hi family! This is Rianne...just posting a little update. today may 30 marks the day of the dam to dam. I was not alone in this endeavour....i did it with my friend lauren (many of you met at easter) and my parents were not far behind me!! They decided i beieve 2 days ago to walk the the dam to dam...they did great. I think we would all say it was a big test on our bodies! it was a beautiful day (i hope we will have the same weather for the freedom run!) the sun did get warm at times but there was a nice breeze...especially at the tail wind of all those who passed me :) HAHA. I finised in under three hours...which was a goal for me...and i forget the time my parents finished in (right around three hours and 16 mins i think they said!) enough time that i wouldn't want to go up against them in a walking race.
I know i felt like it was all surreal and that it was all kind of a daze. I do know i can run the whole 5K because we did that at the start :)

Stay encouraged family! You are all doing great and I LOVE hearing progress everyone is making. Even Anne (i see your updates on the facebook). I am so proud of all of you and am excited to do this freedom run...it was almost all i talked about, and now that dam to dam is done it will be all i talk about :) Becky has a 5K coming up in june she is doing for breast cancer i believe--that will be cute shirt! :) But really...i wanted to leave a little note, because i know the weather is getting warmer and thing are starting to get busy--but keep running! we are almost there...and we have our best encouragers with us (EACHOTHER)...we get to really show sully that there truly isn't much our family WON'T do! we play together, laugh together, love together, pray together, and RUN TOGETHER! i know Pake is/will be proud...and obviously beppe is behind us 100%--along with all those who aren't doing it! to those who aren't...your role is important too! we need good looking cheerleaders :) we will take care of eachother on the course and we will have you at the end hopefully with water bottles and dry clothes---and a spot in line for pancakes!

I love you all...keep up the running!
my summer of running schedule.... Klompen classic = CHECK
Dam to Dam = CHECK
Freedom Run = Anticipating!

Rianne

A new addition

Jacob and I are expecting a baby on December 5th of this year!

Travis is Graduating

Hello Family and Friends,

Travis Veenstra is graduating on Friday, May 29 and you are invited! The ceremony is at 7:00 p.m. at the new Pella Christian High School, 300 Eagle Lane, Pella (off of Oskaloosa Street). After the ceremony we will have a congratulatory line and a reception. We hope to start the reception at 8:30 p.m. You can come to both the ceremony and reception or just the reception. We would love to see you.

Sincerely, John & Cathy Veenstra

Sign Up!

I just got back from a VERY muggy jog with Rianne. Then I decided to do a little searchin' to make sure there actually is going to be a freedom run on the 4th of July! We all talked about it, and just assumed it...although, if there wasn't one, we would MAKE one! :) Fear not, I found the info and sign up information! You can sign up on that day, but then you're not guaranteed a shirt. Be sure to get orders to Alyssa for the Veenstra shirt, too! YAY! 2 T-Shirts! :) Here's the link: http://www.lynnville-sully.k12.ia.us/index_files/FUN%20RUN%20_2_.pdf

Keep a runnin'!

Becky

Freedom Run T-Shirts! Ready to Order!

The T-Shirts are Designed and READY TO ORDER! (See picture on Right)
(Rianne picked orange, so if you don't like the color talk to her). =0)
Send me an email at b.gaskill@mchsi.com and let me know what size you want and how many. I will then put the order in all at once. Below are the size options and how they run.

Right now the T-shirts will be around $15.00 a piece. I can probably get it lower than that depending on the quantity.

Please get your order to me by JUNE 13th at the latest, so that we can get them in time.

Thanks! - Alyssa

Happy Birthday Doyle!!!

Now isn't this the cutest picture of one of the nicest guys you know and it just happens to be his birthday today!  Look at his sweet smile.  This little guy turned 41 years young on May 14. 

Here is a picture of him on his tricycle.  He actually bought himself a new bike for his birthday. (It is hard for me to surprise him with stuff like that so I just told him to buy a new one and we will say it is for his birthday)! His 20 year old bike was unable to keep up with his wife on the flats.  He was ready for a new one with more gears.  

In this picture Doyle is getting a pinch to grow an inch from a goose.  This is one of his painful childhood memories.  I'm guessing he is around 12 or 13 years old in this picture.  It was taken on one of his family vacations and the goose went up to him while he was feeding them and pinched him on the side.

 This picture was taken last week of him getting ready to run the Klompen Classic at Tulip Time.  He did pretty good for his age!  He has that same cute smile like he did in kindergarten!  Happy Birthday Doyle!

Remember When....

I came across this photo when I was trying to locate all Rachelle's school pic's for the open house.  I'm thinking this was is '95.  Does anyone remember for sure the year we had that girls night? It's hard not to take a walk down memory lane looking through all these pictures.   Oh and yes we finally have a computer again......we decided to invest in a Mac and so far love it......it has especially been great scanning all these pictures.... Hope you are all well and finding the time to train for the fun run (emphasis on fun)  ~Sylvia