tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294549602011-12-31T16:20:28.252-07:00the events and lives of the church clancory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.comBlogger821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-27848852638678711492009-09-16T23:11:00.003-06:002009-09-16T23:14:49.220-06:00

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-7028605746426044082009-08-31T16:09:00.007-06:002009-08-31T17:31:48.173-06:00

We FINALLY finished a video showing some of Teagans birth... and some tidbits from the past 6 months. Goodness, how time does fly. What a honey we have in her.A little side note... the home birth part of the video is initially pretty dark because we had the lights dimmed for the actual birth. You can see the flashlight on her for a few seconds though. :) I just wanted the moment that she came out

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-9778310748427732942009-08-26T11:27:00.012-06:002009-08-26T13:00:04.135-06:00

Again we are slacking in the posting department. Mostly because everyone we know is on Facebook and can see pictures and updates on there. But let's be honest, a ton of our free time has been spent working on my NEW WEBSITE!! Yes, I officially have a Doula website! (Thanks to Cory who is amazing in all things TECH) Click this link to check it out.... www.vintageDOULA.com And then after you see

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-71092311747791128742009-07-14T11:49:00.005-06:002009-07-14T13:09:43.375-06:00

So I leave for my Doula Workshop this weekend. Can I just say that I am SO excited to get the ball rolling with this. For those of you who don't know, I've decided to pursue my certification to be a Birth Doula through DONA International. I've become VERY passionate and strongly believe that every woman and their family should have the chance to experience a positive birth experience. It really

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-83695143259293609562009-07-13T10:34:00.003-06:002009-07-13T10:38:44.272-06:00

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-47507205395101709912009-06-21T23:15:00.012-06:002009-06-22T00:22:12.638-06:00

Cory is an amazing Dad. AMAZING. And... he helped produce REALLY cute kids.Like this one...'Dads day' at the park... from Shannon Church on Vimeo.

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-29794936499946727602009-06-04T12:05:00.008-06:002009-06-04T12:51:26.427-06:00

1. I hate teething. I'm sure I did as a kid, and I sure as heck do as a parent. 2. I'm in the process of getting certified as a doula! Exciting times.3. I've Loved You So Long... amazing film. AMAZING. Go see it.4. How cute is this face? I mean seriously. CUTE.

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-34863791176801684582009-05-21T18:26:00.012-06:002009-05-21T21:35:33.824-06:00

Here we are, almost three months after our beautiful little Teagan was born... and not one new update. Obviously life is a little more busy than I had anticipated! Busy, but all completely worth it. I love my family.Teagan. Words cannot even begin to describe what a joy she is to our home. Seriously. She has such a sweet little personality forming. Everyday she discovers more and more. So curious

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-52908400912397300992009-03-07T11:40:00.009-07:002009-03-11T12:10:12.175-06:00

Wednesday the 25th of February was a typical day. One spent playing with, reading to and basically trying to keep up with our busy little Cian man. All while being extremely pregnant. There was some serious waddling going on at this point. I was both mentally and physically done being pregnant. By the time Cory got home I was ready to pass out. So Cory let me nap, and wow, did I ever! I slept for

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-7752170209590500682009-01-31T22:24:00.003-07:002009-01-31T23:33:53.486-07:00

So our little Teagan seems to be just a little too excited to meet us all. Unfortunately I woke up this morning with some cramping that seemed to be occurring in a consistent pattern. Let's be honest, I thought it was probably just gas and kept playing it off. After a lot of nagging from my hubby (who I Love like crazy)... I FINALLY called the midwife. She met me at her clinic, checked me and

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-77126822453700002772009-01-28T21:40:00.006-07:002009-01-29T16:26:11.282-07:00

Prayer as Community from 24-7 Prayer on Vimeo.Lately, I've been feeling this urgency for prayer. I'm not talking about praying before meals and asking God to bless my family before bed. I'm talking about the core of what prayer is. I'm talking about true and deep conversation with God. Eating, sleeping, breathing, LIVING in constant communion with our Heavenly Father. Paul urged the Thessalonians

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-52957815468684550012008-12-29T20:29:00.011-07:002008-12-30T11:25:27.167-07:00

As some of you may or may not know, Cory and I have decided to have a home birth with a Certified Nurse Midwife this go around. And no, I promise we have not turned into some ultra granola hippy couple. There are a ton of reasons as to why we feel that, for our family, this is the best option. I won't go into it on here, but we really do feel it will be the best route for what we want out of our

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-43728673028480826702008-12-25T10:40:00.004-07:002008-12-25T11:04:05.578-07:00

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Cory and I both know that it's so easy to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas. I'll admit that I've been guilty of some serious wasteful spending in my past. Buying just to buy. So many 'things' seem great for a week or two... but are quickly forgotten about. The past few years we've talked more and more about what we want Christmas to look like within our own family. We really want

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-59062285846300434552008-11-13T12:38:00.008-07:002008-11-13T13:50:46.637-07:00

So I've gotten a few emails asking about where we're registered for the baby. I honestly wasn't going to do one this time, but I decided since it's a girl... we could use some new things.  ALSO, we're making a couple of massive changes this go around with Teagan.  Change one: Cloth diapers. Call me crazy, I know! But after a ton of research, we've decided to take the plunge and switch to cloth

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-11720706141491964762008-11-09T16:40:00.003-07:002008-11-09T17:46:09.362-07:00

For lack of a better subject...It annoys me that everything requires a title or subject now... we usually just make something up - note my lame subject line - although shannon's are rather poetic...the generals|the snow has been falling, resulting in many people being snowed in, including us and the whole family. thankfully, we're finally out and enjoying lounging on the weekend. cian has been

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Teagan: The Irish form of the Welsh name 'Tegwin' which means "Beautiful".  In Gaelic, the meaning is "Little poet."  World... meet our beautiful little baby girl, Teagan. (Cian already loves her.)

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-32355289012035821292008-10-02T13:02:00.007-06:002008-10-03T08:58:17.596-06:00

We're really excited about the next series being taught at our gathering for Project Church. Jason (our pastor) asked Cory to come up with a little trailer for it. I think it will be played this week to let people know about what he'll be discussing in the weeks ahead. It'll definitely be a powerful series and we're very excited to see where Jason takes it. Such an awesome opportunity to speak

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-75134817548382707632008-09-27T22:04:00.006-06:002008-09-28T09:39:52.869-06:00

As some of you know, I spent some time in Indonesia doing relief work with YWAM.  It was an incredible experience. The time I spent in Southeast Asia was probably the most life changing experience to this day. It was also the most heart wrenching, both spiritually and mentally. I learned a lot about the ugliness of this world.  I learned that there are some very good people out there who are

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-51236822129741475472008-09-23T11:29:00.004-06:002008-09-23T12:49:59.492-06:00

So I just got back from the park with some new friends I made at Project Church. (Yay for meeting awesome ladies to hang out with!)  Cian was grumpy this morning, but we still had fun. Our low of the day (possibly year)... he ate goose poop. There's a chance it could have been duck. I'm not entirely sure. But it was poop and it was gross. I guess it's all apart of mommyhood... but let's be honest

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-73814034792729034872008-09-04T17:30:00.002-06:002008-09-04T19:30:34.997-06:00

Summer is ending.I've gotta admit, I'm glad.  I love the fall. I love my hoodies. I love wearing hats. I LOVE hot chai. My only wish is that this weather lasted a good 6 months out of the year.  I think that's why I love the Pacific Northwest. (Seattle, anyone?) But seriously... yay for cooler weather, FINALLY.So some news from the Church clan. We're moving back to my home town this weekend.

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-36922381039017167322008-08-17T14:26:00.011-06:002008-08-17T16:03:27.678-06:00

Our lovely friend Kate brought it to my attention that it's been awhile since we've updated. Sorry to all for the lack of blogging, to be completely honest... I'm just lazy. Ha! No, but really... I am.So between chasing Cian around and spending my time running to the toilet, (yes... the dreaded morning sickness is back AND severe) summer has flown by. Our plan to spend a summer sick free hasn't

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-65365674036119973222008-07-19T13:25:00.018-06:002008-12-10T07:30:55.967-07:00

Found some pictures. Thought I should get them up. Some are way back from our trip out to Michigan, others are more recent. (top lft) Finally got a shot of Cian's teeth. He's working on more up top. (top rt) I took Cian for a walk and he quickly fell alseep- I guess it was about 8:30pm. (2ndrow lft) Cian now loves riding in the grocery cart, even though I think it's unsanitary.(2ndrow rt) We

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Yep. 237 days to go and we'll reach the "official" due date for our already crazily loved second child! Can you believe it? I'm pregnant. Totally pregnant. Yes folks, we've got a bun in the oven. I started getting suspicious a few weeks ago after drinking some orange juice and instantly feeling like throwing up. My mom asked if there could be a reason for that, heavily hinting that she thought

Shannonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-87330113712148042652008-07-02T00:02:00.003-06:002008-07-02T00:08:17.832-06:00

Cian loves his Cheerios.

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It's no surprise that Cian loves bath time, so it's also no surprise that he loves playing in the pool. To him it's just a big blue bath where he's joined by his cousins...and the "bath's" outside. What fun. Lately, the warmth's been on the increase and no better time than to play outside. We're looking forward to getting out more and enjoying the wilderness around us. Cian just keeps getting

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It was an amazing and fun filled weekend for the Church clan! Saturday evening we ventured right over the border to Wyoming to meet up with some people for a campout! We had a fabulous time of laughter and fellowship, getting to know some great people from a new Church we've been attending. Cory and I have both been in a lot of prayer asking the Lord to lead us in the right direction in finding a

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Cian completely bypassed the traditional sippy cup stage and went right for the cup and straw. He's certainly not slowing down any...

cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-68840469569747892912008-05-16T16:44:00.006-06:002008-06-30T20:40:55.513-06:00

Cian got a really neat truck from his Grandma Net. Here he is trying it out.

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I thought we were done with winter. As shannon last posted, we were in some tropical-like weather, but as of late...it has all faded away. The last two days we were seriously and literally snowed in. Thankfully the entire family was together so rightly so there was plenty of good food and good movies to watch. You can see by the pictures below how bad it really was. The snow is so wet it makes

cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-3684527958026441302008-04-15T16:56:00.009-06:002008-12-10T07:31:01.481-07:00

So it feels like summer has hit here in the Black Hills.  I fear it's a tease though.  Yesterday it hit 79 degrees and today its been in the mid 70's. A vast change from the blizzard we had last week. Yuck. Cory keeps telling  me that we'll get another blizzard here still... but I keep rebuking that. We're loving the warmth now and trying to enjoy it as much as possible.  Yesterday we had our

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Life has been a real blessing. Nearly everything is going as usual, yet Cian always seems to amaze us simply in way he discovers his voice, new movements, his surroundings, and people. He's such a good baby-we could not be happier. He usually spends his days with shannon and I at work, which is a massive blessing. He loves to push himself backwards in his crawler, roll around on the floor, look

cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-60953235028826121502008-03-22T12:53:00.002-06:002008-12-10T07:31:02.849-07:00

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Cian not only weighs 15lbs+2oz and is 25.5 inches long, being in the 80th percentile for length, he also is now eating cereal. In these photographs & video, he is seen eating for the first time. It might just be me (proud of his son), but I think he did an awesome job...and continues to amaze his mom & I. You can see him holding the sticker with his recent measurements on it as well as him

cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-51503509971849332322008-01-18T12:34:00.000-07:002008-01-18T12:45:44.436-07:00

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cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-65020926176723977472007-12-26T16:35:00.000-07:002008-01-31T13:17:10.153-07:00

this blog has been replaced due to new mini sidebar slide show

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At First: this was our Christmas tree. We wanted to go real starting this year, but for convenience sake.... A 71/2ft tree was donated to us by shannon's grandma. We drove to Rapid and back with it, dragged it out of the box...and this was it. Obviously, I don't have to say, something's missing-that was huge box #2-still up in the garage at grandma's house. I do have to mention this set back our

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To show the growth of our son, I have made this collage. You can see that he has grown so much now. Currently he is sporting a little over 11 pounds and counting, growing out of a large number of baby clothes. We are so thankful for a happy, smiling, healthy child, who is more than loved by loads of family and friends. He is quite a little cool guy.________________________________________________

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These new times have been really good-and educational. The nights spent with Cian have been some of the best. New parental worries certainly have set in resulting in sporadic little baby cian breathing checkups during his 23 hour nap periods. :: Bath time is fun. Cian loves his head washed and pretty much he just loves to be touched. When he's fussy, we just rub his cheeks. He calms down. And of

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cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-77257884470489961972007-09-18T15:00:00.000-06:002008-12-10T07:31:08.096-07:00

little cian is growing strong and with every [swift] kick, the pain, i'm told, is growing just as well. any day now that passes is just another day closer to the time when he will arrive. maybe it will be on his due date, maybe it will be in the middle of the night next thursday. whenever it will be is a-ok with mom and dad, for we are just excited about his safe arrival. if this were an airplane

cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-88377390106864812452007-08-08T13:24:00.000-06:002007-08-08T14:11:45.395-06:00

Peaches. My one true craving throughout this pregnancy. I swear he's going to turn into a peach with how many I've been eating. My usual is one a day, but yesterday I had 4 and I'm sitting here with peach number 2 for today. Ha! So funny how something that never really was THAT amazing suddenly can turn into the most delicious flavor your tastebuds have ever touched! Guess there could be worse

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The new business will start soon and much is piling up to do. We're renovating pretty much the entire building down in sturgis, well us and some hired help, and although it's only been one week since closing day, we've got a lot accomplished. It's all very exciting. Here is the logo, name and sign of our company.Shan and I have been thinking "baby" more so lately, especially since he's 3 months

cory/shannon/cian/teaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517575478038935024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29454960.post-46683752729181589362007-06-03T22:49:00.001-06:002007-06-08T22:30:14.347-06:00

Shan and I were able to get away for a weekend. We enjoyed some of the great wide open as well as some wandering wildlife. To see a few photographs, click below.WkEnd GetAway

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So I've decided we're officially slackers. It's true. It's been over 2 months since our last post and so much has happened! My goodness. Apologies to everyone... we'll make sure to work on that.Wow... what a crazy few months it has been. Work, morning sickness, fantastic weather, more morning sickness, a quick trip to see Mom Church, a few little flutters in the tummy, and some great news all

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march 12: almost topped 8o.hands down, the best day of the year, weather-wise. outside was the name of the game. the wife, the folks, and i played a few rounds of "horse" and some other various court yard games down by the river. and surely the rest of the town was outside with us. it was the perfect opportunity this day to give the old car a good rub down, and so, i ceased it. shan did a

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In his own words, our child speaks in the womb of his mother. Last week was our first meeting with our specialist, Dr. Ann Church. For the first time we were able to hear our little baby's heart beat, and as the doctor declares, it's strong. The heart looked like the size of a [.] but it was pumping real fast, twice as fast than our hearts. Although he's the size of a peanut,

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welcome baby church. sure he (or she) is the size of a green pea, but in a few weeks, a raspberry, then i assume an orange, then a while later, come mid october, the size of a new born baby. yes, it's true. if it isn't clear already, the churches are going to have a little baby church running around (give time for the actual "running around" part.) Shannon recently (very recently) surprised me

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The days have been filled with watching the niece and nephew and the gaps with tv, browsing, job hunting, cooking and video games. Yesterday I snow plowed and smoothed out what the city plower left us and later we purchased a Papa Murphy's Pizza and took it over to eat and watch stand up comedy with Travis. Today...I made dusk blue play doe for the kids and cooked dinner; shannon's making her

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:: Magic Kingdom :: ::::::::::::::::::: :: Epcot- Eating in Italy. Taken by Bryson :::: Me and Mickey :: :: Zeke and I playing at the house :: :: The whole family at Disney ::

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::Christmas came to our home this year without any snow, but in its stead it brought cheer and good times. Both Shannon and I gave and received some wonderful presents. We each bought each other some stocking gifts and one main gift and then we each had drawn one family person to whom we would also hunt for a gift. Mom and Dad Gill parted with some lovely presents as well-as well they spoil us

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today was nice. we got to continue our pattern of sleeping in, then when we got around, shannon and i decided to open each other's stockings. shannon gave me an awesome tool belt and a new hammer and tape measure- tools are my favorite. i also got some sweet socks and other apparel which i surely needed. shannon got alot of lotion from me, warm fuzzy socks and a home made handy craft from her's

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// today mom and dad church sent gifts. there were remembrances of our wedding enticed by a custom mom made wall hanging, candies stocked in stockings, trinkets, but no trolleys; wreath cookies with red hots and chocolate covered coffee beans, ornaments which will adorn our tree, and more and more snacks for the family and me. thanks mom and dad for helping us smile and thanks again for filling

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the heart land. our stay has been relaxing. besides being stricken with the bug, our days have been nice. the outdoors adds to our tranquility. the scenes over the hills. the warmth of the winter breeze. the shift in winds. // the job hunt continues but in the meanwhile i keep myself busy. i replaced an old 'n broken bathroom fan which ended up being more than i asked for. i was just coming off

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a lot has happened since our last post. many changes in many ways. last week we moved back to the black hills of south dakota. and the day we arrived, we came down with a classic case of the illness. now just finally getting back to regular strength, we must start in on finding the job that will be with us for a career. so this is our new start...

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shannon and i went to the effort of creating an exciting video tour of our new apartment here in grand rapids. we made some dvd-like videos for family and whatnot but we wanted to share the love even more, so we put the video up on google videos. please check it out. The link can only be found to the bottom left of this blog, in the side bar, under the :about us: section.

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Many random things and thoughts happen in life and here are just a few:shannon makes wonderful caramel rollsa grapple is a great combination between a grape and an applelife is meant for living, and living is both an action and a be-ingeveryone knows when you're scrappin' to cover for a faultit's a scary thing to have a bug fall from the ceiling into your soupthe way i see it, most people have no

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A weekend past.... we got up for at least 1 good day in Mackinaw City. The day of island adventures was washed out by rain. The city was almost a ghost town, but still chocolate sweets were still being sold and we did purchase. We drove around looking at beach homes and sites; we skipped rocks on the michigan lake; the thunderbird inn ghost, who was trying to turn on the lamp, visited shannon in

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No other Words

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The family came from out west, to our little Grand Rapids apartment. The small quarters allowed for good times in front of our new 30inch, widescreen, HDTV (the exact one that dad gill got us). Fun times. Fun people. Fun toys. We drove to my first home town and hung out with my folks. We didn't get to Mackinaw (as was the original plan) but we did get to Baynes Apple Farm for warm cider and

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Black. Dark. Day time Night. _____________________3am rolled in early this morning as my warm body awoke to discover to my surprise that the bedroom fan had stopped. To my left, my wife lay still sleeping, quiet and unaware. To my right, the light which normally is emitted from the alarm clock had disappeared. As I felt my way out into the living room two conclusions ran through my mind: I had

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October 8: Taking the scenic route over to 4mile, we park (with everyone else in NE Grand Rapids) at Robinettes Apple Haus and stand in the outrageously long line. Shannon holds our spot while I scoot over to pick the most perfect pumpkins for what was to be our very exciting carving back at the homestead. Finally, inside- we check out with some fresh cider donuts, a carmel apple, and 2 ideally

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Well...we're here. We made it into our new home. We didnt know what it looked like until we signed the paper work, but we quickly gave it a combined :ok: A lot of work later and much necessary shopping, we finally are sitting in front of 200+ channels...just being married.Yeah theres that getting jobs thing... but we're not complaining. More work to do to get use to our home.

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Shannon and I got our wedding pictures. They're all online to view. Click on the link below, click on "client login" (second link from left) enter the password "church0825" enter your information, then stop back here and tell us what you think. Should be dandy. Wedding Pictures

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Shannon and I went caving (well ok it was a guided tour but it WAS in a real cave). Jewel Cave: the 2nd longest in the world located here in SD (it's 130some miles and growing). I at first was going to put up a slideshow of the pictures I took but I settled for this collage. Click on it to enlarge it. Enjoy.

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We got some pictures back from our wedding. Here's one. Another's found at Shalista's Blog. Thanks to everyone who thought of, prayed, or attended our wedding. We love you all.

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With everything going on and great happenings coming so soon, a lot is...well, happening. Last minute preparations, family biz, calls to make, a homestead to search and settle upon, and the gathering of belongings. I remember when I got slammed on the head with a hammer eariler this season. I got real sick, remember that. And a tick. And upon these I have empirical evidence that I may have

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These pictures were almost lost, but in a great combined effort of yours truly and shannon g. they have been recovered. These are "infant" pictures, photos taken of my coming out to South Dakota, with some stops along the way. From the top left to right: the sun peaking over red rocks in CO, Shannon approving with 2 thumbs over snowy the small snow man, my first impression of S. Dakota: snow in

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August 25: Declares the official day of sweet warm sun and hands in hands tied with bows and harpsicords and antique lights from Target. Taping papers and stringing cream lace. Text on board with pictures and fancy corner decorations to give the overall appeal that extra flare. Choosing from flower stores and sugar cakes with little bows of buttercream fill. Organizing. Planning. Thinking. Being

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An Oregon Trip. Better then Expected. Popped the Question and Didn't Get Rejected. Engaged to a girl who rocks my world. Set to a SunSet, It couldn't have been better yet. A day "planned" for my beautiful Shannon, right on the sandy beach named Cannon.

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Shannon and I tubed down Spearfish Creek today. It was greater than 90 degrees and partly cloudy. There were rapids, loads of rocks up the bum, scapes on the old legs, bruised heels, nearly lost flip-flops, and bundles of laughter. [Unfortunately the camera would have gotten wet and broken had we taken it, so here's a piture of the creek someone I dont know took.]

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When Pulling Work Ladder Towards You, Make Sure the Steps Do Not Contain Any Tools, Especially Sharp Ones.(click on pic for closer details)

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Shannon and I went to Rapid City, SD, sat for a picnic in this park and then flew a kite.The kite flew like a champ, but almost decapitated a innocent grandma and got stuck in not one tree but two. Later after fall-crashing from a superb flight, a support brace broke. A small wooden dowel was the number one fixer. It's the best 6 foot diamond kite ever for 10 bucks.Of course a trip to Mt.

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I put some pictures up. [See?]

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