


Clayson and I are buddies.
He often comes up to me on Sunday morning for his weekly hug.

Riding Bulls

A fun activity in January has been following Ben Mullet to area rodeos. Ben Mullet works full time for Allyn and is in the PBR.

The 19th of January, we all headed to Topeka to see Ben preparing to ride.

The 26th we were in Lincoln for dinner with the Wissmans, Viox's, and my siblings. A group of us went to the Persing Center to cheer Ben on. He broke a 'down' streak and rode the 8 seconds with a score of 77.




The next day, we went with Ben to visit his sister and brother-in-law in MO (also a newly married couple). That was a lot of fun as well.

Park Shelter Fun and More

Allyn, Tim, Ben, and Josh enjoyed roofing the Park Shelter at Keats, KS. The monier tile was something new and exciting (for roofers!).



When Eric came home over Christmas, the guys made sure to set aside time for target practice

Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas! The highlights of Christmas 2007...

Giving Rebeckah and Kristin a puppy - named Lars! Surprise!

Melanie and the Balt family joining us in our apartment on Christmas afternoon....and the lingering memories of a great game of Apples to Apples!

Attending Bethlehem Revisited at a local farm west of Manhattan (live nativity scene) ...as we reflected on Christ's birth.

Spending time with family and friends!

Honeymoon in Victoria Canada

We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Victoria Canada. The first 2 photos are taken in Butchart gardens. We spent over 5 hours in the various gardens. Absolutely beautiful!













The 3rd photo is the sunset taken off the board walk. Since our Bed and Breakfast was a 40 minute walk from downtown, we opted to take the boardwalk more than the taxi. (and you can see why)