Christmas Ho Ho Ho-Down

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Here is something Stephanie made to get you in the Christmas spirit.  Enjoy!

Happy Birthday to State Farm's Greatest Agent

While I don't agree with all the words to the song, it is funny! Happy Birthday Brian!

Recent Sawyer

A compilation of recent Sawyer-related activity before Thanksgiving.

ILLIANA annual fruit sale is on!
Orders are due Tuesday, Dec. 1 and they will be delivered to Illiana Dec. 9
Sunkist Navel Oranges - (88 large oranges per case) $33.00 per case
Florida Indian River Red Grapefruit - (40 per case) $26.00 per case
Unshelled Mixed Nuts - (nuts still in shells) 2 lb. bag - $6.00 a bag

Let Kim know if you would like to order. (219.865.9002) No pressure to order - only Juniors sell the fruit, so this is for a friend. I think they have the best oranges in the world, so I wanted to give you the opportunity to order. I can have our friend deliver all orders to our house.

Letter from Justin

Justin's class wrote letters to servicemen (and women) last week and of course, Justin wrote one to Craig. I didn't want to mail it now and have Craig miss getting it, so I'm saving it to give him when he gets back - but, it's so precious thought I would share it with him (and all of you) on here.

Rear Cairg! thank you for beng a good kusin. And serving in ouer country. And mak All of us free. You are very brave. You are great! thank you for sakrfising yore life. And being away from home. may god bles you and kepp you safe! I miss you. P.S. Everyone is dowing good. P.S.S. may God kepp you and bless you and make his love a sheeld. Love, Justin DeVries

Down wit O.P.P

Just a few nights ago our base was blessed with the presence of Naughty by Nature! The older generation of cousins might have a better understanding. You may recognize some of their big hits such as O.P.P and Hip Hop Hooray. They also threw out some covers from Kanye and the beloved 2PAC(thuggin for life) . It was actually an exciting show. They were the first USO entertainment to make it to our base since weve been here so it was a no brainer on wether or not we should see them. They seemed genuinely happy to be here and talked and hung out after the show. If I remember correctly they was frontin on doz studio gangstas back in da states for not reppin da meanin of rap life and deez loyal fans overseas. So who knows maybe theyll convince TI or Sean Paul to lay down some beats over here someday. The picture is of my gang and DJ Kay Gee(center), Vin Rock(right middle) and Treach (Top right)

Last one... I promise

Sorry to continually bombard the family blog with one topic- I'm sort of excited. this is a pretty cool video that I had a student at Timothy put together. It takes the journey with the team from Sectional Finals to State Championship.

Also- sorry to Grandma for bumping your post down- didn't mean to!

Van Drunen Holiday Dates

Dear Family,

Following are dates we want you to know about as the holidays are fast approaching:
Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, November 26 - noon
Pinochle Party - Saturday, December 12 - 5:00 p.m.
Christmas - Saturday, December 26 - 4:00 p.m.
We are looking forward to having whoever can come.
Please respond.

Mom & Dad, Grandma & Grandpa

Video Footage of Championship Winning Goal

So, a high school student at Timothy amazingly recorded this intro to the 4th overtime period and decided to keep the camera rolling.  2 minutes later, she captured the chaos and pure joy of victory.  I've watched this clip like 20 times.

Timothy Soccer: State Champs!

So... some pretty good news: My soccer team won the IHSA Class 1A State Championship on Saturday. We won in the 4th and final overtime with a "golden goal." Check out the Timothy article on this: click here.

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle Gene, Karen and Nick, Karyl and Dyke, and Mark V. for being in attendance. Thanks to others for being there in spirit. What a night!