Monday, March 31, 2008


"Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."


i read this verse over break...and for some reason it stuck. even though it doesn't directly tye in with my break i feel like it fit for some reason. I didn't play with a bunch of little kids, or even see any really. But I thought a lot about growing up. I spent half a week with people that will include me in their family...








then i traveled with my in-a-year-and-three-months-husband in a car for hours down to my parents. a drive that will soon become very familiar... a drive that we will take together to visit my parents. The kind of thing that grown-ups do.



















then i spent the week visiting my family...talking about planning a wedding, deciding where and when its going to be...even trying on wedding dresses.













all this to say it was a very grown-up week...or atleast it could be. but i think that that verse is so good, and so important because through all this, and through life we must have a child-like out look. I want to look at the road trips, and the wedding planning through a child's eye. I want to be giddy and excited like little children are. I want to love with out holding back. I want to forgive like they do. I want to look at the world with amazement. I want to always be learning.







so that was this week...it was a good good week.

plus...i feel like i am more in love than before :)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008


its exam week and we are eating soup as a family...

these are the people that I live with...my community. I love these girls so much. I've been thinking about how this year and next I want to be with them as much as I can...after this next year and a half my whole life will change...i will be living with a boy...i wont see them as much. What an amazing time in my life this is. I am enjoying so much this engagement time with Dave. I am learning so much about him, about myself, and about us together. even though all i want to do is marry him tomorrow i am soaking up this time that i have right now. it is a sweet time to be in.

as the rain falls outside and the t.v. is making noise downstairs, i think i may take a nap.