Wedding Festivities (not mine, obviously)

Today I hosted my first bridal shower. It was for my friend, Crystal, who is getting married next Sunday. We had a great time. Her colors are green and yellow, so I picked lemons from my next door neighbors and used the lemons as my "muse" for decorations. :) Looked great!

when rob got home from class, he told me how he had seen rainbows all day, as he looked out the window, he told me there was a huge rainbow right outside our house. it was the largest rainbow i have ever seen. you could see the whole arc and all of the colors were clear and present. it was so awesome, i had to run next door and tell our neighbors kids (who are 4 and 9). they came outside and were just as impressed as us adults.

speaking of the neighbor kids...they like playing with sonora so we went outside with her yesterday so they could play with her. its so cute, its almost like sonora calms down around them! they wanted to take her on a walk so we agreed that we would go with them. they had fun walking her and i think she enjoys socializing with her "friends".

well, the countdown is now 9 weeks till graduation. soon i will be Amanda McFarren, RN, BSN. whoop-whoop! rob has 1.5 yrs left of his masters (graduate summer 2011). i cant believe he's almost down with his masters! he has done such a great job and really enjoys it.

i'm going to finish watching the winter olympics with rob, apollo is on, he is so great to watch. tomorrow is church and then i need to work on my capstone project...then its one more week of class and crystals wedding festivities start saturday! can't wait!

Amanda's Birthday!

So yesterday was a big day - Amanda's birthday and the Colts-Saints Super Bowl. One went well, the other a good game, but disappointing outcome! But the past month has seen us focused on school, and getting closer and closer to that graduation day!

At this point, that is really on our minds, as I have currently been looking for work and finding out how difficult this job market is. Sure, there are jobs to apply for, and apply away I have. But it has become so impersonal - submitting online, no interpersonal contact wanted due to the number of applicants for most every job, that job hunting is frustrating. You just never know, and don't hear back! As far as that goes, however, it is truly a job search that is in God's hands. I know that God is leading me to the ministry in one form or another, so it is simply remaining faithful and seeking discernment for the opportunity which God has prepared for us. I don't want to understate this, because if it weren't for this hope, it would be downright frustrating. But all in all, God provides and is wonderful. Our lives are His!

Amanda is busy with school, and preparing bachlorette and bridal parties for her friend Crystal's upcoming wedding! Other happenings include getting to go on a desert hike a couple of Saturdays ago - where we saw no one else the entire time, so peaceful. Also, there are now a couple of newly painted, green walls in our abode.

Sonora and Socrates continue to do well - probably love the fact that I am around the house as much as I am these days...getting spoiled! Sonora is definitely coming out of the puppy stage into being a dog, and is starting to settle. Socrates is, well, Socrates.

In our free time, when we relax, we are getting to enjoy my Christmas present. We have our Rock Band 2 band, Bungi-Bungi jamming out with Amanda as the drummer, and I play guitar. Such a fun group and party video game!

I think that is about it for now - I am going to go for a run, then need to come back and read for class tomorrow. Only have a couple hundred more pages to get done, and finish up the book of Isaiah!