...new news!

well, who can believe that it's nearly the middle of april already!!?? i can't!! there's lots to do in terms of wedding planning and in about a week i have an appointment with a florist. (lucky for me she's also a friend!)

things at work are good. we kicked off life groups last week and the youth one was very encouraging! we are working our way through max lucado's book 3:16 the numbers of hope; in children's church we are doing a 13-week series titled treasure seekers and we've had a great time so far!

andy and i are doing great and since fridays are usually our day off we spent the day deciding what to do to a few things around the house with the beginning of the list to do away with the wall paper in the kitchen and both bathrooms, then we want to refinish and paint the dinning room table. but the most exciting part of today's news is that we got a kitty! she is from the humane society-the pet adoption process is more detailed then i had imagined.

we walked into the feline room and there were crates with cats in each one-karma-her name before we adopted her, was in one of the first crates and she quickly welcomed us with nice meowing and pawing. she is a gray and black tiger with white spots-especially on her belly. we looked at the other cats and both andy and i returned to her. we filled out the paper work and paid the fee and now she's ours! we renamed her emery. the first thing we did was visit the foster home where i work to let hisham-whose 5-see her. he liked her and wanted us to stay until the rest of the kids got home-which was over an hour from the time we got there. so we left and let her explore in her new home. it's been a fun day!

Easter Recap!

For Easter, Andy and I were able to help with Crossroads Sunrise Service. It was actually the 32nd Annual Sunrise Service offered at 27th Ave. Park in New Smyrna Beach. In order to have the service run as planned we had to wake up at 4:00 a.m. in order to begin the set up process at 5:30. Service started at 7:00 and took place right on the beach with a goal in mind to end right at 7:24, as the sun rose over the horizon. Well everything worked out great-it's even being said that this year was the largest turn out, yet-however, the sun did not break through the heavy clouds. We still had a great time celebrating the fact that Christ rose from the dead in order to give us new life. Ben did a great job with his message-taking us through the week of Passion. Reminding each and everyone of us what that week was like for Jesus. The Praise Team did a great job and we even had a special with Brandon reciting Isaiah 40:28-31 at the end of the service. It's incredible to hear a 2nd grader proclaim God's Word. We also offered a Worship Service at 8:00 and had an awesome turnout for that! It's amazing to me to see the impact such a holiday has on people who normally wouldn't be in church.

Well, seeing as it is a holiday and there are some fun traditions-Andy and I did get each other an "Easter Basket" but in a different form. Andy gave me Easter dishes-a fun colletion of plates and bowls in which he used the bowl to fill with candy! And I got him a charging dock-much more applicable then a basket full of Easter grass and a golf bucket that he can put balls in. We figured that unless we save and reuse the basket there's really no point in getting one.

For Easter dinner we offered to make dinner for the Kids Are Us family-Andy is hooked on corn beef for the time being and so we made that and told the kids that it's Traditional Easter Dinner-consisting of rabbit and his favorite food-carrots! The two older kids caught on quickly that it really was rabbit but by the end of the night the little kids were saying that we had the "Easter Bunny" for dinner!! Reguardless all of the kids wanted seconds and we had a great time with them!! I'm sad to report that I don't have a picture of our "traditional" Easter dinner or the family that we spent Easter with.

I guess this is one of my longer posts and it should come to an end. To keep a long post short Andy and I hope that you and your family had a very blessed and enjoyable Easter!

xoxox
lindsey

Registered!

Well it's final-Andy and I have registed-well, begun to register! It is a rather interesting and fun experience!! If you would like to view our registries you may do so at either Target or Bed Bath and Beyond. The registries are not complete and if you know us and our "style"-if we have one-you are more then welcome to shop on your own. Below are the links to the stores.

www.target.com

www.bedbathandbeyond.com

Have fun!

xoxox
lindsey

empty rooms...

you've seen the house, but we didn't share pictures of the inside because, although there is furniture in the majority of the rooms there is not any in the living room. we've spent a few days looking but have not be successful. it's a little sad, because we really can't have people over unless it's only for dinner! (and we haven't even done that!)

hopefully we'll come across a great deal...soon! (then we'll post more pictures of the house)

xoxoxo
lindsey

new post

well, nothing is very new and exciting. except andy and i are doing fine and it's already march!! this year is going to fly by. this week i'm making phone calls and getting help with wedding plans. everybody says that october will be here before we know it, and i'm begining to believe them!!

there are a few good books that i've come across to help with wedding planning, my newest is published by "the knot" and it's a book on wedding lists! i've enjoyed seeing what i've done and still have yet to do.

thanks for reading.

xoxoxo
lindsey

update photos!

my Mom and me in the fitting room at David's Bridal

the back of the dress that I liked the most-not the right color though, and Mom says that whoever helps me get dressed will need some time to put this together

the fly over at the start of the 50th running of the Daytona 500

the view from the superstretch stands

there wasn't a whole lot of action throughout the race-but here's my "favorite" pulling out of a crash-#48 Jimmy Johnson

andy's "favorite"-#44 Dale Jarret in the UPS car

the sunset and blimp overlooking the track

our house!

...update!

man, so much has happened in such a short amount of time. so here's a little update.

andy and i visited my mom and the twins last weekend-they are doing great! we went to david's bridal and andy has decided that they need a "guys only" room. he couldn't see me in the dresses we picked out-so very patiently he waited outside, because there's absolutely no where in the store for him to wait. we (my mom and i) had a good time looking at dresses though.

we were also given tickets to the daytona 500 and although we're not avid race fans we did have a good time. it's incredible how loud and fast the cars are. it's much easier to watch a race on t.v. then to actually be sitting in the stands. the not so fun part was standing in line for 3 hours after to race to be shuttled to the car. well, needless to say, we made it and can now cross this off of our "to do before we die" list. (not that we really have one)

andy moved into our future house this week also. it's so nice to know that we know where we'll live as we begin our life as a married couple. it's close to everything we need it to be close to, except for family-we'll continue to visit and now they have a place to visit as well!

it's been an exciting couple of weeks and wedding plans are getting more and more concrete. have a great day!!

xoxoxo
lindsey