*Sigh*

Well...it's been a little while since I've updated. Things have been a little crazy in my head lately. I want to preface this blog by saying that I absolutely, 100% love my job. It's exactly what I want to be doing and I know it's where God wants me to be. Saying that- it's been pretty stressful lately for me. The past two weeks have been hard on me and it might be my own fault. I have had several students that are going through major stuff right now, stuff that junior and seniors should NOT be going through. My heart breaks every time I sit with one of them in my office and listen to their stories. It yet again reminds me how blessed I am with the life God has given me. Too often I take that for granted, even when I tell myself I don't. So...I sat down and made a 'gratitude list'. It really is amazing how many things you tend to forget about that are right in front of your face. I suggest every do it sometime. It's eye opening.
Everything that I've been seeing and hearing lately with my students makes me so excited to be a mom. Not that I'm close (no, this is not a hint!!), but it just proves to me that good people (no, I'm not being cocky, but I am positive I will be a good mom) like us need to have kids and raise them to do great things with our world. There are so many 'good' kids out there that have crappy parents and therefore are limited on what they can do. In the Bible God tells us to be fruitful and have kids (I'm totally paraphrasing) and working where I am only solidifies that.
Alright-I'm off my soapbox. Lots of other things going on. Beth, Chris, and Owen are coming to see us this weekend to stay at our house!! VERY excited!! I'll have pictures next week. Saturday night while they are visiting family, we are going for "game night' at the Spaniks and I'm sooo looking forward to it. I need a night with my 'gang' or so I like to call them! I'm also very excited for the election to come to a close next week. I've been proud of myself because I really have jumped into this election and have done research and have come to my own opinion on who to vote for. This election has really produced some crazy things and I'm looking forward to moving on. I pray every night that America gets it right...although I find comfort knowing God is in control no matter who wins. So...go out and VOTE!!
Have a happy week!

Dana's Married!

Dana's married!!! Dana and Keith tied the knot this past Saturday and I was honored to stand by her side and it was such a fantastic time! The wedding ceremony was outside, and it was beautiful, but cold! The reception was amazing. It's always so great when friends get together and can celebrate and have fun. My whole family was there too, which was so nice. Dana looked stunning as usual, and I am just so happy for them both!!! Their wedding tied up the 2008 wedding season...now we just have to wait until May when it starts all over again!

Update!!

My wonderful friend Sarah reminded me it's been ages since I've updated and I guess I have had a lot going on. Time sure does fly!!

The biggest thing that happened to us recently is that we lost power for TEN days!! That wind storm really did us in! We had a huge power surge and lost lots of things in our house (to be exact: 3 tv's, 2 vcr's, computer, ceiling fan/light, garage door openers, and our furnace...oh and all our surge protectors and fire alarms!). It's been quite an adventure. Nate's parents were nice enough to loan us a generator that allowed us to have our fridge and one or two lights while we had no power. I tried not to complain too much and when I did, I reminded myself that there are peopl way worse off than us that lost a lot more. It was still frustrating though!! It was annoying to have to go to the dining room and plug in my hair dryer and dry my hair in the dark at 6am!! But...we've almost come back. We just got our garage doors installed. We still don't have our furnace fixed, which has been kinda crappy the last couple of days. Thank goodness for spaec heaters!!!

A couple weekends ago I made a trip to Hershey to visit my favorite family- The Wagners!! Chris was out of town for the weekend, so it was just Beth, Owen, and I! We had so much fun!! Owen is still the most amazing and cutest little boy in the world!! We did lots of fun things and they are coming to visit us at the end of the month!! Here are a few pics from the weekend!

That is the activity walker that I bought him...he loves it :)

Last weekend we made the trip down to Baltimore for Steve's wedding. We drove down and roomed with Josh and Dana and had so much fun! The wedding was beautiful and we sure did have fun! I'm posting some pics from that as well.

At the beginning of September we had Sarah and Ava's rescheduled baby shower and it was great!! What a great way to celebrate Ava and get together with the girls of Discovery. I really enjoyed it and I still have yet to see Ava cry...I'm waiting Sarah ;)

Alright..that is good for now. I promise I won't take so long next time! Dana's wedding is next weekend so I'm very excited for that! Pictures to come!!!