2008 in Review
Happy New Year to all of you and welcome to 2009. I’m happy to be here in the new year and I hope you are too. I decided to follow the lead of Austin and post a year end wrap-up. However, I’m going to take the chronological approach. Here goes nothing:
January was filled with a lot of Broomball. I played on two teams; one in the Minneapolis City League and one in the newly established Twin Cities Church Broomball League. Fortunately, we were able to play for quite a long time last season.
February brought the wedding of one of my best friends from High School, Mike Wallin. I was a groomsman in his wedding which was a lot of fun. During this month, I also helped out a bit on Austin’s campaign. Unfortunately this year, he was forced to stop short of the election. Here’s looking to 2010!
On February 29, I proposed to Bethany! Fortunately for me, she said yes. That sparked my activities between then an October 4th.
In April, Bethany’s grandmother past away. We made the trip up to Eureka, SD for the funeral.
My brother Tyler graduated from Bethel in May. Also, my brother Daniel graduated from St. Francis High School. Daniel is going to Bethel this year while Tyler is working at ACR Homes this year and will be going to George Fox University in the fall.
In June, my good friends Emily Nelson and Bjorn Larson were married down in Topeka, Kansas. Bethany was a bridesmaid and I serenaded everyone with my trumpet during the ceremony.
July took me up to Trout Lake Camp for a weekend for my home churches annual retreat. We did a lot of boating and playing outside. Also, throughout the summer, Bethany and I were in a Crown Financial small group through our church. We had a great time in the group and learned a lot!
Now I’ll jump ahead to October, because not much else happened last summer. I had my bachelor party where we played some Broomball and had some apps at Applebees. Then on October 4, 2008, I was married to my beautiful bride, Bethany. We went to sunny California on our honeymoon.
We went to visit Bethany’s sister Erika and her husband Eric in St. Louis in November. We were able to see some of the town and hang out with them for a couple of days.
We were able to use a free hotel night we built up on the honeymoon for a night in the Hyatt in Minneapolis. Right before Christmas, Bethany got the flu which forced her to call in sick for the days leading up to Christmas. On the positive side, she was able to come out to my parents house on Christmas day. The following day, we went down to Betany’s sisters house in Edgerton, MN. We were down there with her whole family, minus one, through the 28th. We were able to meet and spend some time with their new baby, Abram.
I know were now out of months for the year, I just need to add this in since I’m so proud. In fantasy football this year, I took the consolation trophy in my Bethel Jazz league, took fourth in my work league, and took the championship in Austin’s League! My best year in fantasy yet!
That should catch us up to the present. Thanks for making it all the way through this long post. One of my resolutions this year is to post more often to the blog. I’m off to a good start already. May you be blessed in this new year!