Ryan's Graduation

Dearest Friends & Family ~

It is Our Blessing & Joy to Announce the
Celebration of Ryan's High School Graduation

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And Our Launching of Ryan on to
His Next Adventure as an
Engineering Major at the
University of Colorado, Boulder

Honors Convocation
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 ~ 6pm
Highlands Ranch High School

Graduation Ceremony
Thursday, May 25, 2006 ~ 9am
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Dessert Buffet
Sunday, May 28, 2006 ~ 2-5pm
Held Jointly with Ryan’s Great Friends Austin & Logan
At the Castle Pines North Club House
Please RSVP to Ryan’s Delighted Parents
by phone or e.mail

From his kindergarten autobiography,
Ryan captioned the picture above,
"When I was 2, I was wilde, but I was cute"

It still makes me smile... and laugh!

Wikipedia

I really like Wikipedia which is an online encyclopedia with over 1 million articles (compared to the britannica which I believe has 35,000). For information about a topic, it can't be beat. Each day there is a featured article ~ today's is on one of the most interesting structures of the world... you'll find it at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

(And if you don't go there today, it won't be the featured article anymore since that changes daily. So, for any latecomers, you can find the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Capitol_Reef_area)

Of course, you'll want to make sure you go deep enough into the article to get to "Glen Canyon Group (Jurassic)"

And, for those of you who really love beauty and want to "dig" a bit further ~ the best page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Powell :~)

Love ya!
Sherrie

Grace Senior Dessert & Blessing

Where have the years gone?

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Celebrating Ryan's high school graduation at Grace Chapel's Senior Dessert & Blessing

was a great evening this week with many of Ryan's closest friends.

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First, Dad & Mom who are so proud of Ryan and love him so much:

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Next, with some good buds ...

Logan, on the left, will be Ryan's roomate at CU Boulder this fall ~

they already have their dorm reservations made

and are pumped for this next big step in life.

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Connor, potential president on the right,

is headed off this fall to George Washington University in DC.

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And some more special friends,

Thomas, Kendall, and Cierra

join Ryan & Logan for this next photo op...

. The group ~ so many great friends, so many special memories!!
. Z Man (our most awesome youth pastor) and

Dave (a fantastic elder and shepherd to our Sunday School class)

Great men of great blessing to our family's lives...

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Austin, a close buddy of Ryan's, joined by sister Hannah (shepherd to the youth missional community that meets in our home twice a month), mama Colleen (partner in sunday night cafe with us), and Pastor Ken ~ missing is brother Trevor ...
. The J family in their awesomeness!
. Support of little brothers Trey & Sean plus Christian (who goes with Logan :~)

Where have the years gone?

Designed for Happiness

We were Purposefully Designed for Happiness by living in

True Love of God,
True Love of Others, &

True Love of Ourselves

Mark 12:28-33 ~ The Most Important Commandment

"One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the discussion. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: "'Hear oh Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.' The second is equally important, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."

The teacher of religious law replied, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken truth by saying that there is only one God and no other. And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbors as myself."

So what does our God value?

Love of God, Love of Others, & Love of Ourselves!

Sowing

Sow your beliefs, and you reap your actions
Sow your actions, and you reap your habits
Sow your habits, and you reap your character
Sow your character, and you reap your destiny

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People reap what they sow,

Those who sow to please their sinful nature,

from that nature will reap destruction.

Those who sow to please the Spirit,

from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Galations 6:7-8

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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Romans 12:2

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Mind --> Beliefs --> Actions --> Habits --> Character --> Destiny

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Have a blessed day!