It's been a while...

Alot has happened since I updated last..
1)Grandpa got robbed... we are thanking God everyday that he is still alive and no-one got hurt. When things like this happen to your own family you look at life way different and realize that it can be gone in a blink of an eye. Thank goodness this time it wasn't. Thanks for all your prayers for my grandpa and our family, it was a scary time, but some lessons about how valuable life is, were learned real fast.
2)My friends say I have no life ;)
I'm actually sneeking this blogpost in while little baby Lily Wiersema is Sleeping. Thats how much a babysit these days...
This is how my week went"
Monday: Babysit 9:00-10:20
Babysit 10:30-12:30
Tuesday:Babysit 9:00-5:00
Wednesday: Babysit 8:30-3:15
Work Golf Course 4-8
Thursday:Babysit 9:00-5:00
Friday: Babysit 10:30-2:00
Babysit 5:30-10
Saturday: Work Golf Course 12-5
Babysit 6:30-???
So yea, this is what my summer is all about. Some times I think oh my I need a breather, or more like a nap! Haha If I'm not babysitting or working at the golf course at night I'm hanging out with friends, Joe, or playing softball on summer league Thursday nights!

Some people ask: "Do you ever get sick of babysitting or working?" But to tell you the truth I don't! I love spending time with Kids. I think of it this way. If I wasn't babysitting I would be sitting around at home of spending too much money! So this keeps me out of trouble!
So this week was deffinitly busy, but it was fun to get to spend time with my friends a little bit more this week at nights too.

I hope my schedule stays about the same and the calls for babysitting keep coming (hint hint... :)
But am also looking forward to going to the cottage, senior pictures with Christy Pacanowski, hanging out with friends, and going on a mission trip in a few weeks.

So yea, thats what I've been up to.. but I better get going for now. I need to wake up Lily so she'll sleep tonight! Haha...

Have a good weekend!
-- jenna --

Summer...

What's that?

For some reason I just can't wrap my head around the fact that summer has actually begun!
To tell you the honest truth, I have not had one day off. Besides Sundays of course! I am working at the golf course on Saturdays and Wednesdays and so far this summer and scheduled on my calendar for the month of June, babysitting a TON! I get to spend my Tuesdays and Thursdays with the Terpsrta girls and I absolutely love it. They make me laugh and smile so much! And then I've been really blessed with just random calls for times throughout the week, and that's what keeps me busy! I absolutely love babysitting and will take that over a "job" any day, so please, keep your calls or e-mails on facebook comin! I'm way looking forward to summer at the cottage and getting to spend more time with my girlfriends and Joe too! I love not having to do homework and worry about school, life is so much more relaxed. And who can not appreciate getting to sleep in every once and a while, that has been a blessing in itself!

On a deeper note...
Lately I've been realizing the "hurt" in our community. I think when were young things like death, cancer, and premature birth are a "bummer" and then not thought about too much more. Now that I'm older I'm just getting to start to realize how unfair life really is. Don't get me wrong, I along with any of us should not complain about "life." We have it so good, and God gave us this amazing earth to live on and I'm so thankful for that! But back to my point. How awesome will life not be in heaven? When we don't have to worry about sickness or death. When money and fear won't "run" everyone's lives, it will be amazing.
- There was recently a new country song on the radio that talks about a man saying, "I'll work like it's all up to me, and pray like it's all up to HIM." I think this is how we should all live our lives. We should live our lives as best as we possibly can but at the end of the day give it all up to God. This week and more so this whole summer I want to challenge myself to live MY life in ways that are God honoring. He's the one that put us on this beautiful earth in the first place! Why not thank him for it?
I hope I gave you something to think about, and if not, at least I challenged my self! Who ever said talking to yourself if weird? Haha, it works!

-- Jenna --

Birthday Weekend

This past weekend we went up to the cabin for our first "summer weekend." I call it a summer weekend because it was soooo warm! It was so nice out. We got there Friday night and then woke up Saturday to a 79 degree hot sunny day. It was the same on Sunday, but even better! It was about 81! We spent the weekend taking the first tube rides of the summer and just relaxing. Monday (Memorial Day) It was my Birthday! We started the day off by going to the parade because J.t. and Jaycee are in the school band. We followed up the parade with brunch at russ' with Grandpa and Grandma Wyrick and to my wonderful suprise, The Terpstra Fam.(Lily and Sophia) ;they were at the table behind us! After bruch we went home chilled for a little while and then my family headed out to my Grandpa and Grandma Brink's cottage. I stayed back for an hour and waited for Joe to come home from up north at his cabbin. At like 3:30 Joe picked me up and suprised me with some beautiful flowers and a sweet card and we headed out to the cottage to be with my family. Later monday night we went to Adam DeYoung's (Joe's family friend) granduation open house and went over to Grandpa and Grandma Wyrick's house to jump in the pool. Every year I try to make it over there on my birthday, because Grandpa always promises he'll have it open and warm! And it was, it was 91 degrees!! Good enough for me.
So yea, a pretty busy weekend, but it was so much fun! Thanks to all of you for all the Birthday wishes and gifts it was a very special day.


P.S. On a side note, I found out I'm not going to be getting as many hours at the golf course as I would have liked, so if anyone needs a babysitter hit me up! :)

Junior Senior Prom 09'

Friday (April 24) night was the Junior/Senior Banquet and wow was it fun! We got out of school at 11 o'clock Friday and then my two friends Erika and Corrin and I went to get our hair done at Joan Sneller's house! It was so fun getting our hair all done up! Then Erika and I went back to my house and got ready and took a few pictures. After Erika left Joe came over and we took a couple pictures too! It was so fun seeing him that dressed up! We took a few pictures outside and on the golf course and then left for the park. After pictures at the park with friends we went over to the Hudsonville Pennical Center and had dinner, watched an entertainer, and danced! Once the prom was done we went bowling in our dresses and boy was that a blast! We followed bowling up with a breakfast at 1A.M. in the morning made by a a Katelyn's parents! So it was a very fun night and I can't wait to do it again next year. Enjoy the pictures!
"Why Hello Good Lookin!"










Pictures Pictures Pictures :)



Bowling After Banquet