Kyle and Kristen Shipp
810.496.3322
[email protected] (Kyle)
[email protected] (Kristen)
Kyle and Kristen – September 10
Kyle – February 8
Kristen – March 1
Spring/Summer 2007
Hello!
We’re
back in
Kyle is
busy working at Bose. This summer he
will be working on his thesis for
I’ve
been working for a company called Comfort Keepers. I do non-medical care for elderly people –
generally companionship, some housekeeping, and helping with appointments and
errands. Unfortunately they couldn’t
offer me enough hours to work full time, so I am starting to work for a summer
camp. It’s a YMCA day camp on over 100
acres of land, including a ropes course, beach, and lake. I’ll be running the arts and crafts
program. There are about 600 campers
each day!
We have
a few trips planned for the summer… a weekend at the lake with my family, a
couple camping trips, a mystery anniversary trip, and a week with Steve, Becky,
Stacey, and Rich in
We wish
you all well and will be praying for you.
Enjoy the summer!
Kristen
& Kyle Shipp
P.S.
It’s not us.
Fall/Winter 2006
Kyle and I have had an exciting summer and
fall. We finished our time in
We spent the first few weeks home preparing
for Stacey and Richard’s wedding. It was
a tremendous success – the hotel was beautiful, the bride gorgeous, the food
was delicious, and of course, now they’re happily married! Stacey did an incredible job planning and
decorating for the wedding. She should
really be a wedding planner! The only
unfortunate part of the deal is that now they live in
Big news for Kyle and I! We had our offer accepted on a house last
week! It’s downtown
Kristen and Kyle Shipp
Spring/Summer 2006
I've found the website is really useful to find
out what you were up to the last time the newsletter came out. It appears that
I was in school and Kristen was working at Best Buy. Well, after that I went to
school for another three months and Kristen stopped working at Best Buy. They
really liked her and she thought it was an okay job but she needed two weeks
off at Christmas for all of our travels and they weren't too excited about
that. It worked out good though as she was able to find another job as a nanny
for a baby and a five year old. She really enjoyed the baby but the five year
old was kind of a struggle. Thankfully, she only had to deal with him a few
hours per week after school. It was also nice because they were only looking
for someone for a short time and it was about the time I had left at school for
this rotation.
I also started skiing this winter with Kristen's
family and really enjoyed it. I bought skis soon after my first time skiing,
which proved to be a good lesson in asking your wife before you make big
purchases. I thought I would be nice and get her some at the same time, which
proved to be a good lesson in having your wife help pick out big purchases that
are for her. So we are learning a lot but we also went skiing a couple times
before the snow melted and had fun.
Right now we are living out in
I am back working at Bose until the end of September
and it is going well as usual. I am working in the same group I did last summer
making prototype speakers so I was able to get rolling a lot more quickly this
summer. I think my boss picked up on that as I have many projects going on but
it's exciting and keeps me busy. He keeps signing the purchase req's when I ask for money for projects so I can't
complain. Actually, next week I will be traveling to our two plants in
I think that is all the news from out here. We are
having fun and seem to be adjusting well to married life. Looking
forward to hearing from all of you.
Kyle and Kristen
Fall/Winter 2005
The last few months have been a
whirlwind! We were married on September
10th, which turned out to be a beautiful occasion. The ceremony was held at Resurrection
Reformed Church, the church in which my father pastored
as I grew up. We had an outdoor
reception, right on the lawn of the church.
Not only did we profess our love for each other before God, but, we were
also able to share it with many friends and family members.
We’re now living in
I’ve been keeping busy with a new
job. I was hired for seasonal help at
Best Buy. It’s a really fun job with
some great perks (like a new TV that we were able to purchase as our Christmas
gift to each other!). It doesn’t have
the long lasting emotional rewards of being a nanny, but it does pay much
better! Speaking of which, Anna, the
little girl that I used to nanny for, came for a visit a few weeks ago. She was our first overnight guest. She is 18 months old now and quite a flurry
of activity. We were really enjoying
having a little tyke around until she woke up at
On a more serious note, my
grandfather died recently. It was a
tremendous blessing because he’s been very sick for a long time and it’s been a
burden on my grandmother and my parents.
But it’s still hard to say goodbye.
He pretended to be a tough guy, but he had a very gentle heart. I’ll never forget how he used to “supervise”
us. Since he’s been sick (10+ years)
he’s been unable to do yard work, but he still wanted it to be perfect. So he would wheel out to the driveway and
bark instructions at the rest of us. No
matter how hard I worked he would still insist that it was “his way or the high
way.” However, when a project was
finished he would brag for months about what a nice job we did. I’ll really miss taking orders from such a
great man.
Well, I hope this finds you healthy
and happy. May the Lord bless you and
keep you over the holiday season.
Sincerely,
Kristen and Kyle Shipp
Spring/Summer 2005
I have been very busy in the last
3-4 months. One of the biggest events obviously was I came back from the
It is definitely good to be home
but I have managed to stay really busy since I have been home. As most of you
are reading this on the internet I’m sure you can tell the newsletter is online
now. The pictures section is a little thin right now so if you have any
pictures you would like to see on the website you can email them to [email protected]
and I’ll put them up. Also if you have any ‘Updates between the updates’ you
can email those to [email protected]
and I’ll put them up on the main page. And we’ll pretend for now that people
will actually check the website in between updates.
Kyle
I think this might be the first time I have got an
extension on an assignment and it wasn't because of my procrastination so take
note. I spent the last week on a mission to
The conditions at our camp have improved quite a bit
since the last newsletter and there is also a lot fewer people here now. There
was much talk of us possibly going home early and being home by Christmas. That
is not the case however and we have been reassigned to another camp. Our new
mission is providing security on buses that take soldiers from the airport in
Probably the biggest news since the last update is I got engaged to
Kristen Pratt. I had my R and R leave for 15 days around the beginning of
September and I asked my high school sweetheart to marry me. She said yes and
is busily planning a wedding for
Kyle
Spring/Summer 2004
I am writing via email from
About a year ago, April 22,
I was at the recruiter's office signing up for the Army reserves. I enlisted as
a Private (E-1) and wasn't really sure where my service would take me. They
told me I could drive a truck and serve my country so that sounded good to me.
Now a year later I have been to two drill weekends, a Christmas party, and been
on active duty for almost 9 months. It's not what I planned on really but I
wouldn't ask for anything different. I love being here and being able to serve
and have meet some wonderful people. I'm not saying this as a commercial for
the Army. No one in the Army really understands the slogan "An Army of
One" except for the advertising company that got paid millions to come up
with it. But all too often I think the whiners are the ones who get the most
publicity. The fact is we all volunteered for this. Some did it for family,
some did it for country, and some did it at a judge’s suggestion but we all
signed the line. It's all about attitude and I choose to enjoy my time serving.
Be proud to be an American,
Kyle
P.S. My address here is:
SPC Shipp
251 TC, 1st PLT