Couzens is being renovated!

This is the dorm I lived at my Freshman year of college. I have many, many fond memories of this dorm... and some not so fond memories of walking back from South Quad (another dorm on campus) in the middle of the night, in the freezing cold.

Anyway, I saw this article today; I get weekly email updates from the UM Alumni chapter and normally I just delete it. But today I actually started to read some of the articles. Kind of glad I did...

Kind of sad they no longer will have dining rooms in each dorm. It was kind of nice to just go downstairs and get fed... although Markley or Stockwell did have the best food. Couzens, only so-so. Now they have just one central Hill Cafeteria. What up with that? I guess knowing where to meet for Hill Family Dinners will be much easier- it is all in one place, but no more battling it out as to where you would go, or choosing based on which menu is better... the Maize or Blue.

Anyway, here are some old pictures of me in my Freshman Year Dorm:

When I look at pictures like these, that is when I miss college life. Good think real adult life isn't too bad either...

St. Joe Weekend

In college, MLK weekend meant St. Joe Weekend. It was tradition started our Freshman year and one we continued until our Senior Year. My friends Jeremy, Dan, Josh and Beth were all from St. Joe (or well, the area itself) and they decided to play host to all of us. It was a time for us friends to fellowship together and enjoy a "quiet" weekend growing in our relationships with each other and with God. There was not a lot of sleep and many times adventures late into the night. Our first year there was the sledding on the dunes and walking out onto Lake Michigan (it had already frozen up some); a couple of times we walked out on the pier to the end (where the Lighthouse is); our Senior Year we went bowling; a couple of times we went Ice Skating. I have only good memories and I miss it. Maybe if we ever do a reunion we could consider another St. Joe weekend. :-).

Here are a couple of group pictures of each of the four years. (notice how it grew as we added underclassmen and just grew in number of people involved in the South Quad ministry).

My Freshman year- notice the pre-digital pictures. :-).



Our Sophomore Year.



Our Junior Year- we are getting bigger...

My Senior Year... the last time. So sad- but notice how big we are!!! And look at all of those shoes. Here is to hoping we have a reunion someday, families and all!