A Thankful Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It started with a get-together downtown Holland Wednesday night with friends Kurt and Steph. We ended up seeing a lot of people we know including Karl, Dustin, Mike, and Zach.

Thanksgiving day, we enjoyed a great family get-together with Hillary's extended family at Aunt Jane & Uncle Jim's house. After a full day of food, we saw the movie "Four Christmases" with a group of cousins.

Friday, I woke up at 1:30am and arrived at the Jenison Meijer at 2am and was 11th in line for a 42" Plasma HDTV (pictured). We love our new flat screen! Hillary spent the day shopping black Friday deals with family members.
We drove to Detroit area Friday night and met my dad at the Pistons game, and were pleasantly surprised by the halftime show, Hillary's all time favorite Quick Change! Plus we saw a Pistons victory.

Saturday we got to see my brother Jim and sister-in-law Gerri's furnished house, and spend time with my family the rest of the weekend.

We are thankful for the many blessings in our lives!

Weekend in Chicago

This past weekend we took a trip to Chicago for a little weekend getaway. We stayed in the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, spent most of the day shopping, enjoyed dinner at Weber Grill, and dessert at the Cheesecake Factory.

We spent Sunday visiting friends who live in the Chicago area, Bethany and Micah, and Bain and Laura.

Memphis, TN

On Thursday, October 30th, I left with a few Hope friends for a 10+ hour road trip to Memphis TN to visit our friend Karl and Matt who was in town for a conference. It was great to see everyone again.