Holiday Cheer

We had our office Christmas party on Friday. It's always fun to dress up and spend time visiting with the families. We all brought different dishes to share for dinner - some people brought amazing mashed potatoes! We brought rolls and pumpkin pie. :) We all enjoyed the different skits and songs - including "the Twilight Zone" with a GFA twist. I hope someone taped it.

Today we are thinking to go Christmas shopping for family gifts. We searched almost everywhere for wrapping paper in Walmart...to no avail. I think they hide it so you have to look at all their stuff on sale while looking for just wrapping paper!

Last weekend we made some paper snowflakes to hang up on our window. I think I'll finally put those up today. ;) Plus most of our Christmas cards are signed and stuffed! I feel so accomplished. I'm telling ya, any small task finished is amazing for a first trimester pregnant woman. :D

The Tree

Friday after Thanksgiving we had a nice time visiting with Katie and decorating our Christmas tree. It's so pretty. :) We didn't buy lots of ornaments, because those tend to add up through the years. I look forward to adding little handmade ornaments our children make (and me too!).

Finally!

I have some pictures!! :)

This is me and my crab. We ate a couple times at this restaurant on our honeymoon. The food was really yummy! There were tons of fun pictures and articles pasted on the tables, too.

My handsome husband. We both got really sunburned from the beach and spray on sunblock.

The Alamo!! It was so neat to walk through, thinking about how people lived there a long time ago on the same spot. Josh was pretty impressed with their bowie knife display. :)

We did a lot of driving.

The pie I made the next Sunday we were home. I really wanted to use my china so I made a big Sunday dinner. I haven't really done it since.

There is a city named after us!!

Weekend

We had a lovely Thanksgiving. I hope you all had a nice one too! We went to my grandparents in the afternoon.
There were no mishaps with cooking. Hooray!
The day after we went and found a Christmas tree. Kates came over in the evening and helped decorate it. It's so pretty. :) When we went looking for decorations I asked Josh if he liked "icicles". He looked puzzled, so I said "angel hair?"...Then he realized what I meant and said "ooooh, tinsel!". :)
I tried getting some pictures uploaded, but can't find the cable for our camera. Maybe I can find it soon. :)

This and That

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! :) I'm grateful to have family close to spend time with. :)
Tonight we are having dinner with my mom and dad. I invited us over thinking it would be a nice relaxing time. Then I got a phonecall from mom this morning asking me if I wouldn't mind cutting Patrick's hair. I have been meaning to do it, and tonight will be a perfect opportunity. Poor guy - I've been meaning to do it for weeks now.
Tonight I plan on making some refrigerator rolls once we get home. After that I plan on collapsing into bed. It's been so busy this past week. I'm really looking forward to some time of rest. :)
Have a splendid Thanksgiving.

Toasting Seasonly

We found some sparkling cider at Costco this weekend! We were searching high and low for it to take with us on our honeymoon. I found out that it's seasonal. :( The good news is, someone graciously found a place that sells it year round! :D Anyways, it's fun seeing it around now. That and an entire aisle at WalMart devoted to baking (besides it's usual aisle). The funny part is that they are all brand name things. Talk about marketing. It worked for me. I was thinking how I needed baking supplies for the holidays when I saw it. So, I tried to get things I definatly would use in sizes that are larger than "normal" yearly stock. They weren't highly priced. So that was nice. Just made me laugh inside when I thought about it.

I volunteered myself into baking pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving...

There IS Life After Marriage

It's me. I'm back! I got lost under Fall decorating, cleaning, working, having people over...basically life. :)

I finally got to decorate the apartment with leaves and flowers. It looks so nice and cozy! It was fake foliage, so they needed some good wire cutters to be separated from the bunch they came in. I knew we had them somewhere, but my search was in vain. But - I have a husband who was an Eagle Scout and is always prepared. I found his pocket knife with nice sturdy thinking it would work wonderfully. Poor Josh was rather suprised when he heard it, but was sweet about. I'll remember next time that's for sure!

I was trying to cut the leaves of with Josh's pocket knife, a task that was proving harder than expected, when I cut my hand instead of a leaf-stem. I spent the rest of the evening decorating while clutching a rag over my wounded hand. It was still fun to do, and I got to show Josh when he arrived home from a moving party. (A party to move someone into a house, not a party that brings one to tears).

After that I was ready for company to come. :D We invited my parents and sister over last Sunday for dinner! I enjoyed getting ready for it. I made spaghetti, bread, and salad. It's sort of a joke in my family, because almost every time Josh came to my house for dinner when we were dating we had spaghetti. I actually was nervous right before they arrived and was turning circles in my kitchen making sure things were set. It's so odd being a hostess, rather than a hostess's daughter. Things happen to you like everyone watching you finish dinner, or being responsible to provide conversation topics. It wasn't hard, just made me nervous a tiney bit. Everything was just great, though!

I want to get some pictures up soon...here's hoping. :)

Duplicate Trouble

So I came into work this morning and found this suprise.

Apparently the arm on our dvd burner was tired of it's continuous task of moving a dvd from the spindle into the burner, then into the printer, then onto another spindle. It decided to show it's contempt by throwing the dvd's across the floor!

Actually, we just installed the new "arm" and the belt is a little tight inside. The arm keeps missing the spindle and dropping the dvd's on the floor.

I was quite impressed with it's skill in doing so...

I think it was so cool how it just fell like that. Kind of like how silly putty being invented by accident.

Artistic Interpretation of the Pipe

"Now, the snarfblat dates back to prehistorical times, when humans used to sit around, and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So, they invented the snarfblat to make fine music."

(so you know...i'm not into pipes...)

Moral Living

we were blessed with red towells as wedding gifts. they're so soft and match the colors we wanted in our bathroom!

josh has some nice work pants that he likes (i like them too).

i was trying to be a good wife and do laundry.

i learned that you shouldn't mix red towels with other "darks", especially lighter darks, and even if they are all washed in cold water.

i should have known to do this when i noticed the red washcloth bleeding dye when it was used at the sink.

now we have to find josh some more work pants.

moral: trousers in hand are worth two in the washer.

in other news:

i need to make banana bread out of the bananas left on our counter. they are starting to get spotty and even josh won't eat them. (i'm more picky about my bananas) hopefully they don't attract fruit flies, 'cause i don't know if they'll get made into bread tonight!

moral: time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana

Not for the Faint of Heart (Cooking)

But at least recipes make it easier!

I'm loving thenest.com with it's recipe ideas.

Falling into Fall

I love the Fall weather! It's so crisp and sunny outside. It's getting cold in the mornings now, too. I usually have my coat, but Josh will leave his at the office, so we tend to blast the heater. haha It works out great because my toes are normally exposed with office-wear shoes.

One night we had Kates over for tuna melts and a rugby game. Josh was going to play and I wanted some company while I watched him. Rugby is a fun and interesting game, but it makes it even more social if your sister is with you and you have a hot drink to keep you warm. :) One of the guys at the game had me hold a cellphone he found on the ground. He was waiting for the owner to claim it, but still wanted to play. It was a little strange answering someone else's phone, someone you don't know, to find it is the friend of the someone-you-don't-know wondering where she is, and who you are! She was kind enough not to freak out. Anyways, we left before the owner showed up, so I'm hoping they actually found the park we were at. Fun stuff.

I'm so inspired to decorate our apartment for fall. It works out wonderfully since most of our living room decore are in deep colors. My mom inspired me. She has tons of cute little decorations all over that make the home so warm and inviting! We went to my parents' house one evening to pick up my brother and as I was walking up to the door I inwardly jumped because I caught sight of someone standing by the door. It wasn't my brother! As I got closer I realized it was simply a scarecrow. I guess it worked...j/k

I've been dreaming of yellow mums. Yellow mums just seem like they are the epitome of Fall - those and pumkins. :)

Coupons

Coupons are amazing. They let you get things you'll already buy or use for a lot less, or let you use things you don't normally because they are discounted! The best part is know how much you would have spent if you didn't have the coupon. It's very satisfying. One time I got a free sandwich and drink just for filling out a survey for one of my most favorite restaurants, Chick-fil-a. They said it would take 6-8 weeks to get the coupons and I was shocked. They came a lot sooner, so it made me happy about the company again.

You can imagine my excitement when I found a coupon for a restaurant Josh and I like to visit every now and then. It was quite the deal. We went today to use it and I was inwardly thinking how nice it was that we won't spend tons of money for lunch. We ordered and had a nice time. Kind of like a date in the middle of the day (how many wives do you know that can have lunch with there husband every day??). We gave the coupon to the waiter and she asked if we brought "the card" with us. We both looked at each other and replied that we hadn't. She then said we couldn't use the coupon in question unless we had "the card." I then realized that I needed a card from the passbook that I got the coupon from, and since it was a friend's book I didn't have said card. I was imagining how we would have to pay full price instead of rejoicing over the amount we didn't have to pay. It was rather deflating. The lady was kind enough to let us have the discount to our suprise. I was able to rejoice. hehe

Ramblings of a Newlywed

I'm officially Christy Hewitt now. I got my new ss card in the mail! yay. Now if I can just remember to sign that instead of my old name. haha

I love getting mail. Yesterday Josh and I went home for lunch, since we had to drop off a movie in the same area. We decided to check our mail in hopes of a package. I was hoping that my dishes would be there, but alas there were none - not even a slip of paper saying we had a package at the office. *sigh* We walked back to our apartment and noticed a UPS slip stuck in our door! It was pretty exciting. Josh went to get the box while I made lunch and anxiously awaited his return. He came back bearing the box of much desired plates. Hooray! They look so pretty with their blue and white patter. It's also a plus we don't need to constantly wash the four plates we were using before.

I've also been contemplating how to decorate for the holidays. I'm so excited to decorate my own place! One thing I thought would look great are oranges stuck with whole cloves in a pattern. It dries and smells amazing. I heard you can also do the same with kumquats and use them as ornaments. Right now I'm into the pumkin spice smell for fall. I'll do the orange spiceyness probably closer to Christmas. Josh said he could even put up white lights above my kitchen cabinets!! They'll look so nice.

One evening Josh and I decided to write thank you notes to people for wedding gifts. It was the perfect day for it because it was so cold and blustery outside. I lit a candle (pumkin scented of course) and made cocoa with shortbread. I felt like the holidays are officially here now. :)

There's a chili cookout at a friends house this weekend. Sounds fun! I don't know about all that chili, but it will be great to visit with friends. I'm making magic cookie bars (7layer bars) and I always made those with my family during Christmas time. *sigh* But Josh and I definately do NOT need a whole pan of them. I'm glad we'll get to share! Oh, and salad. I'm bringing that too. Josh likes cilantro on his salad, but I think I'll pass on it.

Things to do (or not) in San Antonio

We stayed in San Antonio for two days at the end of our honeymoon. It was quite fun to be there. 'Course...we got lost trying to find the hotel. We got to know the street the Alamo was located. Every now and then you could hear: "So it's supposed to be on Broadway st. which is off of - oh look! it's the Alamo! - oh no, why is Broadway a one way street going the wrong way?" We went in circles for a little while needless to say. Then when we found the hotel it looked a little sketchy, so we drove around some more trying to find another hotel. Josh was so smart and found a coupon book for hotels in Texas (I know, he's amazing) so we were able to go to a nicer place for a lot less money. Hooray! I have to say I like coupons.

We walked around the Riverwalk that evening. It looked so beautiful with the sun setting and all the plants along the water. We found a Mexican place to eat that overlooked the river and had a grand old time. There even was a little group of singers (what are they called? mariachi?). When we were done eating Josh was reaching for his wallet to put back in his pocket and managed to spill his (full) glass of water all over his lap. We both looked at each other in shock - then burst out laughing. We wanted to take a picture and caption it "Josh sees the bill". Anyway, we couldn't just sit there all night and wait for it to dry off, so we left the restaurant. I walked in front to cover for Josh, using the subtly of a CIA agent. :) Josh recalls seeing lots of funny looks on peoples' faces and one remark made me almost histerical with laughter. There was a cowboy and his buddy that saw Josh and said "what the - that boy just...." Yeah, I was crying I laughed so hard.

We had a lovely time the next day touring the Alamo and visiting a maze of mirrors. One time I lost Josh in the maze and saw him all over because of the mirrors. I got a little panicky because I didn't know which was the real Josh. He found me though, so I was safe. :)

San Antonio is great if you ever need to get lost, see beautiful sites, bump into mirrors, or just to laugh.

More Pictures :)

So Happy...Feelin' Snappy

This is one of my favorites of Josh kicking his heels with joy. hehe

Waiting

The Guys

In Case You Wondered...

We haven't fallen off the face of the planet. :) We've had a terrific time on our honeymoon, with some funny stories I'll share later. hehe

Oh! We did get married. ;) It all turned out so nice! I'll post some pictures once I get them. :) Nothing went wrong except we nixed the receiving line because we came to the reception a little late from pictures. I didn't faint either! Josh looked so handsome in his tux - and converse. ;) We left the place man and wife.

This picture is of Josh astride a rotating gun on the carrier USS Lexington. That was spectacular. It was a carrier used in WWII, hit by a kamikaze Japanese plane, and turned into a museum. Here are a few more pics from this experience...

the boat, except a tourist got in the way of the view


this is Josh to scale with the carrier j/k


My handsome husband looking out over the water from the Lexington.


The "control tower" place. I don't remember the name of it, but Josh would. :)


Below deck at the Barber's. Figured it was as good a time as any to give a trim.


The "Female Berth". The sign says that men are not allowed unless accompanied by a woman - and she must yell "man aboard!" in warning to the other ladies. hehe

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Showers of Blessing

Last night was the bridal shower. It was so fun! I was really blessed by the sweetness and generosity of my family here. The girls decorated the room sooo nicely too! They had different wedding dresses displayed on sewing manequins, as well as some victorian decorations. It was an ice cream social - and there was lots of socializing. :) Thanks everyone - you all are amazing.

Finally an Update!

Songs have been picked out for the ceremony. Yay! :) Now I need to burn the to a CD so the sound guy can use it. Oh, and they need to be in the right order. I can see it now - I walk down the aisle to the song we're supposed to leave on. That's okay, I love all the songs we picked. :)

Josh has been really sweet and helping with stuff. We had a bubble wrapping race. I won. But to be fair, I have been doing it a little longer than Jimmy. I will say he was a pro at mint ball rolling - I was amazed. :)

I get my dress next Saturday!!! I'm soo excited. After the first week I bought the dress I was afraid I wouldn't like it anymore - but the next time I saw it I was relieved to find it was just as pretty.

Josh moves in to our apartment next week hopefully! The aparment managment has been doing some work on it, but it should be done by then. It will be so fun to set it up. The Lord provided a two bedroom apartment on the ground floor. It's near the pool too. Hooray!

In other new...pizza sounds really good.

The Cliffs of Insanity

Today was normal. Mostly.

I went with my sister to get a drink from downstairs. Like I said, it was normal. We past a tour in the gallery. That was normal as well. They seemed nice, like everyone else who tours the building.

So we got downstairs and I got some ddp (diet dr. pepper - yes i like it, sorry terri!). I popped the tab and then I had a volcano on my hands. Thankfully there was a cup nearby with ice so no permanent damage was done. Well, the table may have a permanent mark where a tiney bit spilt but the tables are weather stained anyway!

We walked up stairs again and noticed the nice tour was still there in the gallery right in our path. No problem, this is normal. We got to the 3rd step and I started tripping on my stupid flip-flops. Katie grabbed my arm to keep me from falling - but it was the arm with the hand that was holding my drink! It sort of became a fountain and I confess I squeaked. Out loud.

We beat a hasty retreat to the downstairs bathroom where I snatched some paper towels to mop up the mess. Katie stayed behind, mortified that she was related to me. It took two trips to clean up the mess, though it wasn't that bad. I think the funniest thing was seeing ice chips on the stairs.

Well we got it cleaned up, Katie didn't dis-own me (thank you Kates), and I still had some drink leftover. I love happy endings. :)

ps. I'm naming those stairs the Cliffs of Insanity.

The Story - Christy's Side

I figured I better start writting my side of our story before I put it off too long and never actually do it. :) Here goes:

The first time I met Josh was at an intern meeting August 3 years ago. All I remember thinking about him was that he was a nice guy and quiet, which I liked, but only in a passing thought. I pretty much didn't have him in my radar for a really long time. I thought I liked someone else so most of my aspirations marriage-wise were elsewhere. ;) Way to sneak up on me, Josh. hehe Serves me right for asking God to suprise me. :D

We became friends as he worked with one of my close friends and I ate lunch with her almost every day back then. He didn't know many people at the time so he ate with her, too. I felt bad for him being in girl company, so I tried to include him in the conversations or make sure we didn't talk about stuff that was too girly. He didn't say much usually, but he would turn red if I teased him. o:)

After a couple months we all were friends (a group of us hung out all the time). I thought things were more fun when Josh was around, but I just attributed it to him being a nice guy and all.

I was getting ready to leave for India and not come back for a year, so I was quite busy packing and finalizing details. For some reason I ended up doing lots of things with Josh that last week. I had suspicions that maybe he liked me, especially after my mom and dad both thought so and my mom asked me. He also knew to the day how long I was going to be gone. I was pretty upset and felt like Josh was ruining all my plans. I didn't like him like that at all! We were just friends that's it. haha

So after I left for India I didn't talk to him much at all. He perplexed me by sending a postcard, cd's and letters. I could almost always count on him to start conversations over instant messaging whenever online. I tried to talk to him without making him think I liked him - but that turned out to just be mean. Poor guy! I can't believe he stuck through all this to marry me.

So he wrote me an email late in the year asking if he had done anything that offended me since he noticed some tension between us. "That's right there's tension!" I was thinking... So I replied and let him know my concerns, making sure he knew I had no desire for anything beyond friendship. That ensued a lot of conversation back and forth so we could still be friends and not stay at odds.

I prayed a lot about this and finally just gave up my will to the Lord. I just wanted what He had in mind. He could have all I was hanging onto. That gave me a lot more peace. hehe

I came home for Christmas break and during that time the Lord showed me that I really did like Josh after all - I had simply assigned all these nice dreams and desires onto another person, when in actually that was Josh the whole time. It made a lot more sense to me after looking back on all our times together. I was soooo happy! I got to tell him a few days later after keeping him in suspence. hehe o:)

We started courting/dating and we did a lot of correspondence and phone calls over thousands of miles. He went to India for a year after I got back, so you can imagine the stress factor. We learned a lot through that time, though. I was so happy to have him home again in April!

In June, while sitting on a bench in a beautiful garden Josh asked me to marry him. I was so suprised and happy I had to ask him if he was serious - which he was. I told him yes I would. :)

And It's Out of There!!!

I sent the invitations out today. I feel so accomplished. hooray! One of my co-workers walked by with hers and was saying "I just don't know if I can make it...." *grin*

I'm so excited we get to share this special occasion with the family I've become a part of here in the ministry. They each are very special. I'm also excited that I can see my relatives from near and far! :D The weird thing is, I shall become an Aunt to 14 nieces and nephews automatically after getting married. Fun stuff!

In other news, I went to lunch with Josh yesterday and was feeling a little strange. Not because I was with Josh - but 'cause I was wearing a Punjabi (India dress) and not "normal" clothes. I was filling up our cups with water when I heard someone behind me talking to Josh. He was asking about us because he and his daughter noticed me wearing the Punjabi. He was from India and was sooo happy to see me wearing it. It was kind of cute. He kept grinning and saying how it was so nice and that his daughter thought so too. She was quietly smiling the whole time. How sweet of them. :)

In the Event of Planning a Wedding...

Do:

Find your wedding shoes right away. They are hard to locate.
Decide what place you want to say "I do" in.
Have a groom.
Understand that your shade of green is not available and therefore must be flexible.
Realize that wedding dresses look better in the mirror than on a hanger.
Take time to breathe and not think about it.

Don't:
Order invitations online unless an interpreter is provided.
Forget how amazing your friends are that they would help with so much stuff!
Give your address out to sales reps.
Stress. It's bad. Very bad.

Rambles

We found a tux for Josh! :) From what I've seen it looks great. The pants are made for someone walking on stilts, but we can fix that.

I got almost all the needed pieces to assemble the invitations. I did a test run and love the results!

I still need to post my side of the story. I think it's a little easier than Josh's side. *hint* I didn't like him...

9 Weeks...

Invitations

Well, I printed our invites today. The invites were great...the cards were crazy. I tried feeding them in the printer with the special settings and margins, but the printer would refuse to put the words in the right place. So I adjusted the paper size and increased the margins. Then it started not even going through the printer! It would lay the toner but forget to fuse it (it's laserjet instead of ink). So I'd get the equivilent of sand letters without the glue. hmph! Finally, after much pleading for wisdom, I figured out that if I bent the cards just so they would go all the way through the printer! haha! That's right. I win.

Yes its me

Christy has done such a great job of updating you all on information, I'm sure you have wondered where I was... ok well even if you didn't miss me, I'm here now. I thought it would be great fun to have our story from each of our perspectives and such things.

*Insert cool picture here*

I'm excited!!! its only 72 days!!! :D :D

2 Months Left!

Josh and I have been engaged for a whole month now! :) He suprised me that day with a bouquet of roses and a drive around town. We ended up getting some ice cream and hanging out at the nearby park. It was so sweet though, since my evening was kind of boring. Yes, I was getting things accomplished but it was kind of sad since I knew it was our 1 month anniversary. Anyways...I got a call and it was my fiance. He was driving it sounded like, so I assumed he was coming home after helping a lady with her lawn mower. He mentioned it was a really nice night and that I should go look at the stars. So I went outside without my glasses and stared up at the sky for a while. Then I noticed Josh walk up! He's so thoughtful.

I found out yesterday that two of our friends are getting married - to each other! I'm so excited for them. So much fun. :)

We've also nailed down the location for our reception!!! *cue Hallelujah Chorus* Now I can print my invitations and such. Hooray! That will be fun.

I still need to wrap bubbles. *Christy tries to impress upon her mind the importance of bubble-wrap - no wrapping bubbles*

"Do you have the wing?"

Listing

have the dress (in classic white)
found the location for the wedding
invitations are bought
bridesmaids have their dresses
menu decided on
have photographer
have videographer
picked out some songs for the ceremony
made a website for guests to rsvp and other information

i started wrapping the bubble jars with tulle and ribbon. they look so cute! i'm sure i won't think they are quite so much after 250 are wrapped, but it will be great.

i don't even want to list what needs to still be done. i'd rather rejoice in these accomplishments.

Cinderella Man

They don't quite fit...

Today a man asked me to marry him. He was so nice I decided I would. He even had a gorgeous ring. What else could I do?

I got my ring back from the jewlers today, so Josh asked me for the second time to marry him - in the coffee break room! I think he gets the prize for originality. I love him. :D

Since blogger is being weird I can't put up a title. I hope you don't mind an "unamed post".

That's kind of like the Unfinished Symphony without the talent and fame.

Church

So this is what I'd like for inside the chapel where we are getting married. I think it's the most simple of the set ups that are offered. The Lord was gracious to provide a beautiful place to have the wedding ceremony held!

Oh, and the date is......


September 29th 2007


Yes, I'm excited!

That Guy I'm Marrying

How's it Coming?

I now have a wedding dress! For the sake of some guy that reads this blog I won't mention the detials except that it is indeed white.

We have 3 bridesmaids and 3 groomsmen.

My Mom hasn't gone on strike yet as my wedding planner.

We have yet to decide what kind of shoes Josh will wear with his tux. Converse or classic?

Josh and I looked at apartments yesterday and are close to deciding on a particular floor plan.

We have a location for the ceremony unless something comes up.

That's all for now!

Details

There's lots of details planning a wedding - so you might want to start now even if you aren't getting married any time soon. ;)

I went to look for shoes to go with my dress last night. That was fun! I love new shoes. It was fun to look at all the ridiculously high heeled, along with the cute lower wedged ones. Anyways, we didn't find anything - but we had fun! At least I did, I think Josh left wondering the state of the female mind to wear such instruments of torture. haha

It was pouring yesterday too! Before shopping we visited a friend who was getting rid of furniture. The only problem was, her apartment was on the side furthest from the parking lot. Then we ran around the wrong side that had no sidewalk. I felt kind of bad knocking on the door as wet at we were. Thankfully she was gracious and let us in, not asking why we looked like we came straight from a water balloon fight. hehe

oh oh, yes! we now have a beautiful cranberry couch, a dryer (yes that's exciting!) and other various and sundry items. The Lord is so good to provide!

We went to find some silverware too, at the same shopping area as the shoes. Unfortunately the power was out. Maybe we'll go again tonight! Just don't tell Josh. He probably would find a rugby game to attend to balance everything out.

Living in a Snow Globe

In 3 months I will be Mrs. Joshua Hewitt. I'm quite happy about that prospect.
It has been a little over a week that we have been engaged, but I've been so busy planning for our wedding there has been no time to blog. Sorry guys!

Things have been coming together well, and the Lord has humbled me in providing so many things already! One thing I'm very thankful for is it seems as if a location is decided apon and the final arrangements for that are underway. Lord willing we will be married in a gorgeous chapel that I think is amazing! I'm so excited and looking forward to spending the rest of my life with the man God has brought me to.

I guess more details should be posted on how we met. Hmm...For now, all is well in my snow globe called life.

It's True

Well, the rumors are true...

Josh and I are engaged!!! :D

He asked me last Saturday at the arboretum. We got lost and it was nearing closing time, so I suggested we wait and go another time. Josh insited we at least check it out, "since we're already down here." I'm so glad we did! :) I was shocked and suprised when he asked me, but I said yes. :)