Attic After School

This morning, my wife left me to go to work.  Usually, I leave her to go to work.  A quick kiss, "I love you and see you tonight," and I'm out the door.  This morning, she tucked a blanket around me, kissed me goodbye, and drove to her job in Wyoming, MI.

Katie runs an after school program designed to give junior high and high school kids something to do between the end of a school day and 5 o'clock.  A lot of these kids are in single parent homes or both parents work, so the time from 2:30 to 5 is often devoid of purpose and an opportunity for mischief.

Enter, Attic After School.

On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays this school year, between 15 and 30 kids will show up, eat a snack, play games, and hear the Bible.  AAS serves the community by providing a safe place for kids after school and serves the kids by giving them a snack, some fun, some friends, and little bit of the Bread of Life.

Katie is passionate about her kids at AAS.  She serves selflessly and aggressively seeks  that these kids learn about Jesus and make wise choices.

Just writing this this brag post makes me a little excited about her and AAS.  She does good.

Check it all out here:  http://www.atticafterschool.org/   or here:  http://www.facebook.com/AtticAfterSchool

Katie

I love you.

Photos of my life

My favorite pop.  Introduced by the Brazilians.  This one courtesy of Jess Cymbal.

My and my then fiancee.  

Nothing beats coffee and the bible.  I wish this were a full time job.

Waiting for a plane.  Isn't she cute?

For work, we built water level monitoring wells and are trying to qualify/quantify the backwater effect from the Red Cedar River in East Lansing, MI.

A picture of a picture in our apartment.  Courtesy of my rabbit sister, Cher.

Still Married

Tomorrow will mark one month of marriage for Katie and I.  Here are a few highlights:

• Not saying "goodbye" at night.  It's now a kiss and "Joel, stop talking and go to sleep."
• Dinner together.  Families eat together.  We are a family, thus we eat together.  
• The food.  Oh, my word.  The food is so good.  Who taught this woman to cook?  Apple crisp, stuffed shells, pizza balls, chicken tacos, etc, etc, etc.  So delicious.  I've already gained 5 pounds.
• Always seeing Katie.  She's terrific and fun and she laughs at my dorky jokes.  
• Having several NERF gun wars.  Totally awesome.
• Setting up a home.  She's done good work making a bachelor's apartment look cute.  
• Playing Dominoes together.  We have each won one game and I'm planning to win again tonight :).
• Going grocery shopping.  She's efficient and that is hott.  My wife is hott (note: the two "t's").

That's all about it.

J