forced blog entry

Oh my goodness! A dear friend of mine told me if i didn't post something new she would delete me and not be my friend and never talk to me again so.....

These pictures are from the wedding shower of the year at The Alexander's house. There are so many pics so I chose these few for now. I don't see any pics of me and my mom, I think she was taking all the pictures so she was behind the camera most of the night. We will make sure and get LOTS at the wedding!

Engagement pics!

I love my Jon! He is so handsome. Thanks again to my dear friend Kate for taking pictures! Jon told me he felt bad for not inviting you to go eat with us after the session was over. :O)

I love botanical gardens for picture taking sessions!

Lord we Praise You!

When was the last time you busted out your Steven Curtis Chapman "Heaven in the real World" cd? Well, thanks to the invention of MP3's, I have all SCC's cds on one disc in my car. This morning while driving through Weatherford praying, the words from the song "treasure of you" popped in my head. I thought "oh yeah! i love that song!" so I put in the disc. It was one of those "great" times in the car, I listened to SCC all the way to work, crying and praising our God! At times smiling so huge my eyes were but little slits. Crying, crying, crying! Not from sadness, but PURE JOY, the kind of joy that comes only from knowing that I am saved and I have hope! I am so thankful to God for SO many things. Jesus coming to die for us. Music to praise Him with. The simple fact that I got to wake up today! I was crying and dancing in the car...don't recall which song, but I had the image in my head that there were angels in the car with me with their hands raised with me.

"you are a treasure, worth more than anything under the sun or the moon. God's greatest treasure, the treasure of you."

"let us pray, everywhere in every way, every moment of the day it is the right time!" (can you say LJS bathroom?)

"He is the hope, He is the peace, that will make this life complete. For every man, woman, boy, and girl, looking for Heaven in the real world."

a few pics from my family shower

My Mom worked really hard to decorate! It was so purdy! Thanks Mom!

Me, Daddy Carl, and "Wah-Wah"! (aka Pee-Wee)

Here's me and my rarely photographed brother at my family shower. Notice the cute little shower plates, square ones even!

Just wanted to update (*quickly!) folks on some things!

1. had our first "shower" last Sat. I have some pictures from it...to be shared later!

2. flowers for the wedding have been chosen and purchased! may not be "big news" but it's one more thing off my list that is on continuous playback in my brain.

3. have a "practice" for my wedding hair and makeup on the 24th of July with Stevie!

4. we start our pre-marital counseling this Saturday, July 21st! we are meeting with Pastor D.L. Moody of Pleasantview Baptist Church.

I guess that's about all for now. I would love to post pictures however I don't have anything "new" at the moment. Thank you again to all my friends and family (I love you!) for the help, encouragement, and prayers through all that's going on!

A BIG Thanks to my Mom, Carl, and Shilah, for putting my "family" shower together....decorating and hosting!

Ya'll are gonna think I'm crazy!

How the heck are you supposed to move the words around on this thing? I'm so not good at this! I guess you have to load pics first, then put your words where you want them? so, basically, the last paragraph on this blog should be UP HERE! BEFORE THE RANDOM PICTURES! :O)

I think this is such a sweet pic! Sweet Reesie with Ave! Beautiful Girls!

Jess, Kate, and Avery at Davids' Bridal dress day!

Me and Denver at David's bridal. We were playing while mom and the other girls were trying on dresses!

Here's my groom-to-be at work. He's runnin' this show!

Here's me and Katherine at Pat Green concert December 2006. Aren't we cute? :O)

yes folks, it's 6:25 am. I am at the office. My second home! :O) Why you ask? well, so I can play on the computer, of course! I love pictures and I wanted to post some more on my blog. Since I woke at 4 am (wide-awake!), I decided since I had to work today ANYWAY that I would beat traffic and just come play for a while. Now I'd like to share some totally random pictures with you.

I hope everyone enjoyed their middle of the week 4th of July celebration! We ate dinner with our neighbors and I got to play with the 7 month old son of Michelle's friend, Julie. His name is Jack...what a cutie! Children make me very happy. I look forward to experiencing having my own!

I went to bed at 9...didn't watch any fireworks (except for the ones on the news lol). As you all know, I can only play on the internet when I get to work an hour early in the morning...so much apologies for the short and scarce blog entries! Again, not much to report on anyway! I will add new pictures when I get some. In the meantime, here's a good one from the staff retreat in Glenrose earlier this year.