my random thoughts

I always have a hard time knowing what to write about in my blog, and others have said they just sit down and type and see where their thought take them. Well, here are my thoughts.. we'll see where they go....

Days like these i sit back and take extra time to thank God for his beautiful creation. The warmth in the air is wonderful. As most people know, I like heat much better than cold. I am a summer girl. God knew what he was doing when I was born in August!

This will be the first summer since 2006 that I don't have classes or other commitments. I am looking forward to it. Here are some of my favorite things to do in summer:

tennis
bike ride
reading in my backyard
grillng out
camping
hiking
spending time with family and friends
eat ice cream!!
my birthday

This summer we have so much planned! We are going to be taking Jonathan on two camping trips! I'm a little nervous about it. Not sure how the nights will go. Worse case scenario.... take a drive! I am looking forward to spending time with family and friends. One of these trips includes a canoe trip. I am hopeing that my mom will watch Jonathan for a while so I can go out for an adventure!

Other fun things coming up include my brother's wedding May 29th! I am so happy and excited for him and Liz. She will be an awesome sister-in-law. I look forward to the friendship we will develope over the years. I also have Eric & Amies wedding in May and Chad and Erica's in June. It is a crazy wedding season for us. A friend of the family bought us a little tux for Jonathan. He'll be so cute. Can't wait to get my two men in their tuxes for pictures. I will post them later on.

This summer (June 25th) also marks Nathan and my 5 year anniversary. I look over the past 5 years and what God has done in our marriage. I went and completed nursing school, we've lived at 4 different places, bought a new car and a Harley, bought a new house, lost my father-in-law to cancer, my mom had a Pulmonary embolism, Kevin got engaged,we got 2 cats and gave them away when I got pregnant, and the latest thing: we had a son... the list goes on. And we still have 2 more months until our 5 year mark, we'll see what else will happen!

This past year and a half has been the most difficult and most rewarding year of our lives. The pain that we went though watching Robert suffer with lung cancer and passing away, to seeing the birth of our son. It has truly been an emotional roller coaster. Thank You GOD for your peace, loving kindness, and support in all that we have been though. we know that we would have fallen apart a long time ago without having Christ in our lives. He is our rock and salvation.

I leave you with my favorite verse:

For I know the plans I have for you, Declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future - Jer 29:11