I WONT miss

{when I graduated from Cincy State two years ago}

Working full time and taking three/four nights classes a semester has been one of the hardest things I have done. College no longer became "fun" for me anymore when I had to balance work, school, YL, family time, cheerleading, etc. I am EXTREMELY happy I stuck with it but there were many times when I thought this day would never come. Now that it is here I am excited to spend my free time doing what I want to do and I WONT miss....

1. Paying for tuition/books
2. Going straight from work to school and not getting home til at least 10 PM
3. Homework on the weekends. I have missed out on lots of fun events due to homework
4. Teachers who make you write long papers just because they can
5. Classes that I will never use in my life
6. Stress of school.
7. Summer School. I will actually be able to enjoy the summer {for the past 3 years I have taken summer classes}

I am officially DONE.WITH.SCHOOL.FOREVER!! {insert hallelujah chorus}

Dear Lord

Thanks for getting me through a long, tiresome road of getting my Bachelor degree. In all honesty, I probably did always show your love, patience, goodness with my teacher all the timeat school like you showed to me these last two years. I KNOW that you are what got me through this time. There were many times when I hated missing out on fun events due to school or I got really stressed out and the thought of quitting crossed my mind. You gave me the support of a great husband, family, and friends to help me get to the finish line! Thank you for creating me to be determined and to never give up on myself.

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It is hard to believe it's been half a year, time really has flown by! Since today is Valentine's Day I thougth I would share a little bit about love. I knew being married would change the way I think about love and the selflessness that comes along with being married to someone. I find myself still getting caught up in what is going on in my own world and not letting Kyle be part of it. Another thing that I have been learning about my love towards my husband is that it can sometimes be conditional and when I am like this I realize how much the Lords love is for me when he can love me unconditionally through whatever I am going through. I want to love Kyle unconditionally but my selfishness gets in the way of me wanting to love him for who he is. I have also been learning that loving Kyle means that we need to be on the same team. I find myself wanting to get mad at him because he is mad at me but instead I should want us to be on the same team and not against each other. These are just a few of the things I have been learning. My prayer is that when Kyle feels loved that he would know that it is coming from the Lord. The only person who can truly love him unconditionally for the man he is!

Happy six months my Valentine!

Thanks for being my best friend, supporter, back-bone, comedian, and love of my life

A girls dream

My cousin facebooked me and asked if I would be interested in helping one of her friends start up her photography portfolio. She was looking for newly wed brides to take pictures in their dress

A chance to wear my BEAUTIFUL wedding dress again +

Get my photo taken for free and get the rights to the photos =

I'M IN

Buying my dress I knew I would only be wearing it one time but it is such a TREAT that I get to wear it again! Not sure if I really want a bunch of pictures of me in my dress and it's not my wedding day, but I won't complain about free :) 

Have a great weekend!

I am Dreaming....

That in three weeks I will be done with school FOREVER and have lots of time to work on these different projects

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Happy Friday!

One Down Four To Go

Dear Husband

You completed your first term of Paramedic school with flying colors! Did WAY better than you thought you would and hope this is an encouragement to you that you can DO IT! I'm VERY proud, excited, and happy for you babe! 10 more months {or 72 classes as you would say} until your DONE.FOREVER!

Keep up the GREAT work {I knew you would}!

Love

Your Wife

"I Knew What I Was Getting Into"

This past weekend was YL leader weekend where over 1,000 leaders, staff, committee, and YL families gathered at Great Wolf Lodge for a great weekend of encouragement from the body in doing a ministry we all love. The speaker shared this song, it is really one of my FAVORITE songs now. It is a BEAUTIFUL picture of how the Lord loves us!! The title says it all, God knew what he was getting into when he told me to leave my mess of a life and follow him and knew that a would struggle and fail. This song also makes my heart break for our friends at Oak Hills, I pray they would know this is how God feels about them.

Note: The speaker told us we can get caught up in wanting to share this at campaigners and club and told us to really focus on the words ourselves before we share. But I really love this song and can't help but share :)

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Our Shadow

Maybe we should have named our big pup Shadow, he always wants to be right where we are. For example, if I'm cooking or doing the dishes he will lay in the middle of the floor which makes it hard to get anything accomplished.  Also, I'm working on a valentine wreath for the door and he decided to start eating the yarn I was using, maybe he thought he was helping :) {I had to lure him with a treat to make him drop it}. Kyle is working on our basement and Bentley is no longer allowed down there because he is a dog vacuum cleaner and eats anything, literally {I woke up one morning to 7 screws/nails, a penny, and marble that Bentley had threw up {sorry for the vision} so needless to say he is banned from being down there {but surprisingly he was fine}!

I don't know what it is but I'm REALLY attached to Bentley...maybe it's because he's the first pet I have owned that I have taken sole responsibility for or because he keeps me company when Kyle is working. Not sure the exact reason but I really LOVE our pup {even when he is bad, which sometimes is pretty frequently}.

I guess he is not into organizing. He was my "helper" while I organized our computer room