her·nia

: a protrusion of an organ or part (as the intestine) through connective tissue or a wall of the cavity (as of the abdomen) in which it is normally enclosed

Billy found himself in the hospital last weekend--not because he had Peter Pan peanut butter, but because he tried to push a van out of the snow and aggravated his hernia. They had to cut out the only fat on his body.

Party!

A good time was had by all. A couple days before the party, Billy found out that he won 25 free burritos from Chipotle. So we picked them up right before the party. Everyone was excited to get one! How did Billy do that, you ask? Well, I don't know. He always wins when there is something to be had. For instance, the ipod shuffle, free dinner for 10 at Yours truly, a guitar, concert tickets, and the list goes on. Let's just say he's one lucky guy. :)

And there was one special presentation for the winner of the
2006 Fantasy Football League: Timmy P.

Dinner

Yes, that's right. I cooked dinner! It was actually really good. And the house smelled really good. I think that was the best part. I suppose I should try to cook more regularly. I think Billy would appreciate it. :)

Dr. Myles Spencer

Here are some amateur photos of the surprised Allyson, when Chad brought home their new dog, Myles.





Other pics:

Pictures

Well, we finally downloaded some pics. So here they are. Most are from the holidays. Kind of a recap.


This is my Aunt reading a book to the family dog :)


This is Billy and my cousin trying to see who is taller. What do you think?


Here are some family pics:

Kitchen dreams and Barnyard

Today my Dad came over to help me dream about the possibilities of what my kitchen might be able to look like. It was good. Most of the day was spent planning, pricing, and learning about what materials would work best to make our 1928 plaster walls look like new without re-doing everything and starting all over. We learned a lot and came up with a few different options as solutions. I'm excited about it. I can't guarantee it'll be a fast project, but it'll be fun working with my Dad. We used to do projects together around the house all the time. So it'll be like old times. :)
Well, we just sat down to watch the movie "Barnyard". Hopefully it won't be as stupid as it looked like on the previews. But Billy is already laughing at it. So at least it'll amuse one of us. Tugger is watching too.

Oh My Goodness, A New Blog

So, you know how we said we promised we'd keep this up? Yeah. well.... obviously we are having a consistency problem. Sorry. So of course I don't have a picture to post, which disappoints me, but hopefully you're just glad we are still alive. Yes, we are still alive, but today we are extra tired. This morning was the first day of our paper route. Yes, that's right--a paper route. It's funny, but I actually like doing it. Of course, at this moment, my eyes are having trouble staying open. But Billy and I are doing the route together so that makes it fun. If you think about us, you can pray for us. :) This helps meet our needs financially, since my hours were cut at the first of the year. So, we are hanging in there. Not much else is going on, except getting ready for our missions trip to Germany. That will take up a lot of our time as well. Oh, and if any of you that live close to us want to earn extra money while we are away on that trip, we will let you do our paper route while we are gone. :) Also, my sister just returned from Mexico on her missions trip, so tonight we are getting together to hear all about that. So, I will try to keep you updated so every time you look on our site you aren't disappointed!

This is Billy's hair before...

This is Billy's hair after.

We have been enjoying life in the recent past, in case that is not evident in the pictures. Our pets have been enjoying life as well, except they seem to be missing a lot that's going on because they are always sleeping. Awww, how cute. All three of them so close together. That hardly ever happens.

We had some fun in the leaves recently as well!

Busy without the camera

As most of you know, I don't like to post unless I have a picture to post as well, because pictures are my favorite. But, alas, no pictures this time. A few things have been happening....first, all of October was Pastor Appreciation month, which meant a meal for us every day!! I know, it's crazy but it's true. These people in our church are amazing, and they are good cooks, too. I just hope it starts rubbing off on me. I know Billy would appreciate it. ...second, our trash cans were stolen. I'm sure you have read on our first post how we don't always bring in our trash cans from the road right away. Well, someone had enough apparently, and took them away from us, perhaps so it wouldn't happen again. I just wish they would've confronted us about it-we would've changed, I swear.
hmm. what else has been happening...oh, we had Halloween, and we got to pass out candy to kids in our neighborhood. There were some pretty good costumes this year. Other than that we've just been busy with our normal activities.

How Philly are you?

I Billy Mulligan, just took this quiz. If your from Philly check it out.

I scored a 95% on the "How Philadelphia are you?" Quizie! What about you?

Costumes, Cross Country, Courting, and Cake, OH MY!!

So, this weekend was full of adventure as well! First we started our weekend with an awesome costume party celebrating the birthday of our awesome friend, Allyson!
A good time was had by all, of course. Whenever we get together it is fun. Second, we started our Saturday off with watching some cross country meets along with a soccer game. Everyone we knew did a great job! Then Billy's parents came in for the weekend for his birthday. It was great to have them. They even came to youth group and answered questions from the kids about their dating experience, since we are doing a series on dating. We did a round of the dating game again this year, and we'll do another round next week too. When we came home from youth group that night, Billy had a surprise waiting for him. The kids from the youth group beat Billy home, and had tepeed our house and blown up balloons and filled the inside of our house with them. Billy went to the neighbors house to ask them to describe the vehicles that had been there, and they said there were too many vehicles to describe. :) Well, they did a good job tepeeing. Hopefully it will never happen again. Happy Birthday Billy! Today Billy and I got to spend the whole day together, and then our friends took us out to dinner for the best burgers in town at Main Street Cafe. Here are some pics to help recap the weekend.

Pro Golfers, of course.


Birthday Girl!


Sherlock Holmes!? Is that you!?



The winners for this week's round of the Dating Game
Happy 26th Birthday Billy!


What I want to know is, where are the cops when carloads of kids are tepeeing a house?

"Win today and we will walk together forever."

These are the words of the one time Philadelphia Flyers coach Fred Shero just before game six of the Stanley Cup Finals in 1974. What an application for christians today! Today is all we have. Let us live like it. By the way the Flyers did win that day, and to any hockey fan names like Bernie Parent, Dave "The Hammer" Shcultz, and Bobby Clarke are golden. Forever etched on a cup that is the highest honor in their sport. That year three words would send chills down any opponents spine...Broad Street Bullies. Who will remember us and by what name will we be called?

All that to say life can get pretty busy. It is important for us to relax and take some time alone with God. We can only win with God. And our hope is stored up ahead of us...forever.

Busy...busy...Bee! A lot has happened! A Baby! A Baptist Camp! A Bathroom!?!

1. The Baby

8lb 13oz Daniel Lee Hostetler. Congrats to Mom and Dad!

2. The Baptist Camp

I took 6 Jr. High Girls and my wife on a 7 Hr van ride...and came back SANE?!? But we had a great time and it was B-E-A-utiful. The camp is called Lake Ann Baptist Camp and it is in Lake Ann, MI.

3. The Bathroom

Not Sure if I really want to know what goes on in the "Special Activity Restroom" of A.I. Root Middle School.

Oh and My parents are coming in this weekend, please pray for my mom who is worried about leaving the guinea pig with the vet. She says he sounds like a "Mad Scientist."

Last week

Cousins.
We had a good time! :)


The bride and groom enjoying their day.
Christine and Harley.

Kellie and Uncle Mike.
Christine with her sister Harley--cutest junior bridesmaid ever!
Billy and Dave anxiously await the ceremony.
We were able to see some cool waterfalls around the bend from where Billy's parents live.


Well, sorry for the delay in posting. We've been busy! Here are some pics from our trip to Philly last week! Billy did a great job performing the wedding ceremony for his cousin Kellie and her groom Dave. Congrats to both of them. We had a great time hanging out with them while we were there. It's always good to see family.