Please Pray

Some of you know Janelle's cousin Cassidy, who was the flower girl at our wedding (and did a fantastic job:) She is a very brave little girl and has an amazing family. They got some bad news today, so I'm asking that you pray for Cassidy, Scott, Karen, and Caleb. If you want to read more about Cassi, you can check out her Caringbridge website-the link is on the right side of our blog.

Latest news...

It's been a long time since we've updated! We hope that everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year! Here's what we've been up to since August:)

September: Janelle started her 4th year teaching and enjoyed the increased space in her new classroom! Jared started his last year of classes and continued to work at the Detention Center. We were able to go to Chicago to visit Janelle's uncle and enjoyed the last warm weekend of the summer by having dinner outside at Millenium Park. We also got to go see Wicked-Jared's first theater experience.

October: Jared celebrated his 26th birthday with a day full of fun planned by his loving wife:) October was also busy with two weddings, one of which Janelle was in. Janelle continued to take Graduate classes. October was also an important month because it marked the completion of Jared's contract with the Army. He was officially done on October 25, having completed 4 years of active duty and 4 years of inactive duty.

November: Janelle turned 26 and we celebrated Thanksgiving. Jared had to work on Thanksgiving, but we were able to enjoy the holiday with our good friends the Estep's before he had to report for his shift:) Janelle also finished her semester of classes.

December: The year came to a fast close. Janelle enjoyed Christmas break from school and classes. Jared worked on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and then we were able to head to our families to celebrate the holiday. We got snowshoes for Christmas and are looking forward to spending some time outside this winter! On Christmas Eve, we hosted Janelle's family (13 people) and enjoyed a huge meal and presents. We even got to have the Schuttinga's with us, and it was so much fun to see them all the way from Alabama! Having that many people in the apartment made it even more clear that it might be time to start looking for our first house:)