Camping Coldness

So it was freezing for the most part, but we all had a lot of fun. BJ and I spent friday night hanging out with Tim and Erin. It was so nice to see them and we both wish we could meet up more often. On Saturday afternoon Chrissy, Chris, Kristi, and Cary joined us and we all froze, hung out, and laughed together. Here's some photos...

This is me in front of our tent. We were able to place it in the woods a bit so we were more secluded from the rest of the campers --- I think that everyone else "camping" must have thought we were crazy because we were not in heated campers (we were about the only ones not in a camper).



Here's the end of a geocashing excursion...



And here's everyone on a log... :)

This is so funny...

I about cried laughing...



BJ and I are heading off to Versailles this weekend to go camping with our friends Tim and Erin, and then with Kristi, Cary, Chrissy, and Chris! I can't wait to see them all and hang out around the campfire! Hopefully it's not too cold!

- Jessie

Samples samples...

BJ and I have been spending the last few weeks working to imagine small swatches of carpet, color, wood, counters, etc in full size... it takes a lot of imagination but I think we're getting there. Last night I picked up samples for bath tiles, shutters, siding, gutters, and shingles. The samples of shutters are really cute -- a bunch of tiny shutters that would have been perfect when I was eight for my Barbie house! Here's our current pile of favorites...

Patches the Horse

I think I'd want a horse if it was as cool as this horse!

More land photos....

This past weekend was really fun! BJ’s dad and his girlfriend Shelia came over with Shelia’s son Dylan and BJ’s sister Maria for dinner on Friday night – we grilled Steak and ate together, and also took them on a tour of our land out in New Alcase. : )

On Saturday we spent the day at the Bright Olympics were BJ competed in the Wiffleball tournament, the ice-cream eating contest, and the obstacle course. : ) I spend the day watching the games and helping to look after Luke (the son of our friends Dave and Michelle).

On Sunday we were pretty lazy, except for another small trip out to New Alcase to give Jeremy and Jessica the tour. It was cool to be able to see the posts that had been constructed for our future pond – and we also got to briefly meet some of our new neighbors.

Here’s some photos of our pond:





Here's BJ, Jeremy, and Jessica hanging out:



And here’s one of the preliminary steaks for our house:

My Famous Mom

I just thought I'd share this article from the South Bend Tribune - about the Breast Cancer Run/Walk & my mom (Susan Vance)'s story. :) I'm so proud of her!

Weekend Update…

We had such a nice weekend! On Friday night my parents arrived from Granger and BJ and I had a great time spending the weekend with them! I realize now that I didn’t take any pictures – I wish I had some to share. On Saturday we showed them our land and the developments of the road, our pond, etc., went to the Chateau Pomije Winery for lunch. After watching a very sad ND/Purdue game we went to Jungle Jims and ate Maggie Moos. : ) It was so nice to spend time with them! : )

After my parents took off on Sunday afternoon, BJ and I went back out to the land to dig some holes for our dock. The plan is to put the start of the dock in now – while the water is low and we can cement in a few pillars. Sometime in the future we will create the rest of it.

Our builder is putting in a few other docks in the neighborhood for his daughters (I think all of his children will be living in our neighborhood – actually almost the whole place will be filled with their relations – except us of course) and so he helped us as well. We just had to dig the holes…. We thought we’d be out there for just an hour or two, but we were there until sunset perfecting our two holes. The ground was really tough clay – so it took a lot of muscle to carve them out. Today I’m feeling it – I’m so sore!!!

An update on our first freshman night – we had a great time! The students are a riot and we can’t wait for this Thursday to get to spend more time with them. I think its going to be a really awesome year! : )