Jen and Derrick: Just Life
Monday, July 14, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
This weekend, Jen traveled to Rockford, Illinois for her youngest sister Kate's bridal shower. Meg flew to Detroit and drove with Jen, and it's a good thing they had each other's company for the 9 hour drive! Thank you Chicago traffic. The weekend was tons of fun, and the bride-to-be seemed to enjoy herself. Jen and Meg got a chance to see Kate's wedding dress in person, but we decided Kate might be mad if we posted those pictures here too :-)
Here is the beautiful bride-to-be, holding the "bouquet" made for her by Jen and Kate's mom as she unwrapped her many, many gifts... for those of you who don't know the tradition, this ribbon bouquet is then used by the bride during the rehearsal of the wedding ceremony.
A number of Kate's friends attended the shower, including Ginny and Stacy, as well as little Elizabeth, shown here
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Over Spring Break, Jen went to Beverly, Kentucky to work at the Red Bird Mission. 8 adults and 32 high school students from our church went down to serve the Beverly community by helping clean up property, build and repair houses and trailers, and meet and get to know the people who live there. This depressed region is the 5th poorest county in the U.S. and Red Bird Mission welcomes volunteers year round to help with their efforts. Below, you can see pictures of Jen's work group putting a roof on a porch, building a back stoop, and cleaning out a trailer on a site to be used for transitional housing. On Wednesday, our day of rest, we went to see Cumberland Falls, the largest waterfall South of Niagara and East of the Mississippi River. And you can also see that Jen made a good four-legged friend while on the trip.
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Friday, January 04, 2008
Christmas morning, Kate played Santa and delivered all the lovely gifts. Here she is with Jen's aunt Sarah-Jane.




















