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sally and jared got married. it was epic.

my students decorated pumpkins...they're pretty awesome


adam continues to be amazing.

life is good. life is busy.
thank God for everything.

brettell/gomez wedding

this week i leave for destin for the brettell/gomez wedding. i'm pretty excited.
next week is the salad wedding...which i am also super excited about.

i have something insanely epic planned for youth tonight. it's going to be a fundraiser/activity.
we're decorating pumpkins.....and going to have people vote on the pumpkins by dropping pennies, dimes, dollars in jars...i will give mad props to kimberly from pdo for that one.

i love my job, just thought i would throw that out there.
brad's been worried lately about me stretching myself too far...so there have been few office hours this week. which i'm not a fan of, but oh well. more time to bake & blog.

i'm afraid wesley is falling apart. i also realize that with the few of us that are left, we alone cannot save it. sigh. thank God for what we have and pray for the future.
keep chris in your prayers. this is going to be a long battle.
'his faithful follower i will be'

blessings

this is the sweet and wonderful adam, my boyfriend.
it still tickles me to call him that. i prayed about it for a long time, and i just couldn't imagine what it would be like when we became official. i started to try and get to know adam back in august 2007. it took us awhile to get to know one another before deciding that we wanted to get into a relationship, which is fine by me. all great things take time after all.
i went over to his house saturday to have some of his dad's home made pizza, which was AMAZING! adam and i hung out with his dad (jack) and brother (scott).
I fell asleep for a good bit as did scott.
After i woke up adam and i talked for a bit. he brought some things to the table that will better/strengthen our relationship, which just over joys my heart.
he continues to surprise and awe me.
i knew he was someone special when i met him and now he just continues to prove to me what a great person he is. He doesn't like it when I talk so highly of him. then again was it not mark twain that said something about if you do what is right and what you should be doing you will shock people.
as i work on things and as he works on things i think we're both in the boat of self improvement. it can only help our relationship.
i am blessed.

appreciation

i'm currently watching the movie fireproof
it's talking about love. true love. the love that endures all (bad and hard times included), the self-less love, the patient love.
the love that's slow to speak and quick to listen.
i appreciate this movie.
i strongly believe that if God is not at the center of all things (work, life, friendships in this case marriage) then things will not go right/well
the Bible speaks many words about love. true love and i believe that if more people loved like God has commanded us to love (one another...in a worldly sense not just a marriage sense) there would be fewer complications.
not that would be easier....maybe so, but def. more rewarding.

let me just also throw up a praise, because God is oh so good.
adam called me up to come over for dinner with him and jack.
i get there and jack is cooking some peas & mushrooms, boiling some shrimp and adam is grilling tuna steak. (yum...right)
then jack set up some places for us to eat....there was room for 4. jack, adam, SCOTT and myself!
woo to the hoo.
scott's home!!! which thrills me to no end.

the merger

"Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth" -1 John 3:18

so check it. it's been a great week....still stressful but just great. i'm blessed beyond measure and have a fantastic life.
trust, it's still filled with so many uncontrollable factors and can be overwhelming at times, but I can appreciate and thank God for all my many blessings.

i went to my first merger meeting today. like where they merge churches. it was kinda boring and hot....this is the kinda stuff i'll be doing for the rest of my life so i should just get used to it.
the people seemed really cool though.

another busy week.
continue to keep adam's fam in the prayers.
christ love to all!

sally's shower

lauren and i hosted a lingerie party for sally at seize the clay. it was tons of fun!
the hardest part was picking out which piece we were going to paint and then ....THE COLOR.
all in all we are all excited for sally and jared.
i vote the shower a success!


thanks dear lauren for being the brain of this mission!

devine intervention

this is chris as most of you know.
he's having a rough time...prayers please.
today his godfather, pastor, father and i will be talking w/ him....about his future.
we love him.



this is cousin kevin....easily my favorite of the cousins.