Thanksgiving Day walk in the woods... 

Rustic Rafters...and how many Skittles are in your mouth, Rick? 

Jill's 40th at Rustic Rafters 

Birthday Blog

Happy Birthday to Jeremy who is celebrating his 20th birthday today! Congratulations, and have a wonderful day!

a new direction...

At the risk of thinking cute pictures and family updates are good, but pushing you a bit further...

I read the following statement in 'Christianity Today' tonight:

"Election is not about who gets to go to heaven; election is about who God chooses to be part of his crisis-response team to bring healing to the world."

~ at the apple orchard a few weeks ago ~

Birthday Blog

Happy Birthday

Dennis--today
Jill--Sunday
Rachel--Monday
Matt--Tuesday

Wow! That's quite a stretch! Jill turns the big 4-0 (and life begins!!), Rach turns 53 (even though she'll deny it,) Matt turns 16 (drivers beware!!), and I won't guess at Dennis' age...hmmm, can anyone help me out here?
Have a wonderful day...

New York City....baby!!!

HELLO EVERYONE! SCOTT AND I ARE GOING TO NYC NEXT WEEKEND. HAS ANYONE IN THE FAMILY EVER BEEN THERE? IF SO GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR PLACES TO VISIT. WE WILL BE WITH HIS AUNT AND UNCLE SO THEY WILL PROBABLY SHOW US AROUND SOME. SCOTT'S COUSIN PLAYS BASKETBALL FOR NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SO WE'LL SEE HER PLAY, TOO. WOO...HOO!!!!!!!!! BIG CITY, HERE WE COME!!!

oh yeah and i got my washer/dryer stackable unit today--no more laundromat for me

Melissa--the magnificent!!!

Rach and Whit--Grandparents' Day at Hudsonville Christian Middle School. (One of the youngest looking grandparents there!) 

Calvin Soccer... continued...

SPORTS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2004 - MEN'S SOCCER
(By Abby Zylstra & Jeff Febus)

Calvin will get a chance to play for an outright MIAA title on Saturday afternoon when the Knights host the Flying Dutchmen of Hope College at 2:00 p.m.

The two long-time rivals are now deadlocked for first place in the MIAA standings after a 5-1 Calvin victory over Tri-State and a 1-0 Hope loss at Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon.
The MIAA title and an automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament will be on the line in Saturday's game. A victory will give either team the outright league crown and the MIAA's NCAA III Tournament bid. A tie would create a co-championship between the two schools for the second straight year but would also give Hope (15-4-0 overall, 12-1-0 MIAA) the league's NCAA III Tournament bid based on a head-to-head tie-breaker situation.
In the first meeting of the year between the two teams, Hope claimed a 1-0 victory in Holland on October 12.

Ranked eighth nationally and second in the latest set of NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Rankings, Calvin (17-1-1 overall, 12-1-0 MIAA) led 4-0 at halftime in its victory over Tri-State Wednesday and held control throughout the match.

"It was a good game for our team," said head coach Chris Hughes. "Our guys came to play."
The first goal came at the 6:10 minute mark. Senior Joel Veldhouse [Souix Falls, SD] kicked a corner kick to junior Matt Cosnek [Hopewell, PA]. Cosnek headed the ball into the net.
At the 18:29 minute of play, Veldhouse received a breakaway pass from junior Levi Kool [Holland] to score the second goal of the game and his team-leading 19th of the year.
Cosnek scored his second goal of the game and eighth of the year at the 19:34 minute mark with another header chipped from sophomore Nate Kooi [Lynden, WA}.
Sophomore Phil VanRees [Muskegon] scored his first goal of the season in the 43:37 minute of play with a shot in the box from freshman A.J. Dufendach [Grand Rapids].
The only goal in the second half came from Kool at the 55:16 minute mark off a pass from Cosnek.

Saturday's game between Calvin and Hope will mark the 76th meeting between the two rivals in men's soccer. Calvin leads the all-time series 40-28-7 but Hope has won seven of the last eight meetings.

Birthday Blog

Happy Birthday to Al and Keven today!
And I am sure of these dates!

(Hey, Keven, are you reading the blog these days? We'd all like to hear from you!)