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Using New technology for a better Brand

2011-09-02T09:16:00.000-07:00

Today, I created a photo Email Signature. This is what I did. I opened a word document and added the text, then inserted a photo from a file in my computer. Then I saved it. Then I went back and SAVED AS as PDF to my desktop. Then I opened the pdf from my desktop and Cropped it using the select tool and then pressing COMMAND KEY + K. I then saved as a .PNG. Here is what I made

7 Things we've updated

2011-08-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

1. Our fam with a new baby girl, Sabrina Stef.
2. Our Home with new roof, siding and gutters.
3. Our Lawn - have a high schooler cutting our lawn now...the straw that saved this camel's back!
4. New church logo. As you can see above
5. Stephen's got a new business card, as Associate Pastor
6. Our bodies. Neels and I are both doing a weight reduction action plan. She's lost 10 lbs already.

Gigi Apple at the Apple Store!

2010-06-07T20:14:00.000-07:00

Absolutely crack you up - but its sideways

2010-06-02T08:32:00.000-07:00

Sea World Balooga Whales! San Diego

2010-05-26T14:38:00.000-07:00

Trips to el San Diego

2010-05-26T14:34:00.000-07:00

Over the past year, our trips to San Diego to see Neelie's family have been quite refreshing - here are a few images of our time there. One is of the house where The Wizard of Oz was written!

SPGs new business card

2010-05-26T14:33:00.001-07:00

Grateful for the new b-card. Has already come in handy.

SPG goes on the website

2010-05-26T14:20:00.001-07:00

These pictures were taken at our church ACC: Wheaton for the website, when it was being revamped in the fall. Check it out www.acc-w.org

Neelie doing her wonders - making us laugh

2010-05-26T14:07:00.000-07:00

Hermans ROCK!

2010-05-26T13:49:00.000-07:00

This is our family on Neelie's side. Nana & Papa live in San Diego on Coronado Island with Uncle Chris, who just graduated from Horse Jockey School in Kentucky!

Out of Order Blog, but awesome

2010-05-26T13:43:00.000-07:00

This picture is from our annual family trip to Kuiper's Apple Farm. Best part is APPLE DONUTS!! But, this pic is Gigi and me in line for burgers. It was quite a fun day with Jonathan, Amy, Ellie and Ty. Gigi LOVES her cousins, aunt and uncle.

Straggler Got Lost in our front yard

2010-05-26T13:41:00.000-07:00

This guy got a little lost this winter when the big snow hit - thought our neighborhood was the forest. It's an adult coyote!

Pumpkin Head

2010-05-26T13:39:00.000-07:00

For Halloween we managed to win a contest when our friend, Jessie, carved Stephen's face in a pumpkin!

Happy New Year!!!

2010-05-26T13:35:00.000-07:00

This is our new year's card we sent out to as many as we could find addresses. And for the rest of you, here it is digitalized!

She Walked!!!!!

2010-05-26T13:32:00.000-07:00

Gigi's first lemon

2010-05-21T18:25:00.000-07:00

Gigi Grows

2010-05-21T16:31:00.000-07:00

More Fall Fun

2009-08-28T16:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a video the other post wouldn't hold. Gabriella is crazy fun. As you watch this video, catch some more joy... Romans 14:17

Famous Fall in Wheaton

2009-08-28T14:45:00.000-07:00

Well, the fall isn't famous in the papers, but its famous to us. So many new things. We are experiencing the Presence of God and the power of God like never before. Our baby G is laughing, squawking and moving all over! Neelie and I are in full swing of College Pastoring as all the college students just started school this week. Pray for lots of renewal of mindsets this year. We already have favor. We already have good works prepared beforehand. We already have power. We already have peace & joy. Come on, Jesus! Thanks for supporting us, friends! Hope you enjoy the media...

Ellie makes Gigi Laugh

2009-08-07T12:54:00.000-07:00

We caught Ellie Making Gigi Laugh at Jonathan and Amy's house. Here is a video of the fun. I thought I got more of it, but I didnt - take this video and multiply her laugh by 10 and that is how much fun gigi had with Ellie. She really takes to Jonathan, always smiles at Amy.

She Is Growing!

2009-06-23T16:00:00.000-07:00

Well, here is another video by request of you friends. Thanks for loving our daughter!

Stephen and Neelie and little G.

Update is she is eating some solids now (oatmeal/formula mix, avocados, peas). She has a new nick name inspired by Neelie. We had been calling her little "la-la" from Gabriel-la. So now she is being called "Lolly."

We are sleeping at night and we made it through the first four months of parenting. Thank You Jesus!

Stephen just celebrated his first for-real Father's Day and Neelie knocked it out of the park encouraging and celebrating him alllll day.

The Girls

2009-05-12T03:47:00.000-07:00

Another video of Neelie making Gabriella laugh - they did this for about 3 minutes and Gabriella laughed the whole time!

Look alike contest

2009-05-08T09:29:00.000-07:00

Here she is in front view. Who does she look more like? What do you think?

Gigi Story

2009-05-06T06:21:00.001-07:00

Gabriella is very interactive these days - here is a quick video of how she talks to Mommy. Very fun to hear her "talk" and to watch her smile

Baby Rays

2009-04-14T10:11:00.000-07:00

News is: We have now decidedly begun to call our little Gabriella "Gigi." Our extended fam does call her Brie and Baby Apple still; and all those names are fine and dandy. We call her several other nicknames too; we just have centered in on "gigi." Our sister-in-law, Amy, took these pics with her new camera!

Mamalea and Gigi

2009-04-07T07:47:00.001-07:00

We were so excited to see Stephen's Mom in March right before her RETIREMENT!!!!! That's right... after so many years of working full-time & being a mom of 5 wild and crazy boys, Mamalea retires - way to go Mom.

She came to town to be the Main Speaker at Antioch Wheaton's Women Retreat, and left every woman in tears [i heard it was a good cry :)]. Here are a few pics of Mom holding baby Gigi. And a video of gigi sucking her thumb. stinkin cute

A couple brothers / brother-in-law

2009-03-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

Hey, this is my brother, Chris Herman (Neelie's bro) and I at our sledding outing during Christmas...

And my other brother, James Mark, his wife Maria, his 2 kids (Mia Praise & Jude Freedom) and a friend Alli McBrayer.

Some of our fam...

2009-03-25T08:50:00.000-07:00

Alright so here's a baby

2009-03-02T11:49:00.001-08:00

Well, we (more like Neelie) had our little baby! It happened on January 29, 2009 @ 7:17 p.m. Her name is, as we said before, Gabriella Apple, and she is an awesome little G. We are sad that all of you can't be here while she grows up - we agree that it takes a village to raise a child...so we hope to keep you in the loop via picture. We love you guys. And we hope this blog keeps you updated on our family life. We will begin to add more ministry stories because a good bit has been happening up here! God is on the move.

College Cookie Cocoa Crazy Costume Christmas Party

2008-12-30T18:42:00.000-08:00

Welp, that was the name for our College Cmas Party and did we ever live up to its title...!

People swarmed from everywhere and brought cookies of all kinds - as well as a white elephant gift to exchange...all in our basement for this night of long-needed, unadulterated CRAZY FUN.

This pic is of Neelie and I - we were a bowling ball and dirty laundry...you guess from the pic who played what. Also, here is a pic of our costume winner - for the girls. Lisa Delamarter came as Neelie - and everyone got a huge laugh out of the fact that she tagged her perfectly. Neelie had been wearing this exact outfit about 2-3 times per week.

So, Neels went upstairs and put on the infamous outfit and we captured this moment. Wish you all could've been there.

GulleyBand

Cmas Upon Us - Snows

2008-12-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

Well, here is our very first Cmas Tree in our new home! and...what better day to get it all up than on our First Snow of the year.

Snow shovels and snow fallin all day.

Here is our world - GulleyBand

Mama comes to town

2008-11-18T19:56:00.000-08:00

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=5343167668

Jeanne, my new mom, and Neelie's always mom came to town to surprise Neelie for her Wheaton Shower. This is Neelie's response - and the whole revealing - very girly...

Copy this link and put it up in your address bar - push return and it will take you to our Facebook page (since we can't figure out how to get through error messages and get this video on our blog) to see it.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=5343167668

You may have to sign up for Facebook. But if you do, its free and you don't have to really keep up your account.

PS - if the link doesn't work, go on my facebook & look under videos of Stephen - it'll be THERE!

JMG, Me & Amber

2008-11-15T20:19:00.000-08:00

This is from one of Our World Mandate:Wheaton Worship Sessions (Sat. Night!). The three of us were leaders for the weekend's worship. Leaders like these are hard to find...ones of whom the world's not worthy. Get ready for the LIVE album coming out on itunes in February!

Here, There & Everywhere

2008-11-15T19:54:00.000-08:00

World Mandate: Wheaton '08

Mission: Here, There & Everywhere (Mission 360)

This is my World Mandate band - the greatest servants alive! They gave their lives away for a month and the Worship Sessions were, as a result, RICH, DEEP & FULL OF POWER. I love this group. Left to Right: Chris Staley, Ozzie Johnson, Ben Torell, Steph Solari, Jonathan Portwood, Amber McGregor, James Mark Gulley, Stephen Gulley, Noelle Brison, AK Ford, Jerry Evans, Guy Haines

Bellies & Baby Showers

2008-11-15T19:42:00.000-08:00

Well...We have grown in the belly... Haha! "We" in the most figurative of ways...Stephen is not growing in his belly - praise GOD! Actually Stephen has started running in the mornings 5 days a week, which limits his belly growth....BUT BACK to the point.

Neelie's belly is getting bigger (the only thing getting bigger, as the rest of her is still tiny as usual) and Gabriella is getting closer to arriving. We just had our Wheaton Baby Shower (again a figurative "we" as Stephen wouldn't go near a baby shower with a ten-foot pole) :)

Check out this picture and pray for our showers to go well- that we'd be blessed with all the things we need from our Baby Registry.

Much love,

GulleyBand!

Sound Bites 08

2008-11-04T09:35:00.000-08:00

November 4, 2008
Dear friends and family,
It has been awhile since we have given a shout out to everyone so we wanted to give you some quick sound bites to give you a window into our world! Come give a listen... Check out our pics, too.

1. GULLEY BAND GROWS: Most of you know, but just in case we missed a few of you, we are having a baby! and it is a GIRL! We are 28 weeks along and hope she will arrive right around her due date of January 22, 2009. We've named her Gabriella Apple Gulley - which Gabriella means “God is her strength” and Apple signifies she is the apple of God's eye so she will know God's pleasure of her. So, for us her name is “Power & Pleasure.” Nicknames are a big thing for us so she'll either be a “Brie” or a “GiGi”. She is moving around all the time and we are so excited to meet her face to face!! (Pics are coming!!!!!) Please pray for her and for a healthy, quick and painless birth. 

2. WORLD MANDATE: WHEATON - ACC:Wheaton's second annual mission conference is happening THIS WEEKEND!! We would SOOO appreciate your prayers for this conference: that each person would encounter God's presence and be changed, that God would speak to people's hearts about HIS plans for their lives, and that everything would run smoothly.

Stephen is in major "Mandate" mode, conducting band practice everyday this week to get ready to record another CD during the conference. Please pray for unity amongst the band, physical health for voices and bodies of the band, God's presence to be strong and for NO technical problems! We will let you know when the new CD will come out - we're thinking January 15, 2009. Oh and if anyone is local and is interested in coming, you can still register on-line at www.antioch-wheaton.org!

3. ANTIOCH TRAINING SCHOOL: WHEATON (ATS:Wheaton) - ATS started again this past September the difference this year is that Stephen is no longer a student but Assistant Director along with Neelie AND the school meets in the basement of their new home. It is such a blessing to use their home for ministry! There are 10 students. This semester focuses on the character of God. Please pray for them to come face to face with God and be forever changed!

An aside: Stephen has just recently begun teaching. He has taught in ATS on the sermon on the mount - Matthew 6 and he preached on Sunday, October 12th in church on the Father Heart of God. If you are interested in hearing the Sunday sermon you can download it from www.antioch-wheaton.org!

4. SALVATIONS – As a church staff, we believe God is wanting to increase his presence and power in 3 areas of our church this year: WORSHIP, EVANGELISM and SUPERNATURAL (i.e. healings, miracles). AND…it is happening!! Overall ACC:Wheaton has seen 40 salvations recently including a College of DuPage student that Stephen led to Jesus last Friday and a worker at Babies R Us that Neelie led to Jesus a couple of weeks ago. Please pray that as we sow seeds of the gospel it would fall on GOOD soil. If you will pray this prayer with us: “Lord let those that are saved become faithful laborers who are filled with the Spirit.”

Stephen and Neelie are signing off but not without a majorly warm THANK YOU for your prayers, love and support! Without YOU, the Gulley Band, we could not do what God has called us to do. Another update will go out after World Mandate with pics this time! 

Please keep praying – we’re encountering a lot of warfare this semester, with the influx of salvations/ healings. Seems the enemy doesn’t like that stuff. So, if you would, pray something like this, “Lord, place your protection around the Gulleys and their church. Send more laborers into the harvest, and give them more grace.”

Much love,

Stephen, Neelie and Gabriella