Chicago weekend

Hello All!

Seems like a long time since I've written, but I know it's been even longer since some of you others have written anything. :) (hint, hint) :) Don't know a lot.

Jody and Shane met us South of Chicago last weekend to watch Jana/Dordt in a volleyball tournament there. Jana had quite a cheering section, as along with Jody and Shane she also had Shane's parents, G & G Van Zanten, Uncle Tony and Aunt Donna Van Zanten, 4 Calvin friends, 2 Trinity friends and her high school volleyball coach and his wife. We had a great weekend. Jody and Shane stayed at the same hotel as us and the team, so we got to spend time with them and Jana which was really nice.

Jody is getting a women's volleyball group going with in their church. They had 15 women show up last night, so that sounds like a lot of fun as well. Shane has class on Monday and Tuesday nights, so this gives Jody something to do on Tuesday nights.

Scott is in Tucson, AZ and sounds like he is enjoying the warm weather there. Our family spent a week in Tucson last March over spring break, so he is kind of familiar with the area a little bit.

Last night (Tues) we went to Jana's game at Dordt. Mom, Sharla and Jeremiah surprised us by showing up to watch too, so that was very nice!

Jana has her last weekend tournament this weekend Bellevue, NE and then from here on out it is all GPAC games.

I've had a busy, tiring day, as last night was late when we got back from Sioux Center and tomorrow I am getting all the carpets cleaned in our entire house, so today I did a lot of moving of furniture etc to get ready for them to come in early tomorrow morning. This is long over due, but I wanted to wait till all the kids had graduated and we didn't have kids over all the time eating pizze and drinking pop before I had them cleaned.

Take care,
Arla