College Prep Update?

...so I know that three of you were at Trinity this weekend, and I know that several of you are starting college next year: how about some pictures/updates?

Team Hoyt - Get out the kleenex box

I just got back from a week as a counselor at Camp Calvin, and while I was there, the speaker showed us this video to correlate with the week's theme of "The Amazing Race." I thought it was so incredible that I needed to share it - there wasn't a dry eye in the house after we watched it.

To give you some context, the video shows Dick Hoyt(65) and his son Rick (43), who has been in a wheelchair his whole life. Rick was almost strangled at birth by his umbilical cord and his parents were told to put him in an institution. Dick and his wife couldn't do that. When Rick could communicate through his computer as a teenager, he told his dad he wanted to enter a 5-mile charity race. Nobody expected them to, but they finished the race. Since then, the duo has completed over 85 marathons and more than 8 ironman triathalons. Dick pushes his son while running, pulls him in an inflatable raft while swimming, and pedals with Rick on the handlebars while biking. It's an incredible picture of a father's love.

My Band

Here's me and my friends playing in my living room.

We hosted a farewell party for the Tamelings (friends of ours) who are moving to California.

Enjoy!

Baby Count-down

I thought I'd creep the family out with a countdown to delivery for our baby. The widget in the right hand side of the blog will countdown until D-day, and along the way, the digital baby will grow appropriately proportional to the actual baby.

Sort of cool and creepy at the same time.

Golf Outing Participants

We would like to have a list of those planning to participate in our golf outing on Saturday, August 2. Jim is willing to assume the responsibility of forming our 4-person teams. Mike and Kim are again willing to host the cookout and awards presentations for the whole family. Please respond as soon as possible.

Happy Father's Day

This post is to wish all of you fathers (and fathers-to-be, Rudi) a very happy Father's Day. Here is a photo of Kyle enjoying his day with Keelan, watching the U.S. Open. Hope all of you fathers are enjoying your day!

My Dad's New Book...

Above is a sneak peak at the cover of my dad's new book, "Your Best Life Insurance Policy Now," set to hit stores for the Christmas shopping season. Way to go, Dad! We all look forward to dissecting the 7 steps that you lay out for us to underwrite term life at our full production quota potential!

Tiger back early?

No, it's just the Vanderzees out on FMCC (Fort Myers Country Club). Fighting the many fans asking for autographs, we teed off at 4:45 to golf the back nine holes. Much like the temperature, our scores were high. (What more can be expected after a hard day at the pool?) The skills of the younger Vanderzees are quickly approaching those of their father who is often mistaken for their brother. After golf we enjoyed steaks on the grill. We had a great time, and it was a fun start to our vacation. Thanks to Karen and Nick for letting us enjoy their house! We love vacationing here.

graduation party

just thought i'd share a few photos from yesterday's graduation party. congratulations again to Alex, Karley, Korie, Liz, Anna, Scott and Mark!

Van Drunen Family Golf Outing

Tentatively we have scheduled our golf outing on Saturday, August 2, at Longwood Golf Course. This will be a shot-gun start at 1:00 p.m. We are a second group. The reason we use the word tentative as a second group is - if the other group's attendance gets to be too large, there would not be room for us. Last year they had approximately 80 golfers, which would leave plenty of room for us. If this situation should change, we have Chicago Heights Municipal Golf Course as an alternative. It is only 9 holes, but we could go around twice. Longwood is located at Steger Road and State Line, across from Faith Church.

We originally scheduled this for the 16th, until we were aware of a number of people who couldn't attend.

Celebrate the Graduates! Oh yeah, Keith is 50 today.

Open House on Sunday

Please join the family as we celebrate our family graduations for: Alex, Anna, Karley, Korie, Liz, Scott and Mark
When: Sunday, June 8, 2008
1:00 p.m. and we'll eat around 1:30 p.m.
Where: Jim & Kelly's house
755 S. 450 E.
Kouts, Indiana 46347
(219) 766-0891
Please e-mail me so I know that you have this information. There was a mix-up with some invitations.
mswandmom@msn.com

Thanks & we hope to see you Sunday

Kelly

Even though Keith is 50, I bet the spider bite is still wicked painful!