Family & Marriage

On This Christmas Day…

Merry Christmas! Can you believe it’s Christmas Day already? Though I feel I was way more prepared for it this year than I have been in the past! Yesterday we were at Dan’s parent’s house to open gifts (pics to come) and at night we went to their church for their Christmas Eve candlelight service….

Family Gatherings

One thing I love about Christmas are the family get togethers. One thing I absolutely cherish about life is family. I really don’t know what I would do without my family. There is always something about “going home” that I look forward to EVERY time. Maybe it’s because we can’t see my family as often…

What I Do…

I love what I do. I know why I do what I do. When I was at Kuyper College, I thought when I graduated I would be either be a school social worker or a marriage/family therapist. I was accepted into the Master’s program at Western Michigan, all I had to do was sign the…

Be Thankful Always

Thanksgiving is less than a week away! I feel this month I have been preparing more than I ever have for Thanksgiving, which I think is for many reasons. First, I am in a Bible study that is covering that very topic, for a month. It’s been good to think about “other” things to be…

How Beautiful

Katie is two weeks away from being Mrs. Jongekrijg! (And it took me about 2 years to remember how to spell that last name :)). Last night we had her bachelorette party and what a fun time it was! We first headed to the Bobarino (aka the Bob) for a meal, and then headed back…

The week…

I know, boring title! Looking back on the week, it surely has been a great one! We started it off on Sunday with playing 4 hours of beach volleyball after church! Yup it was a little chilly, but it soon warmed up as our game play became more intense. It was the last time playing…