Kenny's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Kenny!













Time for the main course!


















As usual, Andy
captivates his audience
with thrilling tales
(probably of Gopher
basketball or the latest
gossip in politics)!








Harry's Two Cents:

Happy Birthday David!

David John Drury turned 43 years old yesterday, January 23rd.

Happy Belated Birthday David!

P.S. Does anybody know how old David is?

Update 1/25: Thanks Mom for providing that high #. ;)

LEO Field Trip

And I ask myself..."Is it really worth it?"

After spending hours on three attempts to successfully blog my pictures, I finally figured Picasa out! : )

Anyhow, these are the pictures of my September trip to Kansas City. I went with about fifty other Cottey students. We went through LEO (Leadership Experience Opportunities), an on-campus organization that I work for.
First, we volunteered at a women's shelter for a few hours, then attended a "bio-ethics" conference. Best of all, we went to the Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery! There was so much to see - it all was AMAZING! Although we only spent about an hour there, I managed to see most of the gallery and snap a few pictures. To wrap it all up, we went to a Japanese steak house for dinner. The girls in the pictures are my friends and co-workers at LEO.

Third Time's The Charm

For all interested parties, this is what Cottey College looks like in the summer...and most of the year. The campus has a library, academic center, work-out facility, dorms, chapel, art center, and me. : ) It also has a performing arts center and Main Hall (neither of which do I have pictures of). Regrettably, the cat is no longer a part of campus life.

These pictures were taken during the family visit to Missouri this last July.

Video: Lennon

I have to say that she is one cute girl. It's been too long since I've last seen her; she has grown so much. Thanks, Jeremy & Chrissy, for the video.

I'm posting this with Jeremy & Chrissy's blessing.

Joel

Ham Huddle Updated

Fam,

The Ham Huddle has a new look, new photos, new videos, a poll...if it's happenin', it's happenin' at the Ham Huddle. Be sure to stop by as often as you can.

Joel

Reality Resumes

Now that Joel has used the guilt trip to pressure, I felt obligated to post something! (JK, Joel) : )
Yesterday morning at eight, classes resumed and my life concern again became school.
I am still not ready for my three-week holiday to be finished though!
On December 19th, I was able to fly home and enjoy the Minnesota winter weather. I LOVED all the snow and frost and coldness!! I worked a lot on my break, hung out with friends, and spent a good portion of time with "the fam". It was a very enjoyable break! : )
But, alas! I came back to browned grass, sunny days, (average temperature of about 58) and excited professors who expect their students to love classes. This semester, I am taking Intro to Logic, Elem. French 2, English Composition 2, English Lit. 2, Performance of Lit., Wind Ensemble, Voice Lessons, and Flute Lessons. I think my classes will be fun, I just don't want to be back in school!
Well, that's all from M.O.


-Sarah

Ben's first game

I thought you would enjoy pictures of Ben's first basketball game. That's #24 at the free-throw line. [Don't ask]

Did they win? [Don't ask that either!]

I think it is going to be a good experience.

Oh.. Is the blurry photography on purpose? [Don't ask that either!]

Birthdays & Anniversaries

I would like to do a better job of staying on top of recognizing our families' birthdays and anniversaries. To help me do this, would each family please e-mail me their birthdays and anniversary? After getting everyone's, I'll e-mail the complete list to everyone that wants it (so let me know in your e-mail that you'd like the complete list). If I don't hear from you, I'll probably pester you until I do; so be forewarned. ;) Thanks.

Joel

Other Blogs of Note?

I was looking through the profiles of our contributors (you guys, the family) and saw that a few of you either have been or are blog savvy and created your own blog(s). I am curious if anyone would mind if I add those blogs (listed below) to our "Family Blogs" section, so everyone will remember to check them out once and a while? Personally, I didn't even know they existed. I had heard rumor once that the Briggs kids had one, but never thought to look for it. So, if I don't hear from any of you (let's say...by the end of the week), I'll assume it's okay to link them to the blog. We can remove it later, if somebody doesn't want theirs on there. Thanks and good luck.

Joel

Blogs of Note?
Bookworm's Bibliotheque
thebriggskids

P.S. If you know of or own other blogs (family or other) that you believe the family would benefit from, please let me know of them and I will include them here at The Drury Report. Thanks.

P.S.S. Also, if there are websites that you visit regularly that you believe the family would enjoy/benefit from, please let me know and I'll add them to the "Links" section of our blog.

A Recipe to Share

Joel loves this meal and wanted me to share it with all of you. (One of his ideas for the blog...to share recipes :) I got it from Rachael Ray (my favorite place to find new recipes). The recipe is called

Supper-sized Egg Rolls

Ingredients:
2 Tbl olive oil
1/2 lb ground pork
2 ribs celery cut up
handful of mushrooms cut up
1/2 head napa cabbage
2 garlic cloves
1 inch ginger root, peeled & grated
2 Tbl tamari
1 egg beaten
16 sheets 13x17inch phyllo, defrosted
3-4 Tbl butter, melted to brush on phyllo dough

In pan brown pork with olive oil. Add celery and mushrooms, stir-fry for one minute. Add cabbage, garlic, and ginger and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Stir in Tamari and set aside in bowl to cool. Let it cool enough to handle, then mix in egg to help it keep it's shape on the dough.

Roll out one sheet of dough and brush with butter, then put another piece on top of that one and butter that, then fold in half width wise.

Pile 1/8 of your mixture in the middle, leaving 2 inches on each side. Tuck the bottom up, fold in the sides and roll it up. Butter the edge to help it stick on the seam.

Put the egg rolls on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 400 Degrees.

( A couple side notes. I didn't have pork so I chopped up 2 pork chops and it worked out great. You could also use chicken, or shrimp. Also, I used the whole head of cabbage and I used regular cabbage instead of napa and it was still good. I didn't have Tamari so I just used regular soy sauce. I am sure that all those things put together....it would be better the way that the recipe says :) but it still turns out well improvising.)

If you decide to try it, let me know what you think....enjoy....I just cooked up some rice and that was supper...nice and easy!

Are you as smart as most kindergartener's?

O.K. folks, here is a riddle for you. When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to only 17% of Stanford University seniors. (This comes to us courtesy of Paul Harvey.)

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, and If you eat it, you'll die?

Hmmm... did anyone get it? I got it pretty quick (which made me feel good) but Bert could not get it without a hint (which made me feel even better!) See if you can get it without a hint...

Happy 32nd Birthday Eric!

Eric Thomas Ham turned 32 yesterday, Monday, January 7th. Happy Belated Birthday Big Brother! Love you lots.

Joel

2007 Tally

Happy New Year Drury family and friends!


As we blog our way into 2008, I'd like to take a moment to look back on our blog in 2007. We've had some new contributors this year and we've seen a little less from some of our past contributors. In an effort to thank those that contributed often and motivate those who we'd like to see contribute more, I ranked each family by their number of posts.


1st Place with 22 posts...Joel & Stacy Ham (Be rest assured that I am humbled by this honor.)
2nd Place with 15 posts...Daniel & Brenda Bixby (Elise contributed with her 1st post this year.)
3rd Place with 11 posts...Carl & Becky Ham
4th Place with 8 posts...Bert & Molly Bouwman
5th Place with 4 posts...Jeremy & Chrissy Ham
6th Place with 3 posts...Eric & Nancie Ham (You snuck them in at the end of Dec, but they count.)
7th Place with 2 posts...Andy & Sara Briggs
Tied for 8th Place with 1 post each...Captain Tom & Shirl and Sarah Drury a.k.a. The Bookworm


Please join me in cajoling, motivating, harassing, or doing whatever it takes to get the rest of our family involved in this blog. Here are your targets for 2008: Ken & Sue, Tom & Leesa, David & Lori, and Eric & Wendy. Feel free to go after the children as well (at least those that are capable of operating a computer). In all seriousness, we are happy to hear from any and everyone who contributes to the blog. Blogging is not for everyone, so we will look forward to the other ways that God chooses to bring us together as a family.


Our family praises the Lord for where He took us in 2007 and look forward to where He will lead us in 2008. Join us in praising our Savior.

Joel

Lennon's Day in the Snow!

Yesterday Lennon had her first time of playing in the snow! At first she was unsure, but eventually started to enjoy the falling snowflakes!!