Annie

Aaron's most recent proud moment was when one of his fifth grade students starred in the musical "Annie".  He was able to get the whole fifth grade at Skyway to go watch the musical last week, and after being amazed and awed by Natalie, he told me that I must go.  After buying last minute tickets, we had a fun date to Coeur d' Alene today to watch "Annie".  What a talented young girl.  It was so fun watching how proud and impressed Aaron was by one of his students.  During the musical, once she found where Mr. Drake was, she continued to look at us throughout the musical.  So cute! :)  In Aaron's words... "these are the moments that you know why you are teaching children".

                                             Aaron and "Annie"

Christmas Cheer!

This weekend was the beginning of our Christmas festivities.  Friday night we all met at the Marshalls for a gift exchange, time to hang out with friends, and yummy Christmas treats.  Aaron and I had been needing this after a few busy weeks of school.  The old roomies were back together, and it was such a blessing spending quality time with such wonderful friends.  Not only did we win a target gift card and board game, but we also learned a new game... "telephone pictionary".  Great game!  What made the day feel even more like Christmas was around the corner, was the fact that Friday was our first big snow fall of the year. :)  

                                      

Prayers for mom!

Just wanted to ask for prayers for my mom who just got a knee replacement yesterday. The surgery went well and she is recovering in the hospital, but I know she would love your prayers.  She is such a blessing in my life and I thank God for her everyday! :) Love you mom!

Thanksgiving!

We just returned from a wonderful Thanksgiving in California at Aaron's parents house.  The trip was the perfect length and we feel refreshed and ready for three weeks back at school before another trip to California.

For those of you who don't know, Aaron's mom, Jane was diagnosed with Lymphoma about four months ago.  She has now reached her half way point for Chemo and is beginning to build strength each and every day.  We felt very blessed to be able to spend Thanksgiving with her, especially because it has been so difficult being so far away in this time.  Through much prayer, Jane received encouraging news this week.  After getting test results back, her cancer has decreased dramatically.  Praise God!!  We continue to ask for prayers and know that God is going to heal her body.

I feel so blessed to have entered into an incredible family with another set of amazing parents.  We love our little trips to California, and we are excited to be heading back in two and a half weeks.  Another Thanksgiving has passed, and we have much to be thankful for... two of those being the two set of parents (both immediate and in laws) that I have been blessed with! :)

          My wonderful husband, mother-in-law, and me!

Fondue and Friends

After a long week of work, we were able to enjoy a night with fondue and friends.  Last night Kelsey (my old roommate) drove over from Wenatchee and about 10 of us friends enjoyed one another's fellowship, munched on chocolate fondue and many goodies to dip in it, and played a fired up game of Taboo... where the girls won!  Nights like these remind us of how blessed and thankful we are for the incredible friends we made in college.  Life has changed for many of us, but fondue nights bring us together like old times.  After living with the same girls for four years, its weird having to wait weeks and even months to all be together again, so it was a blessing to have all four of us together last night.  Thanks for making the drive Kels!  

They are finally here!!

The long awaited professional wedding pictures have finally arrived.  It has been such a joy recalling all the great memories from just months ago.  This is just a small preview of the 500 pictures that we received.  If you want to view all the pictures, go to www.ryanlindberg.com, then to proofs, weddings, aaron and bonnie, and our password is drake. ENJOY!

3 Down, 1 To Go

The weekend finally came!!  Two of our great friends Kurt and Leslie got engaged.  Les is one of my closest friends and was one of my maids of honor in our wedding.  After almost three years of dating, Kurt finally popped the question and the celebrating began.  I had spent two hours that day with Les having coffee, and later that night I was celebrating with her over her gorgeous engagement ring.  We are so excited for the two of them, and I can't wait to begin wedding planning again!  All of my hand-me-down bridal magazines will now come to good use again! We love you guys and are so excited for you!  Out of the four old Whitworth roommates, we have 3 down and 1 to go. :)

      3 out of the 4 roommates doing the traditional "look at the ring" pose

            The soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs. Vancil