More ND Pictures!

This is my best friend from high school Stephanie (Leier) Coombs. She stopped with her ADORABLE little family, Jason, Elise and Anna, in Hurdsfield for a quick visit. It meant so much to me that they did that! I'm so thankful for Stephanie's friendship over the past... 14 years! (wow, that is weird to write that)
I was able to see both of my Grandma's while back! This is Grandma Waldoch, we spent ALOT of time together while I was in High School. I loved every second of it, she's hilarious! And if you ever need a dance partner, Orine is your lady.
Here's Gma Weckerly, yeah her teeth aren't in, but she was actually in the hospital here. So then it's ok to not have your teeth in. :)

Over the summer, we visited MN and I visited ND! Yey Family Time!

This is my youngest brother Landon (20) and his girlfriend, Kelli whom I got to meet (finally)! She SO sweet and poses like my mom! :)
This is random I know, but FRESH green beans from my Mom's garden! It was fun to pick them and see the AMAZING foods she's grown. They were delish! Who needs a farmers market?! (just kidding! I do!)
A lovely day in Maple Grove MN, visiting my brother Jordan (24-ladies, he's single!). We played bocce (see next photos, and yes, Jordan rarely wears a shirt) and relaxed in his apartment. Jeff took me on a Northewestern College Tour that weekend, Yes people, the Jeff Thune Legend returned! Ha! It was so fun to see the grounds of all those college stories and most importantly the football field. Ah...glory days. (Don't have photos of the field, don't be confused.)

Photo updates, finally!

Let the photos begin....

On our drive to Iowa...we stopped in Colorado!

Here's me with Jeana Cost, one of my best friends. We were roommates in college in Fargo. We met at a country club pool that we both worked at, the summer after our freshman year. She's such an amazing friend, mom, employee, and wife! She's balanced school and Mommyhood for MANY years, and I've been completely blown away by her and her stamina! It was SO nice to be able to stay over night with her and her family in Denver CO, they've just moved there within the year and I'm so excited for them and their new adventure! Only problem her and Jeremy have...they are snowboarders, and not skiers. :)

Jeana's precious family! Jeremy, Elsie and Owen.
Every time that I've ever stayed with the Cost's (in Fargo) Elsie crawls into bed with me halfway through the night. This time, since Jeff was in bed with me, she brought Jeff some 'friends' while I was in the shower.
Ah, memories! Here's Jeff on his old stomping grounds in Vail Colorado. In his pre-me days, he was a ski instructor for a few winters. What a stud. :)

Iowa City Iowa...we've arrived (and so have 4,500 Freshman students (plus upper classmen) to U of I.)

We are moved into our rented place (hello 'stuff', hello bed...we've missed you these past 3 months, hello just the two of us), the students have arrived (wow...they are everywhere!), I got a job (a barista at a coffee shop called Bread Garden & Market, so very thankful for it!!), our car got towed today while I was at work (so fun to walk up to the parking lot and your car is gone after a 6am to 2pm shift), SALT (the college ministry) starts THIS wednesday, Veritas meetings on Sunday nights have grown so much(!), the students are back ("like, oh my gosh" said in a valley girl voice), my Mom came to visit for a week last week (and clean things that I didn't even know existed in our place...thanks mom!), the Ruckus we bought (used, cheap, our 2nd 'vehicle') in mid June has only had to be filled with gas twice (Yey!) and have I mentioned the students are back?

That was a recap in a sentence of our past 23 days...I will upload pictures from the summer etc sometime this week :)

Miss you all!

PS-Our house still hasn't sold, please continue to pray for that...thank you thank you thank you.

world wide web (site)

The website is up: http://veritasiowacity.com we're getting close to kick-off!!

Do not worry...

"I tell you, do not worry..." "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" -Matt. 6. 25 & 26

Hello Friends, we're coming to you in need of prayer (again). Please pray and believe alongside us that God will bring along a buyer and sell our house by July 31st. I know you may be a bit confused thinking, "Wait! Didn't they write a while ago that they sold?/Had a buyer?" So...here's the run down: 1.) The bank has approved our short sale for that 1st buyer that had LOTS of cash. 2.) That buyer backed out. 3.) Open Houses are happening each weekend. Last weekend 2 people showed up for the whole weekend. 4.) WE NEED A BUYER and get this thing DONE! We've had an INCREDIBLE Realtor Buzz Jensen who is a 'Thune Family Friend' helping us with this. Not sure if he knew what he was getting into, but we're very thankful for him and the INSANE amounts of work he's been putting into this.

We move into our Townhouse and start paying rent on August 1st (SO EXCITING! The moving part, not the rent part) but it would be easier to get excited about with the house sold. (Especially for Jeff, as the man/provider/leader of our house, I can see it weighing on him.---*another prayer request for ya!)

Thank you friends...I promise once our POD gets dropped off, and we get unpacked, I'll upload pictures from our summer!

We love you and are SO thankful for your prayers.

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." --1 Peter 5.7