Mini Update

Moe & Justine came for a short weekend visit. We took them to the Rio and had some really good Mexican. And they were the first to sleep on our futon! *moe is our futon model

A couple Mondays ago we went to Screen on the Green in D.C. and saw Arsenic and Old Lace. There is this dance that everyone does who has been there before, its to hard to explain, it must be experienced.

Jesse and his loves.

Duke & Alex

Jeremy is done week 3 today. He needs to keep his hair short, so Duke runs a little barber shop at our apartment. This time he decide Jer should look like a monk.

Bucket List

During our engagement, one afternoon Jer and I sat in the starbucks in West Chester and started brainstorming. Each of us coming up with a list of 50 things to do before we're 50. At first it was just a fun idea, a way to have ambitions and to pursue fun things in life, dream a little. But it just hit me as I am writing this post that the Lord does call us to not be passive (favorite word of the week) christians, but to make plans, goals, ideas and enjoy our time here on this earth. I loved also getting to learn more about Jer and the things he would love to accomplish.

Psalm 20: 4 "May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!"

So, here are a few on my list. The first one is already crossed off. :)


1. Marry my best friend, Jeremy Bowers.
2. Have a pet that is not a fish.
3. Sew curtains.
4. Have my own vegetable garden.
5. Memorize a chapter of Romans.
6. Participate in a service project, outside of the church.
7. Make applesauce with Traci.
8. Ride in a horse drawn sleigh in the snow.
9. Start a tradition.
10. Drink Starbucks in 5 major US cities. (philly)

Whats on your bucket list?

24/7.....Psalm 121

I thought I would take time today to read and pray through Psalm 121, specifically praying for YC'08. This will be my final year going, after 7 years as a camper, 2 years as a team leader and this being my 3rd year as a part of admin. So many goofy memories, godly moments, spirit lead meetings and grace filled days. For some, youth camp is where their parents are "making" them go, some its what they've been anticipating all summer for. Thankfully as a youth, through God's kindness I for the most part was on the anticipating end. As I read through the chapter Psalm 121 and saw the numerous times that the Lord used the word "keep" in various forms, I see that the Lord has kept me. His grace has sustained my going out and my coming in. I could have traveled down the road of worldly pursuits, I could have dreaded attending camp, but as the Psalms said "the Lord is your keeper" and he is the one who "will neither slumber nor sleep". Through God's faithfulness to me, he gave me the desire to go to camp pursuing his voice, here theology preached, participating in worship, having godly fellowship and biblical friendships that I am still blessed with today. For those things I am eternally thankful.

ok...now for the fun memories:
-Paul Dooley climbing in the dumpster and pretending to be a bear.
-Mike Smith's canoe tipping multiple times.
-Green team being saved by the blue team, and the lightening storm that came when we were in the middle of the lake. (believe or not it was scary and fun at the same time)
-watching Gabe Mahalik get baptized.
-when Kenny told us that the Lord healed Sylvi.
-Burt Reynolds, "what part of go to bed do you not understand"
-Lang "helping" the girls out of the van. :)
-falling in love with Jeremy.
-going on this really secretive mission with Charity and seeing her goofy side.
-NickyD duct taped to the wall.
-Traci almost getting fired for duct taping kids to the wall....ha just kidding!
-watching one of my campers give her life to the Lord after a long discussion the night before, some times it is totally worth it to go with out sleeping.
-shaving in an outside tub with 8 other girls at Camp Daddy Allen, camp Ladore and Streamside are "5 star" campsites compared to Daddy Allen.
-last years all star admin team. shout out to megs and evie baby.
-when Curt Allen came and you saw how white Covenant Fellowship really is.

Alright, I could go on forever... add your yc memories in the comments!

ps. read Psalm 121 today, it'll take less then 5 minutes, but it will refresh your soul.

My Po-po

How exciting...Monday is the big day! Day 1 of 31 weeks of training. Please be praying for Jer. It is so kind of the Lord to allow Jeremy to participate in the academy. I love sitting back and watching him get to do what he's been anticipating for so long.

Please pray that he would honor the Lord in all he does. Bonds with the others in his class. Endurance for all of the physical training. Diligence for the studying part! :)

Weekend in Philly

Some photos of our fun weekend with the people that we heart greatly. It was good to see everyone!

Megs at Blaze...

favorites at the gardens...

Getting ready for the picnic with Zac...

the dudes on this "cool" rock rick found...

next wedding: Mikes & Sarah can't wait for October 4th!

My escort, Christopher!

The famous Uncle Jim...

Jer and I with Jamarcus...

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Scott Healey...

living, laughing and loving

I've come to the decision that blogging is hard work. You have to come up with things that will interest people so that they'll keep coming back. In conclusion Meghan and Traci are way better at this then I am. Reenie on the other hand must have the same creative struggles as me! :) love you reenie.

Well we have been married now for a little over two weeks and its been busy...

-we bought a futon, Jeremy is now an expert with the local Ikea and the swedish directions and assembled the whole thing with just a little bit of grumbling! :) Now when our friends come to visit they will have something to sleep on!

-we went to one of Jesse's softball games, he is such a stud.

-beach trip with the Gallagher clan (Some things we did: lots of sitting on the beach, playing battle of the sexes and finding out that Uncle Kevin knows way to much girlie stuff!, this game called mulch-Jer got beat by all the little cousins, Aunt Maureen's birthday, breakfast with Grandma-G, lunch at Seacrets just to make Justine jealous!, and getting to go to the Wawa)

-day trip to Rehobeth for Traci's bachlorette was a blast. i loved being able to catch up with my peeps and get to see Traci before the big day. she is going to knock Rick off his feet with how beautiful she is. Shorter and i adventured in to the cold water, we went to this place called the Purple Parrot, lunch at this place i think it was called the Bluefish (one of those Jill Prater finds) and basked in the sun.

I shall leave you with the battle of the sexes question that Jeremy knew that got him full mockery from Jesse, Duke and the Uncles.... What was Anne from Anne of Green Gables beau??? Lets just say Jeremy yelled out the correct answer so quickly that the boys questioned his masculinity. :) I on the other hand was very proud of him!

i can see clearly now the rain is gone...

First marriage uh-oh goes to Jeremy...the husband.

Our first morning back into the apartment i stroll into the bathroom, go to put my contacts in but the one side is empty! hmmm, i say to myself, Self how did you lose one of your contacts. Open the second side, EMPTY. Now i couldn't have lost both contacts. I walk into the kitchen, say in my sweet wife voice:

Ange: "Jer, are you wearing your contacts"

Jer: "Yeah, why???"

Ange: "ummm...are they mine?!?!"

Jer: "Thats why i haven't been able to see right all morning"

Hence we had to switch our contact cases so they wouldn't match. Clearly two becoming one doesn't always work.