I love the Smell of Fall...

Basically, I just love fall!!! :) Being home this weekend has rejuvenated my spirits a bit. It's always good for the soul to be home. =) I was also able to enjoy some Edward's Apple Orchard donuts & cider! Yummm! I wait all year to get some of their food! And today is absolutely GORGEOUS! I wish I could just stay home & enjoy this beautiful weather but alas, I must return to school. Well, see ya next blog! :)

Oh, Technology...

... how you are addicting! :) So for my birthday I got an ITouch! I am usually not a touch screen person but Apple has gotten me hooked on it now haha! I LOVE IT! It's awesome that it has wi-fi access AND I can play bejeweled 2 on it... PLUS music, video, and all that other stuff! What more could a girl want? :)

4 Year Anniversary

So yesterday was my 4 year anniversary with Ben. The time has absolutely FLOWN by yet looking back it's been such an incredible journey! I am so thankful for him & all that he does for me! For our 4 year, he didn't tell me what we were doing. Nothing. Which would usually frustrate me but instead it just made it more exciting! When I returned from my 8:30 class, there was a HUGE vase of flowers on the table! I was SO EXCITED & so were my roomies! LoL! Later that afternoon he picked me up at 4:30 & we headed to Chicago. He chose a Greek restaurant called Santorini for us to dine at & let me tell you... it was both beautiful AND delicious! =) After eating, we found a place to park our car & then passed some carriages. I have ALWAYS wanted to go on a carriage ride but have never told Ben as far as I can remember. Anyways, I made a comment about the beautiful horses & how I had always wanted to go on a carriage ride. He said, "Yeah but wouldn't it be king of uncomfortable? And its cold outside." I agreed, disappointed. We crossed the street, walked past the horses, and walked about a half a block before Ben stopped and turned me around. "I think I made a wrong turn," he said. He then walked right up to the lady at the carriage & said, I have a reservation for 7:30." I WAS ECSTATIC! So we took an hour & a half ride carriage ride around Grant Park, Michigan Avenue, & other places in Chicago. It was SO relaxing & the city was BEAUTIFUL with all of the lights! It was nice to be able to enjoy the scenery & not worry about traffic. All in all, it was a romantic, relaxing evening that I will NEVER forget. I love Ben SO much & I look forward to all of the memories ahead!

Disappointment Turns to Peace

Sometimes things don't work out the way we want them to... but I know it is all in God's plan, so I am okay with that. :)

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

School & Friends

Well, I have officially started my junior year of college a week & three days ago (if you count when I moved in!) =) I can't believe that I am already a JUNIOR! I student teach THREE SEMESTERS from now! It's so crazy to think that I will be teaching in my own classroom in the real world in less than TWO YEARS! CRAZY!!!! Many people have told me to enjoy this time in my life because, although the "real world" has its blessings, college is definitely more fun. I definitely plan on enjoying these last two years of my life being a college student. I am very blessed to be rooming with the same wonderful girls as I did my sophomore year of college. :) They are wonderful, Christ-like, upstanding, funny, beautiful women & have changed me for the better in so many ways! I will be sad when Renee, Rachel, & Caitlin graduate this year but I am just so thankful for my roommates & the past two years that I have been able to spend with them! As for actual school, it has been really hectic the past week & a half. I am taking 17 credit hours which is nothing unusual for me but it appears that this semester I picked all of the tough classes or the ones who give out a LOT of assignments. Blaah lol But I know that I will get through it perfectly fine! It will just take even more effort on my part! Well, I have to get ready for my 8:30 class! See you next blog! :)