Yesterday Jon & I, Nate & Shawna, Alysa, Kassia, Kelsey, Steve, Aaron, Mike Kemmerer, Mike Alburger and Eilee went to Dorney Park. When I woke up to see overcast weather I was bummed. Jon and I drove to my parents in the pouring rain to meet up with the rest of the group to car pool up in the Kemmerer’s van. As we got closer it was still overcast but the rain had stopped.
It was perfect! The day turned out to be a really fun time! It was overcast till mid afternoon but there was no more rain. It being overcast didn’t stop us, but it kept the crowds away, so there were absolutely no lines all day! We got right on the rides within a few minutes of standing in line. We’d had our fill of roller coasters and water rides and were ready to head home by around 7:00 pm. Unfortunately, once again, I did not take any pictures! I just hope by the time I have kids I’m better at this picture-taking-thing! :)
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Book Sales!
For anyone that attended New Attitude this year, listen up! If you’re thinking about buying any books or resources, Crossway is offering a 40% discount AND free shipping on anything in their online store! You must go to Crossway’s site through New Attitude’s website to get the discount.
If you weren’t at New Attitude there’s still a chance for you to get great books at a great price. Desiring God Ministries is offering every book in their online store for $5 on June 27-28 (tomorrow and Thursday) Jon and I are placing an order! Click here to go to their store.
If you weren’t at New Attitude there’s still a chance for you to get great books at a great price. Desiring God Ministries is offering every book in their online store for $5 on June 27-28 (tomorrow and Thursday) Jon and I are placing an order! Click here to go to their store.
Monday, June 18, 2007
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!
I can not believe it! Jon and I have been married for one whole year! Yesterday was our anniversary!! With everything going on the last month it was a little hard to plan ahead, but Saturday, after Stephen and Matt left, Jon booked a hotel in Philly - right by where we got engaged - and we packed our bags and took off! Saturday night we walked around South Street, ate some yummy pizza for dinner and went down to the water front - where we got engaged - to look back and reminisce the last year and a half. So much has happened but yet it seems like it was just yesterday. Random times throughout Saturday and yesterday we would stop and think about what we would have been doing at that time one year ago. It was really fun.This is where we got engaged:
Sunday we didn't have to be out of the hotel till 12 noon so we slept in and had a continental breakfast. Then we headed home, planning to eat lunch at the Olive Garden in Montgomeryville. As we started driving though, traffic was looking pretty bad and we were both getting hungry. Just in time, Jon looked up the closest Olive Garden with the GPS and it told us to get off at the next exit (less than a 1/2 mile from where we were). It led us to an Olive Garden right in the middle of Philly. That was fun!
When we got home I was really tired for some reason so I laid down and took a quick nap. I woke up to the sound of Jon laying a bouquet of flowers on the bed next to my head! :) He's so cute! He ran out of the house as soon as I had fallen asleep and got them for me. We then went for a walk around the yard - since it was such a nice day out. Last night Jon made steaks on the grill and we had a delicious dinner at home. We pulled out our toasting glasses from the wedding and had the same kind of sparkling wine as we did for our wedding.
After dinner we just felt like watching a movie together so we ran to blockbuster and rented the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie and watched it. I know, that's not a very romantic movie, but we've never seen it and we want to go see the third one in theaters before it ends so that's what we wanted to watch :).
And that was the end of our One year anniversary! We both really enjoyed our quick get-away and a leisurely day together. Now we're full speed ahead into our second year of married life. Ha! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us! These are the flowers Jon got me:
New Attitude, Jons B-day, OC & More
Ok, so it has been FOREVER since I posted last. When I tell of all that has taken place since then hopefully you’ll understand.
Let’s see, I left off right before we went to New Attitude. The conference was great and refreshing. If you’re interested, all of the messages we heard are being offered free of charge from Sovereign Grace Ministries here on their website.
After New Attitude was Jon’s 21st Birthday! What I said we would be doing in the last post was not actually what was happening. I planned a surprise party for Jon at Fox & Hound in King of Prussia. It was just him and I and a small group of our friends. We REALLY got him good. He was planning on meeting up with all his friends at 8:30pm at a bar that’s about 5 minutes from our house. Knowing that, he was getting really worried as we kept driving farther and farther away from our house to go to a “surprise” restaurant for dinner together. He kept saying stuff like “where are we going?” “We shouldn’t be going this far away! We’re never going to make it back in time!” etc… I was laughing inside :) We had a great time hanging out when we got there, and everything went smoothly. My big gift to Jon was a GPS system - which has come in handy quite a few times since Jon’s birthday. Here are a few pictures from the party (click them to enlarge):
Thursday night after Jon’s birthday party was crazy – just as I had expected! I was up till late doing wash, packing and straightening up the house; getting ready to leave for Ocean City. Friday June 1st I took a half-day at work so we could make it down to the shore in pretty good time after finishing up packing.
Our week down in Ocean City was a nice break from work, school and normal busy life. We had great weather most of the time too. It only rained for a day and a half. I’m upset at myself for how few pictures we took while we were there, but we weren’t really doing much that was picture worthy. I did get a few though so here are some:
Jon had all kinds of fun with his cousins Stephen and Matt – who came in from Oklahoma the Monday after we got down to Ocean City. As usual they were up till the early hours of the morning almost every day. I was excited to find a store on the boardwalk that sells previous-year Gap clothing. I came home with a few extra pieces of clothing then I went with, and a cute ‘Life Is Good’ back-pack bag.
This past week back at home with Stephen and Matt still here, went by incredibly fast. Every night Jon and his cousins were doing something. And we had a nice family dinner at the Inn Tuesday night in honor of Jon’s birthday. Since we left for Ocean City just a day and a half after Jon’s birthday, my parents and family never got to celebrate with him and neither did Jon’s parents. So our two families went out for dinner and then back to Jon’s parents for desserts...yummmy!
So that’s a very quick summary of what has been going on in the last few weeks. There’s one more thing though, but I’ll post again to talk about it…
Let’s see, I left off right before we went to New Attitude. The conference was great and refreshing. If you’re interested, all of the messages we heard are being offered free of charge from Sovereign Grace Ministries here on their website.
After New Attitude was Jon’s 21st Birthday! What I said we would be doing in the last post was not actually what was happening. I planned a surprise party for Jon at Fox & Hound in King of Prussia. It was just him and I and a small group of our friends. We REALLY got him good. He was planning on meeting up with all his friends at 8:30pm at a bar that’s about 5 minutes from our house. Knowing that, he was getting really worried as we kept driving farther and farther away from our house to go to a “surprise” restaurant for dinner together. He kept saying stuff like “where are we going?” “We shouldn’t be going this far away! We’re never going to make it back in time!” etc… I was laughing inside :) We had a great time hanging out when we got there, and everything went smoothly. My big gift to Jon was a GPS system - which has come in handy quite a few times since Jon’s birthday. Here are a few pictures from the party (click them to enlarge):
Thursday night after Jon’s birthday party was crazy – just as I had expected! I was up till late doing wash, packing and straightening up the house; getting ready to leave for Ocean City. Friday June 1st I took a half-day at work so we could make it down to the shore in pretty good time after finishing up packing.
Our week down in Ocean City was a nice break from work, school and normal busy life. We had great weather most of the time too. It only rained for a day and a half. I’m upset at myself for how few pictures we took while we were there, but we weren’t really doing much that was picture worthy. I did get a few though so here are some:
Jon had all kinds of fun with his cousins Stephen and Matt – who came in from Oklahoma the Monday after we got down to Ocean City. As usual they were up till the early hours of the morning almost every day. I was excited to find a store on the boardwalk that sells previous-year Gap clothing. I came home with a few extra pieces of clothing then I went with, and a cute ‘Life Is Good’ back-pack bag.
This past week back at home with Stephen and Matt still here, went by incredibly fast. Every night Jon and his cousins were doing something. And we had a nice family dinner at the Inn Tuesday night in honor of Jon’s birthday. Since we left for Ocean City just a day and a half after Jon’s birthday, my parents and family never got to celebrate with him and neither did Jon’s parents. So our two families went out for dinner and then back to Jon’s parents for desserts...yummmy!
So that’s a very quick summary of what has been going on in the last few weeks. There’s one more thing though, but I’ll post again to talk about it…
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