Hello friends and family! We have had a wonderfully blessed year, and thought we'd share some of the highlights with you all.
Winter 2007 - We traveled to Charleston, South Carolina with Ang's family for Thanksgiving and spent a short but fun time with them. Then a few weeks later we spent some time in the Minneapolis area with Steve's family. Steve's brother Mike was married Dec 22, 2007 and he and his wife Chen now live in the Minneapolis area. Steve and Ang were both a part of the wedding, and stuck around to celebrate New Years with the Mellema family.
Spring 2008 - We took a two week vacation from work, and spent some time in South-Western Michigan, relaxing and sleeping! Ang is still volunteering at a local pregnancy resource center, and their spring banquet was a great event to be a part of.
Summer 2008 - Steve's band had a busy summer this year. We got to play at the Indiana State Fair, as well as several other venues mainly locally but some as far as West Virginia. It was a great summer for the band. This summer was also our fifth anniversary! In July we got to spend some time with Steve's mom's side of the family, as we all spent the 4th of July together. We finished up the summer with a Labor Day trip to South Carolina to visit Ang's family again.
Fall 2008 - We traveled to Colorado to attend a cousin's wedding. It was also our 5th year college reunion, so we traveled back there to see lots of old friends and former professors. Ang's mom spent a weekend in Indiana with us to help us get curtains up in our house, and finally we traveled back up to Minnesota to spend Thanksgiving with Steve's family. The only ones not able to be at the family's Thanksgiving feast was Steve's brother Joe and his sister in law Lara. Lara was pregnant with twin boys, and not able to travel the long distance from Southern California.
Winter 2008 - It's been a great winter so far, and it's only just begun! Steve had a business trip out to Anaheim, California, so Ang traveled along with and spent the week visiting Steve's brother and sister in law, Joe and Lara. Unexpectedly, at the end of our trip, Lara gave birth to their twin sons, Xander and Jax! We were very blessed to be able to see them on their birthday. We're spending the week of Christmas with Ang's parents out in South Carolina before heading home for New Years. Since we're still on the road, check back later for more pictures to be posted.
Wow, when you put it all together like that it reminds us what a wonderful blessing God has given us in our friends and family. And most of all we are thankful for the gracious gift of our salvation.
We try to keep this blog updated throughout the year with fun activities and pictures, so bookmark it and stop by often!
Merry Christmas!
Love, Steve & Ang
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