Lately...

Sorry it has been a while. I truly do go in spurts as far as blogging goes, and I simply have not been in the mood the past couple of weeks! :)
Things in the DeGroot household have been great but very busy! From hanging out with friends, to having people over for dinner, to church and small group stuff, to Chris working (I'll get to that in a second), we have had very lil down time. But it's been a great start to 2010, and we are very blessed.
So, I'll start with the Bridal Fair. We got no contracts on the day of, but I'd still say it went very well. We handed out a TON of brochures, and talked to alot of people. The traffic was great! But we haven't had any calls from the show as of yet. And we haven't had the time to do any sort of follow-up marketing to the 300 brides that came and signed up. And that is due to the fact that Chris has started sub-contracting for a restoration company here, called All Phase Restoration. I cannot remember if I have previously mentioned AP because Chris worked a lil bit for them before the end of 2009, and it is owned by two of our couple friends. But as of 2010, he has basically been working full time, and more depending on the week and their needs. So, that has been a HUGE blessing! Not only because Chris LOVES the people and working with his hands, but obviously the money is HUGE too!
I think that about catches you up with things here in NoCo (Northern Colorado). I will end with some pic...love you guys!!!

Me and Kelley Mauck @ Nuggets game
(Bob and Kel got tickets for the Cavs game
and asked us to come along...it was a blast)

Shaq and the Cavs

Our booth at the Bridal Fair

One More Thing

Forgot to give glory to the Lord for His continual provision. Though it is a small one, I got a raise at work starting 1/1. It's funny how every time He provides for us, I'm surprised. But I suppose that is part of the gift, as well. Thank you, Father for how you never leave or forsake us and how you always provide for even our most basic needs!

Bridal Fair

So I know this is my first post of the New Year, and I should be telling you all about our holidays and sharing lotsa pics. BUT I did that for Christmas already and to be quite honest, we didn't do much after that, especially anything that involved picture-taking! :) We did have a great long, 5 day weekend together last weekend and got lotsa stuff done around the house and slept late and just hungout alot. So it was a great way to usher in the new year (tho i will share that Chris and I only made it to 11:15pm on 12/31/09, being the old, married couple that we are-haha)!

Biggest thing going on now that 2010 is in full swing is a very big and important Bridal Fair this Sun from 12-4pm. It's going to be a very big fair with way more traffic than any previous one we've done so far. So if you think about it and could say a quick prayer over this fair, that'd be SO WONDERFUL! We're so excited about the possibilities, BUT personally, I am very nervous about the whole thing. These are quite outta my comfort zone as it is AND I feel like this, and how it goes, will be very telling of what kind of year the biz is going to have AND if Chris will be able to do the biz stuff full time or not.

Love you all very much and will keep you posted on how it went and other things of 2010 as they come up!!! :)