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Name: Derek and Michelle
Interests: Tennis, hiking, camping, swing dancing, playing and listening to music, singing, plays, concerts, trying new restaurants, exploring, traveling, sports (namely HOCKEY!!), biking, eating sweets (Michelle), eating pasta (Derek), kissing (each other...), reading, etc.
Expertise: Kissing (oops, we've said that one already...)
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
8/19/2006
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| Hey guys, There's a new movie coming out next Friday Sep. 26th called Fireproof. The movie was created by friends of my wife and I (Alex and Stephen Kendrick) and stars Kirk Cameron from Growing Pains, the Left Behind movies, etc. The Kendricks also created the movie Facing the Giants which many of you may have seen. Michelle and I took our pastor and his wife to a private pre-screening of Fireproof and this is a VERY powerful movie--even more so than Facing the Giants. AND IT’S NOT A CHEESY CHRISTIAN MOVIE THAT YOU’LL BE EMBARASSED TO INVITE PEOPLE TO. It’s a quality movie that’s incredibly evangelistic and will strike a chord with many couples and families—I believe prompting many couples to seek help for a struggling marriage. Facing the Giants played in 440 theaters nationwide, but Fireproof will be playing in over 800! While this faith-based film is flying under the Hollywood radar, Christians all across the country have been rallying behind it and it will open in 95 more cities than originally planned thanks to local people buying 1,000 tickets to bring it there! I checked to see where this movie was playing in my home state of NY and was SHOCKED to see it’s made it to the big screen in NYC and Long Island—Facing the Giants basically did not play at all in the Northeast (for the specific people that I included in this note, it's playing in your area). You can see the movie trailer here: http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/ You can also see if it’s playing near you by going here: http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/theaters/ HOLLYWOOD JUDGES A MOVIE BASED ON HOW WELL IT DOES ON OPENING WEEKEND, so it's very important to go September 26-28. If a movie does well in its first 3 days, it not only plays longer in the theaters where it opened, but it will get picked up by many additional theaters as well. Michelle and I are planning to go and will be taking people with us! Let’s show Hollywood and our nation that people still appreciate God-honoring entertainment and movies that promote biblical values. Plus you’ll really enjoy this movie and be blessed personally. -Derek | | |
| Once again, it has been far too long since our last update. Our main problem is that our camera has been broken. We're very grateful to my sister, Rebekah, for letting us borrow hers on our camping trip this past weekend. We had a great time in the great outdoors - enjoying the chilly air, sleeping in the tent (sort of), cooking over the campfire, hiking next to a river, and visiting a pumpkin patch and apple orchard. Derek - preparing to cook our dinner 
You can barely see our tent in the background (it was dark) 
My brave husband crossing the river on a fallen log 
On our hike next to the Etowah River 
I love tiny little pumpkins 
Derek likes ones that he can drink out of... 
Eating a giant, fried apple pie at the orchard 
Yeah, baby apples are a lot cuter than they are tasty 
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| Just wanted to say "hi" to all of you good friends of ours! We haven't updated in a while but we're still here. We've each gotten a Facebook which has kept us occupied as we play around with this new social venue. Hope everyone is well. We love you guys! Derek and Michelle PS: Here's a picture from a while back that I just saw and HAD to post! My wife is adorable, what can I say? 
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| We had planned to go camping this past weekend with our dear friends, Allen and Mandi Hughes. Things didn't go exactly as planned... We drove to Pocket Campground about an hour away. As we were driving, huge, dark clouds began to loom before us. Us in the car... 
A little before we arrived, the bottom fell out and it began to pour down rain. It eased up some, so we explored the area a little. (In the bottom right picture, we're looking around for a turtle someone told us about. You do strange things when you're camping.)  
 
This is what ended up happening...  
We drove back and slept over at Allen and Mandi's apartment, talked, laughed, played cards, and made a big breakfast the next morning. It doesn't really matter where you are, as long as you're with friends. Fun times. | | |
| Tonight I had the opportunity to play the greatest game on earth...HOCKEY!! And ice hockey, at that. This past Christmas, my beautiful and thoughtful wife Michelle bought me the whole gamut of equipment so that I could play pickup games at the local ice rink. Pickup games are a way for people to play a sport whenever they feel like it, whithout having to be a part of something organized. Anyway, it was great to be out on the ice: skating, shooting a puck, getting knocked down, and even...if you can believe it, scoring a goal (five-hole, for you hockey fans out there; in laymen's terms, that means between the goalie's legs).  During the game, my wife was right there to cheer me on (uh...in the stands, not on the ice...), and her family joined us as well, which was really cool. Here are some pics. They're a little blurry because I skate with such lightning speed! (But uh...there's a slight possibility that it's because of our camera's shutter issues). I'm the guy in the navy jersey with the logo of THE best sports team ever: the New York Islanders. Enjoy. And if you get inspired, get some gear and play a pickup game sometime. Besides, who needs teeth anyways?   
 
 
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