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Next Gen Training

Here is the video of Kate practicing in our kitchen before the wedding. She did self-induced two-a-days in order to prepare. The bar has been set pretty high for the next nuptials. Our choreographers better start planning now!

Practice Makes Perfect

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Dance Tutorial!

Karley and I took the liberty to craft a little dance number to the popular wedding hit "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas. We are planning to do this at the wedding, so you can just watch us and follow along if you want to join in, but you can also use this video to get the jist of what is going on!

A Few Notes:

- We start out with the ever popular hand jive from Grease.

- Every time they sing "I gotta feeling..." we do the same move.

- Every time they sing "Mozel Tov!" We cheers our imaginary glasses.

- For Fergie's solo (when it's just the girl singing) you get to FREESTYLE

- Every time they sing "and do it again...etc." we also do the same move.

- In general, there is a pattern that makes the same move every time they say the same words. Give it a shot, I know you have it in you.

See you on Saturday!

PINOCHLE PARTY ALERT

The new location for our Pinochle Party is at Keith & Cher's home. They graciously offered to host us, as with the amount of family invited, we were thinking of the overflow in the basement or upstairs. Please reply to us, as we will take care of the details. Also, if grandchildren would like to come, you are welcome if you know how to play pinochle.

Wedding Day Drinks and Appetizers

This is an open invitation to any wedding guests of Korie and Wes to come to the VanDyke Home between the wedding and reception for some drinks and appetizers.  The wedding is at 3:30 and the reception is at 6pm, so there is a little time to kill.  The reception hall is only 5 minutes away.  Maybe some of us can also use this time to brush up on some important dance moves before the party begins!

Thanksgiving & Christmas Gatherings

THANKSGIVING
For those who are not going to other family gatherings, We are planning on having Thanksgiving Dinner (1:00) at our home. Later we will have supper. RSVP your plans as soon as possible. If you would like to bring any food items, include that in your response.

CHRISTMAS
Keith & Cher have graciously offered to host our Family Christmas Celebration on Sunday, December 25, at 1:00 p.m. RSVP your plans to us. Menu plans to follow.

Karley's Senior Night

Karley's Team

On Tuesday night, the Women's Volleyball team at Trinity celebrated their last home game of the regular season. This game was designated as senior night, and the three seniors in the program were honored. The three girls are named Lindsay McWalter, Melanie Lawrence (Karley and I's roommate and friend), and Karley.

Coach Schepel said something over the mic that was nice about each girl. He talked about Lindsay's serving abilities, Mel's killer setting, and when he got to Karley he talked about how, after being taken out of play due to her shoulder surgery this June, she has approached the season with an awesome attitude and invaluable leadership qualities. I personally see both Karley and Mel stepping up to lead the team this year especially - I've heard lots of the underclassmen girls on the team say that they really look up to both of them and can't believe they won't be back next year.

Grandma, Grandpa, Craig, Conor, Karen, Nick, Karyl, and, of course, John, were all there to see the game. The trolls blew out Calumet St. Joe's in three games. We were out of there in 30 minutes. But afterward some parents brought cake and other desserts so that families and friends of the team could all linger and talk in the lobby of the new gym. Congrats Karley on an awesome volleyball career!