Missing Charger

Did anyone happen to grab a Kindle Fire charger on Sunday from Keith and Cher's house? It was in the front coat room and it looks like a phone charger. Just let me know =]

Wes & Korie's Wedding

I know it has been over a month...but I figured these were definitely still worth sharing...
[there's also a video of the dance at the end...taken by none other than the talented Sam Staal]

Yous Kids: Project Mustache

Yous Kids, I have a challenge...

The innaugural Yous Kids: Project Mustache.

Our Christmas get-together is 6 days away. Any willing and able male member of the fam is encouraged to grow a mustache for the week and show up with a sweet soup strainer at Sunday's Yous Kids Christmas Party.

I'm putting up a couple gift cards for two family-voted awards: The Rollie Fingers (Most Creative)and The Tom Selleck (Best in Show).

Comment on this post to let me know if you'll be sporting a cookie duster come Sunday. I wish I had thought of this sooner... I know that 6 days is not enough for everyone. I apologize for the short notice.

p.s. this picture is NOT my head start on the contest... it's a pic from a post that I put on the blog back in 2008. It's meant as inspiration and/or intimidation. You decide which one it is for you.

Christmas Day Menu

Christmas Day our family will be having lunch and supper at Keith & Cher's home, starting at 1:00 p.m. Following is our Christmas Day menu: Let us know what you would like to bring -

Appetizers

1. suggestion (baconwrapped water chestnuts)

2. Vegtables & dip

Sloppy Joe Meat - Kathy

Ham - Mom & Dad

Buns - Karyl

Chips - 2 large bags

Pickles - (Mil. Dills) - Kathy

Salads

1. Pretzel - Kim

2. Pasta - Karyl

3. Jello

Baked Beans - Kathy

Pop - 8 leders (?)

Cheese/crackers/sausage

Desserts

1. Chocolate Eclair - Mom

2. Scotcheroos - Kelly

3. Death by chocolate - Kim

4. Karyl - ?

Fudge - Mom

Cookies -

Suggestions/changes are welcome

A send-off for Casey

We will be having an Open House for Casey on January 1st at our church in Kouts on New Years Day in the afternoon from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. He leave the next day for boot camp.

Wedding & Life Afterwards

Dear Family,

I have just now had time to actually see the dance moves Karley & Anna put together for our wedding. We loved it! Definitely brought a whole new element to Van Drunen dancing ;) We just got pics from our photographer and there's probably 100 pictures of YOUS dancing!! hehe...some rather funny ones too.
My amazing new husband and I had a great honeymoon in Fort Myers at Nick and Karen's lovely place, and we have been adjusting well to married life! :)

Due to some generous wedding gifts/gift cards, we were able to cut down a real Christmas tree and wanna show it off (as shown above).

Love you guys and see you at Christmas!!

Korie & Wes

Christmas Box Reminder

This is just a friendly reminder to all the women in the VanDrunen family.  Remember the Christmas Boxes from last year?  The adult women are supposed to put something in the box that has to do with their favorite color.  The younger girls all voted on doing the same as last year... 12 favorite things.  Bring them with you on Christmas Day!!! 

Trinity Promo Video

Check out this video for Trinity - pretty awesome!

Xander's First Year

Xander turned one today!

Hard to believe how fast this past year has gone. Here's the year in 4 minutes.

Yous Kids Blog Turns 4 Years Old!

Hard to believe, but the Yous Kids blog has just turned 4 years old. Way back on December 5, 2007, Jason opened up this digital gathering with the following post:

Merry Christmas from Rudi and Jason. As typical first-born male children who are constantly looking for the next achievement, we've created the VanDrunen Family Blog. A place to share what's going on in your life and the life of your family. Feel free to begin, we will probably have tutorial during the Christmas Party for those who'd like one. Also send ideas of things you'd like to see included.

So much has happened with our family since that first post four years ago, it's actually hard to think about sharing family news WITHOUT this forum. Thanks to everyone in the family for meeting and exceeding our initial vision for this blog. Maybe a new years resolution could be to maintain or increase your number of contributions to this blog. It's always better when everyone chips in!

Gotta go- I think that I just heard Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet knock on my door.