Friends on the Side(bar)

I was adding more friends to the list of links on the sidebar of the blog and I realized that I haven't really explained who they all are. So here's a little info about our friends...

Patrice and Martin: Patrice is a friend of ours from CA. She and Mark worked together at The JESUS Film Project, and she was one of the responsible parties for the elaborate set-up which led to Mark and I meeting. She married Martin this past April and moved to the Isle of Wight. Patrice rescued George, and then we adopted him from her when she moved overseas.

Newton News: Jesseca and I went to college together at the U of Iowa. She is the other half of the aforementioned "responsible parties" in the previous paragraph. She's married to Buck - they also met in CA, but moved to IA by her family. They have three adorable kids!

Mo-N-Alisa: Mo and Alisa are also friends we met in CA. They moved from the west coast to the east coast, near her family. (Well, most of them.) Mo and Alisa have one cutie pie son, who is technically Mo IV, but we just call him Isaac.

Ryan and Amy: Ryan and Amy are friends that we met here through our church Bible Study. Amy is a former Iowan also. (Many of our Bible Study have Iowa ties.) They have a beautiful little girl, Macy Jane.

Clan McNutt: These are our friends Andrew and Christine. We also met them in our Bible Study here. Andrew spent some of his growing up years in Iowa, and still has family back there. He also happens to be a Hawkeye fan which automatically puts him on our good list. They started their blog, but maintenance has been an issue...

Annie: Annie is another friend from CA. She and Patrice were roommates in CA before they both decided to move overseas independently of each other. She's one of those few native Californians that you meet every once in a while.

Brandon and Jenniffer: They are friends of mine from college. I met Jenniffer as a freshman, since she was the roommate of a friend who I also had mutual friends with (i.e. it was inevitable that we'd meet through someone in our circles). They were both a part of the HMB (Hawkeye Marching Band) when I was, and Brandon is a fellow former Tone. They are also world travelers - having just returned from time living in Ireland.

Chegwiddens: Anne is someone I've known for the longest, but haven't been in contact with for 20+ years. We were neighbors in Illinois as kids until we moved to Iowa when I was in first grade. She recently looked up our family and found all of us! We've been catching up with each other over the past few months. She is married to Matt, and they have two cute kids, Stella and Max.

Isaac Family: Heather and Roby are friends from CA. They also moved from the west coast to the east. Heather's cubicle was behind Jesseca's at the office where they, Mark, Patrice, Mo, Alisa, Annie, and I worked together. They have one handsome little guy - Owen.

So that's the scoop on the links...I'll try to remember to add this type of info when I add friends to the list. In the meantime, visit our friends' blogs and you may gain some insight into our lives through those we associate with. :)