Highlights of 2007

	Last picture of our Christmas tree Well, technically, this photo was taken before new years, because I took the tree down before new years, but I thought it was a good way to start the year too :)
	January Sunset
	Visiting our wonderful Canadian friends!
	Ruth comes to Visit!! On her way from the east coast to the west coast Ruth stopped in Sioux Center to pick up her belongings and graced us with her presence for and evening. We love you Ruth!
	Rita and her new hobby. No, my hobby is not sanding!
	It’s windy! You know, I’d say something along the lines of SUPER RITA, but really, the pose is more like Super Grover! :)
	The Hallway of no colour In the Discovery Center is Sioux Falls, there is a hallway that uses a yellow light filter (or something like that) and makes all colours disappear.
	Hallway of no colour, with flash
	Now here is a Puzzle for you! So, this picture is taken by my camera, which happens to be the camera I am holding in the picture. Why is the Camera NOT facing us as viewers???
	A visit from a Friend How is that for vagueness? :D
	Hee hee! David for goofy hair night at Awana :)
	David being David :)
	Rochester, MN The only picture (one of two) I have from the L’Abri Conference.
	Visiting John and Heather after the conference At their new home!!
	Quote by Ezra Cornell While David was busy with school stuff, I took a walk around campus at Cornell. I found this monument by the Law area. It says “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.”
	Taughannock Falls On our tour of the area we stopped by Taughannock Falls, claimed to be the tallest water falls east of the Mississippi but when I was looking on the internet to find how to spell it’s name, I came across this web site. http://www.world-waterfalls.com/myths.php
	A picture for our bible study people David’s comment when he saw this in downtown Ithaca, “Hey our bible study author has been here!” Also noctice the bright colours in the shop in the back, how exciting! :)
	More tree Art
	Hey! that is me!
	On the way home from Cornell Like my scarf? I made it while waiting for David this weekend :)
	The Shoe Tree
	Visiting Minnehaha river
	Did I mention that we were Visit Jenna at the time, not the U of M anymore?
	Waiting for Mom Hjelle….. to suprise her for her Birthday.
	We got her! She was surprised!!! :)
	Hjelle family
	Make a wish! :)
	Easter Morning, Sunrise sevice
	He is risen indeed!!!
	Preparing lunch, ummm.
	Easter lunch with family
	Mom and Dad in South Dakota with us.
	Crazy Horse Now, and future hope
	Bison among the buildings
	Riding the Jackalope ok, it was snowing and the seat was wet!
	One last stop…
	Brittney and Amanda Our newest Dordt Friends :)
	The crooked trees I love so well!
	A visit from Barbara Gail
	An Anniversary
	David last concert at Dordt Nice of the trupmet section to stand for me so I could get a good picture of David wasn’t it? ;)
	Results from the storm Earlier this month we had a huge thunder storm, our power even went out for an hour. Sunday morning we saw this tree in Children’s park. It was a big tree!
	Harris’ Sparrow A new bird!!! One day while David’s parents were visiting us, we were graced with a visit from a bird I had never seen before. How exciting! After much hunting in my bird book I concluded it is a Harris’ Sparrow, stopping for the day before continuing North for the summer.
	A date with David Just a photo commemorating a walk to the park with David after church on Sunday.
	Å visit with Rachael and Ed! Wonderful Dordt friends visiting from Tusan, AZ. We went out for pizza with them and the Warners and then to the Warners for pie. Yum!
	Camera happy people! (Referring to Rachael AND David)
	Visiting with Matt and Sabrina They are moving soon, we are moving soon, it was good to get together again before we do :)
	Beautiful Mom to Be :)
	Happy Anniversary!!!!! 3 years and counting! Loving it!
	A day in Yankton
	Mom Hjelle’s Iris
	Frisbee Golf with the Hjelle’s
	The Beautiful Greens of Spring In my carving adventure I am learning to love trees in a whole new way. The different shades of green are fascinating!
	The Interstates group We had a lot of people walking in the parade for the Interstates Company. Can you find David?? Sort of like playing “Where’s Waldo?” :-D Yes, he is in there…
	We gave all of our candy away.
	Dancing in the Rain
	Happy Wet Faces
	Kirbee Can Fly!
	40 Years in Canada My Dad has now been in Canada for 40 years! Mom sent me this picture of him with all the olliebollen she made to share at church to celebrate.
	Fedder Boys Robin and Adam have such wonderful boys! They are such fun too!
	Happy Birthday Jon!!
	Hard Working Men While David’s paernts were visiting David, Jon and Dad went to help a friend cut down some trees in the friend’s yard. It was quite fun to watch :D
	Super’s Birthday :)
	Spending time with the Los family Mrs. Los invited me to go strawberry picking with her and her children and 3 nieces. We stoped by the park on the way home for a little picnic. It was great fun!
	David fixing a leaky drain I don’t remember what I was looking for under the sink, but I nocited that all my rags that I store there were soaking wet! David did some looking and found the problem and fixed it very well :)
	Happy Birthday David!! David requested a car manual for his birthday, he was very glad to get it too :)
	HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! And Canada Day too! That is what David gets for marrying a Canadian and having a birthday on Canada day. Since his birthday was also on the same day as our Church in the Park day I thought it would be good to celebrate with brownies. But being Canada day, I also made a cheese cake :) The icing bag broke while I was writing on David’s brownies, opps. The Cheese cake looked much nicer, needless to say :)
	Fellow Canadian It was Eryn who thought we had better celebrate Canada day together. She came over and helped me make maple leaf frosted cookies and the cheese cake. It was a very nice day!
	David amusing the Los’ I don’t remember what he was doing, but they enjoyed it :)
	A few hours with Allie-son!!! Allison was in Sioux Center for two days, Horray it was two days before we moved to NY! We were able to spend some time together and catch up before saying “see you later” again.
	Horray! It’s Melanie and Colyn! It’s been over a year since we’ve seen Melanie and two since we’ve seen Colyn. It was great to catch up! They have a beautiful new home and lots of fun wood to look at ;) Thank you guys very much for everything!!!
	Catching up with John a few minutes
	John, Heather, Georgia, ?? It was so nice to be able to visit the Mahan’s for lunch. In the middle of all our visits their house feels a little bit like coming home. It was a short visit but worth every minute! Happy Birthday Heather!!
	I still like your hat ;) We stayed overnight with Jenna and her roommates. It was much fun to catch up and meet her boyfriend :) He is very cute! You will have to ask her about him some time…
	Yes, we had a very good time visiting Jenna too :)
	I’m A Princess!
	Sunday with Janelle It’s been a long time since we have seen Janelle also! We were able to join her for church and then she took us to one of her favorite places to go, on a fun man made lake. We got Chineese for lunch and ate it by the lake. David spent time playing with the camera while Janelle and I talked about everything under the sun as we caught up on each other’s lives. It was wonderful Janelle!
	Last visit of the weekend! On our way home we were able to stop by Joshua and Allison’s home for a visit. I loved seeing their home, it is so much fun to see where our friends are settling and what they are being busy with. Oh, I also very much enjoyed the yard :)
	The “Last Horrah!” Amanda and Brittney came to visit us before we moved to Ithaca, so for lunch on Sunday we decided to invite our closets friends for one “last Horrah!” :) It was enjoyable!
	The Last Horrah!
	Yes, David in the Hospital, no, he didn’t want his picture taken :)
	Taughannock Falls If you look at thr picture closely, you can see the people at the bottom of the falls.
	Hjelle Family, just before leaving.
	Face painting with Keturah
	David’s turn!
	Carson and Tante Julia
	Tante Debbie and Skyler
	Keturah’s Turn!
	Keturah’s Garden
	My Man!
	Family Vander Weir
	Face Painting again
	Skyler the Pirate
	Photo Rally with GCF David and I joined Graduate Christian Fellowship at Cornell. This was one of their opening activities.
	A visit from Mom and Dad! (In October)
	Skyler and Carson came with them.
	The boys at “Tall” Falls
	Julia and Debbie Visited too!
	Debbie and Me at Buttermilk Falls
	A sneek peak at our kitchen
	On our way to the Netherlands
	Netherlands Castle On our first day in Holland, my uncle took Mom, Dad. David and I to see some castles. It was one of David’s requests.
	Utrech Tower
	A visit with Oom Pete and Tante Ginny
	David explores a windmill
	Dad and his siblings
	Dad, Mom, Myself and David
	David and I with our translater, cousin Annelieke.
	A Visit from Kevin and Elizabeth and family
	Painting our dark hallway bright
	Christmas in New Brunswick
	Visiting Grammie!

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