February 11, 2009

KRISTEN AND RYAN NEWS

O.M.G.!!!! TWO POSTINGS IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD OF TIME. I AM NOW QUALIFIED TO BE A BLOG FREAK!!! ANYWAY, HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS FROM RYAN AND KRISTENS LIFE.

RYAN WAS JUST MADE A ZONE LEADER ON HIS MISSION. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE LAST 6 WEEKS OF HIS MISSION. THIS CALLNG WILL KEEP HIM BUSY AS A BEE SO HE WON'T BE THINKING ABOUT COMING HOME. (AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT WE HOPE FOR.) HE IS IN CHARGE OF SEVERAL COMPANIONSHIPS AND IS WORKING CLOSE WITH THE ASSISTANTS TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. HE IS IN A CITY CALLED GHANNA WHICH IS A SUBURB OF COLUMBUS. IT IS A PRETTY NICE PART OF TOWN FROM THE SOUNDS OF THINGS. WE WILL HEAR MORE THURSDAY MORNING WHEN WE GET THE NEXT E-MAIL. WE ALSO RECEIVED FROM THE MISSION PRESIDENT HIS FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR COMING HOME ON THE 2OTH OF MARCH. HE WILL BE GETTING INT SLC INTERNATIONAL ABOUT 12:45 P.M. BARRING ANY DELAYS COMING OUT OF ATLANTA. HE FLIES FROM COLUMBUS TO ATLANTA AND THEN TO SLC. WE ARE PRETTY SURE THAT HE HAS THIS SAME INFO, BUT WE HOPE HE KEEPS HIS FOCUS INSTEAD OF GETTING STOKED TO COME HOME. WE WANT HIM HOME, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE HIM GO OUT IN A FLUURY OF SUCCESS. DROP HIM A NOTE IF YOU'D LIKE. HE SAYS THAT REGUALR MAIL IS PRETTY SCARCE THESE DAYS. CALL US IF YOU NEED AN ADDRESS.

KRISTEN AND HER CHEER SQUAD RETURNED FROM THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIPS AS FINALISTS IN THEIR GROUP. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY COMPETED AGAINST ABOUT 100 SCHOOLS AND THEY FINISHED IN THE TOP 20 WHICH WAS THEIR GOAL. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT THEY DID NOT GET MUCH SLEEP. HER CHEER COACH SAID THAT MOST OF THE GIRLS WERE IN HER ROOM FOR MOST OF THE NIGHTS JUST CHATTING AND VISITING WITH EACH OTHER SO THEY COULD CALM THEIR NERVES. IF IT WAS NOT THE CHEERLEADERS IN THE COACHES ROOM, IT WAS THE MOMS THAT WENT ALONG AS CHAPERONES. THEY HAD A GREAT GAB SESSION TOO. WHILE THERE THEY GOT TO PLAY AT DISNEYWORLD, DOWNTOWN DISNEY AND THE LIKES. FROM THE SOUNDS OF THINGS, EVERYTHING WENT VERY WELL.