Wish Granted!

Remember how I said I was a little desperate for a vacation?  And remember what I said it should include?  Oh yes.  It's happening!

 

 

A beach....

 

 

Good friends...

 

And snacks!!!

 

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As of yesterday I am headed to Jamaica!!  And I couldn't be more excited:)  I believe a more appropriate term would be absolutely GIDDY!

 

July, please come quickly!

In Leiu Of Studying...

Well now.  I've nothing to write about- merely trying to put off studying.  Something I'll likely regret come Monday morning at test time.  My grades are borderline A/B right now in all four of my classes so while I SHOULD be putting a last ditch effort into making sure they don't go down in the next two weeks, I'm not.  I'm so over school!!

I'm a little hesitant to post anything actually.  My last post had over twice as many page views as normal.  That Cassie is one popular gal and apparently everyone wanted read all about it:)  And that many page views boosts the ole self esteem a little!  So this time feels like a bit of a disappointment since I really have NOTHING to talk about besides school. Snnoooooorrrrreeeeee...........  Any great ideas of what else I could talk about?

I guess I can mention the flood clean up that happened last weekend.  I know there's flooding all over the place right now but we definitely got hit pretty hard here.  It was fun to be a part of a town wide clean up effort.  Cars were everywhere!  The newspaper said there were over 150 volunteers that day, but my aunt (who was at the registration table the whole time) said there were over 300!

I've been feeling a little desperate for a vacation lately.  SOMEthing.  ANYTHING!!  Preferably something that involves a beach or at least a really nice swimming pool, good friends, and snacks.  I'm all about the food:)  But of course, it also needs to involve something besides just sitting by aforementioned beach/swimming pool because after about a day or maybe two of that I'll be bored.

I just looked over and saw my study material glaring back at me.  Does anybody know what the function of the extensor digitorum is?  Yeah, me neither.  Does anybody care?  Yeah, me neither.  But I guess I'll go pretend to care at least. 

Welp, until next time..... 

Weddin' Weekend

The only bad thing about a really great weekend?  It has to come to an end eventually.  So now I'll just have to remember the words of Dr. Suess and smile because it happened rather than crying because it's over:)

 

Well folks, she's married!  The weekend started off Friday night with the respective parties.  Rumor has it that the bachelor party consisted of fine dining at a nice restaurant.  Us?  We went to Chuck E Cheese!  It was a great time filled with some hard core games of skee ball, basketball, deal or no deal, and many more.  Followed by a trip to DeBrand, which I had heard such great things about but never partook of all the goodness it has to offer.  My opinion?  Might have to swing by again next time I'm in Ft. Wayne!

 

 

 

Pictures were Saturday morning and it was freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Like, all your extremities go numb and can't hardly move your jaw to talk freezing.  But somehow, still fun! 

 

 

All the bridesmaids minus one.

 

After pictures, everyone dispersed pretty quickly.  So what was supposed to be everyone eating lunch together turned into just us girls (well, and Joe) going out to lunch.  All we cared was that we had warm food and drink to bring our body temperatures back to normal and we accomplished that AND had a tasty lunch so I'd say it was successful.

 

I didn't get any pictures at the rehearsal supper but it all went off without a hitch from what I could tell.  It was set up beautifully and the food was A. Maze. Ing. 

 

Sunday morning at the fellowship hall, waiting for lunch to start (kinda sounds like all we did was eat, doesn't it?), it was still cold!!

 

 

During lunch I realized I never took a picture of the happy couple, who at this point, were ready to be DONE with cameras in their faces.  But yet they obliged.  What nice people:)

And that was the last of my pictures.  I didn't carry my camera around the reception with me, though I wish I had. 

*Insert super cute picture of small children slow dancing while Aaron and Cassie sang*

The whole weekend was really special and I felt so honored to be a part of it.  Aaron and Cass were beaming the whole time and as she would say, love was flowing like milk and honey!

I booked it out of there pretty quick after they left and was well on my way until just a few miles down the road when I realized I forgot my dress!  So I backtracked, ran in and grabbed the dress, and was well on my way for real.  Today, I was tiiiiirrrrreeeeeed.  But it was a "my heart is full" tired and that's always a good thing:)

A Recovery And A Birthday

My grandpa has been through a lot lately.  Up until about 2 months ago he was one of the most active old men in town- visiting people, volunteering at the nursing home, taking grandma out to lunch...  Then one day he slipped on the ice and broke his kneecap which brought on a whole host of other problems.  When you're 82, a broken bone is a real setback.  At one point we really thought God was going to call him home but he has really started to bounce back, so we get to keep him awhile longer!  After spending several weeks in the hospital, he is now recuperating in the nursing home until he is able to go back to his own home.  During this time he had a birthday, so we had  a party to cheer him up:)  Nothing extravagant of course- just cupcakes, ice cream, and family.  And a group of people from church that decided to give him a surprise singing.  He's been discouraged, but all that combined was a real pick-me-up for him.  We are blessed to have him and grandma!

 

 

 

Mmmm..... frosting!

 

This one is just for you, Angie!  Since you so graciously modeled your plate for the camera:)  I was pretty sure you would appreciate seeing this on here.... right?!?!